Card Making

The 12 Days of Christmas Cards Day 10

November 25, 2019 /

Hello and welcome to day ten of the 12 Days of Christmas Cards! I can’t believe how fast the time is flying by. Today’s card is a fun whimsical holiday forest featuring the Holly Jolly paper collection.

When I saw all the fun bright Holly Jolly patterns I knew I wanted to create something to incorporate them all. This Christmas tree card was the perfect option! I began by cutting a rectangle for each tree and then turned them into simple triangles using my paper trimmer. For the tree trunks, I snipped a few small rectangles from a scrap of chocolate brown paper.

I arranged them on the card front to balance the color and patterns. You will notice there is green and red on both sides of my card. Since there was only one glacier tree, he took front and center stage. I matted them on a piece of White Daisy cardstock cut from the large stitched rectangle die. This gives such lovely finished detail to the edge. Then the whole project is adhered to a piece of the Green Apple cardstock that I cut into a top folding card.

The sentiment needed to be as fun and bright as the trees in the background. I thought it would be good to incorporate both red and green ink. My sentiment is from the “From Candyland” stamp set. I used Clover ink for the green and Cranberry for the red. (Cranberry is retired so I’d recommend Candy Apple Red). Be sure to watch the video tutorial below to see this project come to life.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Give this card a try and let me know how it turns out! Happy crafting and I will see you next time!

Project details:

  • Green Apple card base cut at 4 1/4 x 11 and scored in half to create a top folding card.
  • Use large stitched rectangle to create white Daisy mat
  • Trim a rectangle from each patterned paper featured in the Holly Jolly collection & a convert to a triangle.
    • red stripe 2 x 4
    • green checked 2 x 4
    • green polka dot 2 x 4 (after creating a triangle trim to 1 3/4 tall)
    • red/pink stripes 1.5 x 3.5
    • glacier 1.5 x 3
  • Arrange trees on white Daisy mat as shown. (You may have to trim the bottoms of a few to get them to fit correctly)
  • use brown cardstock to make trunks for the 3 trees in the foreground
  • stamp sentiment as shown and attach with dimensional foam tape.
  • finish your trees by adding red sequin stars to the tops with micro glue dots.
  • enjoy your project!

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