Holiday Cards - Page 4

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Noel (H30Q)

    First card:
  1. Stamp pine branches on quarter-size folded pine green card with clear embossing ink and gold emboss
  2. Stamp N-O-E-L with clear embossing ink on cream cardstock and gold emboss
  3. Cut out letters and attach to sage cardstock with foam tape and tape to dark red cardstock that has been outlined with gold Krylon pen
  4. Tape to green card




    Second card:
  1. Outline quarter-size folded olive card with gold Krylon pen
  2. Stamp pine branches on cream cardstock with green ink
  3. Tape piece to olive card
  4. Stamp N-O-E-L with olive ink on cream cardstock and clear emboss
  5. Cut out letters and layer to olive cardstock
  6. Cut a square of dark red cardstock and attach letters as shown
  7. Attach dark red piece to card with foam tape

    Credits: Letters (All Night Media); Three Pinecones and Long-Needle Pine Branch (Hero Arts)



 

Angel Fold (H31Q)

  1. Cut red cardstock 8" wide and 5 1/2" high.
  2. Score 2 3/4" from left side and fold
  3. Fold right side to match left side (approx. 1 1/2")
  4. Cut a strip of decorative paper and tape to right fold so it shows on the front of the card
  5. Outline top, bottom and left side of card with a gold Krylon pen
  6. Stamp angel with green ink on yellow parchment and outline with gold pen
  7. Tape to olive cardstock
  8. Tape to the left side only of the front of the card

    Credits: Unknown angel stamp

    The second picture shows the card opened. The olive piece is the angel from the front of the card.

Russian Christmas (H32H)

  1. Cut dark red cardstock 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" and fold in half lengthwise.
  2. Trace "onion-dome" template onto card and cut out.
  3. Stamp diamonds in gold metallic ink on card.
  4. Computer generate Russian text in black ink on copper metallic paper, tear the edge and outline with gold leafing pen.
  5. Tape to left side of card, trimming to fit dome.
  6. Computer generate Russian icon image on high gloss photo paper.
  7. Trim and ink edges with clear embossing ink.
  8. Sprinkle with gold embossing powder and heat.
  9. Attach to card with foam tape.
  10. Rub some clear embossing ink on a teflon sheet and sprinkle with gold embossing powder.
  11. Heat. Repeat several times to build up the powder.
  12. Ink Merry Christmas stamp with black ink, heat powder once more, and press stamp into powder.
  13. Hold stamp in place for a few seconds until powder hardens.
  14. Peel from teflon sheet and glue to bottom of card.

    Credits: Merry Christmas stamp (All Night Media);Hand Carved Eraser Diamond Stamp (I actually cut out five separate diamonds, then glued them to a piece of wood); Russian icon photo - Click Art 300,000 (Broderbund)

    Email me for dome template or clip art.

    Published in SSReflections On-Line Ezine

Joyeux Noel (H33Q)

  1. Using a translation site, translate the first few lines from "Joy to the World" into French and paste into your graphics or word processing program.
  2. Right justify the text and apply the Killigraphy font.
  3. Translate "Merry Christmas" into French and paste into your document.
  4. Add the Angel clip-art and arrange the text.
  5. Print onto a transparency made for ink-jet printers. (Although the text was black on my screen, it printed kind of brownish-mauve. I was pleased with how it came out, but would choose Black Only Ink if I truly wanted it to print in black).
  6. Trim transparency to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2."
  7. Sponge a piece of watercolor paper with metallic inks (I used Sapphire, Amethyst, Rose, and Emerald, sponging in 4 separate corners and then blending the edges. I sponged Gold and Bronze over the entire piece).
  8. Let dry and press between the pages of a book, if necessary, to flatten.
  9. Attach the transparency and watercolor piece to a folded 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" beige card with purple eyelets.
  10. Tie a sheer gold ribbon bow in each corner.
  11. Apply a little Glossy Accents to the top left and bottom right corners and pour on some tiny beads.

    Credits: Angel Clip art (unknown)

    Published in SSReflections On-Line Ezine

Noel Angel (H10H)

  1. Outline folded tan ribbed cardstock with gold Krylon pen
  2. Attach decorative paper to cream cardstock (to give it some weight) and cut in a tag shape. Outline with the gold pen
  3. Tear both edges of a strip of vellum and attach to the center of the tag with vellum tape
  4. Stamp letters (N-O-E-L) on vellum and gold emboss.
  5. Cut out and attach to tag with foam tape
  6. Punch hole in tag, attach fibers, and attach tag to card with foam tape.
  7. Glue small heart in top right corner with E6000 glue
  8. Angel Embellishment: See CD techniques for more detail.
    • Sponge beige acrylic paint onto CD and dry with heat gun. Repeat if needed.
    • Computer generate the angel image on tissue paper and cut out
    • Spread a thin layer of Mod Podge on CD, attach angel image and spread another layer of MP
    • When dry, rub with clear embossing ink and clear emboss. Repeat. (This will cause some parts of the image to raise and get lumpy - it adds to the look).
    • Right after heating for the last time, add some silver Beadazzles to the piece
    • Outline with a gold pen and attach to the tag with foam tape

    Credits: All Night Media decorative letters; angel clip art

Angel & Diamonds (H11H)

  1. Stamp diamond background on size H cream card with clear embossing ink
  2. Sprinkle gold embossing powder randomly over the diamonds; tap off excess
  3. Repeat for copper, then silver embossing powder until all stamped areas have been filled
  4. When you tap off excess of each color, be sure to put them on separate sheets so the powders don't get mixed
  5. Heat to melt embossing powder
  6. Stamp angel with clear embossing ink on small cream card piece and gold emboss
  7. Color with watercolor pencils and blend with Dove blender
  8. Tape angel panel to gold panel and attach to card with foam tape
  9. Glue ribbon and fibers on with E6000 glue.

    Credits: Hand Carved Eraser Diamond Stamp I actually cut out five separate diamonds, then glued them to a piece of wood. Angel is an unknown unmounted stamp

 

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