Kia ora Koutou

Gee I can’t believe we are into September already and Christmas is coming whether we like it or not! Today I have used the Honey Bee Stamps Buzzworthy Challenge on Facebook to get some more Christmas Cards done. The challenge was to make a project using stripes and they were perfect for my cards.

For my card I have created a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card out of white cardstock. I made the stripes for the background using the Pink Fresh Studio Plaid Press Plate on my Glimmer machine using Prism foil on Hammermill cardstock for a more holographic finish to the background. This was trimmed to 4″ x 5 1/4″ and matted to silver cardstock before adhering to the card front. I added a circle frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Oval dies – I have embossed the white circle die cut and added a silver shadow before adding to the top half of the card using some foam strips for more dimension.

I added foliage to the bottom half of the circular frame using the Honey Bee Stamps:Lovely Layers – Winter Greenery Die set – branches, pine leaves, and mistletoe.

The gorgeous poinsettia is from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Poinsettia Honey Cuts and I have coloured the flower with pink inks before assembling together using some foam squares for more dimension and I used some silver glitter card for the centre of the poinsettias. The poinsettia was then adhered over the foliage using foam squares. The leaves were coloured with green inks and then added under the poinsettia as shown. To finish the poinsettia I have added some sparkle by using a fine tip on my adhesive bottle on the flowers and sprinkling Sparkling Dust to create some subtle sparkle without being over the top.

The robin is from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Birds Honey Cuts and was perched above the poinsettia on the left of the frame.

I was feeling lazy and added a sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Foiled Sentiments 4 Holiday Pack in silver to the top right of the frame with foam squares in the centre to keep the sentiment level. (Actually to be fair I do not have many Christmas sentiments that can be hot foiled).

To complete the card I have added some silver pearls around the sentiment and around the frame.

Products Used:

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Poinsettia Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Greenery Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Birds Honey Cuts

Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Circles Etched Dies

Pink Fresh Studio Plaid Press Plate

Hammermill Cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio Foiled Sentiments 4 Holiday Pack

Spellbinders Foil – Prism

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest, Fern, Portobello

Close to My Heart Colonial White Cardstock

Crafter’s Companion Pearl Cardstock

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Cayenne, Nutmeg

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Silver Cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Ballet Slipper, Sparkling Rose, Peach Fuzz, Warm Buff

Pink Fresh Studio Silver Glitter Card

Altenew inks – Aloe Vera, Matcha Tea, Oak Moss

Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio Silver Pearls

Fine Black Pen

Foam Tape

Foam Squares

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

DMC Sparkling Dust