Christmas Trim Ornament Paper Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I am a guest designer at the Cut It Up Challenge. The challenge theme is Starts with a "C." Can you guess what is my card's "C?" If you said Christmas, you are right. It might be too early to think about Christmas but it is never too early to start creating Christmas cards. 

What makes this card special is that it is not only a card. The tree embellishment on the front of the card is an ornament. I die cut the tree on green cardstock using a triangle die from the Spellbinders November 2018 Large Die of the Month kit. I adhered a double sided adhesive to one side of this triangle die cut. After removing the release paper from the adhesive, I adhered lace trims to this triangle die cut. I squirted liquid glue to some areas to keep the trim secure. I end up using a glue gun to adhere the ends of the lace trim to the back of the triangle die cut.

I die cut the trunk of the tree on brown cardstock. I used the mailbox post in the Lawn Fawn Happy Mail die set. I die cut several pieces and adhered one over the other to make it thick. This die cut has a slit which is part of the design. I adhered a scrap cardstock to one of the post die cuts to keep the slit shut. I fussy cut the excess. I adhered this to the back of the tree die cut.

For the star, I die cut two pieces on gold cardstock and one piece on gold mirror cardstock. The star die is from the same Spellbinders die set I used for the tree. I adhered one of the gold cardstock star die cuts on top of the tree.

I knotted a gold embroidery floss and taped it to the back of the Christmas tree. I die cut another triangle on green cardstock and adhered this to the back of the tree. I adhered the other gold star die cut to the back to sandwich the floss. 

The gold mirror star die cut was adhered to the front. I taped the loop of floss to the back to hide it.

For the card panel, I die cut the Kat Scrappiness Buffalo Plaid Background die on white cardstock. I die cut thin strips of green pearl cardstock, red glitter cardstock and gold mirror cardstock using a die from the Kat Scrappiness A2 Stitched Strips Craft die set. I adhered these strips to a white cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" to create a plaid pattern that will show through the plaid die cut. I adhered the plaid die cut to this.

For the holder of the paper ornament, I adhered a gold washi tape on vellum. I trimmed off the edges leaving a slim border of vellum on the top and bottom of the greeting washi tape. I wrapped this around the plaid panel with the paper ornament inserted underneath it. I secured the ends with tape on the back of the panel. 

I adhered this to a top folding A2 note card. Because of the weight of the paper ornament, it has a tendency to slip off the band. I secured the tree in place with a low tack tape adhered to the back of the paper ornament.

I hope you like today's card. Thank you for Cut It Up Challenge Blog for the opportunity to guest design in your blog again. Don't forget to link up your projects with 'Starts with a "C"' theme.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I added below links to the Kat Scrappiness products I used on this project. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase this/these product/s. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products. Enjoy!

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Challenge #121~Anything Goes Christmas #35