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

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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 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