Masculine Holiday Card

Lesson 5 of the Holiday Card Workshop 2013 is focused on His and Her cards. Kristina Warner's card from her Holiday Card Series 2013 and Debby Hughes's His and Hers Snowflakes Card (from the card class) were definitely my inspirations.

The placement of the three snowflakes is a bit off. I think it would have looked better of everything was moved up half an inch. But all it can do/say now is "lesson learned". I have to do better planning next time. =P

The background was created using Gourmet Rubber Stamp's Creative Stencil - Chevron Stripes and Distress Inks in Evergreen Bough and Ice Spruce.

You may have noticed that the rhinestones I glued to the center of each of the snowflake doesn't "bling". That's because they came in the package like that... such poor quality products. Anyway, I tried to shine them back up using some clear nail polish, but I guess it reacted with the plastic on the rhinestone and it dulled them even more. However, they ended up looking like frosted translucent pearls. It's quite cool in real life. So I guess I can call that a happy accident?

The top left snowflake is a negative of a die cut snowflake. I placed a piece of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mirrored Sheets behind to make it reflect and shine. The large one on the right was die cut out of some iridescent paper.

The small snowflake at the bottom was cut out of double sided adhesive and then covered in Recollection's Snow Glitter. The Merry Christmas sentiment was cut out of a piece of (originally white) card stock that I coloured with the same Distressed Inks as the background. (Whoops... I just realized I forgot to glue the tittle on the letter i in Christmas. Haha!)

Materials used:

- Neenah Solar White Card Stock

- Gournet Rubber Stamps Creative Stencils - Chevron Stripes

- Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Evergreen Bough and Ice Spruce

- Ranger Blending Tool (Foam Applicator)

- Elizabeth Craft Designs Dies - Snowflakes

- Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mirrored Sheets

- Recollection Iridescent Paper

- Recollection Glitter: Snow

- Simon Says Stamp Merry Christmas Craft Dies

- Simon Says Stamp Elegant Holiday 2013 Card Kit

- Kaiser Craft Rhinestones - Silver

- Wink of Stella Brush Tip Marker - Clear

- Sookwang Be Creative Double Sided Tape

Thanks for visiting,

Cheryl ~

Holiday Card Workshop 2013 - Lesson 2

I recently enrolled in the Holiday Card Workshop 2013 taught by Kristina Warner, Jennifer McGuire, and a bunch of talented guest artists.

Normally, I would create a card using the new techniques I learned from each lesson. However, the class started last week and it was a super busy week for me. So I was only able to create one card so far.

Lesson 2 focused on die cutting. I love love love die cutting, but I do it in the most basic way. Lesson 2 was all about taking die cutting to the next level. I learned a new technique called Layered Die-Cut Inlay from Jennifer McGuire. It's a very complicated technique but it creates a unique outcome. This is the card I made using this technique.

The card looks plain and not too exciting, but if you take a closer look...

You will notice that the tree lie flush with the brown patter paper. First I cut the tree out of the brown pattern paper. Then I cut the same tree out of green paper. To make the levels of the tree stand out from each other I added some Peeled Paint Distress Ink using a foam applicator. After all that I pieced the tree into the brown patter paper. Sounds complicated, doesn't it? It actually was... @_@

After all that crazy die-cut inlay I decided to just glue the star and the Merry Christmas sentiment on top. No more inlay... at least not for this card. Hahaha!

Materials used:

- Elizabeth Craft  Designs Dies - 5 Part Pine Tree

- Simon Says Stamps - Merry Christmas Craft Die

- Simon Says Stamps - Holiday Shapes Hearts Stars Craft Die

- My Favorite Things Heavyweight Card Stock

- Neenah Solar White Card Stock

- Simon Says Stamps Elegant Holiday 2013 Card Kit

- Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Festive Berries and Peeled Paint

- Ranger Inkssentials Blending Tool (Foam Applicator)

- Simon Says Stamps Peppermint Stripes Stencil

- Wink of Stella Brush Tip Marker - Clear

- Ranger Glossy Accents

Thanks for visiting,

Cheryl ~