Tis the season to be jolly! Today I’m here to show you how to combine two of our holiday products that have a turquoise toned blue in their palette to make a fun retro Merry Christmas card!
Supplies Needed:
- patterned paper
- washi tape (or patterned paper)
- red ink
- Merry Christmas stamp
- white cardstock
- clear drying glue (such as PPA Matte Adhesive)
This project pairs seed beads from our beloved 28 Lilac Lane “Let It Snow” embellishment kit with buttons from our new “Cool Winters” Button Basics. With similar tones of blue, these two coordinate together beautifully to add a pop of trendy color to holiday projects of all kinds.
This card is 5″ by 7″, so to start my retro Merry Christmas card I cut the snowflake background paper to that size.
Next, I cut a 5″ wide strip of white cardstock that was a few inches tall. I stamped “Merry Christmas” on it with red ink, centering the image near the bottom. Then I used scissors to cut the top of the sentiment block into a wavy design.
To create the beaded edge, I started by spreading a bead a white glue along the edge. Then I sprinkled seed beads over the glue until it was covered, and set the sentiment block aside to dry.
Cutting the trees is easy! I simply used three scraps of paper and cut them into various sizes of triangles. The tree “trunks” are made from washi tape (but could also be made from strips of paper). Some of the tree triangles hung over the edge, so I just snipped them off. Once those elements were adhered in place, then I used liquid glue to adhere three buttons as toppers for the trees.
Once the glue holding the seed beads was dry, then I adhered the sentiment block across the bottom.
To finish my card, I used white cardstock to make a blank card and then adhered the finished card front onto it.
I hope this cheery little retro Merry Christmas card greeting will help you brighten the holidays of someone special!
Nancy Nally
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