I'm sure that Beccy must be peeking... because last night I used scraps on the cards I'm about to share ... my cards were hoping for a Jolly "J" prompt this morning ... little did they know that a secret confession I shared in how I made them fits today's prompt perfectly ... I had my confession hidden within the creative detail, now my scraps secret is out there for all to see, big, bold and orange!
J is for Jolly ... Snowman Jolly Fence
No, you're not seeing things, the snowmen have come out to play again.I have some comparison photos at the end of this post.
Anyway, let's get back to today, I opened the Snowman Jolly Fence pre-coloured image from the Snowfolk digital stamp set by Beccy's Place in Silhouette Studio. I planned on making 5.5" top folding cards, so I sized the image to fit on a 4 3/4" square panel with a matting layer and white background.I confess I got a bit tricky next. My favourite white textured cardstock is no longer available now and I haven't found an alternative in Australia yet, so I am treating every sheet like gold, white gold, so precious! I printed two image panels on white textured cardstock and trimmed them to 5.55" square, then trimmed the 4 3/4" square image panels from out of the middle. I kept the outer squares for the background of the card and adhered them to card bases made from smooth white cardstock. That left me with a matted card base with a big hole in the middle. I fossicked in my "scraps" box and found some white pieces that I trimmed down for a perfect fit. A bit of adhesive and the "holes" were no more, the image panel will sit flat on the card front and no-one (except you) will ever know.
I matted the image panels on blue cardstock, trimmed to a 1/16" mat with my Perfect Layers Ruler then adhered the panels on to the card bases matted with "special" white textured cardstock.
I do love how printed images look on textured cardstock.
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Here are the two designs together ...the C is for Cute CAS Christmas Card on smooth cardstock,the J is for Jolly card on textured cardstock,it's hard to choose a favourite, they both make me smile.
~~~*~~~*~~~INGREDIENTSSnowman Jolly Fence - pre-coloured digital stamp from the Snowfolk digital stamp setUnfortunately this set is no longer available from the Beccy’s Place Store so I jumped in my Way-Back Machine and had a search for the Snowfolk digital stamp set in action on the blog. There are four digital stamps and four pre-coloured digital stamps in this set and here’s what I found:ZP Macaroni Salad font by Illustration Ink - Christmas Wishestextured cardstock300gsm smooth white cardstock - to make card basesscoreboard & bone folder - to make card basesPerfect Layers Rulers - for matting layerHelmar 450 Quick Dry - liquid adhesive
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I matted the image panels on blue cardstock, trimmed to a 1/16" mat with my Perfect Layers Ruler then adhered the panels on to the card bases matted with "special" white textured cardstock.
I do love how printed images look on textured cardstock.
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Here are the two designs together ...
the C is for Cute CAS Christmas Card on smooth cardstock,
the J is for Jolly card on textured cardstock,
it's hard to choose a favourite, they both make me smile.
Snowman Jolly Fence - pre-coloured digital stamp from the Snowfolk digital stamp set
Unfortunately this set is no longer available from the Beccy’s Place Store so I jumped in my Way-Back Machine and had a search for the Snowfolk digital stamp set in action on the blog. There are four digital stamps and four pre-coloured digital stamps in this set and here’s what I found:
ZP Macaroni Salad font by Illustration Ink - Christmas Wishes
Your post was very entertaining Tracy, thanks for the laugh! Although I can definitely commiserate with the slow dwindling of a favourite product that is no longer available for purchase. I'm glad you're getting the most out of every piece, and I promise that your secret is safe with me! Fabulous cards!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Beccy