First snow, Christmas Card – Day 1 uses a cover die and embossing powder to create the look of the first snow of the year. Read on for the Step-by-step instructions on how to make it.
Last year I sent my mom handmade Christmas cards for each day in December before the holiday. Well, we're going to make it an annual event by doing it again this year. And, we'll begin the 2022 25 Days of Christmas Cards with First Snow.
Our first step is to lightly blend pastel blue and purple onto a piece of smooth white cardstock. And, in the card in the photos we blended the blue in the center and purple around the edges for the card.
Creating The First Snow Effect
We're going for that first snow of the year vibe, that sparkly, bluish purple white. Once the blending is complete, we'll take our watermark ink and apply it directly to our blended cardstock. And as we do so, we'll take care to cover the entire surface with ink. Then, we'll sprinkle clear glitter embossing powder over the ink and just let it sit there for a minute. Next, we'll pour the excess powder off and give the card panel a good tap. And then we'll heat it with our heat gun until it's smooth and melted.
Once the card panel is cool, we'll use the cover die to cut the snowflake from it. And, we'll trim the card panel to 3 3/4″ x 5″. Hint: Using a rectangle die ensures that the card panel is square. Next, we'll attach the snowflake panel to the card panel using micro dots.
First Snow Sentiments
We'll use the same ink that we use on the snowflake to create the sentiments. We do this because we want them to be the exact same colors. To do so, we'll lightly blend the blue across a scrap of white cardstock. And then we'll lightly blend the purple into the blue.
Next we'll spread some liquid glue on the back of the blended piece of cardstock with our finger and then attach a piece of craft foam to it.
When set, we'll center the holidays die over at the point where the two colors blend together. And then, we'll run it through our die-cutting machine. I like to use this technique with dies that are a little more fragile. The foam really helps to pop up the sentiments without distorting them. The set I have has a shadow die, but if you don't have a shadow you can fussy cut one from white cardstock.
To stamp the remaining part of the sentiment, we'll load the stamp with blue ink and then tap the purple ink pad around the edges. Nexy, we'll stamp the “Happy” onto a little scrap of white cardstock.
First Snow Card Assembly
Assembly is a breeze. We'll begin by adding a sheet of double-sided adhesive foam to the back side of the snowflake combination panel and then center it on a white card base. Then we'll use liquid glue to attach the die-cut sentiment to the shadow and then use the liquid glue on the back to attach it to the bottom of the card panel. And finally, we'll also use liquid glue to slip the stamped sentiment in behind the die-cut piece.
There, wasn't that fun? You can whip up this elegant holiday card in no time.
Supplies
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- Cardstock: Card base Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Solar White; Card panel – Gina K Designs Heavyweight White
- Ink: Watermark – Gina K Designs Watermark and Embossing Ink; Gina K Designs Dye Ink – Wild Lilac, Powder Blue
- Glitter Embossing Powder: Nuvo Shimmering Pearl
- Dies: Gina K Designs Snowflake Circle Cover Die; Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2; Sentiment – Gina K Designs Holidays Die & Shadow
- Adhesives: Scrapbook.com Double-sided Adhesive Foam Sheets; Simon Says Stamp Micro Dots
- Craft Foam
- Die-cutting Machine: Spellbinders Platinum 6
- Heat Tool: Sizzix Dual Speed
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