Christmas Folding Screen Card

09/10/2014

Christmas Folding Screen Card

Greetings!  Today will be my last post as a Poppystamps Design Team Member.  It has been my pleasure creating for you over the past year.  For my final post, I selected a folding screen card. 

The folding screen card began with a piece of cardstock cut down to 5 1/2" by 11".  Then I scored at 2 3/4", 5 1/2" and finally 8 1/4".  Fold on the score lines so it will open as a screen.

Next I used the Poppystamps Grand Flower Box die to create the feet.  I centered the window box as shown in the image below and then ran it through my Big Shot.  I folded it in half so it would cut two at a time instead of running it through 4 times, I only had to do two.  Additionally, I ran it through before adhering the panels on.  

 

Next, I cut panels to line the screen.

I cut four panels in the following sizes:

2 1/2" x 4 5/8"

2 3/8 x 4 1/4"

I chose to alternate colors but you can use all the same. The smaller of the two sizes above is approximate for the height. I had to trim off just a skosh from the bottom so there would be a border.   After cutting I adhered the two colors together and then adhered them to the screen.

Next, I cut white cardstock into an 8 1/2" x 4" section and used the Poppystamps Puffy Cloud Border die to create a mask. I used the mask in various positions and sponged a turquoise color to create one big panel of sky.  Once completed, I cut four sections to 2 1/8" x 4" and numbered the back so that when I reassembled it on the card, the sky would appear continuous.  Then I adhered each section to the appropriate panel.

Once you have added the innermost panel, then you can decide what scene you would like to create.  I kept it pretty simple using the Poppystamps Snow Flocked Tree for panels 1 and 4.  Then I used Poppystamps Santa's Magic Sleigh for the panel 2 followed by both Poppystamps Woodland Fawn Dies.

To finish, I used the Merry Christmas greeting from the Poppystamps Merry Christmas Background.

To add more pizazz you could cut some small squares and tie some twine around them as presents in Santa's sleigh or add some ornaments from Poppystamps Christmas Baubles Die [1040] or some flocking on the branches of the tree.  

I hope you give the folding screen card a go for your holiday card making projects.

Thank you again for a wonderful year! Happy Holidays.

Puffy Cloud Border	snow Flocked Tree	Merry Christmas Background [1065]	Woodland Fawn
[923] DIES- Santa's Magic Sleigh	[945] DIES- Woodland Fawn	[821] DIES- Grand Flower Box

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Waiting For Santa - 30 November 2013 Poppystamps Design Team Blogpost

Waiting for Santa

Greetings and Happy Holidays!

I hope this finds each of you well and enjoying your holiday season with friends and family.

I watched an old favorite the other night, Rudolph, and thought that it would be nice to create something that reminded me of Santa's flight. 

 

Supplies you will need:

 Santa's Sleigh [923]

Woodland Fawn [945]

Large Fremont Pine [906]

Let it Snow Clearmount stamp [CS309B]

Brillant Ink, Red-colored Glitter Glue, Embellishments [rhinestone, pearls], Q-tips, adhesives and scissors.

How-to:

I took a few Q-tips and dabbed them on the brillance ink pad and dotted all over the card to create the snow.  Then I cut the Fremont trees.  All trees on the card are from the Freemont tree, I just cut some of them to be thinner by cutting down with scissors after die cutting to give them the illusion of being in the background a bit.  I then added pearls of different colors to simulate lights on the tree.

I cut out a banner after stamping the Let it Snow and added a rhinestone to the center of the snowflake and used a glue circle to adhere to the card.  I glued the sleigh slightly tilted as if it were getting weighed down with packages and curved the deer legs just a bit as if it were ready to fly. I added a little of the red glitter glue as a collar for the deer.

For the snowy background I used scissors and rotated the paper slightly as I cut.  To complete the card, I added a little wooden laser cut house embellishment.

Have a happy holiday season and "let it snow!"

[923] DIES- Santa's Magic Sleigh

[945] DIES- Woodland Fawn

[CS309B] Let it Snow

[906] DIES- Large Fremont Pine Background

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Merry - My latest Poppystamps Design team posted on 9/7

Merry

The new Poppystamps dies are amazing!  For this post, I wanted to showcase the versatility of the Merry Dots die new from Poppystamps.

These three cards, each use the Merry Dots die, in different positions.  

The cards are each 3" x 3" and were designed to be used as in lieu of a tag to accompany a holiday gift. Each card uses the Poppystamps cling stamp "Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas" stamped inside on a white piece of cardstock.

To create the cards measure a piece of cardstock to 6" long and 3" wide.  

Score lengthwise at the 3" mark.  

Next determine where you want the fold.  The deer and the candle cards each have the fold at the top.  The green sleigh card has the fold on the left.  With the card in an unfolded position the Poppystamps Merry Dots die and run it through your cutting machine.  

If you wish to have a color showing through (deer card) then cut a different color of cardstock and adhere to the inside of the card.  Then chose a color for the inside to stamp your greeting.  

Now comes the fun --decorate the outside of your card.  The hardest part is choosing from all the exciting new Poppystamps dies.  What will you create?

Supplies I used for these cards:

Merry Dots [#937] 

Birthday Candles [#909] 

Woodland Fawn [#945]

Santa's Magic Sleigh [#943]

Small Blooming Poinsettia [#902]

Little Christmas Cling Stamp [CS305B]

Cardstock

Miscellaneous Supplies:

Adhesive- I used a liquid glue and glue pen for these cards.

Red Glitter Glue - For the candle card, I cut two sets of candles and cut the tips off to make the yellow look like a flame.  Then I applied a red glitter glue to make it look more like a flickering candle.

Rhinestones - added a bit of bling to the center of the poinsettias on the sleigh and deer card.

Ink - for stamping the greeting inside of the card.