Hello everyone and welcome to the August 2023 Edition of The Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas. If this is your first time here, on the 25th of each month, I am part of a collaboration with some other Crafty Elves - Debra of Meticulosity, Lisa of Life of a BZScrapper, and Misty of The Jolly Fat Elf. Misty is taking this month off but we have a Special Crafty Elf joining us, Shalana Glass of Scrappin With Shalana.
Links to the other Elves' cards and to our social media pages are at the end of this post.
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This month I went retro, using the Retro Ornaments stamp for my main image and Retro Merry Christmas for my sentiment - both from Technique Junkies.
- I made a top-folding A2 card using red cardstock.
- Then I die-cut a piece of white cardstock using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die and adhered it to the inside of the card for a message.
- I stamped Retro Ornaments - twice - and my sentiment, Retro Merry Christmas, on white cardstock.
- I die-cut one of the Retro Ornament images using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die and fussy cut the ornaments from the 2nd stamped image.
- Then I die-cut the Retro Merry Christmas sentiment using a banner die, and a piece of the red cardstock using a stitched banner die a bit larger than the first die.
- Using my BIC Intensity Ultra Fine Tip markers, I colored in the ornaments.
Then I put my card together by...
- Adhering the Retro Ornaments to my card front.
- Adhering the fussy cut ornaments to my card front using foam squares - to give a 3D effect.
- Adhering the Retro Merry Christmas sentiment to the bottom.
- To finish the card off, I added Stickles and a small crystal in the center of 5 of the ornaments and on the sentiment.
My finished card -
I hope you have enjoyed this card. I hope you will find time to visit the other Crafty Elves and see what they made. Their links are all below.
Michael - World of Michael Trent
Debra - Meticulosity
Blog (today's card)
Lisa - Life of a BZ Scrapper
Blog (today's card)
Shalana - Scrappin With Shalana
Blog (today's card)
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. I would love to know what you think of this card idea - leave a comment below and, until next time -
Hugs from Brasil.
~Michael
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This is gorgeous! I just love the colors and glitter!
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