Go with all of your Heart Art Journal page

Good Morning

Today's post is about my recent art journal page.

The page is from my ring journal that I made using watercolour paper and 4 jump rings. It is 8.75" x 8.25" in size.

I have used acrylic paints, sewing pattern tissue, texture paste, stamping and stencils to create this page.

You can see the process video here.

To start the page I used Matt Gel Medium to attach some crumpled up sewing pattern tissue to the page, once this was dry I gave it a wash with some Gesso to bring the colour down a little.

The acrylic paints I used for the background were Jade Green, Summer Blue and Pale Yellow. These were squeezed randomly on the page and them spread around to cover the whole area using my pallet knife.

Once they were dry I used a 13@rts stencil and some Mont Marte Modelling Paste to add some more texture randomly to the background.

Using Kaisercraft's Bubblewrap stamp and Encore Gold ink I stamped over most of the page.

To create the focal points I used Matt Gel Medium to stick two sheets of paper from Love Letters from Home paper pad together. One was a lightly patterned paper and the other was a laser cut paper. I did this to give the embellishment extra texture.

The colours used on this were also acrylic paints. The colours are Pale Yellow, Terra Copper and Napthal Red. They too were spread onto the page with a pallet knife.

When the paint was dry I took a Kaisercraft stencil called Grunge, and applied Jet Black Archival Ink through it using a blending tool. I did this over the whole page.

The 3 hearts were sketched onto the paper once it was dry, then cut out and attached to the background with gel medium. I gave the whole page a coat of gel medium when I attached the hearts because I wanted to use my Faber Castelle Pitt Pen, in black, to shade around each heart when it was dry

After I had done the shading the hearts and the outside edge of the page, I used a clear stamp that looks like circles of thread and Black Stazon Ink to stamp all over the hearts.

Next I watered down some Gesso and used my fan brush to put white splatters all over the page.

I keep two fineliner bottles with watered down black and white acrylic paint in them and I used these to go around the edges of each of the hearts. I also used black around the edge of the page.

The title came from the internet and is printed on some normal printer paper. I used a Pental Metallic Gold brush pen to colour the paper. This did not turn out to be the colour I was looking for so I added some ink from the Encore Gold Ink pad I had used to stamp on the background.
Once the title was attached to the page I used my black fineliner bottle to outline it.

I did manage to get the "Go with" section of the title crooked but once you have stuck printer paper down with gel medium and it has dried there is no moving it.

Thank you for spending your time here with me today

Don't forget to pop over to my YouTube channel and see how this all came together.

Till next week
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Julie

"Amazing" Layout

Good morning,

So happy you have joined me here today.

I am sharing a layout that took me a bit of time and I have a like/dislike relationship with this layout. It did not come together easily and I am still not sure that I am completely happy with it.

I did video the process and you can see the video here.

The first step was to apply some Mont Marte Modelling paste through Kaisercraft's Script stencil and let that dry.

While I was waiting for that to dry I fussy cut the photo out. The wall my Grand-daughter was standing in front of was red and it did not really suit the colour of her dress.

The paper's I used for this layout are from Kaisercraft's Daydreamer range. I chose three papers to use.

I created a large photo mat for the photo because I did not want it to get lost on the layout.
The pink paper is 6" x 9", the black starry paper is 5" x 8" and the grey is 4.5" x 7.5"

The white cardstock was cut down to 11.5" square and laid on top of a 12" x 12" piece of the black starry paper, giving my layout a 1/4" dark boarder.

Using Tattered Angels Cherub Pink Glimmer Mist I sprayed over the background to highlight the modelling paste. I also added some splatters.

The same three papers were used to construct the rest of the layout. I cut the pink dot paper 1" x 11", the black starry paper 2.5" x 11" and punched along one of the long edges with a Martha Stewart punch. I inked around the edge of these papers and attached the black on top of the pink so the punched patterned was backed by the pink.

