Good morning. Today I am sharing a couple of Christmas
project ideas with you.
The first is a festive card with a bit of a grunge feel. I
was experimenting a bit with this one – just had to add a bit of glitter bling
though (no stopping me – ha ha). Stamp sets used: Winter
Edges, Pears and Baubles plus Let’s Get Festive.
How it was done:
The card blank was stamped with the snowflake border and
black dye based ink (12cm square texture Kraft card).
A die cut tag was spritzed with green and gold ink sprays.
When dry the background was stamped with snowflakes and the sentiment using
black ink and opaque metallic gold acrylic paint. A little black ink was
blended around the edges. Black and white Bakers Twine was tied onto the tag
and around the card front.
The tree was stamped with gold paint onto black card. A
little opaque red gouache paint was added to the branches. This was cut out and
mounted onto white card to create a border around the tree. It was lightly
shaped before gluing to the card.
Next for the bling: I added Stickles (Gold and Sprinkled Sugar).
Glossy Accents was also added over some of the elements to add shine and depth.
My second project is a festive candle box using the lovely Robin The Spruce
stamp set – lots of bling on this one! The decorative background stamp from the
Pears and Baubles set was also used to decorate the inner box panels, plus the Seasonal Elements Stencil
to add sparkly snowflakes to the
inner acetate box lid.
How it was done:
I first created a little plain box with acetate lid to go
inside and hold 4 small T-light candles (approx. 8cm square and 2cm deep). Viva
Décor glitter paste was applied through the stencil to decorate the acetate
lid.
An A4 sheet of silver decorative metallic card was used to
create the outer box. This was a little deeper than 2cm (to accommodate the
inner box) and approx. 9.5cm X 13cm (large enough to fit the stamped panel and
sentiment on the front). The candle box was glued inside and Pinflair Snow Dust
used to create a snowy effect.
Instead of a fitted lid I created fold over flaps for the
top (approx. 13 X 8cm each). Inner panels were stamped in green ink onto smooth
white card and coloured with watercolour and sparkle pens. Red glaze pen was
added to the berries. The panels were glued to the inside flaps. Thin magnets were
added between the card layers to give a magnetic closure, plus a little ribbon
tab added for opening. A little obligatory bling was also added with silver
glitter glue.
The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto a die cut
panel. Foliage was stamped in green around the edges, and yes …. more silver
glitter glue.
The front panel was stamped onto acetate with black StazOn
ink. The back was coloured with alcohol ink pens. A piece of plain white card
was trimmed and glued to the back creating an opaque background layer.
Glaze pen was used to colour the berries and rosehips, and
glitter glue added to the snowy hills.
