Three Christmas Cards 2020

Good morning

Today I am sharing with you the last of this years Christmas cards.

You will find the video here

I have tried a few different ideas with these cards. There is a slimline bridge card, an easel card with a heat embossed velum centre panel and a card with a very unusual front panel cut.

Card No. 1

This card is 5 1/2" square.

Once you have your basic card, find the centre point of the bottom edge of the front (it is a top opening card) then cut from this point to the outside edge of the fold line. Do this for both the left and right sides of the card front. These pieces then become the two triangular pieces that are added to the front of the card.

Cover all of the white cardstock areas with patterned paper leaving a small white border around each piece.

Attach the triangular pieces to the front of the card so they are level with the point at the bottom of the card and do not overlap the top of the card at the fold.

I have used a Christmas Tree die (brand unknown) to create the embellishment for the front of the card.

The greeting is from Uniquely Creative's Once Upon a Christmas Mini Cutaparts sheet. this has been matted onto some gold paper and attached at the bottom of the card front.

Card No. 2

This card is 5 1/4" square.

Cut a piece of white cardstock 5 1/4" x 10 1/2" and score at 2 5/8" and 5 1/4" on the 10 1/2" edge

Cut another piece of white cardstock that is 5 1/4" square.

Attach the 5 1/4" square piece to the edge of the 2 5/8" x 5 1/4" panel

Use a circle die to cut through both layers of the front of the card.

I used a Kaisercraft stamp from the Peace & Joy stamp set to stamp the wreath image onto some pearlised velum with some embossing ink. I added gold embossing powder and set it with my heat tool.

I attached this to the card front so the greeting was centred in the cut out circle.

I cut 3 pieces of the dark patterned paper to 5" square and 3 pieces of the light patterned paper to 4 3/4", these were layered on top of each other.

I cut the same size circle as I used previously to cut a circle from two of these. These were attached to the front and back of the front panel with the velum in it. The third one was attached to the bottom inside of the card.

I then cut 2 rings from the dark patterned paper and attached them to the velum just inside the circle cut into the patterned paper. This gave the circles a more finished look.

The greeting was created the same as the previous card, attached to a piece of chipboard and placed on the card base about 1/3 of the way up the card. This is what the card front rests on when it is propped open.

I placed a piece of white cardstock that is 4 1/4" x 3" inside the card to write my personal greeting on.

Card No. 3

This card is a slimline bridge card.

The red card base is 5 5/8" x 8 1/4" and is scored at 7/8" and 1 3/4" at each end of the 5 5/8" edge

The holly leaf patterned paper is from the Kaisercraft St Nicholas paper collection. I have cut one piece 2" x 8 1/4" and 4 pieces 3/4" x 8 1/4". These are then attached to all of the inside surfaces of the card.

Three pieces of red cardstock 3 7/8" x 1" and three pieces of patterned paper 3/4" x 3 3/4" make up the straps that go across the card. These are layered on top of each other then attached to the card base so they are flush with the outside edges of the card.

I used a poinsettia die (brand unknown) and some gold self patterned paper to create 3 flowers. One flower was added to each of the traps, two on the left side of the card and one on the right.

The greeting, which was created the same as the other two cards, was attached to the centre strap.

To create a place to right my personal greeting I added a piece of white cardstock 1 7/8" x 8 1/4" to the back centre panel of the card. I embellished this with two pieces from Uniquely Creatives Holly Jolly Christmas Creative Cuts.

Don't forget you can watch the video here. It may help my description make sense. 

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie