W is for W-V fold card - blue

  It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 26 - W

W is for W-V fold card

No, you're not seeing things, I shared two of W-V fold cards HERE

earlier ... they looked so pretty that I could not resist making more.

When Beccy (from Beccy’s Place) introduced us to the Jingle Bell digital stamp set, she generously shared a tutorial for a beautiful W-V-fold card.  I was inspired and I thoroughly enjoyed making some of these fancy folds too.  I used the design and dimensions shared by Beccy, then combined several elements from the Jingle Bell digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place.  The ones I used include the "Paper White" digital paper, the "Merry Little Christmas" digital sentiment and the "Bells with Bow and Pine", the "Bell Top Corner" and the "Bell Lower Corner" pre-coloured digital stamps.  There are so many images and sentiments in this delightful set that it's impossible to choose just one, so it was only fitting that I got to combine so many in this card design.  I created a second sentiment panel by combining two different fonts (details below) instead of having two image panels.  Two sets of card panels fit on a 12"x12" cardstock sheets, so of course I had to make two.  Once all the panels were set up, I printed the patterned paper and sentiment panels on white textured cardstock and cut them to size.  I cut the card bases, scored the folds and cut the other panels to size too.  Once all the pieces were ready, I adhered the layers, burnished the folds and was thrilled to have made two more of these lovely W-V-fold cards, Thank You Beccy.

This really is a fancy fold and is surprisingly easy to create.

The cards fold flat but are quite thick, so I plan on hand

delivering them to local letterboxes or giving in person.

   

Here are the two different colours together, they are so pretty.

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INGREDIENTS

Jingle Bell digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

I used the following elements from the set:

Paper White – digital paper

Merry Little Christmas – digital sentiment

Bells with Bow and Pine – pre-coloured digital stamp

Bell Top Corner – pre-coloured digital stamp

Bell Lower Corner – pre-coloured digital stamp

Diamond Fold Card – cut file - by Lori Whitlock

- Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #78305

SNF Duluth font by Illustration Ink

- Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #130937

Century Schoolbook font - not sure of source

textured cardstock

scoreboard - to score folds on card bases

bone folder - to form the folds

Helmar 450 Quick Dry - to adhere the layers

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I have entered my cards in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place 

W is for W-V fold card - green

 It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 26 - W

W is for W-V fold card

When Beccy (from Beccy’s Place) introduced us to the Jingle Bell digital stamp set, she generously shared a tutorial for a beautiful W-V-fold card.  I was inspired and I thoroughly enjoyed making some of these fancy folds too.  I used the design and dimensions shared by Beccy, then combined several elements from the Jingle Bell digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place.  The ones I used include the "Paper White" digital paper, the "Merry Little Christmas" digital sentiment and the "Bells with Bow and Pine", the "Bell Top Corner" and the "Bell Lower Corner" pre-coloured digital stamps.  There are so many images and sentiments in this delightful set that it's impossible to choose just one, so it was only fitting that I got to combine so many in this card design.  I created a second sentiment panel by combining two different fonts (details below) instead of having two image panels.  Two sets of card panels fit on a 12"x12" cardstock sheets, so of course I had to make two.  Once all the panels were set up, I printed the patterned paper and sentiment panels on white textured cardstock and cut them to size.  I cut the card bases, scored the folds and cut the other panels to size too.  Once all the pieces were ready, I adhered the layers, burnished the folds and was thrilled to have made my very first W-V-fold cards, Thank You Beccy.

This really is a fancy fold, it folds flat but is quite thick, so I plan

on hand delivering to local letterboxes or giving in person.

   

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INGREDIENTS

Jingle Bell digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

I used the following elements from the set:

Paper White – digital paper

Merry Little Christmas – digital sentiment

Bells with Bow and Pine – pre-coloured digital stamp

Bell Top Corner – pre-coloured digital stamp

Bell Lower Corner – pre-coloured digital stamp

Diamond Fold Card – cut file - by Lori Whitlock

- Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #78305

SNF Duluth font by Illustration Ink

- Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #130937

Century Schoolbook font - not sure of source

textured cardstock

scoreboard - to score folds on card bases

bone folder - to form the folds

Helmar 450 Quick Dry - to adhere the layers

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I have entered my cards in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place 

S is for Sparkling Single Bell Slimline card

 It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 21 - S

S is for Sparkling Single Bell Slimline Card

Another card that started in Silhouette Studio.  I combined the "Single Bell" digital stamp and the "Merry Little Christmas" digital sentiment from the Jingle Bell digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place.  I printed the image on white textured cardstock and coloured with Copic markers, yes, Copic markers.  I trimmed the panel down to size, matted with black cardstock and trimmed to 1/16" border with a Perfect Layers Ruler.  I made a slimline card base from 300gsm smooth white cardstock and matted it with white textured cardstock.  The matted image panel was adhered to the matted card base and my Sparkling Single Bell Slimline Card was almost done.  It still needed the "sparkle", so I added a luscious coating of sparkle to the bell with a Clear Wink Of Stella Clear Glitter Brush ... so pretty!

I know we're supposed to use special blending cardstock when colouring with Copic markers but I find that the markers work well with textured cardstock too.  The cardstock is quite "thirsty", so it probably uses a lot more ink than the likes of X-Press It blending card, but I thoroughly enjoy the added texture. 

   

Here is a comparison, colouring the same image with the same markers.  Today's card used textured cardstock, THIS card created for Day 27 X is for X-Press It uses X-Press It Blending Card.  The markers still blend beautifully.

