Cozy Christmas Trio - Part 3 - and the Round Up

So here is my little trio all together...

And here is the 3rd card...

Same as the first in the trio...

Just the addition of a dreamy Smoky Slate Santa and reindeer in the sky... and the Smoky Slate greeting...

And a 3D cottage (chalet)... 

The house is stamped again onto white card, the windows coloured in with the Hello Honey marker pen... then cut out by hand, shaped a bit with the bone folder and then 3D stuck over the image on the paper...

Think this is my favourite...What about you?

And just when you thought the trio was done... yet again... the trio became a quartet... come back tomorrow for one that is a bit different.... somewhat more marmite...

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Cozy Cottage for Christmas - Part 2

Look familiar... but different... 

On this second card the Cozy Cottage ( or Chalet!) image is stamped onto the centre of the Home For Christmas paper panel, then the snowline cut by hand... along the line at the centre but free-style at the edges! The paper is then stuck to the white card panel and the greeting stamped...

The roof and the snow on the trees are coloured in using a white Signo gel pen... the windows with a Hello Honey marker pen...

Then it is all finished off with a light dusting of Fine-Tip glue plus Dazzling Diamonds... to the snow line, the roof, the windows and the trees... and it is interesting to note that the glitter on the trees remains so much whiter and brighter on this card than the next ones... must be something to do with the mix of white gel pen, Fine Tip and glitter...

Now what do you think? Better with or without??? The house prop that is....

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Cozy Cottage for Christmas Trio Part 1

Moving onto the Cozy Christmas stamp set & Home For Christmas that we used this week in classes... here is the first card of a trio... I LOVE this simple little trio...you have been warned...

Some lovely quick and easy cards as most people were doing the Advent Calendar (see here and here) and the Christmas Shadow Box Frame (yet to be shared) - so these were mainly for my speedy girls - or those just doing the Advent Calendars...

Starting off simple as simple......

Loving this image... reminds me of many a ski holiday spent in many a chalet in the French and Swiss Alps!

Loving keeping it SO simple... 

The windows are just coloured with a Hello Honey marker pen...

Then it is all finished off with a light dusting of Fine-Tip glue plus Dazzling Diamonds... to the snow line, the roof, the windows and the trees...

Now what do you think? Better with or without my house prop in the photo to give you more of an idea of scale... but maybe a bit house-over-powering??? This is just a small 10.5cm (about 4 1/8") Square card... so you can get the idea!! 

The house is about 8" tall... and ... if not favoured for photos... it may be whisked away for a bit of altering.....! Waste not want not... Mmmmm....

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Covered Box Frame Card Tutorial for Fancy Fold Friday

I just had to make another Box Frame card with my Sleigh Ride dies...

This one has a few more layers...so again a depth that just works so well set in a Box Frame...

And this one was ripe for extra frontage... so it has a cover too...

And seeing as it is Friday...

Here is the Tutorial for a Covered Box Frame Card for you...
1. Make one Box Frame
2. Cut a piece of matching cardstock to 27.2 x 13cm (11" x 5 1/4")
3. Score LANDSCAPE piece at 13cm (5 1/4") from each side
4. Bone Fold
5. Adhere back of Box Frame to inside back (do not glue down the spine!)

Rudolph Christmas Treats Fry Box

Santa was feeling lonely!!

So I made him a friend... 

Rudolph with his nose so bright...

And here is the Punch Art crib sheet... oops just realised I took all of these photos before I put his Festive Flower Builder ears on! Back soon...

Though I have to admit that the Rudolph face looks a lot scarier when you just stick the bits on top of each other! Definitely better with eyes to the front and mane/antlers at the back!

Wonderful Wreath Santa - The Re Make & The How To!

As this post last year is proving so popular again...

I thought it time to re-make without the need of the retired moustache die...

So here you have Santa with a small, medium and large moustache...

All care of the new Festive Builder Flower punch... (aka the poinsettia one!)

And the HOW To sheet... note this sheet still includes the moustache die for the moustache - well you didn't expect me to have sold it did you!!!?

And here is Santa holding is little Treats sack this year....

And here is the link to a card using the Wonderful Wreath Santa ...

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Sleigh Ride Trifold Trio - Part 3 - and the Tutorial

Another day...

Another variant of my simple Tri Fold card...

The simplest of them all...

Just Score, Fold, Cut and go...

 

And note - I had to re-make this card in a real rush... as my sample had disappeared from the house....

If I had had any spare time today - I would have re-made it again... the left side would have been higher and the right side lower - this making the left flap stronger as the card is opened out - and less of an overhang at the left. I would also have remembered to add some glue & glitter - doh!

The featured tri-fold card for this Trio of Cards is simple...and seeing as it a Tuesday Tips & Tutorials post today.... here are the details...

Just take a 9.9 cm X A4L piece of card (or for my US readers 4" x 12"card)

Place it LANDSCAPE onto your trimmer...

Score at 9.9cm from either side (US 4")

See...simples!!

Die cut the sides as necessary...just make sure that your die only just touches the relevant score-line ( as you don't want any cuts on the back!) and then the top part of the scoreline is just trimmed down from the top to the die cut line using scissors or trimmer...

For the first card...
Bone fold flat...
Stick sides down...
Stick onto square card blank... ( 10.5cm Square blank from A4 card or 4 1/4" Square from US standard card)

For the second card...
Stretch the side flaps with your bone folder to add the curves
Stick sides down as finely as you can so as to retain the curves
Make a 1cm (3/8") deep Box Frame Card
Stick this card into the void...

For this third card...
Bone Fold Flat
Don't stick the sides down...
Leave the card as it is...
Small but sweet Fancy Fold Tri-Fold... opening up layer by layer...

And here is the round up shot! Note it isn't a trio of cards after all - but a Quad...

What I love about this basic card is that I can make a load of the simplest format... then... as and when I find some extra time - I can further decorate (or rather Box Frame it!) to my hearts content... so one card suits all!!

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Trifold Card Trio Part 2

 

So here is the second part of my Trio of Tri Fold Cards...

The main central card is exactly the same again...

But curves added to the side sections... by just stretching with my bone folder...and the sides carefully stuck down so as to keep those curves...

And then popped into a Box Frame card so as to add to the drama!

Note the merry Christmas greeting - just using the Jingle All The Way stamp set - How To details here...

Oh and wait - there is another incredibly similar card - which I have shared before... This is what happens when your curves get too pronounced... you need a deeper box section - so I just re-sized to a 3/4" deep Box Frame Card (save you searching for now - this one is on the Tutorials To Do List!)

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Small Trifold Sleigh Ride card

This card is one in a series of three...

One card fold dressed 3 ways...

From the purely simple to the somewhat fancier...

This one is just simply matted onto a  Night of Navy 10.5cm Square (4 1/8")  card blank... though for my US readers you could use a 4 1/4" Square card blank...

I will share another one in the series tomorrow and finish off on Tuesday with the last one and the tutorial for all 3...

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