Merry Christmas - Starlit Christmas Card Tutorial – Chloes Creative Cards

Hello Crafters,

Who says that stylish cards need to take hours to make? Not DT member Glynis, that's for certain! In just a few short steps, Glynis shows us in today's tutorial how quick and easy it is to make this beautiful Christmas card using the Starlit Christmas collection and a handful of coordinating items.

Read on for a full step-by-step project tutorial, complete with a linked materials list so you can click each product to go to its respective web page, making it easy to shop.

YOU WILL NEED:

Starlit Christmas collection:
- A6 stamp set – Snowflake Trails
- Stamp set – Starlit Square
- WOW! embossing powder – Starlit Silver
Pearl card – Lapis Lazuli
Smooth white card
Sparkelicious glitter – Crystallina and Silver Crystal
Flower Sparklers
Bling Box – Frosty Christmas
WOW! clear embossing inkpad
Nail jewels
Large white bow
Foam pads on a roll
Art Glitter Dries-Clear PVA glue
Pinflair 3D glue gel
A5 white straight-edged card blank
WOW! heat tool
Scoreboard
Die-cutting machine

INSTRUCTIONS:

1 Create two different-sized panels in Lapis Lazuli pearl card and white card. Go around the edges of the white panel using Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter, then matt and layer together and secure onto the base card with foam pads.

2 Create two smaller panels in the same colours. Stamp and heat-emboss the Snowflake Trails onto the white panel using the clear embossing inkpad and Starlit Silver embossing powder. Place on a scoreboard and emboss a line around the four sides. Go around the edges with Silver Crystal Sparkelicious glitter, then matt and layer together and secure onto the main card with foam pads.

3 Stamp and heat-emboss the verse from the Starlit Square stamp set onto white card. Go around the edges with Silver Crystal Sparkelicious glitter, then matt and layer onto Lapis Lazuli pearl card and secure in the middle of the base card with foam pads.

4 Decorate the background with the blue jewels from the Frosty Christmas Bling Box. Colour the Flower Sparkler with a navy marker and attach, along with the bow, to the top left-hand corner to finish.