The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of Basic White card stock and I textured it using the "Snowflake Sky" embossing folder. Then I trimmed it to 4" x 5-1/4". I glued it to the card base.
Next I cut a 5-1/4" x 1-1/2" piece of Basic White card stock. On top of that I taped a 1-1/4" x 5" strip of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Snowy Scenes" 12" x 12" package. I glued the strip to the center of the card.
Next I cut the Basic White rectangle using the die from the "Everyday Details" set. Now here's the fun part. I added the red and white Baker's Twine on two corners. You are going to need about 8" for each corner. If you are going to do this, I recommend using a little bit of school glue on the end and allow it to dry. This will keep the threads together and make it easier to thread. Or if you have a needle with a large eye you can thread that. I just used the glue. You are going to want to do this before you begin the card. When I threaded the corners I started at the tip and inserted the thread in the hole next to the one I just went through. If you sew straight across on the back you will waste a lot of twine and the bulk might get in the way of the Dimensionals.
Once the threading was done (this was the reason I was drawn to the card online) I began the sled assembly. The sled is from the "Sophisticated Sled" bundle. The runners were cut using some silver foil card stock. The body of the sled was cut using Pecan Pie card stock. I cut three of the greenery pieces, one of Garden Green, one of Basic White and one of Old Olive. I glued them together in the center. The bow was fussy cut from a swag image in the bundle. The skates were cut from Basic White card stock, the blades were cut from silver foil card stock and the laces were cut from Real Red card stock. I glued the bed of the sled on top of the runners. Then the greenery was glued in place. I glued the skates together. I cut a 3" piece of Baker's Twine, folded it in half and then glued the center to the greenery. The bow was glued on top of the twine. The skates were glued in place over the twine ends.
The words are from the "Sophisticated Sled" bundle and were stamped using Real Red ink on Basic White card stock. I cut them using the tag die from the "Greetings of the Season" bundle.
I thought I'd dress it up just a bit and I glued on some snowflakes from the "White Loose Snowflakes" container. There's a lot of them in the container and I bought two containers. Why I don't know, but I did. I do love snowflakes and maybe I thought they looked so cute in the catalog. They are cuter in person. I glued some on the card and it was a perfect touch. And that was it. I like how the card turned out. If I were to make another one I think I would use my Real Red Blends Pen and color the twine. I think red would have been prettier in the corners, it would stand out better. I am pleased with how it looks as it is but the red would pop more.
Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda
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