Thursday 16 February 2017

Patchwork Christmas Card

This card measures 5ins x 5ins and is made using a ribbed Kraft hand cut card blank.
Patchwork Christmas Card bPutting the patchwork of a a patchwork card together was a little more fiddly than I first anticipated, but I got it together in the end. I arranged and glued scrap pieces of Christmas patterned paper onto a square of white card, measuring approximately 4.5ins x 4.5ins and then layered that on a hologram type mirror card, before finally positioning it onto the card blank.
Patchwork Christmas CardPatchwork Christmas Card..
I then made a layered strip to go across the card using a length of Kraft card and paper that matched those already used on the card.
Patchwork Christmas Card 1Patchwork Christmas Card 2
I originally added a silver Craftwork Cards sentiment to the  plain and scalloped circle layered backing (using various sized punches), but when I looked at it, it just didn’t look right, so I replaced it with a gold one, which looked much better, especially against the yellow/gold flat backed gems etc.

8 comments:

Mrs A. said...

Super use of all those scraps though it took longer than you intended. I hope Nigel didn't have the glue pot.! Hugs Mrs A.

Cheryl W said...

Great idea for using up all those Christmas DSP scraps. Lord knows, I've got a lot of them! Thanks for sharing this.

PharmacyMichele said...

Love this card-it's given me an idea for a birthday card i need to make.

Michele

misteejay said...

A great way to use up scraps and left-overs from other craft makes.
Toni xx

tilly said...

fab card, I love to use my bits like this
Tilly

marc said...

great card big love marc

Di said...

Woo hoo Helen! This is a snippets card well worth a gold star! Brilliant.

Hugs

Di xx

Sue said...

Looks great and a brilliant way to use scraps of which I have so, so many. Might have a go myself.
Susan