Sprinkling Holiday Magic

November 11, 2024

Hello Artzy friends! Thanks for stopping by today.

Today I have a fun fold card featuring the Holiday Fairy stamp and coordinating die set and the Center Step Die. I also used the candy cane stamp and die from the Christmas Magic Stamp set.

I stamped my Holiday Fairy. I also stamped the basket, small poinsettia flower, and the little wrapped candy pieces. I used Neenah 110lb cardstock with Dare 2B Artzy Totally Black ink for all of my stamped images. For the wrapped candy pieces, I did stamp and color 4 total. I also stamped 2 of the Candy Canes from the Christmas Magic stamp set

All of my images were colored with Sketch Marker Brush Pro Alcohol Markers. I stuck with a pretty traditional color pallet for Christmas. However, I chose to color the fairy’s wings a soft purple color.

When I finished my coloring, I added some Spectrum Noir Sparkle detail to the wings. I also added sparkle to the poinsettia flower. The bows on the candy canes received some sparkle as well.

I used the coordinating dies to cut out all of my images.

Next, I used the Center Step die. I cut a piece of heavyweight green cardstock to be 4 ¼ x 11 inches. I adhered my Center Step die near the bottom. Then, I taped it in place with some temporary tape. I ran it through my die cutting machine.

After cutting the Center Step die from the cardstock, I carefully folded the scored lines at the top and bottom by hand. Then, I used a bone folder to make the final crease in my paper.

I used the coordinating stitched die from the Center Step die. I cut a piece of the red paper with the Christmas messages on it from the Winter Escape paper collection. I used the scalloped center piece layer and cut it from some shimmery vellum paper. I adhered these to the center panel on the Center Step die with some Score-Tape. For the vellum, I put a small piece of Score-tape down the center. I did not want it to show through behind the fairy.

The Holiday Fairy when die cut can hold the basket with the Christmas goodies. The basket die cuts a little hole that’s big enough to fit the fairy’s arm through. It is such a fun detail for this stamp and die set. After the basket was added to her arm, I layered my holiday fairy on top of the scalloped vellum with some dimensional foam.

I used a piece of paper from the Holly Days 6×6 paper pad for the side panels on the Center Step die. I used the paper that looks like beads strung together. I cut three strips of that. Two were for each side of the card panel. One was for the bottom where my sentiment would be placed.

I adhered the side pieces of cardstock in place with more Score-Tape. I added my die cut candy canes to the sides with dimensional foam. I also added the wrapped candy pieces to the sides.

For the bottom, I layered my cardstock onto a piece of red cardstock that I cut to frame it.

I stamped and heat embossed the Sprinkling and the Holiday Magic sentiment and die cut them with the coordinating dies. I cut some extra to add dimension and I glued those behind my stamped and embossed sentiment. I glued the final dimensional pieces to the bottom of the Center Step Die.

For an added touch, I had a fun idea. I decided to create a small bow from some ribbon. Next, I attached it to the top of the basket on the fairy’s arm with a bit of liquid glue.