A piece of the grey was cut to 10.5" x 2.5", after inking around the edges of this paper I attached all of the patterned papers to the layout with double sided tape.

The photo mat was mounted on a piece of cardboard box before being attached to the layout to add some height.

Using a stencil from The Crafters Workshop called Mini Cubist I applied more Modelling Paste, that I had coloured with Plum Blossom acrylic paint, on top of the patterned papers.

I was unsure how to embellish this layout but, as the front of my Grand-daughters dress had lots of fabric flowers on it I decided to go with flowers.

I have recently bought 3 new Heartfelt Creations flower stamps so I used those.

The first one is Daisy Patch Flowers, I stamped and heat embossed this with black embossing powder on pink and white patterned paper, fussy cut all of the layers, sprayed them lightly with water and used my shaping tool to give each petal some shape before gluing the layers together.

The second one is Delicate Asters. I stamped and heat embossed with black embossing powder on white cardstock. I did this twice for each of the four layers of the flower so I would have a nice full flower. That is a lot of fussy cutting I can tell you.

The third one is Tattered Blossoms. This one I stamped with black StaZon ink, fussy cut them and coloured with Plum Blossom acrylic paint, watering the paint down a little more with each layer so the flower got lighter as the sizes got smaller. While the flowers were still damp I used my shaping tool to give them a little dimension

Each flower has a clear gem attached in the middle

I was going to buy the dies for these flowers but they were not in stock. If I had of thought about it I could have scanned them into my Scan N Cut and cut them out that way, I certainly will in the future.

A half doily was attached on the left side of the photo. The flowers were attached so they overlapped the doily and spilled down over the patterned paper and photo mat.

For the title I have used a Freckled Fawns Foam Word Sticker.

That completes this layout.

Thank you for joining me here today.

Don't forget to check out the video here.

Thanks for dropping by
Till next time
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Julie

Mum's 2019 Birthday Card

Good morning.

Today I am sharing my Mother's birthday card with you. It was her birthday on Christmas Eve.

I have recorded the process and you can see the video on my YouTube channel here.

I had bought the rose edge die some time ago and had not used it so thought this would be a good opportunity to try it out.

I cut my card base to 4.5" square and cut the rose from the top right of the folded card.

I am using Kaisercraft's Secret Garden paper range and Collectables on this card.
I chose a paper and cut it to 4.25" square for the inside of the card. I used the off cut for the panel on the front of the card.

I mounted the patterned paper for the front of the card on a piece of gold mirror card so there was approximately 1/8" of gold showing down each side of the panel.

Using some white crochet cotton I wrapped it around the panel about 4 or 5 times and tied a bow at the front. This was secured in place with some double sided tape at the back of the panel.

The panel was then attached to the front left of the card.

I have used a Kaisercraft "Happy Birthday"clear sticker on the front of the card. Once I had these lined up and attached I used my Bone Folder to burnish them well, ensuring they will stay attached to the card.

I used the same procedure to attach another clear sticker from the "Birthday Wishes" Kaiesercraft clear sticker pack that says "Sending you love on your special day", to the inside of the card.

Using a circle, which I cut in half and a flower cluster from the Collectables pack I embellished the inside of the card. Unfortunately I did not take a photo of the inside of the card for you to see.

I did add a thin piece of gold cardstock to the right hand edge of the inside patterned paper which you can see in the photo above.

I used a set of ProvoCraft alphas to cut the word "Mum" from black cardstock to add to the front of the card so the greeting now reads Happy Birthday Mum.

To create the flower that is used on the front of the card I stamped and heat embossed Heatfelt Creations "Sparkling Poinsettia" stamp with Versamark Ink and Black Embossing powder. After I had fussy cut all of the layers and centres, I sprayed them lightly with water and used my ball type tool to give each petal some shape before using glue to attach each layer so it is offset to the layer below it.

The flower was attached to the card with hot glue.

Final touch for the card was a clear crystal to the middle of the flower.

