May Peace be your Gift Christmas Card

Hey Quietfire Fans! It's hard to believe that December is here and Christmas is right around the corner, so for today's project, I decided I would share with you a pretty card perfect to give to anyone on your Christmas list. By combining a variety of stamps, dies from A Way With Words and the Modern Gilding Powders, they were all perfect for creating my Christmas Card. You'll want to grab a cup of your favourite Christmas beverage and learn how to recreate my Christmas Card at home.

To start, you'll need to choose three pieces of Christmas patterned paper. From one of the patterned papers, die cut a 2 1/2" Stitched Oval. Apply Emboss It Ink to the May Peace be your Gift sentiment and stamp in the middle of the stitched oval. Sprinkle Acanthus Teal Modern Gilding Powder overtop of the sentiment. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Ink the edges of the circle using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the Flourished Frame out of white cardstock. Apply Emboss It Ink to the frame and sprinkle Acanthus Teal Modern Gilding Powder over the entire frame. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. 

Die cut the Flourished Oval Frame out of white cardstock. Apply Emboss It Ink to the frame and sprinkle Kells Gold Modern Gilding Powder over the entire frame. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. 

From the Flourished Christmas Minis 2, you'll need the snowflake die. Die cut the snowflake die three times out of white cardstock.

On a scrap piece of white cardstock, apply Emboss It Ink to the cardstock. Sprinkle Acanthus Teal Modern Gilding Powder over the cardstock piece. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Place the dot with star die from the Flourished Christmas Minis 2 on the Acanthus Teal piece and run through a die cutting machine. You'll need another scrap piece of white cardstock, apply Emboss It Ink to the cardstock. Sprinkle Kells Gold Modern Gilding Powder over the cardstock piece. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Now place the dot with star die from the Flourished Christmas Minis 2 on the Kells Gold piece and run through a die cutting machine. You'll need four Acanthus Teal dots and five Kells Gold dots. 

Next, you'll need the other two patterned papers. From one of the patterned papers, die cut the 4 1/2" and 3 1/2" Stitched Rectangle. From the other patterned paper, die cut the 4" Stitched Rectangle. Ink the edges of all three rectangles using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam. 

Adhere the 4" stitched rectangle to the 4 1/2" stitched rectangle. Adhere the Flourished Frame die overtop of the 4" stitched rectangle. 

Foam square the 3 1/2" stitched rectangle to the middle of the 4" stitched rectangle. Adhere the three snowflakes as desired on the 3 1/2" stitched rectangle. 

Adhere the Flourished Oval Frame to the stitched oval. Foam square the stitched oval to the middle of the 3 1/2" stitched rectangle. Make sure that the oval covers part of the three snowflakes.

Adhere the Kells Gold and Acanthus Teal dots as desired on the oval and 3 1/2" stitched rectangle. To finish the card, cut a cardbase out of white cardstock that measures 5 3/4" x 9", score at 4 1/2". Adhere the cardfront to the cardbase.

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished Christmas Card.

Here is the finished May Peace be your Gift Christmas Card.

Quietfire Design Supplies Used:

- Flourished Oval Frame

- Flourished Frame Die

- Flourished Christmas Minis 2

- May Peace be your Gift

- Acanthus Teal Modern Gilding Powder

- Kells Gold Modern Gilding Powder

Other Supplies Used:

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Ovals and Stitched Rectangles

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Black Soot and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Dabber

- Misc: White Cardstock and Christmas Paper

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope that I have inspired you to recreate your own version of my May Peace be your Gift Christmas Card. 

Don't forget to comment on all of the blog posts from Sunday, December 9th to Saturday, December 14th to win the complete set of the Modern Gilding Powders. The winner will be chosen from the ones who commented.

- Katelyn