HEY FRIENDS! Can you relate? It seems like I’m always buying new craft supplies that I bring home, put in my studio, and then promptly forget that I have them. The holiday sales and new releases are tempting. Still, I thought I’d do a series of cards created from items already in my stash.
A friend recently requested that I make five holiday cards that he will give to members of his family. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to go shopping in my studio. So today I’m showing off the card made for his sixteen year old grandson. It features the Gnome Drive Holidays die set by Sizzix.
I listed the materials that I used for today’s project. Shop your stash and see what items you either have already or can substitute. Inevitably, someone will message me to ask where to find a particular product. I’ve had some items so long that they’re retired. But where possible, I’ve linked available supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.
Featured Products
- Gnome Driving Holiday by Spellbinders [ SBC | SSS ]
- Dear Santa by Penny Black [ AZ ]
- Postage Edge Shapes – Rectangles by Spellbinders [ SSS ]
- A7 Matting Basics A by Spellbinders [ AZ ]
- Classic Fluted Squares by Spellbinders [ AZ ]
- Dotted Embossing Folder by We R Memory Keepers (now We R Makers) [ RETIRED ]
- Additional supplies in the thumbnails below.
I wasn’t sure if my friend would send the cards or insert a gift card or money. So I switched to an A7 format (5″ x 7″) so that he would have enough room to insert a surprise for the recipient. The majority of my dies and stamps are sized for A2 cards so I needed to so some advanced planning. Luckily I have have the A7 Matting Basics die sets from Spellbinders (both A & B) so that I could use them to cut the panels. I was inspired by an unattributed card on the Spellbinders website that I found on Pinterest. However, I made some changes to match my own style.
There are a couple of products where it’s not obvious how they were used. The Classic Fluted Squares die set included two plain square dies that were the perfect size for stamping and matting the sentiment. I don’t have many square die sets. This set was perfect for my purposes even though I didn’t need the more decorative dies in the set.
I used the Postage Edge Shapes dies to create the decorative border on the bottom of the background panel. I used the die that measures 4.26″ x 5.50″ to cut a panel from the teal and red card stocks. I cut a 1.5″ strip off the narrower side and stacked them as shown to create the border.
Also, I didn’t list a red card stock in my supply list. I think I used one from the Concord and 9th Assorted Color Pack. Use what ever you have in your stash.
That’s all for today!
Supplies
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