Happy Holidays Series | Classic Christmas ft. Lawn Fawn "Large Wreath" Die

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Welcome to the 14th card in this year's Happy Holidays Series. I sat on the fence about this die for a long time. I was well into my Holiday Series before I made the decision to get this, and I am so very glad that I did. We can all thank Pinterest for pushing me over the edge on this one.

Pinterest is that wonderful place where you discover you really NEED to have all the things you didn't think you even wanted. LOL

While my plan for this year's series was to do cute stuff focusing around the North Pole and Santa's Workshop I just couldn't resist tossing in a little elegance. This is one of my favourites from this year, and I wouldn't be entirely surprised if it made an appearance next year in the Happy Holidays Series.

To begin, I stamped the wood grain stamp from Lawn Fawn's "Wood Grain Backdrops" with CTMH Chocolate ink on 65lb kraft cardstock by Recollections. I then used Gathered Twigs Distress ink to darken the edges going lighter towards the centre.

I used the "Large Wreath" die to cut 3 sets (the die cuts 4 at a time) of the boughs from shimmering cardstock and once from white glitter cardstock. I used Tombow Mono Adhesive to glue the boughs in place around the stitched circle that comes with the die set. Once I had the majority of my shimmering boughs in place I added the glittering ones every couple of spaces.

I cut the bow from silver glitter cardstock and assembled that using liquid adhesive as well. I have found that if you cut a foam square in half, it just fits in the loops of the bows, so that even when compressed it will still retain some dimension and not just be squished flat. I used my reverse tweezers to hold the bow together while it dried, then adhered it to the bottom of my wreath.

To mount the wreath onto my background panel, I used 3/4" lengths of two-way tape to secure it in place all around the back of the circle, then mounted the panel to the front of a standard A2 sized card base.

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This card is for:

CASology Week 277

Round

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Anything Goes

Freshly Made Sketches

Challenge #315

#Birthday Boys | ft. Clearly Besotted "It's Good to be Bad"

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Today I'm going to share with you another of my #birthday cards. There have been a couple others, that you can see here (with the three little pigs) and here (with Goldilocks and the three bears). All three of these are so super cute and again I just could not resist the urge to put this into a Polaroid frame.

So, I don't actually have a Polaroid frame die, so I have to make my own, which is incredibly easy. I used a square die and a larger rectangular die around it. Pass that through the die cutting machine, and if the bottom is a little too long, just trim it off. This is also something you could totally do by hand as well, using your paper trimmer or a straight edge.

To begin, I made my frame and cut out an acetate piece as well. The acetate isn't really necessary but I think it gives a finished look to the picture.

On a separate piece of 110lb Copic-friendly cardstock, I stamped this trio from Clearly Besotted's "Good to be Bad" stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them with Copics.

I then masked them off and used Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress inks for my grass; Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress inks for my sky. Then I put my picture together.

I adhered it down on a piece of Kraft cardstock, because to me it looks like a bulletin board. I know I had a linen background stamp that I think would work perfectly to give that cross-hatched look but do you think I can find it anywhere? Nope.

My washi tape is rather thin, so I find that if I double it up it is a bit less transparent. I chose this particular patterned tape because I wanted it to coordinate with the sky and grass in the photo.

Finally I stamped the greeting using the hashtag from "Good to be Bad" and the Happy Birthday from "Wild Thing". Then I adhered the panel to the front of a standard A2 sized card base.

I hope you like today's card and are inspired to create something of your own. If you haven't already, please follow me on the right side bar. You can also follow me over on Facebook. Toss me a line in the comments section below and let me know what you think.

This card is for:

CAS(E) This Sketch

Challenge #239

CASology Challenge

#267 - BIG