Every month, I get to meet with a wonderful group of ladies and we make one or two cards together.
I've enjoyed it every month, but my favorite of course, is the one for Christmas. I make us a pile of peppermint mochas and eggnog lattes, and we put our heads down and make a very complicated but stunning card.This one was all of that and more!
I'm so happy with the way it turned out.
Here is the front:
DSP: pop of paradise
Accent color: old olive
We embossed the pinecone from Christmas Pines:
BUT the most amazing part, is when you open the card up, it opens like a camera shutter!
Here are two pictures to show you what I mean:
Isn't that fun?
And it was actually easier than it looks.
For your card base, you are going to use a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 piece of paper (we used real red).
Then score it at 2 1/8 and 6 3/8 (this is the basic gate fold card).
We did two mats. The green is 1 7/8 x 5 1/4. The DSP is 1 3/4 x 5 1/8
The inside center piece (real red) is 3 x 5 1/2.
The DSP for the inside is 2 3/4 x 5 1/4.
The shutter pieces are 3 1/2 x 4 (two pieces) we did in the old olive. You score them on the left side at 1/2" (when you put them on the scorer, put them to be 4" long).
Then you use the big shot to make the circle in the middle piece (glue the DSP to the 3 x 5 1/2 base first).
Then use dimensionals on the corners of the middle piece.
Then is the shutter: Glue the left side first. I used tombow. Then slide the right piece UNDER the left green piece, holding it and adjusting as needed to create a shutter. Then glue down.
Use a white circle with your sentiment and slide into the shutter when it's open.
You are done your card!
next create a belly band by using a 1 x 11" piece of paper (real red.) fold it over the card so it's tight enough to close the card, but lose enough to slide off. Glue together.
Create the center with a DSP circle and bigger circle on the big shot. Cut out the leaves and frawns with the christmas pines framelits. Emboss the acorn in gold.
And voila!
And it was actually easier than it looks.
For your card base, you are going to use a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 piece of paper (we used real red).
Then score it at 2 1/8 and 6 3/8 (this is the basic gate fold card).
We did two mats. The green is 1 7/8 x 5 1/4. The DSP is 1 3/4 x 5 1/8
The inside center piece (real red) is 3 x 5 1/2.
The DSP for the inside is 2 3/4 x 5 1/4.
The shutter pieces are 3 1/2 x 4 (two pieces) we did in the old olive. You score them on the left side at 1/2" (when you put them on the scorer, put them to be 4" long).
Then you use the big shot to make the circle in the middle piece (glue the DSP to the 3 x 5 1/2 base first).
Then use dimensionals on the corners of the middle piece.
Then is the shutter: Glue the left side first. I used tombow. Then slide the right piece UNDER the left green piece, holding it and adjusting as needed to create a shutter. Then glue down.
Use a white circle with your sentiment and slide into the shutter when it's open.
You are done your card!
next create a belly band by using a 1 x 11" piece of paper (real red.) fold it over the card so it's tight enough to close the card, but lose enough to slide off. Glue together.
Create the center with a DSP circle and bigger circle on the big shot. Cut out the leaves and frawns with the christmas pines framelits. Emboss the acorn in gold.
And voila!
