{"id":278,"date":"2018-11-08T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/articles\/craftangles-christmas-cards-with-sparkle\/"},"modified":"2020-01-22T00:19:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T18:49:30","slug":"craftangles-christmas-cards-with-sparkle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/craftangles-christmas-cards-with-sparkle\/","title":{"rendered":"CrafTangles Christmas Cards with Sparkle!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thursday!<\/p>\n<p>I hope those of you that celebrated Diwali have been making the most of the celebrations.&nbsp; In my post today I thought that I would gear you towards another celebration coming up in the calendar &#8211; Christmas!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/XmasMain.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1125\" data-original-width=\"941\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/XmasMain.jpg\" width=\"534\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a name='more'><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For my first card I decided to use the man in red himself &#8211; that&#8217;s right &#8211; Santa!!!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SantaDelivery.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1125\" data-original-width=\"1070\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SantaDelivery.jpg\" width=\"608\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\nI absolutely love the CrafTangles Christmas stamp sets that are still available to buy in case you missed them a few months back.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve stamped the image, coloured in with my Chameleon pens and fussy cut him out.&nbsp; For the background I used a festive CrafTangles christmas tree stencil with glimmer paste &#8211; don&#8217;t you just love that iridescent sparkle?!&nbsp; I finished with a stamped sentiment.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\nNext up I just had to use the beautiful Holly Jolly stamp set.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HollyJolly.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1125\" data-original-width=\"844\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HollyJolly.jpg\" width=\"480\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\nI heat embossed the main image with gold embossing powder which really sets it off.&nbsp; I coloured it in with my Chameleon pens and fussy cut it.&nbsp; For the background I flicked white acrylic paint on green card and heat embossed the sentiment in gold too.&nbsp; I added glitter card to give that extra sparkle.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\nFor my final card, I decided to use a favourite stamp set of mine &#8211; Bearing Gifts.&nbsp; I used it at the beginning of the year&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/happyhijaabi.blogspot.com\/2018\/01\/bearing-gifts-for-2018.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BearHolidays.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1125\" data-original-width=\"924\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BearHolidays.jpg\" width=\"524\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>This time I decided yo use the silver glimmer paste to create a sparkly background on a sheet of the the ombre watercolour paper.&nbsp; I then die cut some stitched wavy lines and added a sentiment.&nbsp; The cute bear was stamped, coloured with Chameleon pens and fussy cut once again.<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it &#8211; 3 sparkly creations all ready for Christmas!<\/p>\n<p>See you again soon!<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/happyhijaabi.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shabneez<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Products Used:<br \/>\nChameleon Pens<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CrafTangles Scrapbook Paper Pack - Ombre Watercolor - Brights (6&quot;x6&quot;)\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/OmbreWaterColors-Brights_6by6-500x500-9343000.jpg\" width=\"200\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"46-bearing-gifts-800x800-6161640\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/46-bearing-gifts-800x800-6161640.jpg\" width=\"200\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CrafTangles Photopolymer Stamps - Holly Jolly Christmas\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/44-Holly-Jolly-Christmas-500x500-3291647.jpg\" width=\"200\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CrafTangles 6&quot;x6&quot; Stencil - Snowflakes\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CTCS50-craftangles-stencils-snowflakes-500x500-2829970.jpg\" width=\"200\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CrafTangles Glimmer Paste - Sparkling Silver\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CrafTangles-Glimmer-Paste-Sparkling-Silver-500x500-3498478.jpg\" width=\"200\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CrafTangles Glimmer Paste - Fairy Dust\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CrafTangles-Glimmer-Paste-Fairy-Dust-500x500-8281730.jpg\" width=\"200\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ranger Embossing Powder - Princess Gold\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ranger_embossing_powder_princess_gold-500x500-5750314.jpg\" width=\"200\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"versamark-watermark-stamp-pad-800x800-2996750\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/versamark-watermark-stamp-pad-800x800-2996750.jpg\" width=\"200\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CrafTangles Photopolymer Stamps - Santa Claus\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/41-Santa-Claus-500x500-9068083.jpg\" width=\"200\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CrafTangles Photopolymer Stamps - Merry Christmas\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/42-Merry-Christmas-500x500-8919078.jpg\" width=\"200\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CrafTangles 6&quot;x6&quot; Stencil - Tree Background\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CTCS56-craftangles-stencils-tree-background-500x500-8110476.jpg\" width=\"200\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thursday! I hope those of you that celebrated Diwali have been making the most of the celebrations.&nbsp; In my post today I thought that I would gear you towards another celebration coming up in the calendar &#8211; Christmas! For my first card I decided to use the man in red himself &#8211; that&#8217;s right&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/craftangles-christmas-cards-with-sparkle\/\" class=\"button button-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CrafTangles Christmas Cards with Sparkle!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[497,2,129,82,3,221,498,116,117,151,93],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirations","tag-bearing-gifts","tag-cardmaking","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-cards","tag-craftangles","tag-glimmer-paste","tag-holly-jolly","tag-snowflakes","tag-stamping","tag-stencils","tag-tree-background"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}