Today I am sharing the cards made for the August 2023 Christmas Stampathon where the theme is ‘Sentiment As The Star’ – what a great theme. I used a sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set and tried my hand at making a faux shutter card.
Colours in this project are:
To recreate one sentiment as the star card, you will need:
Blueberry Bushel card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Winter Meadow dsp – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 2⅛” by 2⅛”
Blueberry Bushel card – 4½” by ¼” x 2
Basic White card – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – for the inside
Scrap Winter Meadow dsp
I stamped the sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set in Blueberry Bushel ink onto the square of Basic White card.
wwww.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set and the Winter Meadow dsp used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon – Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop
Lining the panel of Winter Meadow dsp up with my grid paper to find the centre I added the sentiment piece using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.
wwww.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set and the Winter Meadow dsp used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon – Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop
Lining the end of a Blueberry Bushel ¼” strip with a corner of the sentiment square, I adhered it in place using the same liquid glue. The excess was the trimmed off. I repeated this step on all 4 side of the sentiment panel.
wwww.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set and the Winter Meadow dsp used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon – Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop
I added liquid glue to 2 of the triangular panels, tucked in a piece of co-ordinating scrap dsp and trimmed off the excess. I repeated this step in the opposite corner. The panel was then glued to the 5⅜” by 3⅝” piece of Basic White card.
wwww.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set and the Winter Meadow dsp used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon – Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop
The panels were then mounted onto the Blueberry Bushel card bases on Dimensionals.
wwww.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set and the Winter Meadow dsp used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon – Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop
At this point I realised I had only added the co-ordinating dsp too 2 of the cards! Ooops……. I still think they look great.
wwww.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set and the Winter Meadow dsp used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon – Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop
A trio of Tinsel Dots completed the cards. Which do you prefer?
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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.
Mo x
Supplies used: