Let's make cards series Part 2: "Merry Christmas"

Hey crafters, here's part two of my kraft card making series.

The first one is quiet simple. I used a Christmas paper stack by Glitz design for the background as well as for the four little banners. I topped the card with red velvet ribbon, a tiny button and a little bit of bakers twine. For that little extra I sketched down the word "Merry" and created a 3D look by using liquid pearls in buttercup and garnet. 

For the second card I stamped a lot of different snowflakes on the edges with Versamark Ink and white heat embossed them. After that, I inked all the edges with white chalk ink for a frosted look. In the middle of the card you can see two die cut pieces: a scalloped circle made out of vellum, and golden snowflake. I don't have any glitter paper so I used double sided adhesive tape on some paper scraps and after die cutting, I topped it with fine golden glitter. To prevent a mess, I used a bone folder to rub in the glitter so it won't come off. I've seen this technique in a video by Jennifer McGuire Ink (here's the link to her video). In the middle of my snowflake I glued a golden sequin for a finishing touch.

The third christmas card is a shaker card. I created a vellum pocket by stitching three sides of a rectangle. After stamping and gold heat embossing my sentiment, I filled the pocket with different sizes and shapes of sequins. Then I stitched the fourth side of the rectangle, too so that the sequins won't fall out of the card. At the end I glued a few punched out stars and crystal gems to the card.

My fourth and last card is pretty simple, too. First of all I die cut a snowflake into a piece of cream cardstock and stamped my sentiment with Archival ink. After that I run the piece of cardstock with an embossing folder through my Big Shot to emboss a dot pattern. I used the die cut snowflake and set it a little bit of to create a layered effect and topped it with a little button and bow with bakers twine. To finish the card, I wrapped some of the bakers twine around the card and glued everything to a mat and then to the card base. 

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Exciting News! Guestdesigner for Family and Friends

English version please see below :)

Für all die deutschsprachigen Besucher unter euch werde ich die Family and Friends Challenge Beiträge natürlich auch auf deutsch teilen. Ich freue mich wirklich sehr, als Gastdesigner von Januar bis April bei euch meine Bastel-Kreationen einstellen zu dürfen. Es ist das erste Mal, dass ich "gastdesignen" darf und freue mich riesig! Ich hoffe euch gefallen meine Werke und ich kann dem ein oder anderen von euch ein paar Inspirationen geben. Natürlich würde ich mich auch über regelmäßige Leser freuen :)  

I have some very exciting news to share with you! I am a guest designer for the German blog "Family and Friends". It's a challenge blog for all the crafters out there with nice prices to win. They have monthly challenges with different exercises, and I'll join them for four months, from January till April.
I am very happy about that, since it's my first chance to share my projects on a challenge blog with all the crafting people out there. Maybe I'll win some new followers this way, too. That would be awesome ;)

Für die Monatsaufgabe Januar "Lasst es schneien" habe ich mich für eine große Karte entschieden, die ich einer meiner Freundinnen geschenkt habe. Hierfür habe ich einen großen Tannenbaum gestanzt und eine Tasche aus Transparentpapier gefertigt. In diese Tasche habe ich dann weißes Konfetti in verschiedenen Größen eingefüllt, welches man wunderbar "schneien" lassen kann.

Anyway this months challenge is about "let it snow". Any project is welcome, as long as it matches the theme. I created a huge card for a friend of mine, with "snowflakes" behind some vellum. You can shake it and have some fun with it ;)

Außerdem habe ich einen wunderbar passenden Stempel auf etwas Transparentpapier hinzugefügt, und zwei kleine Schneeflocken links und rechts mit Prägepuder aufgebracht. 

I added a banner with a perfect matching stamp on some more vellum and used copper embossing powder to create two little snowflakes. 

Um das Transparentpapier herum habe ich mit mehrfarbigem Garn einen schönen Rahmen als Eyecatcher genäht. Außerdem hält das Garn das ganze Konfetti fest, da ich das Transparentpapier nicht festgeklebt habe. Das war's auch schon! Vielen Dank fürs Vorbeischauen, und ich hoffe euch nächsten Monat wieder zu sehen! Liebe Grüße, Moni

I used some multicolored yarn to stitch the vellum on the paper to give it more texture and to create an eye-catcher. And that's it! Thanks for reading and have a great day!