Christmas Easel - Christmas Build-a-Bouquet Card Tutorial – Chloes Creative Cards

Hello Crafters,

We have a beautiful Christmas card tutorial for you that, with a quick change of sentiment, could also make a fabulous winter birthday card. Crafted by the amazing Glynis, you too can create this vivid design that uses items from the brand-new Christmas Build-a-Bouquet collection by following our quick and easy steps.

Read on for a full, step-by-step project tutorial, complete with a materials list that has been linked, allowing you to click on each product and be directed to its respective web page, making shopping easy.

YOU WILL NEED:

Christmas Build-a-Bouquet collection:
- Stamp and die set – Christmas Bouquet Builder
- Stamp and die set – Beautiful Bouquet Christmas Flowers
- Metal die set – 3D Bow
- 8x8” designer paper pad – Christmas Flowers and Foliage
Metal die set – Gilded Rectangle
Nesting die set – Basic Ovals
A4 smooth white card
A4 pearl card – Jupiter
Mirror card – Red
Sparkelicious glitter – Diamante Sparkle, Santa Suit, Dulce de Leche, Crystallina, and Champagne Shimmer
Bling Box – Beautiful Bouquet
Sparklers – 10mm and 12mm
WOW! embossing powder – Earthtone Olive and Polished Gold
WOW! clear embossing inkpad
Green and yellow marker pens
A4 double-sided sticky sheet
Foam pads on a roll
Art Glitter Dries-Clear PVA glue
Pinflair 3D glue gel
8x8” white straight-edged card blank
WOW! heat tool
Scoreboard
Die-cutting machine

INSTRUCTIONS:

1 Place the top of the largest die from the Gilded Rectangle die set just over the score line on the base card and die-cut. Find the middle of the front, score across and fold downwards. Cut another panel from white card and adhere to the bottom half of the main card to make an easel card. Glitter inside the grooves on the front and inside of the card using dries-clear glue and Diamante Sparkle Sparkelicious glitter.

2 Using the same die set, cut two panels in red mirror card and two in patterned paper. Go around all the sides of the patterned paper panels with Diamante Sparkle Sparkelicious glitter. For the front of the card, attach each panel using foam pads. For the inside, trim a very small bit off the top of the red matt so it fits, then adhere these two panels flat to the inside.

3 From the Basic Oval die set, cut two ovals using different-sized dies in red mirror and white card. Go around the outside of the white oval die cut using Diamante Sparkle Sparkelicious glitter, matt and layer together, and secure onto the base card with foam pads.

4 Stamp, heat-emboss and die-cut the main bouquet using Earthtone Olive embossing powder onto white card. Colour the foliage with marker pens and cover with Crystallina, Santa Suit, and Champagne Shimmer Sparkelicious glitters, then affix to the main card with 3D glue gel.

5 Die-cut the poinsettias numerous times using Jupiter pearl card, then highlight with Dulce de Leche Sparkelicious glitter. Shape the petals and layer them together with 3D glue gel. Using a yellow marker pen, colour the 10mm and 12mm Sparkles and affix to the poinsettias.

6 Stamp, heat-emboss and die-cut the foliage and Christmas rose using Earthtone Olive and Polished Gold embossing powders onto white card. Glitter, as the main image, and affix the flowers and foliage onto the main card using 3D glue gel.

7 Cover a sheet of Jupiter pearl card with the double-sided sticky sheet and die-cut. Remove the top and apply the Santa Suit Sparkelicious glitter on top. Assemble the bow together and secure in place, along with a coloured Sparkle, using 3D glue gel.

8 Dot dries-clear glue onto the white background and cover with Dulce de Leche Sparkelicious glitter. Stamp and heat-emboss the sentiment using Polished Gold embossing powder onto white card. Matt and layer onto red mirror card, secure to the inside of the card with foam pads and decorate with flowers and foliage.