I needed a couple more cards so this challenge was perfect for me. On this card I recycled a Christmas card I received last year and created a new card. I used a template from Just For Fun Stamps to cut the image in 4 pieces and used some postage stamp scissors for a fancy edge.
In addition to the template for cutting your image, my friend also has this faux postage background stamp that stamps a background for your images once they are cut. It's also from JFF Stamps.
We were together in the summer and everyone brought some Christmas cards to try this technique out.
I recently found 6 of these recycled cards in my stash and decided to complete them to send out. I have several of them in my gallery using the SC622 sketch. You can find them here,here and here.
So I layered the image with a chocolate shimmer cardstock. I used some gold striped designer paper that I found in my stash from Making Memories. I thought it matched nicely with the image.
Used a die to cut the paper ribbon and bow in the chocolate shimmer cardstock. Layered these panels on a vanilla shimmer cardstock and that completed this card.
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92694
Thu, Dec 15, 2016 @ 4:39 PM
A charming Holy Family scene in the manger, Mary....it has a lovely folk art feeling which is very appealing. The segmented arrangement makes the viewer feel like they are peering thru a window or a fence and are part of the scene themselves.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132012
Fri, Dec 16, 2016 @ 7:15 AM
This is just so sweet! I love the way you upcycled an old card into something new and beautiful; the trimmed edges look super. I spent a long time a couple of years back looking for postage border scissors, now I think I should look again. Thanks too for the link to the song, I think it's a new one to me! And I thought I'd attended and played at enough carol services to know most of the older songs.