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Christmas is a special time to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. I've created a special Christmas card featuring the gorgeous Amazing Paper Grace Celebrate Scrollwork Card Builder die set from the Holiday Medley Collection. The lovely poinsettia is handcrafted using the Cinch and Go Poinsettia die set.
The Celebrate Scrollwork set includes a die with the Celebrate the Season sentiment surrounded by gorgeous scrollwork, which would also look wonderful and is quick and easy to die cut for the center. I wanted to show a little different way to use this set by stamping a sentiment on the square background piece. A stamp platform and scrap paper are a great way to line up the sentiment before stamping on your good paper.
Amazing Paper Grace provided the dies used in this project.
Tips and Techniques
This gorgeous Poinsettia is die cut from patterned paper. The edges of the petals are inked, then shaped. The petals are adhered together then stamen are inserted into the die cut center hole and glued in place. Poinsettia's come in many different colors and this pale yellow/cream color worked perfectly against the reds and greens on the card.
The handcrafted poinsettia is paired with gorgeous red roses and a white rose bud from Little Birdie Crafts. The Tim Holtz metal snowflakes are rubbed with white gold metallique wax and then a little Old White Matte Wax to highlight the textures and give a wintry feel. To add a little sparkle, I've tucked shaved ice flakes into the cluster edges.
The scrollwork design is cut from red cardstock. I colored the center piece with distress ink to coordinate with the green background paper before stamping. I wanted to frame the card with red cardstock, so trimmed the center of the scrollwork pieces to use a slightly smaller square for the center so this slimline card would fit nicely into a standard #10 envelope.
The sweet snowflake overlapping the sentiment piece is cut from white glitter paper using a die included in the Celebrate Scrollwork set.
One final shot.
Amazing Paper Grace Dies
Other Supplies
Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Snowflakes
Stamen from my stash
Tim Holtz ~ Kraft Core
Fab Scraps ~ Gentleness
Patterned paper from my stash
Glitter Paper ~ White
Ranger ~ Distress Ink: Sage Green; Gathered Twig
Ranger ~ Distress Glaze
Versafine ~ Onyx Black
Finnabair with Prima ~ Metallique Wax: White Gold
Finnabair with Prima ~ Matte Wax: Old White
Finnabair with Prima ~ Soft Matte Gel, Transparent
Stampendous ~ Shaved Ice
Our Daily Bread ~ Luke 2:11 Stamp Set
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ Crafty Power Tape
Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Tombo ~ Mono MULTI Liquid Glue
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