Gingerbread snowflakes

 Hi there

I've been playing with the Gingerbread and Peppermint paper, and using up some old card blanks.

I sometimes find some blanks are a bit flimsy, more like paper, so I decided to add some weight.

I cut it in half, then fiddled trimming it to size to fit a standard A6.

I made a white card base, added the kraft and paper to it.

I had a snippet left over so used this to stamp a sentiment

and fussy cut the snowflakes

Next I cut some baubles, added half a greeting using a left over banner.

The "merry" was a die-cut-gone-wrong.

I'd put some sticky paper to the back, ran it through with the die, only to find the sticky was on the wrong side...........left it in my snippets-too-good-to-throw-away pile :)

I had to carefully glue the back of the letters, pressed them in place.

It cuts the letters separately, but I wanted to keep them together for alignment.

I then removed the backing from the sticky paper from each letter and added glitter.

I've no idea if that made any sense! I should have taken a picture of the "before".

I used the other half of kraft for the insert, and decorated it and the envelope.

I'm trying to finish all inserts for the xmas cards, as it saves time when it comes to writing/sending.

They are not allowed in the "finished" box until they're complete!

Phew! That was fun :)

Take care

Lesley

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