The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.
I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the "Timeless Christmas" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the front of the card for the largest layer.
I cut a 4-1/2" x 2-3/4" piece of Peaceful Pine card stock for the layer on the left. I taped this piece to the front of the card about 1/2" from the top, bottom and fold.
The next layer was cut from same package. I laid the dotted piece face up and then added the green plaid piece to the bottom. The top piece measures 3" x 3-3/4" and the piece at the bottom measured 1-1/2" x 3". I taped that to the bottom of the dotted piece. Then I taped that to the Peaceful Pine piece about 3/8" from the top, bottom and left side.
I ran across a glitter paper circle that I had cut (who knows when) and thought I'd just use it on the card to get it off my table. The circle is about 2-1/4" in diameter. I glued it to the front of the card.
Now for the fun. When I was looking through the ephemera pieces in the "Season of Celebration" and saw the sweater and knew I had to use it. I thought I'd make an "ugly sweater" card. I removed the backing on the sweater and I also added some glue because I wasn't sure how well it would stick to the glitter.
The words are from another piece in the ephemera package. I removed the backing, added Dimensionals and then brushed the backing over with baking soda (or baby powder) to cover the sticky parts. Then I removed the backing from the Dimensionals and set the piece in place on the plaid piece.
Now to give the sweater a touch of ugliness, I added those cute peppermint candies. I'm not sure how ugly they made the sweater. Its hard to make something ugly using something cute. But if it were a real sweater, I wouldn't wear it! LOL
This was a fun, quick, and easy card to make. I struggled with the DSP but I managed to make it work.
Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda
2 comments:
Great use of the layering of your paper patterns, I was going to say this doesn't look ugly, like you said those cute candies are hard to make anything look ugly, fun idea.
That sweater is NOT ugly, it's cute as can be! Love this card.
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