Merry Christmas to all my lovely friends and followers.
On this beautiful Christmas morning, I’m sharing a very special diorama card I made for my daughter and son-in-law…
The inspiration came from something my daughter and I always say to each other – “I love you to the moon and back”.
I sponged shimmery white cardstock with soft sky and night of navy inks to create the night sky, and then stamped the trees using the lovely as a tree stamp set by Stampin’ Up.
I added dazzling diamonds glitter to highlight the trees and snow here and there.
When creating, I don’t always get things right first time. After spending a long time working on the card, I finally assembled it and realised I’d made it 1/2” too big to fit the envelope. I could hear the voice of my late dad in my head – “measure twice, cut once” … he was a very wise old cookie my dad was. Luckily for me the card fitted into a brown envelope instead – not as pretty as the shimmery white one I had in mind, but at least it fitted. I’ll make sure I measure properly next time!
Hopefully you can see that some of the stars are attached to the card with invisible thread, so they appear to be floating in the sky.
The invisible thread belonged to my mum, who sadly passed away when my daughter was in her teens. I came across mum’s sewing bag a little while ago. She always said if you keep anything long enough, one day you’ll find a use for it – and she was right.
I love the 3D effect you get with diorama cards, and I love the way this one in particular turned out. Judging by her reaction when I gave it to her, my daughter loved it too. She even forgave me using the brown envelope.
Here’s what I used to make today’s card – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:
cardstock: shimmery white, silver glimmer; stamp sets: lovely as a tree, more merry messages, gorgeous grunge; inks: soft sky, night of navy, whisper white, illuminate; punch: small star; accessories: labels collection framelits, bigshot machine, simply scored score board, two-way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, sticky strip, paper snips; additional: invisible thread.
That just leaves me to say I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas. Thank you to everyone who has visited my blog this year, and to those of you who have taken the time to leave me a comment. I really do appreciate your visits.
Much love and Christmas hugs
Lily-by-Gilly 