The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Real Red card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.
I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic Black card stock for the top layer. On top of that is the Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Seasons of Green & Gold" 12" x 12" package. I just had to buy that paper but I didn't by the bundle that coordinated with it. I cut my strips from the 12" x 12" sheets at 4" so I don't have much waste if any at all. I took that 4" strip and cut it at 5-1/8" long and trimmed off the top so it measured 3-7/8" wide. Then I cut 1-3/4" off the top. Now you are ready to tape the DSP to the Basic Black piece. The 1-3/4" piece is flipped over and will be at the top of the card. What I did to make it easier for me to line things up was I flipped the pieces over so I was looking at the backs. I taped the seam with scotch tape so it was one piece. Then I used double-sided tape and taped the piece to the Basic Black cardstock. Then that was taped to the card base.
Next I took the mistletoe leaves piece from another sheet in the same package and fussy cut them. If you buy the DSP and the coordinating bundle there's a die in there to cut it out. I didn't mind the fussy cutting. Also in that bundle is the pine needle die. Since I didn't have it I used the flower die form the "Flowers of Beauty" bundle. I just searched my dies to see what would work and look wintry and not scram of summer. This seemed to work the best. I did chop the piece up a bit though. I had die cut mine using Mossy Meadow card stock. I taped it under the mistletoe piece.
The words were done next and they are from the "Greetings of the Season" bundle and were stamped using Real Red ink on a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. I cut them out using the tag die in the "Greetings of the Season" bundle. Make sure when you cut it that the hole for the hanging tag is on the left, you will be hiding it with the mistletoe stem and the bow. I taped the word piece in place on the front of the card. I centered it as much as I could by eyeing it.
Then the mistletoe piece with the greenery was glued in place. I tried adding tape but it got hung up on the greenery. So I just added some dots of glue and pressed the piece in place. The bow was tied from a 7" piece of Gingham ribbon and it was added with a little bit of glue.
I had some colored rhinestones so I added those to the card and the card was done.
I'm pleased at how the card turned out even though I didn't have the exact same items the original card had. I just used what I had and made it work.
Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda
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