Shortbread Christmas Foliage

Hello again. I am jetting off to Quebec tomorrow for a 2 week visit with my sister, but I have time for one more post before I go. I do have some posts scheduled for whilst I am away, for my Design team duties, but this card was created using The Greetery products and just playing with products I had out from yesterday:

I created the foliage again using Bitty Holiday Botanicals, but this time using a different green to give a more vintage look. These were die cut and set aside.

I then found the Shortbread Shapes embossing folder and die set and played around a little. This was the most time consuming, whilst I figured out what I wanted to do, how many layers, did I want to emboss etc.

I used ‘Alabaster’ card stock from Spellbinders, and created the base shortbread shape using the die set, and then using the top and bottom detail dies.

I then ran another piece through with the die, then the embossing folder. I snipped apart the rectangles, and ran some gold wax around the edges to pick up the details.

I die cut nine more rectangles with detail edges, glued them onto the gold waxed pieces – even though covering up the embossing on these squares, I wanted to use the already created foliage.

The foliage were attached with small pieces of 3D foam.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Make My Monday – Christmas in July

Crafts Galore – anything goes

Die Cut Divas – die cuts & Christmas in July

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Christmas (or not) Bingo – column B – Christmas/Red/Free

10 thoughts on “Shortbread Christmas Foliage”

  1. Becca Morris Sadler's avatar

    Thanks Lynda for participating in ConBC #20 and using Column B!! Creating a pocket tag for Christmas that is showing the colors, flavors & scents for the holiday season offers reminiscing and festive cheer! Those childhood days when an orange or tangerine was given and sometimes a variety of nuts still in their shells! Oh! And ribbon candy! Sweet!

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    • Becca Morris Sadler's avatar

      Oops!!! Sorry! I thought I was commenting on the previous project in the gallery! My bad. Apologies! Maybe your use of shortbread in your blog title got my mind rerouted about food!!! And I do love shortbread!

      The delicate whimsy of your card adds holiday delight! Thanks for participating in ConBC during July & August!!! The embossing and die-cut details give your Christmas card a luxury look.

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  5. Unknown's avatar

    The background die (shortbread, I think) gives a cultured feel and look to this card. Beautiful. So glad you joined us this month for our “Christmas in July” challenge at Die Cut Divas.

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