Day 25 - V is for Violet

It's time for the 12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

You can read the rules HERE or head over to Beccy's Challenges and enter HERE.

Day 25 - V

Beccy's inspiration is a stunning vintage sign card

with a bold and beautiful black background HERE  

My "V" is for Violet,

Velvet smooth Violet glitter cardstock and violet shades

of my Polar Bear Stand Up Cards

This is my third "Stand Up" style card.  I shared

a pair of Stand Up Snowman cards HERE and a pair of Stand Up Reindeer cards HERE

   

These cute Stand Up Polar Bear cards started as a cut file in Silhouette Studio.

The Polar Bear is one cut file from the free Stand Up Christmas Cards cut file set from Kristi at SVGnation.  I kept the file at the original size as the polar bears are quite large, 4.915" wide x 6.313" tall (sorry my head is still not in decimal converting mode).  I printed then cut the sentiment-stand up panels, then cut all the other pieces.  I adhered the layers together with assorted liquid adhesives as each had a attributes that suited the different pieces best.

One is for smaller areas & gives wriggle room before drying, one is perfect for larger areas, has wriggle room & does not warp the cardstock, the last one is also great for small areas, has a strong bond, with the bonus of adding a "stiffness-hardness" to what is adhered.  The last one has been dispensed into a little fine tip bottle so I can use it for small pieces or areas like joining tabs.  It's not an "everything adhesive" as it tends to buckle cardstock when used over larger areas.  Sorry, I digress, I just wanted to explain why I used three adhesives on the one project.

The violet glitter looks so pretty framing each polar bear,

the glitter cardstock is luxurious like velvet to touch.

The polar bears stand up quite tall and could even be used as a decor piece.

... and they fold flat for mailing, win-win!

   

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INGREDIENTS

Stand Up Polar Bear Card - cut file - Stand Up Christmas Cards cut file set

- this is a FREE cut file from Kristi at SVGnation

and includes Santa, an Elf, a Polar Bear, a Snowman and a Reindeer

You can access this free cut file by scrolling down the tutorial blog post and filling

in your first name and email address in the “get it now” form.  Don’t worry, you won’t

be spammed with a gazillion emails.  The projects and tutorials are focussed on

Cricut cutting machines but the SVGs work with most cutting machines,

including the Silhouette Cameo machine that I use.

textured cardstock

glitter cardstock

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue - to adhere small pieces & glitter frame

Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue - to adhere snowman to flap

- this is a book binding glue and goes quite hard when dry, so I used this

hoping in would add strength to the panel, especially the stick arms

Helmar 450 Quick Dry liquid adhesive – to glue the larger pieces

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I have entered my cards in the

12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges