Shabby Christmas Wishes
Shabby Christmas Wishes

Instructions:
The finished card measures 7 1/4 x 5". Take a 10 x 7 1/4" white base and fold it in half to make a top fold card. Cut a 7 x 4 5/8" piece of blue paper #6 from the Festive Christmas collection. Cut a 6 3/8 x 4 1/8" piece of paper from the Deluxe shaping paper. Cut a 7 1/2 x 2 3/8" piece of turquoise paper #6B from the Festive Christmas collection. Cut a 6 x 3 5/8" piece of red paper #9B from the Festive Christmas collection. Cut a 5 3/4 x 3 1/2" piece of pattern paper #6A from the Festive Christmas collection. Cut a 2 3/4 x 5 3/8" piece of pattern paper #9B from the Festive Christmas collection.Distress all the edge with the appropriate tool or the blade of scissors and glue all of them on each other and on the card base with 3D foam.
Stamp your poinsettia flowers with vermillion and manganese ink onto white flower shaping paper, color the center and shade the edge with the same color. Diecut with the coordinating die. Place face down into the flower shaping mold, spritz with water and run through the diecutting machine to shape. When dry, give further shape with Deluxe flower shaping kit tools. Glue 2 layers together. In the center of the flowers add prills (Minnie) and arctic flakes on the edge of the flowers.
Stamp your festive birds in archival library green ink on a watercolor paper. Color with the Zig marker. Die cut with the appropriate die. Put 3D lacquer on the birds. Glue it in the center of your card. Do the same thing with leaves from Christmas holly accent.
Arrange your flowers and leaves on the left corner of your card. Add your birds next to it. Stamp in library green sentiment from the Christmas lantern sentiments. Glue it under the birds.
Other Products: Water mister, hot glue gun, die cutting machine, scissors, ruler, arctic flakes, archival ink library green, watercolor paper