My last Christmas share for the year is this little darling! The story on this card is that I had a whole package of these quilted embellishments from last year’s Christmas catalog. After doing a big organization of supplies I had NO idea where to store these guys. The bag was bulky and didn’t fit in my system so it’s been camped out on my craft table for MONTHS! It’s not the only orphan, I still have a small pile left, but I have been working on that pile for awhile and finally decided that I’d had enough, it was time for them to either be used or sold! And I couldn’t bear to sell them because a card created by Brian King had enabled me to purchase them in the first place, and I hadn’t CASE’d that card yet! And that is how I arrived at the design for today’s card…inspiration can be funny!
Measurements:
- Real Red Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
- Gray Granite Card Stock Layer 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
- DSP Layer 3 3/4″ x 4 7/8″
- Smaller Gray Granite Layer 3 1/4″ x 3 1/2″
- Stamped White Card Stock 3 1/8″ x 3 3/8″
Details:
- I pulled out the retired Quilted Christmas 6″ x 6″ DSP pack to use for this project. I had 15 embellishments to work with: 5 stars, 5 Christmas trees, and 5 holly berry/leaves so once I had the measurements figured out, I started mixing and matching.
- This design pictured today was one of my favorites…I love the combination of Real Red with Gray Granite!
- Again, this is a fun layout that can be turned into any kind of card, but I think it looks especially lovely with this sentiment from the retired stamp set Watercolor Christmas, with which I will never part 🙂
- And just in case you have these embellishments too, glue dots DO NOT work with these quilted embellishments!! I used my favorite liquid glue, Ranger Multi Medium Matte. Sorry everyone, this glue dries clear with NO residue. This is important to me because I am liquid glue challenged! No matter what I do, I make a mess!! This way at least it dries clear!! lol
- A quick peek at the inside of the card with a sentiment from the same stamp set.
I originally made these 15 cards just to use the embellishments up, but I ended up going in to my stash of these cards this Christmas and ended up using 12 of the 15! (Which is why I don’t have photos of the others!) I am SO glad I had them!!
I hope you have enjoyed these days between Christmas and New Year’s! See you next year!!
Wishing you joy and blessings!
Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):
Card Stock: Real Red, Gray Granite, Whisper White
DSP: Quilted Christmas (retired)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Stamps: Watercolor Christmas (retired)
Dies: None
Tools: Stampin’ Trimmer
Embellishments: Stitched Felt Embellishments (retired)
Other: Whisper White Envelope
