TGIF – Winter Sketches Boxed Set with Angelica

Happy Friday! We’re reaching the end of November and it’s definitely starting to get that “settle in” feeling around here. The evenings are dark and a winter chill is creeping into the air! It’s a great time to settle in and get crafty. Angelica is here to inspire you today with a gorgeous set of cards, perfect for holiday gift giving!

Christmas gift-making is in full swing in my house. I have been making Christmas ornaments, recipe books, and card sets for my loved ones. I wanted to share a stationery set I made for my husband’s aunt. She’s an older lady, and getting to the store to buy cards is a hard errand for her to make these days. So I thought it would be nice to make her a set of Christmas cards, and get them out in the mail to her next week.

This stationery box holds 7 flat cards and envelopes nicely. Before I stamped the outside of the cards, I stamped a sentiment from Sentiment Suite: Christmas. (I forgot to take a picture of the inside!) I used my MISTI to stamp the Winter Sketches branch onto the top right of each card base. I turned the card base around, and stamped the other side. Once I finished with the layers, I stamped the Opposites Attract Holiday sentiment. I LOVE the fonts in this stamp set. 

To break up the white on the card base, I blended Toffee ink around the edges, and used Frosty Flakes stencil to add snowflakes to the empty corners. To finish the card fronts, I added glue and clear glitter to the branches for sparkle. While the glue dried, I assembled the box.

I stamped the outline winter branch onto Neenah Desert Storm 100lb card stock with Toffee ink. I die-cut the panels with the stationery box die, and used the half circle to die-cut the box opening. The flap I made with white card stock, stamping the same branch I used on the cards. I used magnetic discs to close the box, and finished the box with red pattern paper on the back of the inside. 

I am so glad I reached for toffee ink to add color to the edges. It brought so much warmth to the cards. It took me about 2 hours to make the whole set, from start to finish, and I know she’s going to love it.