The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Cherry Cobbler card stock. I just LOVE the richness of that color. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. A 4" x 5-1/4"piece of Basic White card stock was cut and taped to the inside. And a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White was textured using the "Peaceful Greenery" embossing folder. I glued it in place.
The layers for the folder are cut from Cherry Cobbler and Basic White. They were taped together and then taped to the center of the card.
The flowers are from the "Traditions of Christmas" 12" x 12" package of DSP and were fussy cut. There is a die to cut them out in a matter of seconds but I don't have it. The DSP was gifted to me as wall as the words, which I do not know where they came from. They are gold embossed, pre-cut and are a sticker. I removed the sticker covering on the back and brushed on some corn starch to get rid of the sticky. I added a small Dimensional on each end and a little tape in the middle (which I didn't need to do if I had been paying attention to where the sticky part was needed - but it is what it is). I set the words across the flowers and pressed down to secure them.
I didn't have the gold glittered embellishments so I took some retired "White Perfect Accents" and ran some clear nail polish over them and then sprinkled them with some ultra fine gold glitter that I had in a pack of 24 by Martha Stewart. I've had this glitter for years and hardly used any from the 24 containers. Once I felt the polish was dry (about 5 minutes) I set the embellishments on the front of the card. And the card was done.
This was a fun card to make and with the pieces pre-cut it was pretty quick too. I love it that I was able to think outside the box and color my own embellishments. I may be doing that for a few more cards too, I have lots of those dots left in the package.
Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda
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