The Greetery – Holly Vintage Christmas Card!

Hi there my creative and crafty friends! I'm back – two days in a row! August is always that strange time each year…when one day I'm posting Fall projects, one day it's Halloween projects and the very next day it's Christmas projects! Ha! Everyone is trying to get all their holiday new releases out in time for us all to make our cards and other things! So today….it's Christmas! Today is my day up on The Greetery Blog today to share. And of course I'm posting here on my blog too. The inspiration came from the beautiful Birth Month Blooms Cuttables from the recent new Greetery release. I just loved the Holly graphic and felt a vintage Christmas card would show it off! It's never too early to start making your holiday cards, right?!

My finished card is an A2 cream card base, layered with green argyle patterned paper, a kraft layer, and then a pretty tag. I went with a vintage vibe in rich classic holiday colors, with gold accents. All my supplies are listed HERE or at the bottom of my post!

 

 

I started by die cutting out the cream tag using the Speed Tagging Die Set, and a cream circle using the Sentiment Suite Basics Die Set. I also die cut the Holly Cuttables using the matching dies. I die cut a gold snowflake using the Snowflakes #2 Dies and gold glitter cardstock. 

 

 

 

 

I inked the edges of the tag and the circle using Distress Inks and a foam dauber. I stamped the words Holly, and Hope using the Birth Month Q4 stamp set and the Comfort and Joy stamp set. I used brown ink to stamp the words for a more vintage look. Here's a side view of all my layers and pieces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I splattered the tag and holly using gold paint and I also splattered gold paint on the green argyle part. I used twine, a button and a pearl from my stash to embellish the top of the tag. I assembled everything using foam tape for dimension on the card.