Christmas

With the holidays upon us, I decided that my first post had to include a Christmas card. Here it is:

This card was created for my card class last month. The theme was Holiday cards.

I used the beautiful pine tree stamp from the Lovely as a Tree set. I also used the great ribbon from the mini catalog. You'll see that I love me some ribbon.

The little label on the bottom of the card was created using the hostess set Punches Three. I just cut off the top and bottom of the scalloped square.

And finally, as my WOW element for this card, I used the Dryer sheet technique to add some glitter to the image. If you haven't tried this technique yet, you should. It is super, super simple and give such a punch.

Here's how: First, stamp your image. Then you need to make the image into a sticker. You can do this a couple of different ways. I used the Xyron sticker maker. Make sure the image is face down going into the machine as you want the image to be the sticky side. Then place a used (but clean) dryer sheet over the image. Trim to size. And then for the finishing touch, sprinkle glitter over the entire image. Make sure to rub it into the dryer sheet. Dust off the excess glitter and mount your image as desired. WOW...it's such a great technique especially if you are going for a snowy look.