Christmas in July Word Wishes on Vellum

 

Are you getting tired of seeing Christmas cards yet?  I certainly hope not because here comes another one.  Again, I featured this at our Christmas in July class recently.  It gave me the chance to showcase a new product which blended well with basic tools from the Annual Catalogue-win win for me.  I did find that I needed a sharp tool such as the take your pick tool to peel off the letters from the adhesive without tearing them.  A little patience will go along way for that one part, otherwise a very simple card.  Let's take a peak!

Supply List:

Cardstock:Basic Black 121045 cut at 5 1/2"x8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"; 

 Basic White 159276-cut at 4x5 1/4"

Merry Merlot 146979-cut at 3 3/4”x5”

Vellum 101856 3 ½” square

Ink: Memento 132708

Stamp Sets: Any Christmas sentiment set

Dies: Word Wishes 149629: Layering Circle 151770

Embossing Folder: Merry Melody 156392**not orderable until August 3rd/21**

Stampin Seal 152813

Black Stampin Dimensionals Combo Pack 150893

Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine 149653

Paper Trimmer  152392

Matte Black Dots 154284

Adhesive Sheets 152334

Ribbon (I used retired Gold 1/8” ribbon)

Step- By- Step Instructions:

 

Stamping: The only stamping you will be doing, is if you want to add a sentiment on the inside using Memento on the piece of Basic White cardstock.

Cut a strip the same size as the Basic Black from the Adhesive Sheet.  This will be all you will need.  Pull the backing off the sheet and stick down to the Basic Black Cardstock.

You will need your embossing machine for a few different things.  First, to emboss the Merry Merlot with the Merry Melody embossing folder, to cut the vellum with the Layering Circle die closest to 3 ½” across.  Place the Merry Christmas dies from the Word Wishes die set onto the Basic Black strip. (don’t make the mistake and place on the white or adhesive side, the letters will cut backwards). Run this through the machine a couple of times to ensure it has cut completely through.   

Now let’s assemble our card:

Place your ribbon, approx. 3 ½” from corner to corner and adhere to the back of the embossed piece of cardstock.  Next, using stamping seal, layer the embossed Merry Merlot to the cardbase. 

CAREFULLY, using the take a pick tool or other sharp implement, peel the Merry Christmas from the Basic Black cardstock.  The letters should pop right out of the cardstock AND the adhesive sheet behind it.  The script is fine and won’t allow a lot of tugging.  Once you have those peeled off, place them onto the circle piece of Vellum.  Phew, almost there and the hard part is over now.  Place a few of the small Black Dimensionals on the back of the Vellum-I  found the bigger letters hid the dimensionals better.  M & Y for Merry and H and M for Christmas were my target areas.  You want to hide the dimensionals because where the Vellum is see through, the adhesive will show through and that would not be pleasing to the eye.  Adhere your Basic White insert and finally, place a few of the Matte Black Dots on your card front. 

Hope you weren’t too stressed about the adhesive sheets and the letters, it’s totally worth the effort.