Showing posts with label how to make cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how to make cards. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Christmas Sparkle by Cheryl Wright
Over the years I've accumulated a ton of Christmas stamps, which I regularly use to make cards. This year I vowed I would not, under any circumstances, buy any more Christmas stamps. I could make do with what I already had.
Yeah, sure. And pigs might fly.
I belong to a Facebook group where retired Stampin' Up products are sold. Some are new, some are second-hand, it depends on how old they are, and who is doing the selling.
Most of us buying these sets are doing so because they became unavailable (due to limited quantities) when they were in the catalogue. Or because we didn't know they existed back then.
I managed to get an incredibly elegant set called "Special Season". (If you would like to check it out, go to my Pinterest board featuring this set here.)
The greeting shown on this card is from that set. The wreath however, is not a Christmas stamp at all. It's from a set called Stippled Blossoms, which is a fabulous set, and I use it regularly for birthdays and thank you cards.
Again, you can check it out on Pinterest. This is another retired set, which I've had for several months now.
While I was in the process of making my Christmas cards recently, I found a video that uses the leaves from the Stippled Blossom set to produce a Christmas wreath. (You can see the video here, or at the latter link.)
It was actually incredibly easy to do. Much easier than I'd anticipated.
While I've made a wreath using the technique shown in the video, the card itself is nothing like the orginal card shown.
To sparkle up my card I've added some glitter glue, some matching glitter paper, and some gold ribbon.
This close up gives you a bit more detail.
Til next time,
p.s. The winner of my last giveaway was Karen H. Congratulations Karen!!
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