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December 13, 2008

Wassail Christmas Card by Basic Grey

  Hey scrappers!!!

Its Christmas card time!! Can you believe it! Heres an adorable card i found from Basic Grey! Its cute and easy! Although it isn't specifically for a Christmas card i think it is a great idea for all of us who like to make our Christmas cards from scratch. ENJOY!!

Supplies:

1 sheet Wassail Spruce
1 sheet Wassail Sleigh Ride
1 package Wassail "Bitsy Flurries" stamps
1 package Wassail glazed brads
1 package Wassail painted brads
1 sheet dark red cardstock
dark red dye-based ink
dark green dye-based ink
1/2" circle punch
3/4" circle punch
1" circle punch

Instructions:
1 Trim a 10"x7" piece of dark red cardstock and fold in half with the open edges on the right.
2 Trim a piece of Sleigh Ride 5"x7". Using the swirly stamps from the Bitsy Flurries set, randomly stamp a pattern all over the white side using red dye-based. Trim piece into a bracket shape as shown or trim all four sides with deco scissors. Ink edges, if desired.
3 From Spruce, punch out seven 1" circles, seven 3/4" circles and twelve 1/2" circles. From a scrap of dark brown cardstock, cut a piece 1/2" x 3/4" for the tree trunk. Ink all pieces, if desired. Referring to the photo, layer the circles (pattern side up), starting with the bottom row, onto the white bracket piece as follows:row 1: four 1" circles (tuck the trunk underneath the two center circles)row 2: three 1" circlesrow 3: four 3/4" circlesrow 4: three 3/4" circlesrow 5: four 1/2" circlesrow 6: three 1/2" circlesrow 7: two 1/2" circlesrow 8: two 1/2" circlesrow 9: one 1/2" circle
4 Punch out seventeen 1/4" circles from scrap piece of dark red cardstock. Referring to photo, glue the circles in place.
5 Pierce a small hole in the center of all 17 red circles and attach a combination of glazed and white painted brads as shown.
6 Pierce a hole in the top green circle and attach the large glazed brad.
7 Adhere the entire assembly to the front of the red card and add a sentiment to the inside.

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