C is for Cute CAS Christmas Tree Cards

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

Day 3 - C

C is for Cute CAS Christmas Tree Cards

I had so much fun making these cards*, they make me smile and

I hope they bring more smiles as Christmas mail starts arriving.

I started by opening one of my favourite Christmas sentiments from Beccy's Place, "Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (from the Christmas Blooms digital stamp set), in Silhoutte Studio.  I sized the sentiment to fit nicely on a tall slimline card.  I planned on making several of these cards, so I played around with the sentiment placement so that they were a little different.  I printed the sentiment on sheets of 300gsm smooth white Letter cardstock, scored at 3 1/2", burnished the fold then trimmed off the excess, creating six slimline cards.  Next came the cute Christmas Trees.  I decided to cut them from textured cardstock and used the Nested Christmas Trees cut file (details below), cutting brown tree trunks, triangle trees in different shades of green and little yellow stars to top the trees.  I used a large clear ruler to align the tree trunks, adhered them in place, then adhered the trees and stars in place.  Lucky last came the googly eyes.  I used liquid adhesive to secure them in place.

   

Hope my little trees bring a smile to your day :)

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INGREDIENTS

"Merry Little Christmas" digital sentiment from the Christmas Blooms digital stamp set

- from the Beccy’s Place Store 

Nested Christmas Trees - Silhouette Design Store Design ID # 309188

– cut file by Sweet Afton

300gsm smooth white cardstock - card bases

textured cardstock - to form the trees

scoreboard and bone folder - to form card bases

4" wide/deep clear ruler - to align the tree trunks above the sentiment

... not sure how best to describe, the ruler is 14" long and 4" wide

googly eyes

Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue - to adhere tree elements & googly eyes

- leave the eyes undisturbed to dry, they stay super slippery for quite a while

* Note: this cute card design was inspired by a card by “Handmade by Marie”

but the site is no longer available, so unfortunately I cannot share a link. *

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I have entered my cards in the

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