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Beautiful Trifold 5x7 Christmas Card | Tim Holtz Stamptember 2021 Stamp Set


Hello Everyone thank you so much for joining me!! This card was a bit of a struggle to make but in the end I think it turned out really pretty!! let's jump right in.


I really wanted to make a 5x7 trifold card and wasn't really sure how to make that happen so there were some stumbles in this card, I won't bore you with the details in the blog post but if you want to hear more about the challenges of this card coming together please check out the video below. I started by cutting a 5x7 card base which is going to act as my base and the second panel in my trifold. I also cut down a 1 inch strip of cardstock my "hinge" to adhere my seethrough front panel to the base, I did end up trimming down that strip later just so it covered less of my seethrough panel. I adhered that extra strip to the inside of my cardbase, I just used some liquid glue so I had some wiggle time to make sure it was in the right place.


To make my seethrough panel I used a laminator sheet, some glitter and my laminator, this is a really neat technique. Make sure you don't put a piece of cardstock actually in the pocket but have one underneath the pocket so it has some stability when going through the laminator, add whatever your favourite glitter inside the pocket and seal it up in the laminator, then you can trim it down to whatever size you need for your card. In this case I trimmed it down to 5x7 to fit the front of my card.


Then on the second panel in my card (or the front of the cardbase) I blended on my sky background with Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac, and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide inks, blending back and forth until I had a blend I liked, I did use a moon mask and blended around it to create my moon then brought in some Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink to add detail to the moon. I white heat embossed the trees and clouds onto the background and struggled to decide on how I wanted to add Santa.. in the end I decided to stamp him on the background in black in to make him stand apart from the background elements. I then splashed on some white paint and perfect pearls to create the look of snow.


Now we just need to adhere everything together, I adhered the seethrough panel to the small "hinge" I added to the card base and cut out some white pearl cardstock to hide the hinge and make it look pretty and finished. I hope I explained this in enough detail that it makes sense, if you want to see a more in-depth look at how I made this card please check out the video below. There's also a full supplies list if you want to know exactly what I used.


Thank you so much for stopping by and I will see you again soon!!

Supplies


Tim Holtz Holiday Things Stamp Set

https://shrsl.com/3844l


Trinity Stamps Christmas Magic Stamp Set

https://shrsl.com/3844q


Tim Holtz Trimmer

https://shrsl.com/38464


Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat

https://shrsl.com/3848j


Bearly Art Glue

https://shrsl.com/38474


Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink

https://shrsl.com/3846r


Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Ink

https://shrsl.com/3848k


Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink

https://shrsl.com/3846u


Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink

https://shrsl.com/3848m


Tim Holtz Blending Tool

https://shrsl.com/3846e


Tim Holtz Domed foam

https://shrsl.com/3846b


Simon Says Stamp Unicorn Glitter

https://shrsl.com/3845b


Pretty Pink Posh Mini Iridescent Star Confetti

https://shrsl.com/3845c


Ranger White Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder

https://shrsl.com/3845f


Embossing Heat tool

https://shrsl.com/3846x


Antistatic Powder bag

https://shrsl.com/3845k


Coffee Filters

https://shrsl.com/38463


Versamark ink

https://shrsl.com/38488


Versafine Onyx Black ink

https://shrsl.com/38486


Memory Misti

https://shrsl.com/3848c


Misti 2.0

https://shrsl.com/3848g


Mint Tape

https://shrsl.com/3848i


Perfect pearls

https://shrsl.com/38484


Mini Mister

https://shrsl.com/3847m


Pixie Spray

https://shrsl.com/38477


Tim Holtz Moon Masks

https://shrsl.com/38458


Scorebuddy

https://shrsl.com/3847l


Teflon bone folder

https://shrsl.com/3846z


Picket Fence Distress Paint

https://shrsl.com/3847j


Fan Brush

https://shrsl.com/38479


Tonic Pearl White Cardstock

https://shrsl.com/3847c


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