The Crafty Den: Krafty Chicks challenge #785

Good morning lovely friends, I appreciate you stopping by and I hope you're all doing ok. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 2; as always the theme is 'Christmas' and I am your hostess. Another card to add to the Christmas pile, which really takes the stress off later in the year. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I bought the Christmas in July card kit from Gina K Designs and haven't had a chance to use it yet so this week was the perfect opportunity to dig it out and christen it. The hardest decision was deciding which stamp set to use as the kit is jam packed but I eventually chose the Christmas tree set. I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the trees:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by die cutting the trees, stamping the spine with versamark and heat embossing with gold embossing powder. I also stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I then die cut the frame from white card. I found the ink smooshed panel left over from last year (I used part of it on this card here) and cut it down to fit behind the frame and they were adhered together with liquid glue; I matted this onto a gold layer with double sided tape. I used a dots embossing folder on another white panel and also matted this onto a gold layer with double sided tape. I added the trees with foam tape and placed the sentiment across the trees with a mix of liquid glue and foam squares. I added some scrap white card behind the frame panel and then adhered this onto the embossed panel with double sided tape. I then adhered it to the card base with double sided tape. I finished off with 3 mini gold pearls. For the inside I cut a white panel 3 3/4" x 5" and added a gold mat layer with double sided tape. I had a tiny piece of the smooshed background left over so adhered that the bottom of the panel with liquid glue and also added a thin strip of gold card above it. I added another tree in the bottom right corner and stamped the sentiment in black ink in the centre. The panel was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape. It's a very dimensional card and one that I will definitely have to hand deliver.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

* to be updated *

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Christmas' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,