I hope you have enjoyed reading about my card. Don't forget to pop over to my YouTube channel and watch the video. You can actually see the inside of the card in the video.
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Julie

Believe In Magic Art Journal Page

Good afternoon

I am a bit early today, I normally post on a Wednesday but seeing as how tomorrow is Christmas day I thought I would share my post with you today.

Today's post is about an art journalling page.

This  page is whimsical, with pastel colours

I have recorded the process of this simple page. You can see the video here.

I am using a page out of my disc bound journal which started life as a Happy Planner notebook. I have glued two pages together with Gel Medium and given one side of the page a coat of white Gesso.

The colours for my background are Pan Pastels. I have applied Phthalo Blue Tint, Turquoise, Orange Shade, Permanent Green Tint, Hansa Yellow and Bright Yellow Green randomly all over the page, with a sponge. I then sealed the pastels by lightly spraying with water. Once this was dry I applied another coat and sealed it in the same way as the colour was lighter than I had planned.

I used TCW81 Swirls and Dots stencil to apply Faber Castell Texture Luxe - Pearl all over the background. Some of the paste got under the stencil which I do not particularly like but it worked out OK.

The unicorn image came from a book with animal images in it. I photocopied the image onto the smooth side of some watercolour paper. Using my Semco Pearlescent water colours I coloured and shaded the image.

The image was then fussy cut ready to attach to the background.

Before I attached the image I added some stamping using a clear stamp, unfortunately I don't know the name or the brand of the stamp, with both black StazOn ink and Encore gold ink. I was very light handed with the black as I did not want it to overpower the page and used the gold to fill the background.

I attached the unicorn using Matisse Mat Gel Medium, which of course, took the pearlescence away from the image so I gave it another coat of the watercolour.

Next step was to add the detail back into the image. I did this with my Fude ball black pen and a Uniball eye micro black pen

I used my Stabillo All pencil (black) to add some shading around the unicorn and add a border to the page. I also added a scribbly boarder using my Fude Ball pen.

The title was cut from black cardstock using Sizzix Cherish Alpha dies. This was attached to the page with Aileens Original Tacky glue.

Don't forget you can watch the whole process over on my YouTube channel here.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and spending your time here with me.

Till next time
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Julie

Scrapbooking Layout "Year Six Social"

Good morning,

It is getting close to Christmas now, only one week to go.

My layout today is not a Christmas one but a layout to record the memories of my Grand-daughters first school social.

I recorded the process and you can see the video here.

I purchased a Kaisercraft 12" x 12" paper pad of the "Rosabella" paper range because the colours in it went well with the colour of the dress in the photo.

I created a sketch to give me an idea of how this layout would look and worked from that.

My background is a 12" x 12" piece of white cardstock, to this I added some Mont Marte Modelling Paste that I had coloured with some Duncan Plum Blossom acrylic paint and put through a Kaisercraft 6" stencil. I did not cover the whole background, just here and there. I then set that aside to dry.

I chose 6 patterned papers from the paper pad and cut them to the sizes I had drawn in my sketch.
Patterned paper No. 1 - 1 @ 4.5" x 9", 1 @ 7.5" x 1.5", 1 @ 2" x 1" and 1 @ 1.5" by 2.5"
Patterned paper No. 2 - 1 @ 4" x 7.5"
Patterned paper No. 3 - 1 @ 1.5" x 11" and 1 @ 3" x 0.75"
Patterned paper No. 4 - 1 @ 6.25" x 1.5", 1@ 1.5" x 0.5", 1@ 2" x 0.5" and 1 @ 2.5 x 0.5
Patterned paper No. 5 - 3 scalloped circles 1 @ 2", 1 @ 3" and 1 @ 4"
Patterned paper No. 6 - 1 @ 4.25" x 1.5" and 1 @ 1" x 0.5"

For the circles I used my Spellbinders Big Scalloped Circle Large and Lifestyle Crafts Nested Lace Circles dies. I then used Couture Creations "Washed Away" embossing folder to add a bit of extra detail. I wiped my black ink pad lightly over the circles to help the embossing stand out.

I then inked all of the edges of all of the patterned papers and attached them to the background.

Once I had my basics in place I played around with the layout a little adding a few more strips of patterned paper where I thought it needed it.

The photo started out as a 5" x 7" but I trimmed it down to 2.75" x 7"
I had the small photo left over from some other photos I had printed for the second of this two page layout so I decided to add it to this layout. I matted it on some white cardstock and used cardboard behind it before I attached it to the layout so it had a bit of extra height.

It was at this stage that I decided to add the pennants. I wanted some embellishments but did not want to use flowers hoping for a more fun look to the page. I used a die to cut the three layers of each pennant in a different patterned paper, inked the edges and then assembled them using foam squares between the two triangular shapes. These were then attached to the layout using glue.

I put a white brad on the inside edge of each pennant run and then I applied a fine row of glue at the top of the pennants, wound some white crochet cotton around the brads and stuck it along the top of the pennants.

A crystal gem at the centre of each pennant and a very small title attached to one of the strips of the layout, finished this layout off.

I hope you have enjoyed reading about my layout, but don't forget you can see the whole process over on my YouTube channel here.

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Thanks for sharing your time here with me today
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Julie

The last 15 Christmas cards for 2019

Today's post is a bit different to my normal posts. There will not be a description of how each card was created......just photos.

There are 15 photos in this post so it would go on forever if I wrote how each one was created.
I think the best thing would be that if you want directions on how to create a particular you can leave me a question in the comments and I can give you the directions you want.

So let's get started....

Well I hope you like the cards.

There is a video showing a walk through you can watch here if you want a bit more detail.

Don't forget if you have questions leave them in the comments and I will get back to you.

Thanks for dropping by
Till next time
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Julie

Christmas Cards No 13 - 15 2019

Good morning

Three more Christmas cards today. I will be making one more video after this one for Christmas cards and that will be it for Christmas cards this year.

I hope you have enjoyed my Christmas cards and have given some of them a try. They are mostly simple designs and would look great in any Christmas papers you might have in your stash.

Once again I have videoed the process while I made these cards and you can see the video here.

These are the cards I want to show you today

I have used the DCWV Merry & Bright paper pad that I have been using for all of my Christmas cards this year and all of the cards have a 5 1/4" square white card base cut from sheets of white cardstock.

All of the papers and embellishments have had their edges inked with a black ink pad.

Let's start with this card.

This is a double Z fold card. The base card was scored at 2 5/8" and 5 1/4".  The first score is a mountain fold and the second is a valley fold.

The top Z was cut to 9 1/2" x 3 1/2" and also scored at 2 5/8" and 5 1/4". The first score is a valley fold and the second is a mountain fold

I chose a patterned paper (White and Gold) and cut 1 piece 5" square and 2 pieces 2 3/8" x 5". These were attached to the 3 top areas when the card is fully opened.

From the second patterned paper (Pink) I cut 1 piece 4" x 3 1/4", 2 pieces 2 3/8" x 3 1/4" and one piece 3 1/2" x 2 3/4"

The largest piece and the two smallest pieces were attached to the top of the smaller z folded card. Be sure to have the largest section to the left when attaching these papers.

I cut a piece of a third patterned paper (Black) 3 3/4" x 3" and attached that on top of the largest pink piece.

The last piece of pink patterned paper was then attached on top of the black patterned paper.

I used a Christmas tree die and cut three Christmas trees from Gold cardstock. Two of these were attached to the front of the card and the third was attached to the first inside panel of the smaller Z fold cardstock. I used glue to attach these embellishments.

I cut a piece of white cardstock 1 7/8" x 2 3/4" and attached that to the last inside panel so I would have a place to write my personal greeting.

The Greeting on the outside of the card was cut using Elizabeth Craft Designs 745 Merry Christmas die and black cardstock. This was attached at the bottom of the card using glue.

