It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a Christmas card using High Hopes Rubber Stamps Baking Ginger - S225 for the image and Lovin' From My Oven - G198 for the sentiment as we are celebrating Christmas in July this month. I always remember my mom baking so many varieties of cookies and other sweets at Christmas time. We especially had fun helping her decorate all of the gingerbread cookies.
To make my card this week, I began with a card base of Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb. cardstock, cut and scored to be 5.5" x 4.25". Using my Cuttlebug, My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Dies and My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Layers, I die cut Doodlebug - Milk and Cookies for the Gingerbreads and Carta Bella - Christmas Cheer for the inside panel. Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Vintage Photo was used to go around the inside and outside edges of the gingerbread patterned background. I applied some washi tape to both fronts of the pieces and then turned them around and used double-sided tape to keep them together. I adhered the combined background to the base card and then removed the washi tape.
The image and sentiment were both stamped onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using my MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink. The image was coloured in with Copic Markers. I die cut the sentiment using my Cuttlebug and Poppystamps - Christmas Quotes. The image was fussy cut around with scissors and then I put it through my Xyron Creative Station so that it would lay flat when I adhered it to some red Scrapbook.com - Peppermint Smooth Cardstock. After adhering it, I once again fussy cut around the image leaving a fine border. Using R24 Copic Marker, I inked around all of the edges. I applied U-Line double-sided tape to the back of this piece and popped it up into the centre of the patterned rectangle. I also applied U-Line double-sided tape to the back of the sentiment and popped it up at the bottom of the card. Lastly, I cut the button holes off of 3 Dress It Up - Holiday Collection - Christmas Cookies and using liquid glue, adhered them to the card.
Card Recipe:
Stamp: Baking Ginger - S225 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Sentiment: Lovin' From My Oven - G198 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb., Carta Bella - Christmas Cheer by Susan Duncan (6"x6"), Doodlebug - Milk and Cookies (6"x6"), Scrapbook.com - Peppermint Smooth Cardstock - 4.25" x 5.5"
Die Cuts: My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Dies, My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Layers, Poppystamps - Christmas Quotes
Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, U-Line double-sided tape, Cuttlebug, Dress It Up - Holiday Collection - Christmas Cookies, Xyron Creative Station
Image coloured with Copic Markers:
Gingerbread: Y21, E57, E35, E33, E31, R22, R20, B60, BV20, Colorless Blender, Eyes (Sakura Glaze - Black)
Hat: B60, BV20, Colorless Blender
Apron: G99, YG67, YG63, YG61, R29, R24
Spoon: R59, R37, R35
Background: Y04, Y02, Y00
Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!
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