Beccy's Place Day 30 - Do What You Love - 4

I'm playing along with the
Tenth Annual
Month of Holiday Cards Challenge

at Beccy's Place

FULL details about how it works are HERE

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Day 30 - Do What You Love

(Beccy's post with elegant holly cards to inspire is HERE)

Well, it's no secret, I love making cards, so I've made some more cards.

My cards use the "Holly Branch 2" pre-coloured image from the

Holly Days digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place Store.

I made four cards using the Holly Brough image and two cards using the Holly Sprig from this same set earlier today, it's a delightful set with four different holly images and a cluster with bells.

My cards use the "Holly Branch 2" pre-coloured image from the

Holly Days digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place Store.

I opened the Holly Branch 2 image in Silhouette Studio as it is a great tool for designing cards and printing panels, it's not just for cutting.  I sized the image to fit nicely on a 5" x 7" panel and added a sentiment.  I flipped the image to make another card and added the same sentiment, so even though there are two cards using the same image, they're still one-of-a-kind.  I added a thin black line to the panel, printed then manually cut down to size before adhering the image panels to the card bases.  I used some heavy (300gsm) smooth white cardstock to the make card bases ... I've made so many cards that I ran out of my pre-scored supply, a good problem to have as it means I've been more productive than I thought I could ever be.  

   

I added a touch of golden sparkle to the accents on the leaves and berries using a

Wink Of Stella glitter brush.  It's hard to capture in a photo, hope you can see it.

You might need to click on the image to view it in full screen,

... the sparkle is definitely there.

   

*** INGREDIENTS ***

Holly Branch 2 - pre-coloured image from the Holly Days digital stamp set

textured cardstock - to print the image panel

300gsm smooth cardstock - to make card bases

stainless steel ruler and craft knife to cut cardstock to size

scoreboard and bone folder - to form the card bases
Helmar 450 Quick Dry - to adhere image panels to card bases

Wink Of Stella glitter brush

Beccy's Place Day 30 - Do What You Love - 3

I'm playing along with the
Tenth Annual
Month of Holiday Cards Challenge

at Beccy's Place

FULL details about how it works are HERE

~~~*~~~*~~~

Day 30 - Do What You Love

(Beccy's post with elegant holly cards to inspire is HERE)

Well, it's no secret, I love making cards, so I've made some more cards.

My cards use the "Holly Sprig" pre-coloured image from the

Holly Days digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place Store.

I made two side folding and two top folding cards using the

Holly Brough image from this same set earlier today, it's a

delightful set with four different holly images and a cluster with bells.

I opened the Holly Sprig image in Silhouette Studio as it is a great tool for designing cards and printing panels, it's not just for cutting.  I sized the image to fit nicely on a 5" x 7" panel and added a sentiment.  I flipped the image to make another card and added the same sentiment, so even though there are two cards using the same image, they're still one-of-a-kind.  I added a thin black line to the panel, printed then manually cut down to size before adhering the image panels to the card bases.  I used some heavy (300gsm) smooth white cardstock to the make card bases ... I've made so many cards that I ran out of my pre-scored supply, a good problem to have as it means I've been more productive than I thought I could ever be.  

   

I added a touch of golden sparkle to the accents on the leaves and berries using a

Wink Of Stella glitter brush.  It sparkles beautifully when you move the card in the light, it's hard to capture in a photo, hope you can see it.

*** INGREDIENTS ***

Holly Sprig - pre-coloured image from the Holly Days digital stamp set

textured cardstock - to print the image panel

300gsm smooth cardstock - to make card bases

stainless steel ruler and craft knife to cut cardstock to size

scoreboard and bone folder - to form the card bases
Helmar 450 Quick Dry - to adhere image panels to card bases

Wink Of Stella glitter brush

Beccy's Place Day 30 - Do What You Love - 2

I'm playing along with the
Tenth Annual
Month of Holiday Cards Challenge

at Beccy's Place

FULL details about how it works are HERE

~~~*~~~*~~~

Day 30 - Do What You Love

(Beccy's post with elegant holly cards to inspire is HERE)

Well, it's no secret, I love making cards, so I've made some more cards.

My cards use the "Holly Brough" pre-coloured image from

the Holly Days digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place Store.