I had a change from Christmas trees to stars for embellishments for the next card

I cut the first patterned paper (Black) to 5" square and the second patterned paper (Pink) to 4 1/4" square. I also cut two pieces of white cardstock, one was 4 1/2" square and the other was 3 3/4" square.

To make the stars I used the fourth smallest die from the Nellie's Multi Frame Star Die set, and cut 12 stars in assorted patterned papers.

All for the patterned papers and white cardstock were layered on top of each other in decreasing order and then the stars were arranged in a wreath shape on the top.

The greeting uses the same die as the previous card but this time I cut it with gold cardstock, attached it to a piece of white cardstock and matted that onto some of the black patterned paper that I had used in the layers.

Foam squares were used to attach the greeting in the top left section of the card front.

It was back to Christmas trees to embellish this last card. It has a front circle overlap, short of a gate fold card but not really.

I have chosen three patterned papers for this card, although you can only see two. The third one is on the inside of the card and does the same job as the main patterned paper (Pink) on the front.

From the first patterned paper I cut a 5" square and the second largest circle from Spellbinders Standard Large Circles die set. I cut exactly the same from the second patterned paper to use inside the card.

The third patterned paper (Black) was cut to 2 3/4" x 5"

I cut some white cardstock 3" x 5 1/4"to mat the black patterned paper and the largest of the circles from the Spellbinders Standard Large Circles set.

Both patterned paper circles were attached, one each side, of the white circle and a score line was added about 1/2" in from the edge. This was folded in and attached to the inside right hand edge of the card base using glue. The 5" square piece of patterned paper two was attached over the top of the join to disguise it.

An embossing folder was used to emboss a Christmas tree pattern on some gold cardstock. I am not sure what brand the embossing folder is, it came in a set I think and I have thrown the packaging away. I fussy cut around the edge of the tree and matted it on some white cardstock so it would stand out more against the patterned paper.

To assemble the front of the card I attached the 5" square pice of patterned paper then the white cardstock so it was approximately 1/2" from the left hand edge of the card and then the black patterned paper on top of that. Next the embossed Christmas tree was attached on top of the black.

The two Christmas tree embellishments on the circle were cut using a die and black gloss cardstock and attached using glue.

The same Merry Christmas greeting that I used on the previous cards was attached to the inside of the card to finish this card off.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my cards today. If you want more details you can check out the video here.

Thanks for spending your time here with me today
Till next time
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Julie

Art Journal page - Unique

Good morning

Today I am sharing an Art Journal page that I created as a break in my Christmas card making.

I had been thinking of doing this technique for a while now. I have heaps of metal embellishments and am trying to use up my stash.

You can see the video here.

I added some Mont Marte Modelling paste through Kaisercraft's "Script" stencil.

I used Atelier Heavy Gell Gloss to attach the metals to the page and then set it aside to dry.

Next step was to cover the whole page with Gesso and let that dry as well.

I sorted through my mists and decided to go with pinks and purples. The colours I used were, Glimmermist - Iridescent Gold, Fully Purple, Basically Bare, Black Magic & Gold.
Dylusion Ink Spray - Bubblegum Pink and Lemon Zest and Chalkboard - Chalk.

I sprayed with these colours until I had the look I was trying for, this required many coats which were dried between each application.

The two feature pieces were given a coat of Gesso, sprayed with colour and set aside to dry before I attached them to the page using craft foam and my hot glue gun. The gems were attached with clear drying glue.

I added more detail to the background using a dotted grid clear stamp with StazOn Jet Black ink and Encore Gold ink.

I felt that the background needed more colour so I used a Kaisercraft clear stamp "Bubblewrap" and Archival Chrome Yellow to add more of the yellow to the background so the yellow of the butterfly looked like it belonged on the page.

I added a border to the page using both black and white acrylic paints in a fineliner bottle.

The title is a clear sticker from The Craft Stall

Don't forget you can see the process video here.

