Hello! I am back sharing another Christmas card created with the just-released Open House Collection at Spellbinders. My first post with this release can be found here. (That post features the card shown on the right in the photo below.) Today, I am featuring the card shown on the left in the photo below.
For this card, I created an opening door to reveal a girl with a stack of packages.
I die-cut the door and side panels with the Open Door Base and Side Panel die sets from gray and Snowdrift cardstock. For the window panes, I die cut gold foil. I used two shades of red to make the welcome mat. Gray and red are a favorite winter color combination of mine.
To create the opening for the operable door, I cut the door out of an A2-size panel of patterned paper, backed with cardstock. The cardstock was adhered only on the edges (I will explain why in the next step).
I adhered the assembled exterior door to a hinge and backed it with another door (cut from the same patterned paper as the front, but not decorated with windows). I slipped the hinge between the patterned paper front and the cardstock adding glue to hold it.
I die-cut the girl and packages with the Shopping Spree die set from a variety of cardstock colors and assembled the pieces.
I created a card base of light-blue cardstock to which I added the patterned paper front with foam adhesive.
I adhered the girl inside the opening and the sidelights and other decoration to the card front.
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Stunning.
Such a gorgeous door die set and I love what you did with it, Jean! Your color combos are always superb & I love the present person behind the open door – a fun surprise!!
Seriously, that is really adorable. Just love the girl holding all those gifts as you open the door. Your patterned paper looks just like wallpaper. The shopping spree is a really cute die set, it is on my list!