Christmas Card

(Originally posted on the Silhouette Blog 11/4/2013)

I make handmade Christmas cards every year to send to friends and relatives.  My goal is always maximum impact for minimum assembly effort.  (Never mind how many card versions I go through to find the perfect design!)  I was so happy to use Hero Arts shapes and stamps, because I’ve always been a fan of their designs.

I chose the Line Bubble Tree shape by Hero Arts so I could add an extra pop of glitter in the holes as ornaments.  The tree is cut from white Silhouette adhesive-backed cardstock.  To get the circles for my glitter areas, I released the compound path on the tree shape and made copies of the circles to be cut from Silhouette double-sided adhesive.

I cut the circle shapes from the adhesive, placed them in the appropriate circles on my card front (yellow backing removed), then took off the white covering one or two at a time so I could use one color of glitter at a time while protecting the rest.

To add the finishing touches, I added Hero Arts silver Metallic Décor to the card front corners.  The green page is mounted onto red glitter cardstock.  I used Hero Arts stamps on the inside of the card for my sentiment.

Finished size: 5” x 7”

Shapes:

Line Bubble Tree (Design ID #50888) by Hero Arts (resized to 2.9” x 5.925”)

Supplies:

Silhouette adhesive-backed cardstock, white
Silhouette glitter: green, silver, and pink from Essential set
Silhouette double-sided adhesive
Hero Arts stamp sets: “Wishing You A Very”, and “Four Snowflake”
Hero Arts Metallic Décor, silver
Simple Stories Vintage Bliss pattern paper, Green Dot/Grid
Best Creation glitter cardstock, red