Day 15 - Plaid Patterned Paper

It's time for the 12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

You can read the rules HERE or head over to Beccy's Challenges and enter HERE.

Day 15 - Tartans, Plaids & Checks

Beccy's inspiration is a super cute snowman surrounded by layered plaids HERE  

My Day 15 card uses Plaid Patterned Paper.

I struggled with my Tartans, Plaids and Checks project but it was worth every minute.

I hope my merry Plaid card makes you smile and that you like it as much as I do :)

My plaid card started with the Paper 5 digital plaid patterned paper from the Daisy Elements digital stamp set, the Dalmatian digital stamp from the Dog Tales digital stamp set (sadly now retired and no longer available) and the Merry Christmas digital sentiment from the Tied Up With String digital stamp set (sadly now retired and no longer available), all from Beccy’s Place.

I opened all the digital elements in Silhouette Studio and sized everything for a 5" x 7" card panel.  I sized and stretched the sentiment so that it fitted nicely beside the dalmatian.  I added a merry little Santa hat to the dalmatian.  I printed all the layers, cut the oval panels with my Silhouette Cameo and manually cut the matting layers.  I coloured the image panel with Copic markers, inked the edges of the layers, then assembled the card panel, popping each layer with thin foam sheet.  I made a 5" x 7" card base then adhered the card panel on top to finish my pretty plaid card.

Lots of markers to colour this little cutie.

Blending brushes make inking edges so much fun.

Thin foam layers under each panel add a nice dimension to the card.

   

He really is a Christmas cutie!

   

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INGREDIENTS

 Paper 5 digital plaid patterned paper from the Daisy Elements digital stamp set

- from Beccy’s Place

Dalmatian digital stamp from the Dog Tales digital stamp set

- from Beccy’s Place, which is sadly now retired and no longer available. 

Merry Christmas digital sentiment from the Tied Up With String digital stamp set

from Beccy’s Place, which is sadly now retired and no longer available

textured cardstock

Copic Markers - to colour the image panel

W1-3-5 + C1-3 + T4-7-10 + YG25 + R24-27-29 + B000-00

Mowed Lawn Distress Ink - to ink the edges of each layer

Ink Blending Brush - to apply the ink

300gsm smooth white cardstock - to make card base

foam sheet - to pop the layers
Helmar 450 Quick Dry liquid adhesive – to adhere the layers

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I have entered my card in the

12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges 

Day 18 - Pretty Pinwheel Card

It's time for the 12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

You can read the rules HERE or head over to Beccy's Challenges and enter HERE.

Day 18 - P

Beccy's inspiration is a delightful presents card HERE  

My "P" is a Pretty Pinwheel Card,

yes, another Pretty Pinwheel Card.

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No, you're not seeing things, I shared my first ever

Pretty Pastel Pinwheel card HERE

and my new and improved version HERE

   

After making my first pinwheel card, my husband has suggested that I add different panels to make it more interesting as you flip the folds.  I took his advice, made a second pinwheel card and he was right.  Although I adore the patterned paper I used, the card needed variety to invite you to keep on flipping.  The Jingle Bell digital stamp set that I used for my initial design has several coordinating images and sentiments, so I could mix 'n match a variety of panels.  I also combined some sentiments from other digital stamp sets from Beccy’s Place.  Full details listed in ingredients below.

You can see the first and second versions of my Pretty Pastel Pinwheel cards

HERE. and HERE.

The Jingle Bell digital stamp set from Beccy’s Place is one of my favourites and I love how it looks with both pastel blue and forest green, so I could not resist making a forest green pinwheel card.  If I could find a grey shade that matched the patterned paper, I would probably make a grey version too!

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My fancy fold card was inspired by THIS card by Leslie Turner on her Love To Scrap 2 blog.  Her card was inspired by THIS tutorial and video HERE by Debbie Henderson on the Splitcoast Stampers site.  I designed the card base and panels in Silhouette Studio using the dimensions from the tutorial.  I decorated the panels with several elements from the Jingle Bell digital stamp set , the Silver Bells digital stamp set and the Golden Bell digital stamp set, all from Beccy’s Place, full details listed in ingredients below.  I printed, cut then assembled the layers and fancy folds.

The card has so many fancy folds, and now that I have added such a variety of elements to each panel, it's fun to look at in every direction.

Let's "flip" through the pinwheel panels,

The pinwheel folds flat for mailing,

with the flat card being standard A2 size, 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".

Here's a little comparison between the new green and pastel blue V2.

What colour is your favourite, the blue or the green?

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INGREDIENTS
Jingle Bell digital stamp set from  Beccy’s Place
- several elements including the Paper White digital Paper, the Bell Lower Corner pre-coloured digital stamp, the Single Bell pre-coloured digital stamp, the Bells with Bow and Pine pre-coloured digital stamp, the Merry Little Christmas digital sentiment and the Joy and Love digital sentiment

Silver Bells digital sentiment from the Silver Bell digital stamp set

Sadly this digital stamp set is now retired.

Jingle All The Way and Merry & Bright digital sentiments from the Golden Bell digital stamp set

Sadly this digital stamp set is now retired.

textured cardstock

Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue - to adhere card base join
Helmar 450 Quick Dry liquid adhesive – to adhere the layers

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I have entered my card in the

12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges 

Day 18 - P is for Pretty Pastel Pinwheel -2

It's time for the 12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

You can read the rules HERE or head over to Beccy's Challenges and enter HERE.

Day 18 - P

Beccy's inspiration is a delightful presents card HERE  

My "P" is a Pretty Pastel Pinwheel Card version 2.

The card has so many fancy folds, it's fun to look at in every direction.

My first card can be seen HERE

When I made my first pinwheel card, my husband has suggested that I add different panels to make it more interesting as you flip the folds and I took his advice, he was right!  Although I adore the patterned paper I used to fill the panels, the card needed variety to invite you to keep on flipping.  The Jingle Bell digital stamp set from Beccy’s Place that I used for my initial design has several coordinating images and sentiments, so I could mix 'n match a variety of panels.  I also combined some sentiments from other digital stamp sets from Beccy’s Place.  Full details listed in ingredients below.

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My fancy fold card was inspired by THIS card by Leslie Turner on her Love To Scrap 2 blog.  Her card was inspired by THIS tutorial and video HERE by Debbie Henderson on the Splitcoast Stampers site.  I designed the card base and panels in Silhouette Studio using the dimensions from the tutorial.  I decorated the panels with several elements from the Jingle Bell digital stamp set , the Silver Bells digital stamp set and the Golden Bell digital stamp set, all from Beccy’s Place, full details listed in ingredients below.  I printed, cut then assembled the layers and fancy folds.

Let's "flip" through the pinwheel panels,

I'm so happy with the new design.

The pinwheel folds flat for mailing,

with the flat card being standard A2 size, 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".

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INGREDIENTS
Jingle Bell digital stamp set from Beccy’s Place
- several elements including the Paper White digital Paper, the Bell Lower Corner pre-coloured digital stamp, the Single Bell pre-coloured digital stamp, the Bells with Bow and Pine pre-coloured digital stamp, the Merry Little Christmas digital sentiment and the Joy and Love digital sentiment

Silver Bells digital sentiment from the Silver Bell digital stamp set

Sadly this digital stamp set is now retired from Beccy's Place.

Jingle All The Way and Merry & Bright digital sentiments

from the Golden Bell digital stamp set

Sadly this digital stamp set is now retired from Beccy's Place.

textured cardstock

Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue - to adhere card base join
Helmar 450 Quick Dry liquid adhesive – to adhere the layers

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I have entered my card in the

12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges 

Day 19 - Q is for Quick 2

It's time for the 12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

You can read the rules HERE or head over to Beccy's Challenges and enter HERE.

Day 19 - Q

Beccy's inspiration is a Santa wearing a beautiful quilted coat card HERE  

My "Q" is a Quick card,

another Quick and cute gnome Christmas card.

My first card was SO QUICK I just had to make a QUICK 2,

this time with luscious sparkling red glitter.

You can see and read all about my first "Q" card HERE

Like my first one, this Quick card started with a Gnome Christmas Card cut file. I cut the detailed gnome cut out panel with my Silhouette Cameo and was pleased with how quick and easy it was to weed out the detailed design cuts.  I quickly manually cut a panel from red glitter cardstock to insert into the gnome panel, quickly made a sturdy card base, quickly adhered the layered gnome panel to the card base and my second quick card was done.

The detail in the sentiment is so delicate, the sparkle so luscious.

Let's have a quick look at the quick cards together.

The red glitter looks vibrant and bright in some light, so rich and dark in other.

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INGREDIENTS
Gnome Christmas Card - cut file - Silhouette Design Store ID 456096

glitter cardstock

300gsm smooth white cardstock - to make card base

Helmar 450 Quick Dry liquid adhesive – to adhere gnome panel to card base

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I have entered my card in the

12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges 

Day 19 - Q is for Quick

It's time for the 12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

You can read the rules HERE or head over to Beccy's Challenges and enter HERE.

Day 19 - Q

Beccy's inspiration is a Santa wearing a beautiful quilted coat card HERE  

My "Q" is a Quick card,

a Quick and cute gnome Christmas card.

OK, this card is not what I had planned for my "Q" project, I'm still waiting on a crafty delivery that has an essential tool I need to try a new-to-me technique that is filled with "Q".  In the meantime, this card will help keep me on track with Beccy's festive alphabet.  I've tried to use Beccy's Place digital images, sentiments and patterned papers all month long and I've been pretty pleased to have included at least one for most of my projects.  I might still get to include one of Beccy's sentiments for a panel inside the card, will have to see how kind time is to me.

This Quick card started with a Gnome Christmas Card cut file for what is called an insert card design.  I have found that my textured cardstock is not always sturdy enough without at least one layer of matting, so I adjusted the file so that it became a front panel to go on to a card base (instead of the cut card front being part of the card base).  Using my Silhouette Cameo, I cut the detailed gnome cut out panel and was pleased with how Quick and easy it was to weed out the detailed design cuts.  I quickly manually cut a panel from red textured cardstock to insert into the gnome panel, quickly made a sturdy card base, quickly adhered the layered gnome panel to the card base and my quick card was done.

NOTE: Quick is not always good.  In my rush to make the card base I dropped my bone folder.  When the battle is bone folder vs tiled floor, the tiles win and my poor bone folder has a chipped tip.

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INGREDIENTS
Gnome Christmas Card - cut file - Silhouette Design Store ID 456096

textured cardstock

300gsm smooth white cardstock - to make card base

Helmar 450 Quick Dry liquid adhesive – to adhere gnome panel to card base

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I have entered my card in the

12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges