The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Misty Moonlight card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.
I cut two 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock. One I taped on the inside and the second one I textured using the "Snowflake Sky" embossing folder. I usually don't cut the piece to size until after I emboss it but I was at the cutter and cutting the same color so I crossed my fingers and hoped that it would retain it's size. It did. I glued this piece to the front of the card.
Next came the strips. I have always hated to do strips because I'd never get them right. I'd struggle to get them even. And I'd always mess them up somehow. But lately I think I've caught on and have been getting them right. So you may see more cards with strips (that are straight! LOL). The layers on the strips are 4" x 5/8" pieces of Misty Moonlight card stock. You will need three of them. And the Designer Series Paper (DSP) is from the "Winter Meadow" 12" x 12" package and were cut at 3-3/4" x 1/2". I taped the DSP to the strips and the pieces were set in place on the front of the card using glue. The top strip is 1" from the top edge of the card base. There is a 1/8" space between the strips.
The sled was made next. The bottom part of the sled was cut using Basic Black card stock. The "wooden" part of the sled was cut from Pecan Pie card stock. The greenery was cut using Old Olive and Mossy Meadow card stock. The skates and laces were cut from Basic White card stock. And the blades were cut from some silver metallic card stock.
The laces were glued to the skates and then the blades were added. I took a 6" piece of Baker's Twine and attached it to the back of the skates using Dimensionals to hold it down. I left 2" on the upper part, 1" on each side for "hanging" the skates. More Dimensionals were added to the back of the skates and they were set aside.
Next I added the greenery to the top part of the sled. Then the skates were set in place using the Dimensionals and at the top a glue dot was added to hold the string. I tied a double bow and added it using two glue dots.
Four pearls were colored using my dark Cherry Cobbler Blends pen. Three of them were set on the greenery.
Dimensionals were added to the back of the sled and it was placed on the front of the card.
The words are from the "Greetings of the Season" bundle and were cut out using a die from that bundle. I used Misty Moonlight ink for the words. The dies in that bundle are tags. I taped the hole of the tag. I saved the dot and taped it back in the opening. Then I covered it using the other pearl I colored. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set in place on the front of the card and the card was done.
I love how this card turned out. That DSP is SO pretty and I was glad it returned to the catalog from last year. This was a fun card to make. I just love playing with this sled. Watch for more sled cards in the future.
Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda
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