I'm Card Captain of the enjoyMichaelStrongstamps
Yahoo Group for this week, so for 5 days I'll be showing you several works
using Michael Strong's stamps. I hope you'll find them inspiring.
My 4th card for this week is a Merry Christmas Card with Washi Tape and
Christmas
Tree.
It is followed by a step-by-step tutorial, with photos.
I hope you'll try it and enjoy it… It takes less time to make the
card than to post
about it (lol)
Today's card is all about making the background
papers yourself.
This technique is fun and easy, and it
enables you to create various backgrounds, to make different cards.
I also stamped the sentiment "Merry
Christmas" on a scrap of the same red leather textured CS, and inked its
edges using Platinum ink, the same ink I used to stamp the Snowflakes, to enhance
it.
I also added 2 brads, all shiny and bright.
Then I used a piece of plain white CS,
which I wrapped with several stripes of Washi Tape in Christmas related colors
and themes.
You can use any combination of Washi
Tape, I simply picked those which will pop out and will be contrasted to the
red background. Once you're satisfied with the size of the wrapped CS, you can
trim its edge off.
Here's the CS wrapped with Washi Tape:
And as Washi Tape sometimes has a tendency
to become loose (it doesn't always stick to its place), I wrapped it behind both
sides of the CS, and I adhered the 3D double sided foam tape on the back side
of the CS exactly ON the Washi Tape's ends, so the foam tape secures them:
I stamped and heat
embossed it on a scrap of the same red leather textured
CS, then I cut it and added a few pearls for some more glam.
I adhered the Snowflakes
background paper to the card basis, then the Washi Tape background paper and
the decorated piece with the sentiment, using a double sided foam tape for a 3D
effect.
I added the
Christmas Tree on top of the Washi Tape background paper, also 3D. You can see it
in 2 different color combos.
You can see the 3D effect here:
It sure feels like the right time to create Christmas Card.
We don't celebrate Christmas in Israel, but I'd like to send Christmas
cards to my friends worldwide who celebrate Christmas.
Please let me know if you liked my tutorial, if it was clear (I'm
always happy to answer questions), and if it made you want to create something
similar.
(You can enlarge each photo by clicking on it)
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly