I love decorating my house for Christmas but I have a love/hate relationship with my staircase. I love the look of the garland along the staircase but putting it up and taking it down is a lot of work. At least I have gone from twirling it around the wrought iron and banister to just using wires to have loops - way easier. Every year I wonder if it's worth it but I'm also so picky that I don't let anyone else do it. But as soon as the boys ask for it, I do it. :)
Long intro into: Look, the slimline card is perfect for a garland all the way across!
I started off with 8.25" x 3.5" layer of white card stock. I sponged some light green and yellow along the edges for a nice glow in the clean white center.
I divided the card roughly in thirds and drew a soft loop as shown below. For my garland, I alternated between the soft rounded sprig and then the pinecone. They were cut with different shades of green card stock,
I added a 1/16" red mat to the layer and then trimmed off the greenery off the edges. Using the same red, I die cut two of the bows.
For the Merry Christmas, I die cut the Merry Christmas 3 four times and glued them together. The fourth layer I die cut out of a sheet of white card stock with a sheet of double sided adhesive on top. I added Silver Sands Microfine Glitter over the adhesive. A black card base turned the layer into a card. I love how it looks in real life - so sparkly!
Definitely putting up the garlands this year!
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