The new Christmas Elves and Slider Grooves are made for each other - literally - and for your Christmas cards too! Slider Grooves are also designed to coordinate with the new Stitched Curves to create frosty snowscapes, grassy hills, sandy beaches and fall landscapes - they're a pair for all seasons.
Hello, Jean Okimoto here, with a holiday slider card for you. Our Design Team will be sharing slider cards thru Sunday and we hope you'll be inspired to create some too!
Stamp the elves and gift on the smoother side of watercolor paper with Onyx Black VersaFine and emboss them with detail clear powder. Cut them with the Christmas Elves die set. Color them with watercolor pencils. Cut the elf on the right side from watercolor paper again. Attach it behind the watercolored elf to add dimension and extra momentum as he slides along the snowbank. (Oops...the new Stitched Curves die set is missing from the photo.)
Cut Pool Distressed Dots with the largest Wrapped Stitch Rectangle. Cut it with the shortest die from the Slider Grooves set. Cut the top curve of the snowbank from watercolor paper. Trim it with the Wrapped Stitch Rectangle die it to match the background and attach it to the background.
There are many, many ways of adding the slider including pennies, foam tape and bits of cardboard. Here's what I tried...pompoms! The 5mm pompoms are perfect with the curved Memory Box Slider Grooves and the Straight Slider Grooves. Pompoms add the height required for a slider without adding too much weight to the card. Glue two of them to a scrap of watercolor paper that's smaller than the diecut.
Insert the pompoms (attached to the scrap of watercolor paper) from behind the panel. Attach the double-layered diecut from the front of the panel. Attach a scrap of Pool Distressed Dots to the front of a Pool Notecard to disguise the groove. Attach the panel to the card.
Cut Snowy Pine from watercolor paper - leave it in the die. Dry-emboss it for extra dimension using the rubber embossing mat and plates required for your machine.
Attach the left elf with foam dots. Attach the gift. Add silver gem stickers. Extra postage will probably be required - but it's a design that's sure to make someone smile. They'll probably be tempted to peek behind the elf and smile again when they spot the pompoms. There's just something fun about pompoms and they're not just for bunny tails anymore.
Special thanks to everyone from last Saturday's HOLLY, JOLLY AND HAPPY class at Impress! Hope you liked the new techniques - and the cards we made. Thanks to Jacky too - for her perfectly rich but light Red Velvet Christmas Cupcakes served on Christmas napkins, in September. Yum! Thanks also to Ann, Shari and Erin for finding the products we needed and helping us fill those shopping baskets!
No classes for me this weekend - I'm prepping for the CALENDAR EXPRESS...MORE PAPER PLEASE! class on September 16th. We'll make an artsy desk calendar with dies, stamps and great artpapers. It's a great way to get a bit more from your dies and stamps...and use some of the beautiful papers we've been stashing!
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Super cute!!!
Posted by: Maureen Reiss | 09/06/2017 at 09:44 AM
How utterly adorable Jean. Love those elves!
Posted by: Teresa Doyle | 09/06/2017 at 10:46 AM
Super cute with the elves!
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Posted by: Janis in ID | 09/06/2017 at 10:48 AM
Very clever idea to use the pompoms for raising the slide elements ! These little elves are so cute and the card is wonderful !
Posted by: karenajo | 09/06/2017 at 12:58 PM
I love this card, all the elements are delightful!
Posted by: Janice | 09/06/2017 at 01:46 PM
These elves are just such fun and love the composition of your card too thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Julye Bott | 09/07/2017 at 06:12 AM
Very clear durections and a cute card. The dots are perfect!
Posted by: Jacky | 09/07/2017 at 02:28 PM
Super fun card! I would have never thought to use pom poms, very clever.
Posted by: Vivian C. | 09/07/2017 at 07:20 PM
Love the elves and tree! Fun card!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | 09/07/2017 at 08:16 PM
Always fun to see your contributions, Jeanne. I liked the use of the "snowy pine" with the elves sets. Thank you for the "pom-pom hint - it is brilliant!
Posted by: Pat | 09/11/2017 at 04:44 PM
Jean
Your slider cards are adorable. Since I don't live in the Seattle area I wish that you would make a video of the slider card. I had tried to make a slider card before using pennies but they were heavy and did not slide all that easy
Betty Roberts
Posted by: Betty Roberts | 09/14/2017 at 03:15 PM