Hello everyone and welcome to the November 2022 Edition of the Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas. If you are just joining me/us, on the 25th of each month, the Crafty Elves - me, Debra of Meticulosity, Lisa of Life of a BZScrapper, and Misty of The Jolly Fat Elf - post several ideas to help you with your Christmas and holiday cardmaking.
Photos/links to the other Crafty Elves' projects, as well as links to our social media pages, are at the end of this post and I hope you can find some time to stop by to show them some love. And to follow us!
This month I have 2 card ideas (and a bonus idea) using just dies and papers. These can easily be mass-produced with some simple prep before to make things go faster.
For my prep...
- I made 2 A2 card bases and then I adhered a piece of decorative Christmas paper to the front of each one. I went thru my stash and found some single sheets to use.
- Next, using 2 different sized dies from the Stitched Rectangle Set 1 Dies from Pink & Main, I cut 2 pieces of white cardstock. One measures 3.25" x 4.5" and the other measures 3.75" x 5".
Prep is done. Now for the words JOY and NOEL.
I used the Outline Letters alphabet die set from Creek Bank Creations for the letters in each word. I love these letters because you get an outline part and a solid part for each letter, giving you more options. For the letter "O", I used the wreath die from the Mantel Decor - Winter Die Set from Altenew.
- To make my life easier, I applied double sided tape to the back of each of the stitched rectangle pieces. This way the pieces of the letters will be easier to adhere down later. This is optional but worked best for me. You can use glue later on if you want.
- Then, using a craft mat, I lined up the dies as best I could trying to leave the same amount of space between each of the dies. Then I used a piece of washi tape to secure the dies, place them on my piece of white cardstock, and then I die cut them.
This is what you will end up with. We will not use the solid inside letters but we will use the outline parts. Make sure to keep the small center piece of the wreath.
- I adhered each of the stitched rectangle pieces to a piece of red cardstock. Then I trimmed them leaving a small border, adhered the outline portion of each of the letters to the inside of the cut out areas (optional), and then I adhered these to the card fronts using foam tape.
- I used the white cut out wreath as a mask and adhdered the inside part to each of the card fronts. Then I die cut the wreath again using green(ish) paper and adhered them to the white wreaths, which I then adhered to the card front using small foam dots.
- And, lastly, I adhered small crystals to each of the indentations on the wreaths, I die-cut the bow from the Mantel Set using red glittered fun foam, and then I adhered a small strip of the same paper I used on the card front to the inside of the card, with a Merry Christmas sentiment from Impression Obsession.
Done! Here are the final cards.
I hope you can find some time to visit the other Crafty Elves to see what projects they have made for this month. Their social media pages are below. Just click on the link and you will be taken right to them. And, if you want to follow us, that would be awesome too.
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Have a great Thanksgiving if you are celebrating and, until next time...
Hugs from Brasil!
~Michael
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ReplyDeletePretty cards! I love that wreath and the background papers!
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