Christmas Critters

Hello crafty friends, I have a cute Christmas card today and it was made while playing Craft Roulette . This weeks parameters are ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

I’m thinking a little outside the box on this one, instead of making a card that holds a “gift card” I put a card on a gift, look close the owl is holding it. For coffee shop colours I chose red and white as they are the Tim Hortons colours, the Browns are for the different shades of coffee and well, the blue is for the sky that can be seen out the windows. For the “Go Wild” I decided to use animals that could be found in the wild. I decided to add the numbers on the mittens as the card will be for a little girl who is just learning her numbers.

All the fun is in the reveal, to see this card in action please check out my FACEBOOK page, feel free to join if you would like to share your own crafty creations. You can also see a video of this card on my INSTAGRAM page.

1A- cut the card base and panels as shown ⬇️

B- add the panels as shown.

2A- diecut the pieces for the Little Twist Panel, and fold as shown (Karen has a video tutorial on the product page at the link ⬆️ )

B- add them to the card, making sure they are evenly spaced on the outside edges and the inside edges are at least 1 1/2” apart.

C- add the other white panel from 1A

3A- I cut the plaid borders using paper that was to short so I made sure to match up the patterns edge to edge. I cut them too thick, I had to fix on step 5. They should only be 1” x 8 1/2”

B- I assembled the second half of the mechanism and attached as shown.

4A- I cut the mitten borders from Christmas Borders 2, and assembled the frames from the Little Twist Panel set. I added shadding with a Versa Mark Marker, and highligts with a white Gelly Roll pen

B- add the frames as shown, I also added the mittens but took them off before the glue dried.

5A- back to the mistake I mentioned earlier. The plaid border is too thick, so when I added the mittens they created a catch point.

B- instead of ripping up the plaid paper I decided it would be easier to cover it with a 8 1/2” x 2” white card stock

C- I added the mittens, I decided to number them, and I also added some layered labels from the Rectangles and Labels Crosshatch for a place to sign.

6- I assembled my animals (all the links will be at the bottom) and added them to the frames. I added shadding with a Versa Mark Marker, and highligts with a white Gelly Roll pen