I made two side folding cards using this image earlier today,

now I have a pair of top folding CAS cards too.

I opened the Holly Brough image in Silhouette Studio as it is a great tool for designing cards and printing panels, it's not just for cutting.  I sized the image to fit nicely on a 5" x 7" panel and added a sentiment.  I flipped the image to make another card and added the same sentiment, so even though there are two cards using the same image, they're still one-of-a-kind.  I added a thin black line to the panel, printed then manually cut down to size before adhering the image panels to the card bases.  I used some heavy (300gsm) smooth white cardstock to the make card bases ... I've made so many cards that I ran out of my pre-scored supply, a good problem to have as it means I've been more productive than I thought I could ever be.  

   

I added a touch of golden sparkle to the accents on the leaves and berries using a

Wink Of Stella glitter brush.  It's hard to capture in a photo, hope you can see it,

you might need to click on the image to view in full screen.

*** INGREDIENTS ***

Holly Brough - pre-coloured image from the Holly Days digital stamp set

textured cardstock - to print the image panel

300gsm smooth cardstock - to make card bases

stainless steel ruler and craft knife to cut cardstock to size

scoreboard and bone folder - to form the card bases
Helmar 450 Quick Dry - to adhere image panels to card bases

Wink Of Stella glitter brush - to add sparkle to the leaves and berries

Beccy's Place Day 30 - Do What You Love - 1

I'm playing along with the
Tenth Annual
Month of Holiday Cards Challenge

at Beccy's Place

FULL details about how it works are HERE

~~~*~~~*~~~

Day 30 - Do What You Love

(Beccy's post with elegant holly cards to inspire is HERE)

Well, it's no secret, I love making cards, so I've made some more cards.

My cards use the "Holly Brough" pre-coloured image from

the Holly Days digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place Store.

I opened the Holly Brough image in Silhouette Studio as it is a great tool for designing cards and printing panels, it's not just for cutting.  I sized the image to fit nicely on a 5" x 7" panel and added a sentiment.  I flipped the image to make another card and added the same sentiment, so even though there are two cards using the same image, they're still one-of-a-kind.  I added a thin black line to the panel, printed then manually cut down to size before adhering the image panels to the card bases.  I used some heavy (300gsm) smooth white cardstock to the make card bases ... I've made so many cards that I ran out of my pre-scored supply, a good problem to have as it means I've been more productive than I thought I could ever be.  

   

I added a touch of golden sparkle to the accents on the leaves using a Wink Of Stella glitter brush.  I also added some sparkle to the berries using Stardust Stickles.  It's hard to capture in a photo, hope you can see the golden lustre on the leaves and shiny sparkle on the berries.

*** INGREDIENTS ***

Holly Brough - pre-coloured image from the Holly Days digital stamp set

textured cardstock - to print the image panel

300gsm smooth cardstock - to make card bases

stainless steel ruler and craft knife to cut cardstock to size

scoreboard and bone folder - to form the card bases

Helmar 450 Quick Dry - to adhere image panels to card bases

Stardust Stickles - to add sparkle to the berries

Wink Of Stella glitter brush

Beccy's Place Day 27 - y is for . . .

I'm playing along with the
Tenth Annual
Month of Holiday Cards Challenge

at Beccy's Place

FULL details about how it works are HERE

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Day 27 - Y

(Beccy's post with "Y" inspiration words and delightful

stacked yellow gifts card to inspire are HERE)

My "Y" project is a Yummy Yuletide Tree with Yellow bling.

I used the Mix & Match Tree Box Trio - cut file from My Scrap Chick to make a six-sided tree shaped treat box, the first of several that I need to make.  Our regional families were severely affected by the record breaking flooding last month, so much devastation and loss.  Needless to say, Christmas is the LAST thing they're thinking of at the moment.  Not being in their own home means none of the usual decorations and limited space for anything, so my plan is to send them this to sit on the dining table.

It can be their mini Christmas Tree and the

lid lifts off easily to reward them with a tasty treat.

It's quite large too, the hexagonal base is 7 1/2" from point-to-point, 6 1/2" from flat-side-to flat-side and stands 9" high.  It's amazing what you can make from two sheets of A4 glitter cardstock and four sheets of 12" x 12" textured cardstock (2 x green, 2 x brown).

   

The box under the tree lid is huge ...

Wondering how many tasty treats fit inside?

   

... forty-seven ... yes, 47 treats fitted inside and it's HEAVY ...

I might have to get a sturdy tray or cake stand for it.

PS - I have never used pearl strands before and I tell you, I was lucky I had my husband help me try to tame the strand while I tried to secure them in place by sticking a poinsettia on top at points along the way ... it was a very creative version of twister!  Next time I hope I remember to put a glue dot under the pearl strand on the tree then glue a poinsettia on top later, it really does have a mind of its' own!

*** INGREDIENTS ***

Mix & Match Tree Box Trio - cut file from My Scrap Chick

I made the 6-sided tree box

Silhouette Cameo - to cut the pieces

12" x 12" textured cardstock - 2 x green, 2 x brown, 1 x crimson

A4 glitter cardstock - 2 sheets

liquid adhesive

Helmar 450 Quick dry for larger panels / layers

Helmar Acid Free Professional for the smaller pieces / flaps

rhinestones - for middle of poinsettia flowers

I didn't have any yellow left so used a rich yellow alcohol marker to

colour clear rhinestones and transform them into pretty yellow gems

pearl strand - to decorate tree

glue dots - to glue the poinsettias and pearl stand in place

Beccy's Place Day 10 - I is for . . . ink

 I'm playing along with the

Tenth Annual
Month of Holiday Cards Challenge

at Beccy's Place

FULL details about how it works are HERE

