Christmas Cards by Gerry van Gent

Happy Sunday friends!

I am sharing today two Christmas cards which I created 

while giving a Sizzix demo at Dhondt Hobby Products 

Open Days in Desselgem, Belgium.

For the base of the first card I used the Tickets framelits dies to create a double card.

After die cutting the Tattered Poinsettias I embossed them by using

 the Springtime Background embossing Folder. 

Then I used ink to distress (more to pop up) the embossed parts.

660515 Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit

657569 Sizzix Framelits Die Set Tickets

658261 Sizzix Bigz Die Tattered Poinsettia

657491 Sizzix Texture Fades Embossing Folders

Springtime Background & Borders Set

660725 Sizzix Thinlits Die Christmas Stockings

658279 Sizzix Die Set w/Stamps Tags by Hero Arts 

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For the back of the card I used once again the three first die cut 

  and then embossed Tattered Poinsettias.

For the centers of the Tattered Poinsettia I used the stars which 

were leftover from the die cut  Christmas Stockings.

Added some Stickles as a final touch.

The  Christmas Stockings were die cut from self-adhesive red foam.

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For the second card I die cut the decorative frames from

white cardstock and glitter cardstock.

660515 Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit

660882 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set Winter Wishes

658261 Sizzix Bigz Die Tattered Poinsettia

657938 Sizzix Framelits Die Set Frames, Decorative #2

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The Tattered Poinsettia was die cut from

vellum, cardstock and corrugated cardboard.

Thank you for visiting us today!

Have a creative day!

Gerry

A Quick Christmas Tag

Hi Sizzix fans!

Have you started working on your Christmas cards yet? I usually have to make quite a lot of them each year, so I figured I would better start on time this year. Since I have to make about 40 Christmas cards, it's important for me that it doesn't take me too much time to work on one card. That's exactly why I love Sizzix Christmas dies so much. They allow me to make a Christmas card or tag in less than an hour. Today I will show a quick Christmas tag that I made in only 50 minutes.

Sizzix Supplies:

Tim Holtz Bigz Die Tag & Bookplates

Thinlits Die Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Thinlits Die Set Festive Scribbles

Thinlits Die Set Holiday Knit

The tag itself was cut out of cardstock with the Tim Holtz Bigz Die Tag & Bookplates. After that, I used the beautiful Thinlits Die Set Holiday Knit to cut out two decorative borders, which I attached on the bottom and at the top of my tag. 

For my sentiment, I used the beautiful Thinlits Die Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. Using a large die such as this one makes it really easy to whip up a card or tag rather quickly, because this die covers a large part of my tag already. As I wanted to add a little detail as well, I cut out two tiny stars with the Thinlits Die Set Festive Scribbles and added them on the left and right side of the sentiment. 

Finally, I added two reindeers as well. They are actually the left-overs of a border that I cut out with the Thinlits Die Set Holiday Knit. Never throw away your left-overs, because they could always come in handy on another project :) 

I hope you liked my tag.

Thank you for stopping by!

In Dutch:

Hoi Sizzix fans!

Zijn jullie al begonnen met het maken van kerstkaarten? Ik moet er vaak aardig wat maken, dus besloot ik dit jaar op tijd te begonnen. Aangezien ik ongeveer 40 kerstkaarten moet maken, vind ik het fijn als ik niet al te veel tijd aan een kaartje hoef te besteden. Juist daarom werk ik graag met de mooie kerststansen van Sizzix als ik kerstkaarten maak. Daarmee lukt het me vaak om een kerstkaart of tag te maken in minder dan een uur tijd. Vandaag laat ik bijvoorbeeld een tag zien die ik in ongeveer 50 minuten heb gemaakt. 

Sizzix benodigdheden:

Tim Holtz Bigz Die Tag & Bookplates

Thinlits Die Merry Christmas & Happy New Year