Card No. 2 - November 2020 Crafty Elves Countdown To Christmas - Christmas Lights Card

Hello everyone.  This is a more detailed step by step on how to make Card No. 2 from the November 2020 Edition of the Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas.  

Links to the other 3 cards as well as the links to the other Crafty Elves' blog posts are at the bottom of this post. 

I used this stamp back in January 2020, which you can see HERE.  But when slimline cards started to get hot this year, I wanted to do another card, vertically, using this same stamp.  

• I started by making a top folding slimline card, 4" x 9", to which I adhered a piece of decorative Christmas paper to the front.  I also cut a piece of white cardstock, 4" x 8.5", and then die cut it using one of the dies from the Edgers Confetti Cuts by Reverse Confetti. I also cut a piece of white fun foam to go under the white cardstock and used the same die on the bottom. 

• Using a stamp positioner, I stamped the string of lights from the Light Up The Holidays set from Your Next Stamp several times on the white cardstock.  I also stamped "Merry Christmas" from  the Santa Express stamp set by Your Next Stamp, which I completely messed up by stamping twice.  So I stamped the sentiment on a scrap piece of white cardstock, cut it out using a stitched banner die along with the next sime up from a piece of red cardstock.  

• Then I colored in the lights using BIC Intensity Ultra Fine Tip Markers.   

• I adhered this part to the piece of fun foam using both double sided tape and some wet glue.  Then I applied Glossy Accents on each of the lights and set it aside to dry.  This will give a more glass effect. 

• I adhered the sentiment to the card, wrapping it around the white cardstock and the fun foam.  Then I adhered this to the card front.  

Here is the final card again.  I love it both as a normal size card as well as a slimline card.  Which do you prefer? 

For a more detailed step by step, with photos, of the other 3 cards, click below - 

Card No. 1

Card No. 3

Card No. 4

And for the other Crafty Elves's posts - 

Debra - Meticulosity
Lisa - Life of a BZscrapper

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.  I hope everyone that celebrates it has a great Thanksgiving. There is a lot to give thanks for this year. 

Hugs from Brasil!

~Michael