Magic - Tree Rings Sizzix Chapter 4

Happy World Cardmaking Day! I thought I would start today off with this magical Disney Christmas card using the new Chapter 4 dies from Tim Holtz and Sizzix. This is a fast, simple make so let's do this!
The background papers are from the Ideaology 2019 Christmas Paper Stash -- so good!!

Then cut out three wood slices, two small and one medium from the new Tree Rings Bigz Steel Rule die.

I cut it from Kraft Paper and inked the embossing folder with Vintage Photo Distress Archival Ink, or you could use Ground Espresso, to make the debossed parts a darker brown.

There is a little part on each ring that sticks out and makes a little tab. That helps to get the pieces lined up properly in the embossing folder.

Additionally, I cut three rings out of chipboard and adhered the embossed pieces onto them so that they gave the card some dimension. 

Assemble the rings in a classic Mickey/Minnie shape on the card.  Cut some Holly and a Bow from the Deck the Halls Thinlit die set.

You can cut the pieces from colored cardstock, or as I did here, I colored some Distress Watercolor paper in shades of green and red with my Distress Inks, and then cut them out.

Once the Holly and Bow were assembled, I sprayed them with a bit of Distress Resist Spray and dusted them with Distress Rock Candy Glitter in a Glitter Duster.

Isn't the sparkle glorious?

This is one of my go-to items to have on hand for all my holiday makes!

Just a funny side note here, if you are super tired and find yourself "sleep crafting" as I did at one point during this make, put the paper crafting down and take a nap. I continued to attempt to assemble some holly leaves and ended up asleep with my face on my glass mat, collage medium spilled and about 5 holly leaves that didn't line up.  LOLOLOL! Trust me, go take the nap!

The last touch is to add the sentiment. I cut the word magic out of the new lowercase Classic alpha out of white watercolor cardstock and some I had colored a pink to match parts of the bow and the paper. 

I also cut some of the sparkles that are a part of the Deck the Halls set and both the alpha and the sparkles got a dose of Distress Resist Spray and Rock Candy Glitter.

I offset the pink letters from the white just so that they kind of stood out a little.  This is a super easy technique that is a standard thing to do with alphas that really can make a huge difference with little effort.

Add some machine stitching, and that's it! Such a fun card to make and one that you can easily duplicate for the holidays.
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 Tami

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