Magical Meadow Christmas

Hey there!  Boy, I can sure tell that autumn is here along with wet and cloudy days.  Brrr.  I know you probably don't think that 62 degrees isn't too cold but add in the rain and it's pretty chilly.  Sue and I started talking about soup this morning, so I thought I'd get some started in the crockpot - Chicken Tortellini.  Yummm.  Today is the perfect day for soup.  Anyway, I miss the bright sunshine we had yesterday afternoon.  It was a perfect day for my grandsons' cross-country meet yesterday.  The girls' team won top honors for the Regional Meet, but the boys' team only placed fourth.  Too bad, but everyone ran their heart out and did their very best.  That's all you can ask for, right?  What's that?  You didn't come here to talk about soup and cross-country races?  Where's the card???  Ok, let's buckle down and get to business here.

Here is today's card for you.  I love the different die-cuts in the Magical Meadow Bundle, and several of them are used on this card along with bits and pieces from some other sets.  Let's get on with the creating.

Start with a card base of Basic White Thick that measures 11" x 4 1/4".  It's scored at 5 1/2" and folded in half.  The first layer is Pretty Peacock that's cut to 5 1/4" x 4".  Next comes a layer of the new Tartan Foil Specialty Designer Paper that is 12" x 12".  I love this tone-on-tone Lost Lagoon plaid.  If you're looking at this on an angle, it's a very subtle plaid.  But with the light shining on it and looking straight on, it's so pretty!  Isn't it? This Specialty Paper is an Online Exclusive item and well worth getting.  The one side has a solid color diagonal plaid, while the other side is a straight-on plaid on a white background.  Either side is nice and of course you can use them together too.  For this card I used a piece that measures 5" x 3 3/4".  This is attached to the Pretty Peacock layer with adhesive.

A length of Silver & White Sheer Ribbon is wrapped around this and tied in a loose knot to the left side.  These layers are then attached to the folded card base using adhesive.

On to the good stuff - all the die-cuts!  First two images were die-cut from Pretty Peacock cardstock using the evergreen and berry die from the Magical Meadown Bundle.   Then the berry stem (?) die cuts the Lost Lagoon cardstock piece.  This one I cut into two pieces to fit them where I wanted.

I envisioned some snowflakes on the card and thought white would work.  Three of them were cut from the Wishes All Around Die set.  Love the look of those snowflakes, but I didn't like the color.  So, three more were cut from Silver Foil Specialty Paper.  Oh yes!  So pretty!

Next came the sentiment.  I wanted to use the sentiment from Night Divine.  Each of these sentiments are wonderful, but I wanted to use the "Glory to God in the highest".  After trying several different dies and punches, I decided on the Deckled Circles Dies.  I think this left enough room not to crowd the sentiment.  And the deckle edge added just a little sweetness to the look.

One of the sentiments from the Wishes All Around set was used for the inside of the card.  It's stamped with Pretty Peacock ink.  A small strip of the Tartan Foil plaid paper was attached to the bottom of the inside to carry the design inside the card.

Putting the card together, figuring the positioning of everything was first.  The two evergreen & berry die-cuts were attached with some adhesive just down the middle of each so the pieces were fairly loose. 

The berry stem needed something to make it stand out.  I had some white frost liquid from several years ago.  I added this to the sides of the berries.  It needed to be set aside to dry.  When dry, the bottom ends of the stems were attached behind the sentiment with adhesive.  Then the sentiment was added to the card front using multiple Dimensionals to hold all the pieces in place.

With everything else in place, the snowflakes were added to the design.  Each snowflake was attached with a Mini Glue Dot in the center of it.  That just left any extra bling that was needed.  The Adhesive-backed Glitter Sequins seemed to be the perfect little bit of bling.  The glitteriness (is that a word?) just made the card frostier and more wintery looking.

That's it today.  I've got to admit, I'm really loving the Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon used as Christmas colors.  It's surprising how much I love this since it is rather untraditional!  Normally I go either red and green, or navy and white for my own Christmas cards, but I'm giving these colors some serious thought.

Thanks for sharing some time with me.  If you're thinking of ordering, I'd appreciate it if you'd use the Host Code at the top of this blog page.  Each order helps so much to keep me going.  Love you all so very much!!

Remember to check out the Online Exclusives for the Tartan Foil DSP.  It's truly gorgeous in person.  Plus, there's many wonderful items that you can only find online including stamps & dies and Designer Paper that you won't find anywhere else.  Also check out the Clearance Rack.  There are new items added quite often.  You never know what treasures you'll find that you've been wishing you had ordered earlier.  Now's your chance!

Happy stamping and creating,

Sharon