Ann Barba

Blessings Card
By Ann Barba

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Designer's Tip: Use the tag and label shapes vertically to look like ornaments. Decorate with strips of gold Dazzles material to add some strings and bling!

Supplies:

• Tiny Tags & Little Labels Template
• Christmas Lace Double-sided Paper Pack
• Gold Tiny Words & Phrases Dazzles™
• Heritage Ribbon Set
• White Cards & Envelopes
• 12x12 Classic Cardstock
• Dark Brown Fluid Chalk Ink Pad
• Small Zots™
• Cosmetic sponge
• Foam Tape

Instructions:

1. Place your card with the fold on the left. Glue 4 7/8"x6 3/8" of Christmas Lace blue dot centered on the card. Glue 4 7/8"x1 1/4" of Christmas Lace horizontal green stripe across the bottom of the blue piece.
2. Cut a 1/16" wide strip of gold material off the edge of the gold Dazzles sheet and place across the top of the green stripe piece. Trace and cut Bracket Label F out of white cardstock and place "Blessings" in the center. Trace and cut out Bracket Label A from Christmas Lace burgundy dot and ink edges using Dark Brown ink and a cosmetic sponge. Mat on white cardstock with a 1/16" border. Glue the greeting to the center of the label and glue to card 3/8" from the right and 5/8" from the bottom. Fold a short piece of burgundy sheer swirl ribbon and tuck it under the top left corner of the label, securing with Zots adhesive dots.
3. Trace and cut out Rounded Label A, Rounded Label F, and Rounded Label E from the Christmas Lace striped lace paper, making sure the stripes are horizontal and the labels are vertical. Ink the edges brown and mat on white, leaving a 1/16" border. Decorate the ornaments by cutting thin strips of gold Dazzles material and placing them across the ornaments as shown. Add a few tiny stars to the long ornament.
4. Foam tape the longest ornament 1/2" from the left and 2" from the top. Foam tape the second largest ornament 1 3/4" from the left and 1/2" from the top. Foam tape the smallest ornament 1/2" from the right and 2 1/2" from the bottom. Add thin gold strips above the ornaments to "hang" them from the top. Add a small knot of ribbon to the top of each ornament, attaching with Zots adhesive dots.
5. For the inside: Glue 4 7/8"x6 3/8" of burgundy dot centered on the inside. Glue 4 7/8"x1" of green horizontal stripe along the top and bottom of the burgundy. Cut out Rounded Tag A and Rounded Tag B from the Christmas Lace allover lace poinsettia paper, centering the tags on the poinsettias in the design. Ink edges and mat on white, leaving a 1/16"border. Glue the larger tag 1/2" from the left and 1 3/4" from the top. Glue the smaller tag 2" from the left and 1 1/4" from the top. Add thin gold strips to "hang" the ornaments from the top. Add a tiny gold star to the top of each ornament.
6. Cut Rounded Label A from white cardstock and place "simple joys" in the center. Cut Rounded Label B from blue dot and mat on white cardstock, leaving a 1/16" border. Glue the greeting label to the center of the blue label. Glue to card 1/4" from the right and 1 1/2" from the bottom. Add tiny gold swirls to the sides from the Tiny Words & Phrases Dazzles.