Hi! Hope you're all doing well on this gorgeous Monday. It's so nice seeing the sun out after so many cloudy and rainy days last week. For those of you ladies that are part of my Hostess Club, I'm sorry this post is so late concerning the card I mailed out to you. I was just talking to Jean and explained that I kept looking at the finished card and wasn't completely happy. So I finally ripped it partially apart and redid it. Think it's better this way. What do you think?
This is the before picture. As I kept looking at it, the greenery started looking like a tv antenna to me. Yikes!
See what I mean? Yes, I did a little necessary surgery on it. Took that antenna right off and redid the card to make it this...
Now it makes me happy and I'm ready to share this simple card idea with all of you.
The card base is a half sheet of Basic White Thick cardstock, scored and folded in half. There is a layer of Basic White cardstock next that is 5" x 3 3/4". This has the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Sparkle of the Season stamp set stamped with Evening Evergreen ink near the bottom right. For my card I used the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder (retired) to add texture to the layer. It was then attached to the folded card base using MultiPurpose Liquid Glue.
Next up was the choice of Designer Paper that would be the focal point on the card. The Tidings of Christmas 6" x 6" DSP has all these lovely small prints and I thought it would be perfect for this card. I cut a piece 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" to fit nicely. It needed a backing layer to make it stand out. The Evening Evergreen cardstock was a wonderful contrast, so a piece 1 3/4" x 3 3/4" was cut. They were layered together with adhesive, then attached to the card front with Dimensionals.
On a scrap of Basic White cardstock, the holly branch was stamped with Evening Evergreen ink and the pine branch was stamped using Soft Succulent ink. Both images are from the Sparkle of the Season stamp set. They were cut using the coordinating die set, the Seasonal Swirls Dies. Don't you just love having dies coordinating with the stamps so you don't have to do a lot of fussy cutting? Oh yeah!
After looking at it for days and fussing with it, I ended up adding both die-cut images to the front of the DSP using Mini Glue Dots. Then added a knotted bit of the 3/8" Open Weave Ribbon in the Evening Evergreen color. I think I'm finally happy with it. Isn't it funny how sometimes the simplest card layouts give you the most trouble? Or maybe you don't have that problem... Yes, I think all of us struggle with things at different times and other times the ideas just flow.
Well, that's it for today. Pretty short and sweet with a very simple card layout for when you need to make multiple cards in a very short amount of time - like a week or so before Christmas!
Have fun with your creating. The joys you get from creating your cards rival the joys you get from sharing your cards with others and brightening their day. Make sure you keep mailing those cards out! There's nothing like getting an unexpected card in the mail to make your day wonderful!
Happy stamping and many hugs!
Sharon
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