December 2023

Hello friends! It’s Kelly here and I’m happy to be here today sharing a slimline card that features some of my absolute favorites from the latest release! I had wanted to make a card featuring a wooden ball garland for the release, but just didn’t end up executing that particular idea. I couldn’t it out of my mind, so I was happy to create this card to share with you today!

To begin, I die cut 4 wreaths using the Magnolia Wreath die from white cardstock. I used twisted citron, mowed lawn, and rustic wilderness Distress Oxide inks and a finger dauber to bring them to life. I adhered two wreaths together using strategically places foam squares to give me two finished wreaths. I knew I would want additional greenery for my design, so I also die cut some BontaniCuts: Juniper pieces to tuck here and there. I set them aside and got to work on the bead garland.

I used the Ribbon Maker: Wood Bead Garland die and die cut the curvy design 4 times from Kraft cardstock. I glued two together for a nice, sturdy piece and then added some brown ink around the edges for contrast and depth. I glued them together after I had fussed and fidgeted with how I wanted the garland to hang for this design. I ended up cutting off the pieces at the top so it would hang just right; you can always adjust things how you need if you’d like to try this idea!

Every Christmas, I add a beautiful icy garland over my fireplace, but have fun adding all kinds of “extras” like snowflake ornaments, icicle ornaments, etc. so of course I needed to give this garland some “extras” as well! I added both sizes of tassels using the Tassel Large Die and the Tassel Small Die. I simply die cut them from Rustic White cardstock and adhered them together. I couldn’t actually thread them through the bead garland because of size, so I simply snipped a strategic slit in the loop and added them that way, securing them with foam squares. I also added a few gold glitter stars in two sizes; you will find these darling stars in the Rustic Star Small die collection and Rustic Star Large die collection.

I was having a hard time deciding on a sentiment, but I knew it would need to be one with a coordinating die, so I chose the gorgeous Comfort and Joy stamp set with its coordinating die. I heat embossed it in white onto black cardstock and then die cut it. The black and white provided the perfect contrast against the red and greenery.

For the background, I die cut the largest panel included in the Nordic Slimline die collection out of red cardstock. I added that to a slimline-sized Kraft card base using foam squares. Once that was done, it was finally time to pull it all together….my favorite part! Once I had the wreaths, garland, and tassels in place, I added some white paint splatter. The stars are added using liquid glue and then everything got a generous sprinkling of glitter for that holiday sparkle I love so much! I also gussied up a Kraft slimline envelope using the Snowflake Prints Stencil and the Four Square Holiday Tags stamp set. I don’t often make slimline cards so this was a fun change-of-pace for me! I hope you’ll try your own garland card! 

Thanks for joining me today!