Hello! It’s Robyn Wood with you today sharing a glittery Christmas card featuring Helmar adhesive. Did you know that you don’t need a special glue to stick fine glitter? Helmar Tacky Craft Glue does the trick, it dries perfectly clear and the glitter stays where you put it.
With a few weeks until Christmas, I thought you might have a bit of time to create a few more involved cards in time. This one uses up a few scraps so double win.
The card base is created from the strip left over when you cut a pair of A5 cards from a full 12” x 12” sheet. That bit that isn’t quite wide enough for a proper card can be used as a base for a skinny, tent folded card. The final card ends up the usual A6 size so fits perfectly in an envelope. I started with a piece of red card measuring 9.5cm x 30cm but you can go thinner if necessary.
Cut a front panel to measure approx. 9.5cm x 14cm and stamp with trees using different shades of green Distress Oxide inks. I love these inks for their lovely opaque chalkiness but any coloured inks will do. Refer to my image for placement of the trees, it will look best if you allow a bit of clear space on the left-hand side.
Tear the bottom of the panel then layer with a contrasting coloured panel measuring approx. 10cm x 14cm. Tie the bottom with red ribbon.
Ink the greeting stamp using Versamark ink and then with Fired Brick Distress Oxide ink and stamp onto a scrap of white card. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder and heat set to give a raised, embossed effect. Inking with Versamark first means that you can emboss the quick drying Distress ink.
Trim closely and mat with a contrasting colour before adding to the top, left hand corner of the card panel using Helmar Tacky Craft Glue.
Create the reindeer by covering a piece of cardstock with music paper using Helmar Tacky Craft Glue. Make sure the glue is totally dry, then die cut with a reindeer die.
Spread a little Helmar Tacky Craft Glue over the antlers and back of reindeer and sprinkle with fine glitter. Set aside to dry.
Using Helmar Tacky Craft Glue, assemble card by layering panel over card base so that the overall width is approx. 10.5cm. Attach reindeer so that it is standing just in front of the trees.
To finish the card, add a tiny red gemstone using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive – after all, a reindeer needs a red nose!
Supplies:
Helmar Tacky Craft Glue
Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Reindeer die
Tree & greeting stamps (mine came in a Tim Holtz branded set)
Distress Oxide ink – Fired Brick, shades of green
Fine glitter
Versamark clear embossing ink & clear embossing powder
Red gemstone & ribbon
I hope you have enjoyed learning how this card came together, I hope it has inspired you to create a set of glittery cards for giving at Christmas. Until next time…
