2-For-1 Christmas Cards

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Creating Christmas cards using the same supplies makes the process easy. I applied this trick on my cards but I wanted to give each card some individuality. Alike but different, if this makes sense.

I used a stamp from Avery Elle for the focal point on these cards. The card on the left is a one layer card. I colored the image with watercolor brush pens. I stamped the sentiment and stamped hollies for the background. I masked the edges of the image and pounced Versamark ink to the open area. I poured Wow! Ultra High Clear embossing powder to the sticky ink. After removing the mask, I heat embossed the powder until the powder is melted. I repeated the process to create more dimension and smoothen the embossing. I had a bit of warping. After the embossing has cooled down, I placed something heavy on top of the card to flatten it.

For the other card, the image was stamped on kraft cardstock. I colored the image with Altenew acrylic markers. I cut the image leaving a narrow border around it. Since the image is square shaped, it was very easy to cut it. For the background, I adhered several scrap patterned papers on a typing paper. The patterned papers are from the same paper collection which makes it easy to mix and match since most of the time, the papers in a collection complement each other. I die cut panel using a stitched rectangle die from Mama Elephant. I adhered the panel and the stamped image to an A2 note card. 

For the above cards, I received the tree die cut from a Christmas card swap a long time ago. The sender was very kind to send both negative and positive cuts. For the card on the left, I die cut a scalloped frame on aqua cardstock using a die from The Stamp Market. I die cut a scalloped edge oval on vellum using a die from The Stamp Market. On the negative oval cut from the frame die cut, I added Ranger Glossy Accents and poured Lawn Fawn chunky glitter to it. I adhered the vellum to the back of the frame and adhered the oval negative cut to the back of the vellum lining it up with the scallop frame. I adhered this to a Lawn Fawn patterned paper cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I adhered aqua jewels and added clear glitter drops to the tree.

For the other card, I trimmed this piece into a 4" x 5 1/4" panel making sure the tree is on the center. I adhered this into a pink glitter paper cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".

I adhered both panels to a side folding A2 note card.

I hope you like today's cards. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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