A Card a Day in December--Day #13

Hello friends! Welcome to A Card a Day in December—this is my 13th card share so far this month. In fact, today I am actually sharing two projects — a card and an awesome decorated acetate box to share your cards! I love a good coordinating gift and packaging up some cards in an acetate box is such a fun gift to give.

I wrapped a strip of Poinsettia Designer Series paper around the acetate box. Make sure it is tight enough to stay in place but lose enough that you can slide it off and on.

I stamped Merry Christmas from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set and embossed it in gold on a strip of Real Red card stock.

I added a gold piece of foil paper that I cut and embossed with the scallop die from the Peony Die set.

Its one of my favorite ways to add a little extra flair to a project.

I needed a ‘base’ to my poinsettia so I die cut a stitched Crumb Cake circle. The poinsettia is cut from Whisper White card stock and I flicked my Wink of Stella marker over top and added one of the Beaded Pearls to the center. A few stamped and die cut leaves behind and this box wrap is complete! So fancy and fun!

Both of these cards were designed to coordinate with this acetate box. It makes such a beautiful gift. The white card with the Real Red poinsettia was already shared on my blog.

The Soft Suede card is full of layers and texture. I added a base layer of Soft Suede and stamped some berries in a random pattern in the background in the same ink color. I then added a piece of DSP and another layer in Whisper White.

On top of those base layers I added an Old Olive strip of DSP. I love how many options and versatility there is with the Poinsettia Place DSP.

Merry Christmas is stamped on Crumb Cake paper in Soft Suede ink. The leaves are stamped in Old Olive ink on Old Olive paper. Add a little Real Red Sheer ribbon behind the sentiment, a couple teeny Real Red poinsettia’s and some Real Red Rhinestones and you are good to go!