Hello, my dears. This is Alma and today I want to show you a greeting card with an
integrated advent calendar.
First of all, I cut out a rectangular card.
Then I cut 25 squares from the Joyful Holiday Paper, 2
by 2 inches. Afterwards I punched out the glove from the Warm & Cozy Dies 25
times and the numbers 1-25 from the Chloe Number Dies. Now I
wiped a white card with the Distress Oxides colours Stormy Sky, Blueprint
Sketch, Chipped Saphire and Black Soot and wiped clouds with white ink. I used
the clouds from the Slimline Nature Border Dies set
as a stencil.
Now I stamped and coloured the reindeer from
the Reindeer Games Stamps set
and the Santa from the Santa Claus Lane Stamps set
and punched them out with the corresponding Santa Claus Lane Dies and Reindeer Game Dies. Now
I punched the Cityscape Border Dies in
black and glued it to the cloud background. To attach the advent calendar, I
punched all the individual elements with the Bind it and tied them to the card.
Finally I glued all the images on it and the Christmas countdown was done!
What a great interactive card!
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Hello Crafty Friends, Marie
here. I am very happy to be back on the blog to share a new Holiday
inspiration card with you featuring the recently released Reindeer Games stamps. Reindeers are
some of my favorite images to color and create with during the holidays so I
was very excited to make a card with this adorable stamp set!
The
first thing I do before anything when cardmaking is to prepare my base and my
background panels. I cut out my A2 sized base panel from 110 lb Sturdy Neenah
solar white cardstock paper so that I never have a problem with my cards
warping. Using a slightly smaller die from a nesting A2 die set, I cut out my
background panel using bristol smooth white cardstock for easy ink
blending.
I
then prepared my background panel using the Forest Trees stencils.
This layering stencil set creates such a beautiful background of lush pine
trees that look like they fade out with the distance depending
on how light or dark you go with your inking. I also love that these
stencils are numbered so you know the order in which to use them when inking.
For my tree stencils, I used Distress Inks. For layer number 1, I used a very
light hand with the color Evergreen Bough, for the 2nd layer of trees, I used
the same ink color and applied it with a bit more pressure to get a darker
shade. For my 3rd layer, I used a combination of Evergreen Bough, Rustic
Wilderness, and Uncharted Mariner Distress Inks for the darkest shade of all
the layers.
After my trees were finished, I inked around my entire card background
with Evergreen Bough and then for the top of my card, I inked a darker shade of
Uncharted Mariner and Chipped Sapphire to create a night sky. I then used
some water splatters and watered down acrylic paint to create a snowy backdrop.
I stamped the reindeer images using antique Linen on watercolor
paper, and used water color pencils to color my images. I did some white
detailing using a white gel pen. I then cut my images using the Reindeer Games corresponding dies. I positioned my reindeers and adhered them all down using double sided tape
adhesive. Flying Rudolph was adhered using double sided foam strips for
dimension. I also gave Rudolph a bright shiny blinged out nose using the Red Zircon Jewels.
I find adding the one single red gem embellishment so charming, perfect for
Santa's favorite reindeer.
I didn't want to leave the inside of my card
blank so I added a reindeer wishing everyone a Happy Holidays with the
sentiments from the stamp set placed in a word bubble stamped in Candied Apple
Distress Ink.
I
am so so happy with how my card turned out! Thank you so much for stopping by
the blog and I hope it gives you some ideas for all your upcoming Christmas
Cardmaking and crafting! Until next week, Have an Awesome Day or Night! and as
always, Happy Crafting!!!
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