Hi creative and crafty friends! It's my turn on The Greetery Blog today, and I'm sharing my project here too! Hope you're doing great and enjoying this beautiful Fall season. My birthday is over, and voting day is over. It will be Thanksgiving before we know it…and then Christmas! The rest of the year is going to fly by!! For my project today I created a classically red and green Christmas Card using the gorgeous Gifts Galore Stencils and Dies… This card is nice and flat for mailing too! I added a bit of sparkle to it, and I used the new Warm and Cozy stamp set for the perfect sentiment. Time to make Christmas cards for sure!
My finished card is an A2 white card base. I layered green patterned paper on top of the white card base. To begin the card I used the Gifts Galore Stencils and kept my colors to only red and green. This idea has been in my head for a long time and I really like how it turned out. I used two shades of red and two shades of green for a clean monochromatic look. I die cut the bows and ribbons using the Gifts Galore dies – and used bright gold cardstock.
I trimmed my presents panel down to 4" x 5.25". I glued all the gold pieces onto the gifts and then added a few pearls as embellishments. I heat embossed the pretty sentiment onto vellum using white embossing powder for an elegant look. I wrapped my vellum strip around the presents and affixed that whole panel to the card base. I couldn't resist adding a few snowy white paint splatters too!
My 60th birthday was this past Sunday and I had a wonderful day! My husband spoiled me rotten and I am so super grateful!! On to a new decade as a sassy old lady!
That's it for my project for today! I hope you have a fantastic and creative day! Wishing you a wonderful November as we get ready to celebrate gratitude and move into the holiday season. I look forward to sharing with you again soon. In the meantime, happy crafting! XO Wanda
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6 responses to “The Greetery – Merry Christmas Gifts!”
You are not an old lady!!You look fantastic and I am glad you were spoiled!
Speaking of fantastic, your card is marvelous! I love all the patterns of the “wrapping paper.”
Lori S in PA
Happy Belated Birthday Wanda, Hope it was a fun day!
Love the take on the Gifts Galore ! It makes perfect sense to use it for Christmas, but I would never have thought of it! You are so exciting in your creative endeavors!
Happy 60th birthday – by the way , you may be sassy, but you are not “old” – that comes much later!
Nothing like the classic green and red colors for Christmas. Love those cute bows too. See I told you, you survived that birthday, no problem. Nice work!
Your posts always make me smile that is for sure! Your card is fantastic….as always! You do cards to the max!!!
Girl…60 looks so good on you! You sparkle!!!!!
Happy Birthday! Love the gift card!