Hello. Did you catch Episode 4 of my Let's Go Nuts series?
It went up on YouTube last night. You can see it right here.
For this last episode of my October Stamp Set of the Month series. I wanted to do Christmas. So, I CASEd myself. I took each of the three cards I made during this series and used them as inspiration to make a Christmas version of each card!
In this video I show you the three cards that inspired these and then you can watch how I made them. If you can not see the video above you can also view it right here.
Now let's take a closer look at each of the cards.
The first card is a z-fold card. The top left panel pulls back, revealing more of the scene. If you did not catch episode one where I made a Halloween version of this card you can see that here.
First let's look at the left hand side of the card.
Here the squirrels are preparing for a neighborhood Christmas party. I love the squirrels in gray for my winter cards. Like a lot of animals their coats can change in winter and get lighter, so I thought warm gray Copic makers were perfect for today's cards.
Here is the right hand side of the card.
I love using the Mushroom House and acorn house on the same card. And the fact that the Let's Go Nuts stamp set has so many squirrel images makes it so easy to create a scene like this one, a village of critters.
To create the z-fold panel you need to have to piece that you connect together. The right hand panel is 8-3/4" x 3-3/4". The left hand panel is 9-1/4" x 3-3/4", scored at 4-3/8" and 8-3/4". This is the panel you fold in to a z shape and you will also have a tab to connect this piece to the first panel. Once complete I adhered this down to a slimline card that measures 9" x 8", scored at 4". You an easily adjust the size of these panels to fit the slimline card size you like. I found this biggest slimline size to be perfect for the acorn and mushroom house.
The next card is a pull tab card. Inspired by this card right here.
The squirrels are all prepared for winter and are celebrating the season together. And what are a squirrels Christmas dreams?
Enough nuts stockpiled up for the entire winter. On the first card I had a window sheet so you could see through the door as to what was inside the house. I did not do that this time, leaving what was on the pull tab a surprise.
The last card in the episode is a shaker card. Inspired by this birthday card.
It is winter time now for the squirrels. That one squirrel is just excited about everything, but especially catching a snowflake on his tongue.
When you open the door you can see a neighborly exchange of Christmas treats.
We love to exchange treats in our neighborhood. We always make Gingerbread cookies and Almond Rocca.
That is all three of the Christmas cards in this episode. If you missed an Episode I have like all of them below.
Episode One - Halloween Z-fold card
Episode Two - Fall Pull Tab card
Episode Three - Acorn Birthday Cake Shaker Card
I am doing a giveaway with this Episode. Just click over to watch today's video on YouTube and leave a comment there letting me know which card is your favorite and you will be entered to win a pack of Lawn Fawn cards that I created.
The winner will be announced on next week's video, so stay tuned!
Below I have listed and linked all the things I used to make today's card.
Crafty Supplies by CC Etsy Shop - for great shaker elements
My favorite place to shop for COPIC Markers-ScrapbookPal
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I just loved all 3 cards that you made. The first one reminded me of a childrens book. Which would be so cool to make with the lets go nuts stamp set for counting.
Anyway, I love your creative process.
Posted by: Rosslyn Pierce | October 28, 2020 at 09:14 PM