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INGREDIENTS

Jingle Bell digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

I used the following elements from the set:

Single Bell – digital stamp

Merry Little Christmas - digital sentiment

white textured cardstock - to print & mat image panel

Copic markers - 

Y000-00-11-15 + YR23-24-27 + E55-57

black textured cardstock - to mat the image panel

Perfect Layers Ruler - to trim matting layer to 1/16"

Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush - to add sparkle to the bell 

300gsm smooth white cardstock - to make card base

scoreboard & bone folder - to form the fold of card base

Helmar 450 Quick Dry - to adhere the layers

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I have entered my card in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place 

Day 5 - Same But Different - Green Candy Holly

It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 5 - Same But Different

My Same-But-Different card was inspired by my

CAS slimline Candy Holly card from I is for Ink, Sweet Ink

I took the same image, sentiment and slimline design then

added a delicate green layer to enhance the pretty pastels.

I opened the Candy Holly pre-coloured digital stamp from the Candy Canes digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place in Silhouette Studio and sized the image to fit nicely on a wide slimline card (8 1/2" x  3 1/2"), with the image panel sized to 7 3/4" x 3 3/4" to allow for a matting layer.  This pretty little candy cane looked like it wanted to go on a wide slimline card, so I duplicated the image and mirrored-flipped it, so that I had opposites to go on either side of the card.  Next came the sentiment, "Sweet Christmas Wishes" from the same digital stamp set.  I sized the images and sentiment to fit.  I printed the image-sentiment panel on smooth white Letter sized cardstock, trimmed to size, matted with pretty green textured cardstock, trimmed to 1/16" using a Perfect Layers Ruler, then adhered to a wide slimline card base I had made from 300gsm smooth white cardstock.

   

I used the Candy Holly image to create a card for Day 10 - "I",

you can read about it HERE or by clicking on the photo below.

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INGREDIENTS

Candy Holly pre-coloured digital stamp from the

Candy Canes digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

Kaisercraft Spearmint textured cardstock - to mat the image panel

Perfect Layers Ruler - to trim matting layer

300gsm smooth white letter cardstock

- to print the image panel & make the card base

scoreboard & bone folder - to form the card base

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I have entered my card in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place 

Day 5 – Same But Different - Pink Candy Holly

It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 5 - Same But Different

My Same-But-Different card was inspired by my

CAS slimline Candy Holly card from I is for Ink, Sweet Ink

I took the same image, sentiment and slimline design then

added a delicate pink layer to enhance the pretty pastels.

I opened the Candy Holly pre-coloured digital stamp from the Candy Canes digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place in Silhouette Studio and sized the image to fit nicely on a wide slimline card (8 1/2" x  3 1/2"), with the image panel sized to 7 3/4" x 3 3/4" to allow for a matting layer.  This pretty little candy cane looked like it wanted to go on a wide slimline card, so I duplicated the image and mirrored-flipped it, so that I had opposites to go on either side of the card.  Next came the sentiment, "Sweet Christmas Wishes" from the same digital stamp set.  I sized the images and sentiment to fit.  I printed the image-sentiment panel on smooth white Letter sized cardstock, trimmed to size, matted with pretty pink textured cardstock, trimmed to 1/16" using a Perfect Layers Ruler, then adhered to a wide slimline card base I had made from 300gsm smooth white cardstock.

   

I used the Candy Holly image to create some cards for Day 10 - "I",

you can read about it HERE or by clicking on the photo below.

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INGREDIENTS

Candy Holly pre-coloured digital stamp from the

Candy Canes digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

Kaisercraft Bloom textured cardstock - to mat the image panel

Perfect Layers Ruler - to trim matting layer

300gsm smooth white letter cardstock

- to print the image panel & make the card base

scoreboard & bone folder - to form the card base

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I have entered my card in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place 

Y is for Yellow

 It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 28 - Y

Y is for Yellow

... yellow Copic markers

Y000-Y00-Y11-Y15-YR23-YR24-YR27

My wide slimline card with a trio of jingle bells started in Silhouette Studio.

I opened the "Single Bell" digital stamp and "Merry Little Christmas" digital sentiment from the Jingle Bell digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place.  I replicated the bells so that I had three to work with, I sized them all differently and flipped one so that the bow was facing opposite the others.  I arranged the bells at different heights and sized sentiment to fit nicely together on a 7 3/4" x 2 3/4" panel to go on the front of a slimline card base.  I printed the panel on white textured cardstock and trimmed to size.  I coloured the bells with Copic markers, LOTS of yellow markers, matted the panel with black textured cardstock then trimmed to a 1/16" border with a Perfect Layers Ruler.  I made a slimline card base from 300gsm smooth white cardstock  and matted the front with white textured cardstock.  I adhered the matted image panel to the matted card base and the card was almost done.  One last thing was needed to finish it off, a magical touch of sparkle with a Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush to all the bells.

The sparkle is so lovely.

   

My Copic markers have had quite a workout over the last few days.

HERE is the single bell on X-Press It Blending Card

HERE is the single bell coloured on textured cardstock

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INGREDIENTS

Jingle Bell digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

I used the following elements from the set:

Single Bell - digital stamp

Merry Little Christmas – digital sentiment

textured cardstock - for image panel and matting layers

Copic markers - 

Y000-00-11-15 + YR23-24-27 + E55-57

300gsm smooth white Letter cardstock - to make the card base

scoreboard & bone folder - to score and burnish the card fold

Helmar 450 Quick Dry - to adhere the layers

Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush - to add sparkle to the bell

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I have entered my card in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place