The Christmas tree and snowflake shaped glitter brads used in this Christmas card project give the card a real luxurious look and feel. The brads are painted with gorgeous glittery paint, the surface of which is almost soft to the touch, that and the different sized layers of card used makes this a very tactile card.
Items you will need to make this card:
- Small Square (120mm x 120mm) Pale Cream Card Blank
- Pearlised card in green, red, silver and ivory (or cream)
- Woodware Super Lever Craft Punch – Square
- Woodware Large Lever Craft Punch – Square
- Woodware Glitter Brads – Christmas
- Season’s Greetings Peel Off Sheet – Gold
- 5mm sticky foam pads
- Craft knife, pencil, ruler & cutting mat
Directions:
Take the super square craft punch and punch one square of each colour of the pearlised card (green, red, silver and ivory). Put these squares to one side for now.
Next repeat the above step but using the large square craft punch to punch a square of each colour of the pearlised card. On the reverse of each of these squares draw a pencil line diagonally from the tip of one top corner to the tip of the opposite bottom corner and repeat from the other top corner to it’s opposite bottom corner. Where the two lines cross in the middle marks the exact centre of each square. Place the squares onto your craft cutting mat, using the tip of the blade of your craft knife make a small hole just ABOVE centre on the red and green card squares and dead on the centre of the ivory and the silver card squares.
Next push a silver snowflake glitter brad through the hole on the ivory card, a green Christmas tree glitter brad through the hole on the red card, a cream snowflake glitter brad through the hole on the silver card and finally a red Christmas tree glitter brad through the hole on the green card. Align the brads and bend the prongs back pointing into the corners of the squares so the ends do not show when the squares are turned right way up. You also need to make sure that the Christmas trees are straight when you look at them from the front.
Then use sticky foam tape/pads to mount the ivory square with the silver snowflake onto the super red square, the red square with the green Christmas tree onto the super silver square, the silver square with the cream snowflake onto the super green square and finally the green square with the red Christmas tree onto the super ivory square.
Again using sticky foam tape/pads mount the finished squares onto the card blank as shown in the picture lining them up as straight as you can and leaving a slightly larger gap at the bottom of the card for a sentiment.
To finish the card off, remove a ‘Season’s Greetings’ from the peel off sheet and allow the sticker to relax on the end of your craft knife blade for a short while, this will allow it to go back into shape if it has stretched at all. Then simply place it on the card blank underneath the four squares using a ruler to make sure it is straight if necessary. Once you are happy with the position of the wording press down on it firmly to stick it in place.
Card idea by Janine