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Card Making Project - Magical Christmas
Made by Madeleine
Red and white - with just subtle hints of gold in this Christmas card. The gold comes from using red dragon embossing powder which has a real sparkle to it; gold dust card for the fairy and the bow with its subtle golden sheen; and Stardream gold card to create a drop shadow to the fairy that, at the same time adds a bit of dimension.
Smooth bright white card is ideal for stamping and heat embossing as it's exceptionally smooth - and when it comes to heat embossing the smoother the card the better the finished article. We've also included in our list of "ingredients" the Magic Anti Static Bag. When applying embossing powder sometimes all of the excess powder doesn't come off when no matter how much you give your piece of card a shake. This happened to Madeleine and she didn't notice until she'd heat embossed the sentiment - and then it glared at her. Sometimes you can get away with the odd stray grain of powder but not with red on white. So with much muttering and crying of the words, "Why do I never think to use the antistatic bag before embossing" she had to do the whole thing again.
The 2 largest dies from the from the Anja's Square die set were used for the stamped sentiment - what a versatile die set this is! You'll find cards in this Gallery made from the larger dies, the smaller dies, and virtually the whole set of dies.
You need a die cutting machine to make this card.
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To make this card you will need:
 A5 Creased White Card Blank A4 Stardream Jupiter Card A4 Gold Dust CardPiece of Stardream Gold CardSmooth Bright White 270gsm CardRed 6mm Rhinestone BradDocrafts Clear Stamp Magical ChristmasVersa Colour Ink Cube - ScarletAcrylic Block 100mm x 150mmStamp-n Stuff Embossing Powder - Red DragonEmbossing Heat ToolMagic Anti-Static BagDie Cutting Machine such as the XCut Xpress, Cuttlebug or Big ShotMarianne Creatables Anja's SquaresMarianne Creatables - Large Bow SetMarianne Creatables Fairy MagicCut-Rite Wax PaperPhoto GlueLow Tack Masking Tape |
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The Stamped Greeting
The stamped greeting is the main feature on this card. It's quite a large stamp so you need quite a large acrylic block to mount it on.
Take some smooth bright white card at least 130mm x 130mm. Wipe it over with the antistatic bag.
Using the scarlet ink, ink up your stamp and stamp the Magical Christmas sentiment onto the card. Sprinkle over the red dragon embossing powder and shake the excess back into the tub. Heat emboss using a heat gun for a few minutes until the embossing powder gives a raised gloss effect on the wording.
Place the stamped card on the second largest die from the Anja's Squares set ensuring the stamp sentiment is in the centre. Hold the die in place with just a little low tack masking tape. Run if through the die cutting machine only once to cut. Remove the masking tape.
Tip: Even with low tack masking tape you need to remove excess tackiness by running it over the back of your hand to prevent it sticking to the paper.
Cut a piece of Stardream Jupiter slightly larger than the largest die in the Anja's Squares set and run this die with the Jupiter card once through the die cutting machine.
Using photo glue place the Jupiter die cut to the right hand side of the card then, again using photo glue, position the stamped die cut card on top.
Making the Dropped Shadow Fairy Die Cut
Run the Creatables Fairy Magic die once through the die cutting machine using the Gold Dust card and then again using the Stardream Gold card.
Using photo glue layer the 2 fairy die cuts one on top of the other with the Stardream Gold die cut very slightly to the left and very slightly below the Gold Dust one. Again using photo glue, position on the card slightly overlapping the Anja's Square die cuts.
Creating the Bow
Run Stardream Jupiter card through the die cutting machine with the bow tails die and the solid bow die.
Place a piece of wax paper between the intricate fancy bow die and the Gold Dust paper (this makes it much easier to remove the card from intricate dies once they are cut) and run through the die cutting machine. Wrap the fancy Gold Dust bow around the Jupiter bow and, using the 6mm rhinestone brad fasten the two bows and tails together.
If you are using the large bow die for the first time you will find holes in all 3 pieces of the bow specifically for threading the two ends of the brad making this a really straightforward job.
Using plenty of photo glue on the back of the tails bow glue the bow to the left hand side of the card.
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Please feel free to copy this card for your own use. Our angel policy can be accessed via the Gallery home page.
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