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'Tis
the Season.... For Card Making*
Artwork and scans ©2009
Monica Black
Editing by Suzanne Cannon
from the online class, November 9, 2009 at Quietfire
Creations
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*links go to www.quietfiredesign.ca
each
link will open a new window. When you are finished looking at the
new page, just close it and you will return here!
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Items used in this
Class
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Rubber Stamps used in this class:
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Instructions
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1. Snowflake Impressabilities
Card
- Ink up snowflake
impressabilities with brilliance moonlight white dewdrop inkpad.
- Cut a piece
of bazzill dark red cardstock to 4 1/4"x5 1/2".
- Run thru wizard,
cuttlebug, etc. For the cuttlebug, the sandwich
recipe is: plate a, plate b, piece of scrap paper, impressabilities,
cardstock, 2 gray rubber mats, and plate b.
- Heat set.
- Trim all edges
of layer for a 1/4" reveal.
- Create card
from bazzill medium green cardstock.
- Attach impressabilities
layer to card.
- Stamp saying
on white cardstock using brilliance graphite black inkpad
and clear embossing powder. Heat set.
- Trim closely.
- Cut a layer
of bazzill medium green cardstock slighly larger than saying
layer. Attach saying and adhere layers to card as shown.
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2. Holly Jolly Card
- Cut
a layer of lighter green cardstock for a 1/4" reveal on a
standard card and use corner rounder.
- Mark
a starting point 1/4" in from left side so that you are sure
to get a straight line. I used the Mini Scor-it tool to create
my line.
- Cut
a piece of 1/4" Double-sided sided tape and position tape
at your marks for a straight line.
- Repeat
2 more times for 3 rows. Make sure you butt the tape up against
the previous row so that there is no gap between strips of
tape.
- Remove
liner from middle tape and dust with Gold embossing powder.
Shake off excess. Use small brush to remove excess that has
stuck to the top of the liner paper of the other two rows.
- Heat
set Gold row.
- Remove
liner from other two rows and dust with Verdigris Embossing
powder. Shake off excess and heat set.
- Stamp
holly and saying on cream cardstock using brilliance pearlescent
ivy inkpad and tsukineko verdigris embossing powder. Heat
set.
- Trim
closely and use corner rounder.
- Create
card using bazzill medium green cardstock. Use corner rounder.
- Attach
light green layer, holly image and saying as shown.
- Use
garnet stickles to create berries on holly image. Set aside
to dry overnight.
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3.Textured Holiday Words Portfolio
Oil Pastels Card
- Scribble
bands of blue and purple Portfolio Oil Pastels on a quarter
sheet of white cardstock.
- Using
flat Waterbrush, add water and brush bands of colors until
they blend enough so that the bands aren't obvious anymore.
Allow to dry. To speed drying, use heat gun. Tip: heat first
on the back, then the front, and again on the back to minimize
warping of the paper.
- Stamp
saying in middle of prepared background using brilliance moonlight
white inkpad and sparkle embossing powder. Heat set.
- Trim
saying layer and rub edges with Brilliance Pearlescent Purple
inkpad.
- Prepare
card from Bazzill dark purple cardstock. Cut and attach layer
from lighter purple Bazzill cardstock. Cut another layer of
dark purple Bazzill cardstock slightly larger than sayings
layer. Attach layers together and attach to prepared card.
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4. Oh, Santa! Card
- Create card
using Bazzill medium red cardstock.
- Stamp small
Merry Christmas snowflake repeatedly over cardfront using
Brilliance Moonlight White inkpad. Heat set.
- Stamp Oh, Santa
saying on white cardstock using brilliance rocket red gold
inkpad and red glitter embossing powder.
- Heat set.
- Cut and emboss
saying layer using die cutting machine using Spellbinders
Labels Two.
- Attach to card.
Creating the inside
of the card:
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Stamp
inside flap of card with large Merry Christmas Snowflake
using Brilliance Moonlight white inkpad. Heat set.
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Stamp
naughty or nice saying on white cardstock using Brilliance
Rocket Red Gold inkpad and Red glitter embossing powder.
Heat set.
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Cut
and emboss saying layer with die cutting machine using spellbinders
Large Labels.
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Select
cat from movable parts just cats diecut set. Attach cat
and saying as shown using Double-Sided tape.
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5.Take Time Glitter Ribbon Card
- Create
card from Bazzill light purple cardstock. Trim off slightly
more than 1/4" from front of card.
- Attach
a strip of Double sided tape along bottom of revealed back
of card. Dust with purple GlitterRitz Microfine Glitter. Scrub
with stiff brush to remove excess.
- Cut
lengths of Double-sided tape slightly longer than edges of
cards front, one side at a time. Cut ends at an angle. Start
by pressing one end of tape in corner and peel back just the
end of the liner paper. Press tape to card, twisting, turning
and folding tape as you slowly remove the liner paper. You
want the look of curling ribbon. Continue until all sides
are adhered.
- Dust
with purple glitter. Scrub with brush to remove excess.
- Stamp
saying on white cardstock using Brilliance Pearlescent Purple
inkpad and clear embossing powder. Heat set.
- Cut
and emboss using Diecutting Machine and Spellbinders Scalloped
Ovals. Attach to center of card front.
- Use
glitter magnet or eraser to remove any stray specks of glitter.
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Here is another card Monica has made using
this technique - except she used varigated metal leaf for
this sample |
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6. Swirl Tree Gift Tag or Folded
ATC
- Create
gift tag or folded atc from bazzill dark green cardstock cut
to 3 1/2" X 5" and fold in half.
- Stamp
swirl tree on scrap of light green bazzill cardstock using
Brilliance Pearlescent Ivy and Sparkle embossing powder. Heat
set.
- Cut
and emboss tree layer using Die Cutting Machine and Spellbinders
Large Labels, second smallest size.
- Cut
and emboss a layer of dark green Bazzill cardstock using middle
size of large labels. Adhere layers together.
- Cut
a piece of double-sided tape and adhere to scrap paper. Cut
using second largest large labels die.
- Remove
liner from tape layer and center tree layers in middle.
- Press
varigated red leaf sheet over tape. Use firm brush to remove
excess leaf. Adhere layers to prepared gift card.
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You may see all these cards on Monica's
PictureTrails page with some additional images
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