Twelve Days of Holiday Cards - Day Six + Giveaway

Welcome to Day Six of my first ever Holiday Card Series!  We are halfway through the Twelve Days of Holiday Cards Series!  I have something a bit different for you today.  I wanted to use a non-holiday die to create a Holiday Card.  This card is somewhat abstract, so I hope you'll enjoy it and I have extra cards to show the versatility of this die.

I have been eyeing the Prismatic Triangle for a while now because I knew it would be great for a guy card.  I'll have one to share later in this post.  But when you look at it with an "Outside the Box" perspective, in my mind's eye, it reminds me of Christmas Trees.  I know, call me kooky, but I'm telling you, that's what I see.  And anytime I can find a dual purpose for a die, that's a win-win in my book.

This die is one of the beautiful layering dies from Birch Press Designs.  I started by cutting a few of Layer C from Pine Feather Cardstock so that I could stack them and have a nice solid base to work from.  For the 2nd layer (Layer B) I die cut just one from Green Shimmer Cardstock and adhered that on top of the dark green layer.  This is the middle layer.  Then I cut a third layer (Layer A) from Gold Foil Cardstock.  Most of the time I use glue for this, but this layer is very fine so I ran this layer through my 5-inch wide Xyron Sticker Maker.

Whenever you use a Xyron, it's important to trace all around the design, inside and outside, before you removed the cellophane type layer so that when you pull that top piece off, you don't have a bunch of extra stringy adhesive stuff clinging to your die-cut.  I use an embossing stylus to do this.  Once that was done, I added that layer to the top of my die-cut embellishment.  Originally, I had planned to add green glitter cardstock inlay, but it just didn't look right when I tried it out.  I didn't have the right shade of green.  I tried several different cardstock colors and finally ended up with Gold Glitter looking the best. So rather than doing inlay on this card, I cut a background panel from the 2nd largest Rectangle Basics Die and the largest one in Pinefeather Cardstock for the double mat.  This is certainly eye-catching with all that glitter!

To bring this card to my idea of abstract Christmas Trees, I need to add the little stars to the top of the trees.  I have iridescent stars in two different sizes and tiny little gold stars as well.  For the tallest tree, I glued three of the largest star together to make it a bit thicker.  Then I added a single layer to the other two trees.  Next, I added a smaller iridescent star to the middle of the largest star and let that dry.  Finally, I added a tiny little gold star to the very center of the second layer which gives you a layered, dimensional effect. I got extra close in this photo so that hopefully you can see.

I have three other examples for you.  This first one is super abstract with Purple as the color scheme.  Since we're from Kansas, we have lots of K-State loving family members, so one of them will get this card!  Probably the one who actually still lives in Manhattan, Kansas.

Then because I wanted to show that this die could be used for men or women, I made some other examples of regular cards for you.

Guys love geometrics, so I tend to not really think about women liking them.  However, one of my sisters in law, used to cut the little flowers and rosettes off her underwear when she was little and still prefers non-flowery cards, so I think she could really appreciate this card style.  The background panel is just some textured cardstock that has been sprayed with shimmer mist.  The texture really traps and holds in the shimmer and makes it very visible.

And last, but not least, a traditional guy card how I envisioned it from the beginning when I first saw the die. I used some foiled background paper, making sure my Rectangle Basic Die was lined up on all four sides. 

I used a special paper for the black called Curious Skin in black.  This cardstock is absolutely matte black.  It would be a great one to use for a Chalkboard look.  Since guys are into metallics, but so much into sparkle, I wanted it to be very black.

And a final view of the guy card.  I have a couple of birthdays coming up and I plan to make another 1 or 2 of this style in other colors.  I definitely have to make one for my grandson in January using some kind of red, black, and silver combination!  I had some stickers from a card kit that I got some time last year.  I put foam tape on the back to pop the sentiment up a bit for the extra dimension.

Thanks for stopping by today to check out my Holiday card using a non-holiday die.  Be sure to leave a comment to be eligible for today's prize drawing.  Be sure to come back for all Twelve Days of Holiday Cards that will be featured from November 18th - November 29th, 2019.

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