Good morning!
It’s the last of the Countdown to Christmas challenges over on the Daring Cardmakers blog.
This week’s theme is baubles, boxes, and bows… and well my card contains all three!
It also uses up lots of cardstock scraps and marks the festive return of Stickles glitter glue in abundance:
Stamp: The Greetery – Ornament Box Top Vertical
Dies: The Greetery – Ornament Box Top Vertical, Hello Bluebird – Holly and Pine, Hero Arts – Infinity Nesting Rectangles, The Greetery – Curio: Attic Ornaments, The Greetery – Curio: Divider and Details II
Other: Distress Oxide
I started out by stamping the Ornament Box Top Vertical red rubber stamp from The Greetery on Bristol cardstock in Cherry Kisses ink. I find the smoothness of Bristol cardstock to be very forgiving when stamping detailed red rubber background stamps, as it just sucks up that ink in a crisp way.
I then stamped areas of the background stamp on a scrap of Bazzill Marshmallow cardstock in contrasting colours, ready to cut out with the matching die for this stamp set.
Once the background panel was dry, I cut it out with the largest die in the Hero Arts Infinity Rectangles. I could have done this with a ruler and knife, but I really like the neat cutting edge from a die, and any white bits showing can easily be inked over the with ink pad you used to stamp the box.
Next, it was time to delve into my bag of cardstock scraps from The Stamp Market and try and cut a load of bits that would work together using the Curio Attic Ornaments dies also from The Greetery.
Once I’d assembled a few things, the Stickles made their Christmas outing and glammed up these ornaments.
I left them to dry overnight (there have been too many times when crafting at night a Stickles accident has occurred – I’ve learnt my lesson!) and the next morning it was time to start assembling the box.
I cut the Divider die from white cardstock several times, and the top layer is from cream cardstock that looks a bit more rustic. One of the white cardstocks I used to cut this die is actually a corrugated sort of texture, so I used the cutouts from the frame in the background of the card for added interest. After the layered frame and inserts were all glued in place, I used some Antique Linen Distress Oxide ink to add some more vintage age.
I then placed all the elements where I thought they’d work best, using the Holly & Pine dies from Hello Bluebird for some sprigs of winter foliage.
I used a white pen to add some details to the wreath and the (slightly menacing looking) deer.
And hey presto, the card was finally made!
It might not be the quickest project to make, but it can definitely be simplified if that’s the way you want to go.
I’m also using this card as my take on the December card prompt, since I also had that in mind when I was creating it and choosing the colours. 🙂
Make sure you check out the wonderful projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!
Happy crafting!
 The Greetery – Ornament Box Top Vertical stamp Shop at: MISC | SHC |
 The Greetery – Ornament Box Top Vertical dies Shop at: MISC | SHC |
 Hello Bluebird – Holly and Pine dies Shop at: MISC |
 Hero Arts – Infinity Nesting Rectangles dies Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
 The Greetery – Curio: Attic Ornaments dies Shop at: MISC | SHC |
 The Greetery – Curio: Divider and Details II dies Shop at: MISC | SHC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad – Antique Linen Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 The Stamp Market – Cherry Kisses ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Emerald Isle ink pad Shop at: EH | MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Peony ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Bazzill Cardshoppe – Marshmallow Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Strathmore Bristol cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Memory Box – Majestic Hues glitter pad Shop at: EH | MISC |
 Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
 MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC |
 Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ |
 Taylored Expressions – Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC |
 Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | SBC |
 Sizzix – Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
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