Christmas Cards 2015 - Part 2

Hello my blogging friends and family. Second day of the New Year and I hope the year has started well and continues to do so for you and yours!

Part 2 of my Christmas cards today and another three to share.

This first card I did two versions of.

Card One: Version 1:

Card One: Version 2:

Both are similar with a few variations. All made using American Craft card stock in white and pale blue. The dies are from Tattered Lace, Marianne Designs and the snowflakes and Trees are from Obsession Impression. The beautiful "Let it snow" sentiment on card number one is from Lawn Fawn.

Here are a few close up images of parts of these two cards:

Here I took a photo from above so you can see how I concertinaed the slide pieces so that the layered images could be adhered to the sides to create the card - this was taken before I added all the decorative elements and the Stickles.

Card Two

For this card I used the La Pashe Christmas Trinitage images that I have electronically stored on my PC, which can be downloaded electronically from La Pashe >>>>HERE

Instead of making the cards the way they suggest - I used the same technique as I did with my first style of card to make a series of these.

I varied the style by adding a pocket at the back into which I placed a Sentiment Tag and writing panel. Here you can see the pocket a little better.

I added a few embellishments including the Tattered Lace "Christmas Lights Washing line" die as well as the Obsession Impression snowflakes die. The Merry Christmas sentiment is a Sue Wilson die.

Card Three

Again I made Four of these types of cards with Two Different fronts. I used some lovely sparkly Christmas Kraft cardstock from Spotlight with matching Ribbon and Stickers. I also Sue Wilson Frame and Tags dies on the front.

The stickers that I used were these:

Inside the cards I used a couple of Elizabeth Craft Design dies, details shown below in the ingredients list.

All the cards looked the same on the inside, I used Scarlet Kasiercraft weave and Kraft cardstock. The ribbon was from my stash as was the little tag.

Here are the main ingredients that I used to make these three cards:

American Crafts white cardstock pack	American Crafts - 12 x 12 Cardstock Pack - 60 Sheets - Pastels	Tattered Lace Christmas Lights Washing Line D865	Tattered Lace Winter Town D877	Tattered Lace Panorama Trees D634
Lawn Fawn Let it Snow Border LF992	Impression Obsession Fir Trees DIE084-V	Impression Obsession Sm Snowflake set DIE100-F	Marianne Designs Reindeer LR0179	Marianne Designs Sleigh LR0180
Stickles - Crystal	Sue Wilson Festive Collection Merry Christmas CED 3026	Francheville Kraft Christmas Foil/Glitter Paper Pack	Bazzill - Bulk Cardstock 12x12 - Kraft	KaiserCraft Scarlet Weave Card Stock
Sue Wilson Frames & Tags Dainty Rectangular Frame - CED 4301	Sue Wilson Frames & Tags Dainty Oval Frame CED 4302	ECD Merry Christmas Pop Up - 1039	ECD Agatha Edges - 782

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A Christmas Accordion Card

Hello my blogging friends and family I hope you are well and enjoying whatever life offers you currently. I was speaking to my sister Clare last evening (we often do a catch-up call on a Sunday night) and she said she'd like more information on an accordion card I made for Christmas.

This post will do just that. It is an accordion card and looks really effective despite not being in the traditional red and green colours of Christmas. The base of the card is made with a Karen Burniston Design/Sizzix die and the instructions for using it to make the base structure is available as a PDF download on the Sizzix website. Click HERE.

I have a few photos to show you and then I have included what I used in the ingredients list.

This shows the card as you take it out of the envelope: I used Movers and Shapers "Wish" die as well as a Marianne Design die. The design paper is the Fa La La paper pad from Lawn Fawn.

Here is the card opened out fully. I'll show you close ups of each panel in turn.

This first panel shows the Kaisercraft Sage weave cardstock I used and Impression Obsession Fr Tree die with Movers and Shapers Reindeer.

Here this photo shows a better view of the Marianne Design Sleigh and Snowflakes dies. Lots of pearls and that's this panel done.

You can't have a Sleigh and not have Reindeer ... so here they are .....

Here is the last panel ...

Here is the front (again!) and the back of the card.

 .... and there you have it. So next I'll show you the ingredients I used

Quill White MultiBoard 210gsm Card stoc	Kaisercraft Weave card stock Sage	Lawn Fawn FA-LA-LA COLLECTION KIT 12 x 12 Paper Pack	Sizzix Album, Accordion Flip 3-D Bigz Die 65803	Sizzix Frame & Label, Bracket Bigz Die 658037
Marianne Designs Merry Christmas LR0225	Sizzix M & S - Mini Reindeer & 25 #657493	Marianne Designs Sleigh LR0180	Marianne Designs Reindeer LR0179	Marianne Designs Snowflakes LR0125
Impression Obsession Fir Trees DIE084-V	Sizzix Movers & Shapers Wish #657078	Sizzix M & S Die Set 2PK - Label & Ribbon

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