A Simple Christmas Card

For this month’s Casually Crafting Blog hop, I have designed .a simple Christmas Card.

The idea behind this blog hop is to show that you can create beautiful cards even if you don’t have lots of equipment. These beautiful cards are great for crafters who are just starting out, but even avid crafters will love to try these designs.

A Card Sketch for the Casually Crafting Blog Hop

This month we have a sketch challenge. We use the sketch above as a springboard for our creativity. When you take part in sketch challenges you can change the shape of elements and even the orientation of the project. However, with my card I have kept it quite simple. It has, however, got some heat embossing on it. the magic of watching that dull powder heat up and turn shiny was the thing that first got me hooked in cardmaking.

You will find a list of the products I used at the end of this post, including lists to my online store.

	A4 metric	Imperial letter Size
Smoky Slate Card Base	14.9cm x 21cm Scored at 10.5cm on the long side	8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ Scored at 4 1/4″ on the long side
DSP	14.4cm x 10cm	5 1/4″ x 4“
DSP	For punched labels	For punched labels
Silver Foil	For punched stars	For punched stars
Smoky Slate	For Sentiment	For Sentiment
Basic White insert	13.9cm x 9.5cm	5″ x 3 3/4″

Instructions

Fold the card along the score line to create the card base.
Take the “Label Me Fancy” punch and punch the shapes from DSP. Add the slot section to the two long sides so you can thread the ribbon through.
Take a piece of Basic White ribbon and colour it with the Dark Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blend. Thread the ribbon through the labels. Wrap this ribbon down the centre front of the Designer Series Paper. Stick the ribbon down on the back of the DSP, before attaching the paper to the card base.
Secure the labels in place with glue dots.
Stamp the sentiment onto the Smoky Slate card with Versamark ink. Then, using the heat tool, emboss the sentiment with silver embossing powder. Cut the sentiment into strips.
Using the Starlit Punch, punch some stars from silver foil. Stick the sentiment and stars down the centre of the card.
Tie a length of silver thread around the spine of the card.
Stick the Basic White mat to the inside of the card with liquid adhesive.

Let’s Hop

I hope you have enjoyed my project. Do leave a comment if you can, because it certainly makes my day. Then it is time to hop around all the other projects

How Can I Help?

I hope you have got a list of projects you are going to try after hopping around all these lovely demonstrators.

Don’t hesitate to contact me if I can be of any help with your purchases, or if you have a crafty questions.

Meanwhile, stay safe and stay well.

Helen xx

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