Day 5 - Same But Different

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

Day 5 - Same But Different

Earlier today I shared my Day 14 - L is for Layers card HERE.

While matting the image panel I wondered how I could make this design without any matting, with the bell strings hanging from the top card fold.  Now you can see, yes, I could make it and I'm thrilled with how this single layered CAS card design turned out.

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

I opened the "Single Bell" pre-coloured 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 an 8 1/2" x 3 1/2" panel.

Instead of printing the panel for a card front, I wanted this CAS card to be a single layer, the image printed then folded to form a slimline card.  I set up my mat to be Letter size (8 1/2" x 11"), created a rectangle the same size (Letter) and centre aligned it on the mat.  I aligned the image panel with the bottom of the rectangle then centre aligned it.  I printed the panel on 300gsm smooth white cardstock, scored the top folds at 3 1/2", formed the card, burnished the fold and trimmed to size.  The bell strings lined up perfectly along the top fold and looks so pretty.  It's my new "one-sheet-wonder".  (There's no waste either, as the panel trimmed off can become a

matting layer for another slimline card later, a win-win.)

One last thing was needed to finish the cards off, a magical touch of

sparkle with a Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush to all the bells.

I love the delicate sparkle from Wink of Stella

but it's so hard to capture it in photos ...

trust me, it's there and it twinkles in the light from all angles,

a real delicate, luscious sparkle on the smooth 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 - pre-coloured digital stamp

Merry Little Christmas – digital sentiment

300gsm smooth white Letter cardstock - to create the card

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

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

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I have entered my cards in the

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