~~~*~~~*~~~

Day 10 - I

(Beccy's post with "I" inspiration words and

tasty Indigo card to inspire are HERE)

My "I" project is INK, lots of printer ink.

I used the pre-coloured Santa Frame, Frosty Frame and Moose Frame images

from the Cozy Christmas digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place Store

to make a set of eight folded tags.

They're an odd size because I wanted to fit them on a sheet of 12" x 12" textured cardstock.  Eight tags fitted neatly on the sheet, with a black line outlining each tag, so it was easy for me to cut out each tag using my ruler and craft knife.  I scored each panel, folded and burnished with a bone folder.  Each folded tag measures 59mm wide x 73mm high.  I'm thinking about punching a hole in the back panel of each tag, up near the top, beside the fold and threading some red ribbon through to attach to gifts.

*** INGREDIENTS ***

Santa Frame + Frosty Frame + Moose Frame pre-coloured images

Cozy Christmas digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place Store

textured cardstock

scoreboard and bone folder

Beccy's Place Day 28 - CAS Design - Holly Days 2

I'm playing along with the
Tenth Annual
Month of Holiday Cards Challenge

at Beccy's Place

FULL details about how it works are HERE

~~~*~~~*~~~

Day 28 - CAS Design

(Beccy's post with "CAS Design" definition and elegant

candy cane card to inspire are HERE)

I confess, I love CAS cards and was thrilled to make some for today's prompt,

so thrilled that this is my second pair of CAS cards

using a different image from the same set.

My "CAS Design" cards use "Holly Branch 2",

a pre-coloured image from the Holly Days digital stamp set

from the Beccy's Place Store.

I opened the Holly Branch 2 image in Silhouette Studio as it is a great tool for designing cards and printing panels, it's not just for cutting.  I sized the image to fit nicely on a 5" x 7" panel and added a sentiment.  I flipped the image to make another card and added the same sentiment, so even though there are two cards using the same image, they're still one-of-a-kind.  I added a thin black line to the panel, printed then manually cut down to size before adhering the image panels to the card bases.  I used some heavy (300gsm) smooth white cardstock to the make card bases ... I've made so many cards this month that I ran out of my pre-scored supply, a good problem to have as it means I've been more productive than I thought I could ever be.  

   

*** INGREDIENTS ***

Holly Branch 2 - pre-coloured image from the Holly Days digital stamp set

textured cardstock - to print the image panel

300gsm smooth cardstock - to make card bases

stainless steel ruler and craft knife to cut cardstock to size

scoreboard and bone folder - to form the card bases
Helmar 450 Quick Dry - to adhere image panels to card bases