Thank you for spending your time here with me today

Till next time
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Julie

Three of my Christmas Cards for 2019

Good morning

I have been back from Egypt for one week now, sometimes it feels like I have been home for months and sometimes it feels like I only got home yesterday. Hopefully I will get back in the swing of things soon.

Today's post shares with you three Christmas cards I have made this week of the 30 I have to make for the year. These three bring my total made so far to 15.

All of the cards use papers from my DCWV Merry & Bright paper pad and some gold cardstock from my stash

I recorded the process and you can see the video here.

So let's start with this card. It is a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" top opening card.

I chose three patterned papers. I cut one to 5 1/4" x 4", two pieces of the black paper, 1 @ 4 3/4" x 3 1/2" and one @ 1 1/2" x 5 1/4" and the third patterned paper to 2" x 5 1/4".

I used my Prima distressing tool and a black ink pad to distress all of the patterned paper edges.

I used a die to cut each bauble out 3 times from white cardstock. I then glued them on top of each other to create four nice thick baubles to embellish my card.

Double sided tape was used to attache the 1 1/2" piece of black patterned paper to the 2" piece of pink paper, then using glue I attached the baubles and the gold twine so the baubles look as though they are hanging from the twine. This panel was then attached to the larger black patterned paper that had been attached to the background piece of patterned paper.

The twine was then attached to the larger panel and wrapped around to the back of the patterned papers.

This panel was then attached to the card base using self adhesive craft foam.

To create the "Merry Christmas" greeting I used an Elizabeth Craft Designs die and some gold cardstock and attached this to the lower part of the card, using glue.

I cut the card bases for the next two cards from a sheet of white cardstock. They are 5 1/4" square.

The second card has three patterned papers also, the largest is 5" x 5" The lightest paper is 2 3/4" x 5" and the pink paper is 2" x 5".

Once again I have distressed all of the papers with my distressing tool and black ink.

I cut a piece of the gold glitter mess so it was about 5" long by it's full width (which is less than 5")

I used double sided tape to attach the largest piece of patterned paper to the card base, laid the mesh on top of that and then attached the next two layers of patterned paper using glue. The glue behind the 2 3/4" piece pf patterned paper holds the mesh in place.

The greeting was once again cut from the gold cardstock using a die I bought on the internet.

I made the baubles to embellishments the final card using two Kaisercraft stamp sets. One is from the Sparkle stamp set and two are from the Merry Christmas stamp set.

I used Versamark clear ink to stamp the images and then heat embossed them with fine gold embossing powder.

I then fussy cut each bauble and added a star shaped brad.

The black patterned paper measures 5" x 5" and the pink measures 2 1/2" x 5".

I mounted the pink patterned paper on a piece of white cardstock that measures 2 3/4" x 5" to give the patterned papers some separation.

The edges of all of the papers has been inked with a black ink pad.

The black patterned paper is attached to the card base with double sided tape and the white cardstock is attached on top of it with self adhesive craft foam for a little dimension.

Finally the pink paper is attached onto the white and then the baubles are placed on the pink paper.

I have used the "Merry Christmas" on the middle baubles as my greeting.

These three cards are very simple and easy to make so I hope you try them out. You will be amazed how different they look when you use different patterned papers.

If my description is a bit hard to follow, don't forget that you can see me make these cards on my YouTube channel here.

I hope you have enjoyed reading about my Christmas cards today

Thanks for dropping by

Till next time

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Julie

Easel Christmas Cards

Good morning.

I am back after two weeks in Egypt. What an experience. Loved every minute of it.

I have made two easel cards and one "M" fold Christmas card to share with you today.

You can see the video here

Lets start with this one

I cut 2 pieces of cardstock 5 1/4" x 10 1/2". One I scored at 2 5/8" and 5 1/4". The other one was scored at 5 1/4", 6 3/4", 8 1/4", 9 1/4" and 10 1/4".

Fold the first piece so the 2 5/8" score line creates a mountain fold and the 5 1/4" is a valley fold.

Fold the second piece so the 10 1/4" scoreline is a valley fold and then alternate mountain, valley etc until you get to the 5 1/4" scoreline which will be a valley fold.

I chose two patterned papers but you could have as many as you like.
From patterned paper no. 1 I cut 1 @ 5" x 5" and 2 @ 5" x 3/4".
From patterned paper no.2 I cut 1 @ 5" x 5",1 @ 2 1/4" x 5", 2 @1 1/4" x 5"
I then distressed and inked all of the edges of the papers.
You can see from the photos below how I have placed these papers

To make the little bar that holds the card open I cut a piece of cardstock 5 1/4" x 3/4" and a piece of patterned paper 5" x 1/2". Distressed the edges of the patterned paper and inked the edges of both pieces. I used foam tape to attach this to the card 1 1/4" from the bottom flat edge.

The tag decoration on the card was cut from the cut apart sheet in the paper pad and mounted on a piece of gold cardstock. I then added a gold eyelet and some black crochet cotton. I used d/sided tape to attache this to the back panel of the card.

The Santa face is a stamp that I have had for quite some time. I have stamped it with my Versamark Embossing ink and then added black embossing powder before heat setting. Watercolour pencils and a water brush were used to colour the hat pink and a gold gel pen filled in the holly leaves and berries. Once I had fussy cut the face out I attached it to the centre step of the card.

The Christmas trees on the front step of the card were stamped on white cardstock using Kaisercraft's Sparkle stamp set and Versamark ink. They were heat embossed with gold embossing powder and fussy cut.

The greeting was cut using black cardstock and Elizabeth Craft Designs 745 Merry Christmas die. This was attached to the front flat section of the card using glue.

This card looks similar but it does not have the base running under the "steps", you can see what I mean in the side on view of the card. This card does not use as much cardstock either.

Cut one piece of cardstock 5 1/4" x 12" and one 5 1/4" square.
Score the longer piece at 1 1/4", 2 1/2", 4 1/4", 6" & 9"
Starting with the score at 9" create a mountain fold and then alternate between valley and mountain folds until you get to the 1 1/4' score which should be a mountain fold.

Attach the 5 1/4" square piece to the card base so the back of it rests between the 6" and 9" folds.

I chose three patterned papers this time. From patterned paper no. 1 I cut 1 @ 5" x 5" and 1 @ 1" x 5".
From patterned paper no. 2 I cut 1 @ 1 1/2" x 5 and from patterned paper no. 3 I cut 1 @ 1 1/2" x 5 and 1 @ 1" x 5"

I inked the edges of the papers and attached them to the cards as per the photos below.

All of the decorations on this card are die cuts cut from gold cardstock.

I have used Memory Box Snowflake Ornament, no name Christmas trees and the same greeting die as I used on the previous card.

They were all attached to the card using glue.

The final card for today is slightly different.

To make the base of this card I cut a piece of cardstock 5 1/4" x 12"

I scored it at 5 1/4", 9 1/2" and 10 3/4".

Starting with the 5 1/4" fold make a velley fold , a mountain fold and then another valley fold.

This card also has two patterned papers, from patterned paper no. 1 cut 1 @ 5" x 5" and 2 @ 4" x 5".
From patterned paper no. 2 cut 4 @ 1" x 5"

Ink all of the edges and attach the patterned papers to the card base as shown in the photos below.

to create the panel that hold the greeting cut a piece of black cardstock to 3 1/4" x 2 1/2", a piece of patterned paper to 3 1/8" x 2 3/8" and a piece of gold cardstock to 2 1/2" x 1 3/4". Ink all of the edges and layer them on top of each other.

Attache this to the front of the card as shown in the photo.

The greeting for the inside of the card is a Kaisercraft stamp from the set called Merry Christmas stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

Once I had fussy cut the image I attached it to the inside of the card using glue.

The decoration on the from of the card was die cut from black cardstock using Memory Box Snowflake Tree die and attached with glue also.

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