Elizabeth Craft Designs General Inspiration from the Design Team Krista Schneider Soft Finish Cardstock

Peace, Love, and Joy

November 29, 2018

Hey Friends! It’s EK here to share a bit of holiday fun. I don’t know about you, but I think these days people take the holidays a little too seriously and we all could inject some fun back into our holidays. I think we as adults forget sometimes what the magic of Christmas should be, and instead craft and create elegant and fancy holiday decor. Today I am trying to invent with my child’s mind and create a really fun and magic-filled project.

Step One: Trim a piece of Soft Sky Soft Finish Cardstock to 12×6 inches, a piece of printed It’s Christmas Time paper to 6×6 inches, a coordinating printed piece of It’s Christmas Time paper to 5×5 inches, a piece of Ladybug Red Soft Finish Cardstock to 5×3 inches and a piece of 85lb White Soft Finish Cardstock to 5×2.5 inches. Score and fold the 12×6 piece of paper at 6 inches to create a 6×6 card base.

Step Two: Adhere the printed 6×6 paper to the card base using 10mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive. Adhere the 5×5 printed paper to the bottom right corner.

Step Three: Adhere the white strip of paper to the red strip of paper using 6mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive. Add a bubble of color using both Aged Mahogany and Candied Apple Distress Oxides and a blending tool. Spray the bubble of color with a bit of water and allow to dry. Adhere the strips of paper to the left side of the card base.

Step Four: Stamp the focal image from Elves stamp set onto 85lb White Soft Finish Cardstock using Copic-friendly black ink. (Or ink compatible with your markers or other coloring medium of choice.)

Step Five: Color the focal image with alcohol makers (shown: Copics), matching the marker colors to the palette in the printed paper. Die cut the focal image using the coordinating Elves die set.

Step Six: Adhere the focal image onto the card front, positioned over the bubble of color, using 6mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape.

Step Seven: Stamp the sentiment onto the card using the Classic Christmas Sentiments stamp set. Stamp the image first in Candied Apple Distress Ink and then in black ink, offsetting them a little.

Step Eight: Finally, add some Nuvo Drops in Autumn Red to the card for a touch more whimsy.

Thank you for peeking in today to my little bit of whimsy project. I want to encourage you to keep the magic in your crafting this season and not to take your projects too seriously. Remember to craft with your inner child’s mind.