July 17, 2025 – Papirmølla

Hi, crafty friends! We’ve passed the half way point of summer (I wish it would never end), and I guess this means Christmas is getting close? I’m no fan of the cold, but I do love advent and Christmas, so I’m all for Christmas in July, which is why I’m sharing a Christmas card today, created for the Kort & Godt galleri blog.

This card was a bit of an evolution. I originally wanted to make a snowflake wreath, but quickly decided that that was too simple. I then had an idea of half a very layered wreath, and this stems from that.

I die cut a sprig of leaves a few times – two from 40 lb vellum from Bazzill and a couple from Ocean Tides cardstock from Papertrey Ink. I dry embossed a couple of circle dies into a panel of Blue Breeze cardstock from My Favorite Things and adhered the two vellum pieces in the bottom left of my impressed circle. I cut the green leaves apart and added them here and there, before topping with felt snowflakes, alternating between large and small.

I wanted a white sentiment, and started with white glitter cardstock. The white didn’t match the snowflakes, so I went to regular white cardstock and die cut four of each word and stacked them. The sentiment got lost, there was too much going on in the background. I then die cut the words from Blueberry Sky cardstock from Papertrey Ink and added that on top. I also cut down the panel slightly and added a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2″ panel of Blueberrry Sky cardstock behind the lighter one to pick up the color from the sentiment. Guess what? The sentiment was still lost in the busy background. Plan D: die cut one more layer from Enchanted Evening cardstock from Papertrey Ink and add that on top. This is one of my most used blue cardstocks, I love it. The sentiment was finally legible.

I embellished with a mix of faceted white pearls and some blue diamonds, and the card was finished. I kind of wish I’d made my half wreath tighter, it’s very wide, but I’ll revisit the snowflake wreath idea, I might have a plan for a new card using these products.