Isn't the new
Paintbox Poppets Winter Collection by Christine Haworth too sweet? I really like the nostalgic feel to these images. Today I decided to use the
Yuletide Logs set.
For a change, I picked out my background paper first. I had a big slab of Christmas paper and I decided to use it. So, I used my
Spectrum Noir alcohol-ink markers to color the poppet's dress to coordinate in shades of moss, olive, rose red and pale blue. (You'll understand why I used blue when you see the envelope.) I used my oval die to cut and emboss, and then cut a scalloped oval from rose red for the layer.
Before adhering the layers, I hand-stitched with white embroidery floss. I did cross stitches along the left side of the oval; satin stitched the hat's pompom; and tied a little white bow on her vest. Use a piercing tool and a template for even stitches.
The stitched image was then adhered to the red scalloped layer. This went on to a dry embossed white layer (doesn't this embossing folder remind you of a knit Norwegian sweater?), then on to the patterned paper, then layered on olive, and finally on to a folded white card base.
Inside, I used coordinating paper and mounted the greeting on a moss scallop-punched oval. The final touch was a coordinating envelope made with the
Envelobox Creator. It is so easy to make coordinating envelopes, and doesn't even take a full sheet of paper!
Hope you enjoyed today's card. Have you started your Christmas cards yet? ;-)
