Merry Christmas Gift Tag Slider Card
Welcome again! Still loving the 'glitter'. This time using the Christmas Joy Die cut glitter framed shapes. These elements are from Couture Creation's new collection 'Deck the Halls'.
I wanted to incorporate a gift card to a Christmas card so I created this Slider Card. It was a simple process of creating the slider. This is an A6 size card and the measurements for the slide mechanism are detailed in a photo above. To get these figures I measured the 'Deer focal piece' to get the width of the slider and also the length of a gift card to get the the length of the tag/slider. The stamp 'Merry Christmas' had to fit into the opening as well. To cut the front fold area into the card front, I found a rectangle die that would fit my slider and partial cut the 3 sides. I scored a fold line along the 4th side of the cut, then allowed 1cm as a front band then divided the remainder and scored a fold line in the middle. I attached the 'Deer' to the front of the fold.
I pulled the slide up then aligned the card front to the card base, penciled in an outline of the area available to do the stamping on. I embossed the stamped sentiment in this area with silver embossing powder and coloured the letters with blue alcohol ink. I then sprayed over this area with a glitter shimmer spray. Because the 'Deer' die cut had a glittered edge, I decided to add a similar effect to the card front panel by going around the edge with an embossing pad, sprinkled glitter embossing powder on it and heat set it. I glued the ribbon to the front, then added the double-sided tape as shown in a photo above. Before I could attach it to the card front, I had to glue/tape the tag base to the front band. The tag has to hold gift card so it needs to be able to slide easily but not loose.
Once all that was in place, I just added the final trimmings
I quite enjoyed learning how to make this type of card and I think it turned out very pretty and sparkly. It was a gift with a gift.
You could compliment this card with one of the lovely printed envelopes that have been released with this collection.
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