Twelve Days of Holiday Cards - Day One + Giveaway

Hello everyone!  This is my first year to do a Holiday Card Series and I wanted to do one using lots of products from all of the Memory Box companies.  Memory Box, Poppy Stamps, and Birch Press Designs were all founded by Dave Brethauer.  Each company has their own unique style of products.  I plan to continue this series in the years to come.  Since I'm on the Memory Box Design Team, I have more of those products than the other two, but I am crazy about all three styles.

I will also be doing a giveaway each day of the series, so be sure to comment to be entered into the giveaway.  I will have a Winner's Post on November 30th showing each day's winner.

Today's card features all Memory Box Dies but I'll be mixing and matching during this series.  I used Peace Cheshire Script Die, Star of Wonder, and Country Church Frame.  Most of the die cuts have at least 2 layers to give a bit of dimension and stability.  I die cut two of the Country Church Frame and a couple of extras of the little church building.  One is cut from plain white cardstock and the other is cut from Simon Says Stamp White Glitter Cardstock.  This particular one is 8.5 x 11 inches, so be sure to watch for that when you order because there is also a 6 x 6-inch pack available.  I wanted that frosty, snowy look, so I chose white glitter cardstock for the top layer. 

For the little trees, I colored carefully over the glitter cardstock with a Copic Marker in the color G46 - Mistletoe.  I used the chisel point and went over it lightly so as not to damage my nib.

I wanted a background that was somewhat shimmery to go with the white glitter, so I chose Tonic Silky Sky Cardstock for the background.  I was wanting to simulate an early evening sky and thought this would work well.  The Star of Wonder was the perfect finishing touch for the focal image.  There are two on this die in two different sizes but I thought the larger sized star was not the right scale for the rest of the card so I only used the smaller one.

For the church, I also wanted to give the appearance of light coming through the windows of the building, so I put very pale gold vellum behind the windows to give it that effect.  I wanted a hint of color from say a candlelight service rather than a bright vivid color that overwhelmed the scene.

This card was a simple matter of die-cutting.  I find my Gemini Junior easily cuts the intricate dies.  It did take a little time to glue the various layers together, but you don't have to do that unless you want to.  It's also a great one to die cut in advance and then sit and assemble while you watch TV or listen to an audiobook or some music.  I am trying to make all of the projects for this post fairly simple to do and my last post for the series will be on November 30th.  Make sure you get your shopping/wish list ready for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.  There will be lots of sales to look forward to.  Most of the dies I'll be using for this series are from the Holiday 2019 Collections.  Simon Says Stamp carries Memory Box, Birch Press Design and Poppy Stamps products in their store.

Several days during this series will have a giveaway!  To be eligible, you must leave a comment here on my blog and the winners will be chosen randomly.  All winners will be notified via e-mail, so make sure to fill in that blank when you post a comment for me.  If I'm not able to reach you, then I will select another winner.

Also, I should mention here that my husband just updated my computer to Windows 10 and forgot to back up all of my Outlook contacts.  So if you think I already have your contact information - I DON'T! I only have 6 addresses in my e-mail at this time, so if we know each other, you should send an e-mail to me so I can save it in my blank address book.  Hubby was definitely in the doghouse for a few days, but at some point, you just have to get over it and move on.  Lord help him the next time he wants someone's address from me . . . . . just sayin'! *Ü*

If you have any questions, just shoot me an e-mail through the Contact Me Form in the right-hand sidebar of my blog.  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I'll be back tomorrow with my Day Two Post.

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