Welcome Blog friends. How about a little more Christmas cheer with the new Bella Blvd Merry Mingle collection. I love creating Christmas cards and yes they all get mailed out to family and friends. Today I am showing you how just a few cuts and lots of Merry Mingle Ephemera can create the cutest cards. You can't go wrong with this adorable Santa.
The first card, I am showing you how you can use many of the fun papers to create a card. So let's get started.
Create card from white cardstock A2 size.
When I cut shapes they are usually out of dies, but I know that there are many cut files that you can use to get the same designs. I have used a die for the background that I die cut 5 times on the Merry Mingle Making Spirits Bright, Ornament Exchange, Let's Decorate and It's a Party papers. The border is from the Bella Besties Gingham & Strips.
I started with adhere the border first using foam tape to the card base. Make sure to center your frame and then fill in the rectangle designs that we cut for each window also using foam tape.
Pick out these fun Merry Mingle Ephemera Icons and Words and create a fun scene that is for sure to bring a smile. I added foam tape to the back and added them to the center of my card.
To finish I added one of the dots from the Very Merry Epoxy stickers to the top of the tree. This adds a little sparkle to the card.
How about a little ink blending? It is an easy technique to do to add a little color to your background.
Create card from white cardstock A2 size.
Cut an A2 panel on the Colorful Christmas paper and adhere it to your card base using liquid glue.
Cut a white panel measuring 4 x 5 1/4 and ink blend a green ink. Start in the center and make a circle movement but do not go to the edges of the panel. Use a light hand so the ink is darker in the center and lighter as you go out to the edges.
I mixed Copic Opaque and water and splattered my panel to give the snow effect. Make sure to let dry completely. Adhere your panel to the card once dry using liquid glue.
Pick out more of that cute Ephemera and create a fun scene. I used foam tape for a little dimension.
I added another one of those fun Epoxy Very Merry stickers to the tree.
On this card I picked out two Christmas stamps and stamped them directly onto my card using black ink. If you do not have stamps you can pick out a fun sentiment from the Ephemera Words or create your own sentiment using the Luna Alphabet Puffy Stickers.
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Have a wonderful day.