Elizabeth Craft Designs-Poinsettia Arched Garland Tutorial

 Hello crafting friends,

Today I'm doing a step by step tutorial for this lovely Christmas card.

Step one: Make a 7 1/4”X 10 1/2” card base from white cardstock folded in half to make 5 1/4” X 7 1/4” in card followed by a gold layer 5 1/8” X 7 1/8” and finally another white layer 4 7/8” X 6 7/8” then die cut 3 layers of Festive Ornate Frame from white and 1 layer from gold.

Photos  1, 1a, 1b 

Step Two: Glue the frames together with gold layer slightly off-set. 

Photos 2

Step Three: Glue the stack of Festive Ornate Frames to card front.

Photos 3

Step Four: Stamp Merry Christmas using Red Ink (Barn Door Oxide used here) onto one of the white center pieces cut away from the Ornate Frames, then glue it inside of the Ornate Frame on card base, set the card aside for now.

Photos 4, 4A

Step Five: Die cut poinsettias from red cardstock, Use a dry brush to add highlights to leaves and flower petals, using gold paint.  Use a light touch to add just a bit of gold and make sure brush is dry,  form the petals on soft pad then glue together to make poinsettia flowers.  Glue gold centers in each flower.

Photos 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D

Step Six: Die cut leaves and boughs from 2 different green color cardstocks and add some shading and highlights with oxide ink.

Photos 6A, 6B, 6C

Step Seven: Die cut berries from red, stems from brown, glue the red berries to the stems and add Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the berries, when dry dot each berry with white paint from a white Pasca Pen.

Photos 7A, 7B

Step Eight: Make a multi-loop bow from red ribbon

Photo 8

Step Nine: Arrange leaves and flowers in an arch at the top of the Festive Ornate Frame then add the bow underneath the leaves in the center of the arch.

Photo 9

Conclusion: Finish with some white pearls at the bottom of the card as desired.

Photo 10

Product List: 

Festive Ornate Frame

Poinsettia

Winter Greenery

Soft Finish Cardstock

Green Cardstock

Red Cardstock

Gold Cardstock

Metallic Gold Cardstock

White Pearls

Nuvo Crystal Glaze

Pasca White Painty-Pen

Golden Acrylic Paint-Bright Gold

Red/Gold ribbon (Maker unknown)

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

Elizabeth Craft Designs- Christmas in Color

 A different color that is! Hello crafting friends!

This is for those of you who like Christmas in non-traditional colors, I know there are a few of you out there!

I used a stamp with VersaMark ink on the background to add a bit of interest.

The decorative frame is cut from Silver Metallic cardstock.

Festive Ornate Frame, Festive Ornaments, Festive Holly Sentiments, Layered Labels

There are 16 ornament pieces for a flat bottom ornament as shown.  I used 32 pieces to make a full ornament.  A lighter weight paper works best for this honeycomb technique.

I glued a bead at the bottom of the ornament.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

Elizabeth Craft Designs-Creative Cut

Hello crafting friends!

Here is a fun card with a different kind of edge.

Poinsettia, Festive Holly, Winter Greenery, Greenery Fillers 2, Small Doilies, Soft Finish Cardstock

See it open, how pretty, right?

Cut front of card in half vertically. Cut decorative paper for inside card and outside card so that they match when card is closed.  Cut scallop square frame in quarters for the corners.

Glue a decorative round die to the inside of front so that half of the circle shows when card is closed.

Cut a smaller circle of decorative paper (bird shown here for this card). glue it to front of card and circle.  Glue white curved leaves to left side of front.

Make flowers and leaves then glue to left side of front/circle.

Inside of card, glue sentiment stamped on small doily.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

 

Elizabeth Craft Designs-Beautiful Poinsettias

 

Hello crafty friends,

I love taking a die and stretching it! Well, not he die but the die-cut. This die has such pretty ends, why not, right?

Festive Ornate Frame,  Winter Greenery, Poinsettia, Festive Holly, Soft Finish Cardstock

Each poinsettia has 2 layers of petals glued off-set then filled with Gold Prills. The Pine Cones have

Snow Pen dabbed on the ends and then heat set to puff up a little.

The Festive Ornate Frames (gold and white) are glued together off-set then cut in half

and glued onto card to each end.  Cut a piece of decorative paper in a rectangle and then glue to center of card to cover cut die pieces and make one smooth layer. If necessary, cut corners of rectangle to make the transition smooth.

Now decorate with all your fun pieces, pine cones, leaves, boughs and flowers.

Add a sentiment if desired or add the sentiment inside.

Other products: 

Gold Prills, Snow Pen, Gold Metallic Cardstock, Red Cardstock, Green Cardstock

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin