Hi
Last year I
bought a fab new cd by Ella Designs called 12 cards of christmas and
have to say the card were amazing – especially this one I am
sharing today
Take
a look at the website
The
cards are printed over a few sheets usually and there is also an easy
to understand tutorial for each project.
The
reason I put this one together today is I gave a kit with everything
needed to make the card to a friend of mine and she has been in touch
a few times to say she really cannot get to grips with how the card
is made up
As
she is coming through to see me tomorrow I thought I would make it up
for her to see what it looks like finished!!!!
So
materials for this card I used ….
Heat mat to
work on and protect your surface – I always use it...
A4 white
card stock
Decoupage
sheets
Instruction
sheets
Double sided
tape
Sticky pads
Eazi Score
Board & tool
Tonic 8”
guillotine
Scissors
Tweezers
Shaping tool
from www.dimensionstamps.com
Foam shaping
mat – stamping mat or even a mouse mat
To
make the card ...
I would love
to share how to make the card step by step but that wouldn't be fair
to the designer – because once you know how to make this the style
could easily be copied – now if you have the cd rom yourself it is
fine to put your own slant on it – that is stated in the
instructions
So I will
give you a rough idea
The card
stock is cut down slightly and the eazi score board and tool are used
to mark the card layout – this is one of the few cards I have ever
made where the score board is used to score lots of lines throughout
the card.
So once its
all scored and cut it is time to build the card – for mine I used
Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink pad and ink tool to colour the edges of
the entire card
Using double
sided tape I added the 2 side panels to the card and then the 2 inner
side panels....
Next I cut
out the decoupage and built it up with small sticky pads, then stuck
this panel to an off cut of kraft card and cut to leave a very narrow
border all round.
When this
panel was ready to attach to the back of the card I used double sided
tape on the left hand side only – this is so its held in place but
will fold flat to be posted.
On the back
of the card I added the 2 square panels printed with TO and FROM
The last
thing to be added was the month element which was stuck along the
bottom only as the top didn't actually fit against anything so would
have stuck to the main back panel when closed
To decorate
I used cosmic shimmer pva glue to all areas of the card that had snow
– then sprinkled glamour dust and shook off the excess
Glossy
accents were added to the candle and the number 25 of the calendar.
I am sure
you will love this card – I do!
I have taken photos from different angles so from above - a side, the back etc so you see how unusual the shape is
Once you
have made the 1st one you will be fine – it does take
some working out in places – but I like the challenge!
Don't forget
now you can pop on over to Ella's website and see her cd
collection...
Until the
next card then....
x
That is a beautiful card, but it does look sooo complicated to make! Very unusual!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful. xx
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