Adding Christmas Sparkle With Cardz 4 Galz #265
Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz challenge #265. Thank you very much for playing along with my challenge #264, A Cute Christmas! Our host for this edition of our bi-weekly challenge, Dawn, chose Christmas Sparkle for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
I used the Peaceful Garden Suite of Products for my card and made another 4-panel accordion fold card. You can see the other cards I created with this fold here, here, and here.
Here’s my card:
As always with a fun fold card, I will be adding this to the Creative Creases Challenge where the theme is always Anything Goes with a Fun Fold.
Measurements:
Obviously, I have thoroughly enjoyed using this fun fold! I always seem to have so much DSP (designer series paper) leftover when it retires, but this fold might change that.
Here’s my template:
The extra cardstock piece for the back isn’t necessary because the card will stand up without it. However, I just wanted extra stability.
I added two pieces of 1/2 by 5-1/4 inches strips on either side of the first score line at 1-3/4 inches so I could add the ribbon without worrying about it tearing the DSP. Since I used the two 1/2 inch strips of DSP left after trimming each half to 5-1/2 inches. When everything was said and done, I only had one little piece of leftover DSP measuring 1/2 inch by 1 inch.
I used the oval from the Impressions Abloom die set for the front and inside sentiment panels. For the front sentiment panel, I cropped the frame and and inside from Secret Sea and Cloud Cover. Then, I embossed the Cloud Cover piece using the Birch Wood embossing folder.
The label die from the Peace on Earth die set fit perfectly inside the oval. After cropping it from Secret Sea cardstock, I embossed the sentiment using silver embossing powder and heat set it with my heat tool.
Don’t forget to trim a piece of coordinating DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
I also punched a 1-inch circle from another DSP pattern and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker.
I cropped the doves from one of the Peace on Earth DSP patterns. The best part about this pattern is that I didn’t need to do any shading at all. I simply added beaks and eyes to each dove.
The snowflake also come from the same product suite. I chose the Cloud Cover snowflakes, but the Secret Sea or white snowflakes would’ve worked as well.
What I Did:
- I added dimensionals on the back of the cropped sentiment and doves on the front and glue dot to hold the baker’s twine bow in place
- For everything else, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere pieces together since this card is already bulky
- This will fit in a medium SU! envelope, but it will require additional postage
- I adhered the front flap down so the extra pieces of DSP I used for the ribbon support are covered
- I used embossing silver embossing powder for the front sentiment and Secret Sea ink for the inside and back senitments.
- For all areas to be embossed, make sure you wipe down the papers using your embossing buddy
- Cover the areas with either black or white embossing powder and heat set using your heat tool
- Make sure to allow the embossed images to cool before cropping to prevent smudging
- I used a Secret Sea marker to outline the inside sentiment oval
- Add liquid glue on the left half of the front sentiment panel and adhere it to the front flap
- Adhering to just the front flap is especially important if you are not going to glue the flap down
- After adhering the front sentiment, open the card and position the inside sentiment oval face down on the back of the front sentiment
- This will allow you to make sure you line up both sentiment pieces so the inside doesn’t show when the card is closed
- Add liquid glue to the back of the inside sentiment panel, then fold the back of the card over the panel
- TA-DA! Perfect placement!
- I did add another holiday sentiment on the back of the card, which has room for a personal message as well
With that, I’d completed this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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