Christmas Robins
Materials used:-
Stamp set:- Hobby Art CS173D Snowman & Friends
Inks:- Distress inkpads- Festive Berries, Fired Brick,
Evergreen Bough, Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy, Peeled Paint,
Versafine Onyx Black. Creative Expressions Colour Cloud
Decadent Teal,
Other:- Stickles Red, Liquid pearl white. Green snowflake
punch. Silver metallic ribbon.
S/A diamantes. “Falling Snow” embossing folder. Frosty
Sparkle Glitter Kiss.
Ornate Bracket die
8 x 8 “Swing” card
Methodology
An aperture has been die cut from front of card ready for
you & the piece cut is what you will work on.
1. The internal
mechanics. Take the piece of A4
white card, which has been trimmed to 7.5” wide & score at 3 ½” intervals
starting from the right. From the narrow panel which is left cut a 1” tab at
the top & bottom cut away cut in the centre of tabs. Fold these under &
then fold the card mountain, valley style. Flatten out & place to one side.
2. Take the die cut
piece & stamp robins at the centre using Versafine. Edge with Decadent teal
very softly & avoiding Robins. Stamp holly sprigs in
corners.
3. Using
appropriate Distress inks watercolour the image & set aside to dry.
4. Take
the embossed piece of white card & gently stroke Frosty Sparkle Glitter
Kiss first horizontally & then vertically. Set aside.
5. Take the internal
piece of card & stamp a robin & holly border along the bottom of the 2
panels at the right & centre. Paint with Distress inks. Stamp “Happy
Christmas” above Robins on the right hand panel.
6.
Softly sponge the edges of the front of the card blank & the inside right
side of the card with Teal & a Smoothie.
7. Attach
the sparkly embossed piece to the left of the inside right hand panel of the
card.
8. Refold
the internal piece of card & line up the centre edge where the tabs are at
the centre point of the aperture. Using PVA glue fold the tabs under & glue
in place.
9. Take
the die cut stamped image & apply PVA glue to back of right side only &
line it up in the aperture making sure it fits perfectly. Attach
to internal panel.
10. Add glue to right
hand edge of panel & close the card to position it before attaching.
11. Stamp “Robins”
sentiment onto the strip of white card trim & cut ends to centre to form a
banner shape. Edge with Teal. Attach to top left of front using foam pad in the
centre & DS tape at edges to form a curve.
12. Attach silver
ribbon to top & bottom of card blank using DS tape. Attach snowflakes,
diamantes, Stickles to berries & Liquid Pearls for falling snow & snow
on branches.
Holly &
Robins (A5 card)
Additional materials:- Versafine
Vintage Sepia, coloured pencils, glue pen & crystal glitter,
holly die cuts, s/a red pearls.
Methodology
1.
A scalloped oval has
been die cut from the centre of the card blank.
2.
Take a Zig glue pen
& apply some glue to the scalloped edges of the aperture from the outside
& apply some glitter. Set aside to dry.
3.
Using the piece of
flat white card stamp the Robins in the centre using Vintage Sepia.
4.
Colour softly with
pencils & add glitter to snow on boughs with Zig pen. Apply foam tape to
right side edges of the piece taking care that it will not show when attached
to inside of card blank. This will make image sit back into card.
5.
Before attaching stamp
Happy Christmas sentiment at bottom right of front of card with Versafine Onyx
Black. Now attach the Robins to inside of card blank being careful to centre it
properly.
6.
Add some veining to
holly leaves using a DEET, apply glitter with Zig pen & then attach to card
at top right & bottom left.
7.
Attach organza double
bow to top left & add red pearls to holly.
