Welcome to the October 2023 Edition of The Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas. If this is your first time here, on the 25th of each month, I collaborate with some other Crafty Elves - Debra of Meticulosity and Lisa of Life of a BZ Scrapper - to bring you some holiday card-making inspiration. If you would like to be a Guest Elf for one month, just let me know in the comments.
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This month I made a slimline card using the Ribboned Ornaments stamp from Technique Junkies. This was just released on October 1st and as soon as I got it, I knew I would have to turn this into a slimline card.
- The first thing I did was to stamp Ribboned Ornaments with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on a piece of white cardstock.
- Using a stamp positioner, I stamped the image again so that it looked like one long string of ornaments. Using a stamp positioner rather than a Misti or other stamping platform, allows me to line up the image perfectly.
- I used my BIC Intensity markers to color all the ornaments and ribbons.
- I trimmed my image to 8" long and fussy cut along the bottom of the ornaments.
- I made a 3.5" x 8.25" slimline card base using red cardstock and adhered a piece of gold foil paper, 3.25" x 8", to the card front. The gold foil paper is from the Field Notes Companion Set by SEI.
- I put foam tape/dots behind the colored Ribboned Ornaments and adhered it to the gold foil paper.
- For the inside, I stamped Christmas Blessings on a piece of white cardstock, trimmed it, and adhered it to the inside for a message.
- I also added some "brasilian" stickles to the snowflakes on some of the ornaments. Then I set it aside to completely dry.
Once the glitter glue was fully dry, the last thing I did was to use a "glossy accents" product on all of the ornaments so that, once dry, they would be glossy and glass-looking.
I hope you have enjoyed this card and I really 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)
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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Love this awesome card! Reminds me of a local restaurant I've been to that decorates their whole ceiling with hanging ornaments.
ReplyDeleteLove that you stamped the image twice and the fussy cutting really shows off the ornaments beautifully!!
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