Chapel in the Woods

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Today was the well publicized total solar eclipse. We didn't have much of an event here in my community The news said we were expected to get about 80% of the sun being covered by the moon. It was partly cloudy and truth be told it gets darker here when we are having a severe thunderstorm.

 

I didn't have the special glasses you needed to look at the eclipse. There just weren't any to be found anywhere. Stores were sold out for weeks. But I did watch on television and in some areas of the U.S. it was spectacular.

 

Now onto my card for today. This one I created for my weekly DT post on the CottageCutz Blog. Today I am using one of the wedding dies, Little Chapel, but I turned it into a chapel in the woods for a Christmas card. So let's get started on how I created my card for today.

Step 1:  As I was thinking about my post for this week, I knew I wanted to do something different with the little chapel die. Then my mind went to Christmas and then to a scene in the woods. I knew I wanted snow and evergreens and also a white card with just a hint of another color.
I pulled out a falling snow embossing folder and started my background.

Step 2: To embellish the snow banks, I used the winter wonderland die for the sledders and the small house, for the pine trees I used the snowglobe winter accessories die and for the smaller trees on the hills I used the winter cabin border (2016 Christmas) die. I snipped these border dies to just use the parts that I wanted in my scene.

Then for my snowy hills, I decided on the jolly snowman die. That had a perfect snowdrift that would work for a hill in my scene. You could also cut your own hills. I covered my hills with glitter.

Step 3: To complete the last of the scene elements, I die cut my little chapel. This is the inspiration die for my card today I sponged some fossilized amber distress ink to give a soft glow to the inside of the church.

Step 4: For the oval frame that surrounds my scene, I used the stitched eyelet die(largest) and also the stitched oval die (2nd largest). I cut one at a time. That works better for me as far as placement. I cut the largest oval first. Then I take the next oval die and place it on that one and run it through my die cut machine. And now you've got your oval frame. It's easy enough.

Step 5: With all the elements cut it is now time to start the assembly of my scene. I secured the die cuts with glue dots, multi medium matte and dimensional adhesive. Attached my frame and then the 2 larger pine trees.

Image Panel: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Step 6: I wanted just a touch of color on this all white scene. So I chose to use the Merry Christmas Ribbon (Christmas 2016) die and cut it in red. I snipped off the ribbon part because it was just a bit too large for the corner of my card. Secured this with the multi medium matte. I also did a die inlay technique by placing the Christmas letters back into the die.

And, that completes my card. I hope I have given you some inspiration on a way to use a die in a different way. One that was intended for a wedding has now become a part of Christmas.

So until next time........God bless.

 

Dies I used to create card:

 

 

 I am also entering:

1.  Weekly Christmas Card Challenge is anything Christmas.

2.  A Gem of a Challenge has a snow fun challenge.

3.  Christmas Card Throwdown wants us to use a dry or wet embossed technique.

4.  Christmas Cards All Year Round wants us to use yellow on our project.

5.  Classic DT Open Challenge- must be DT member