Christmas Gift Wrap Goes A Long Way!

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OF THE WEEK ENDING - NOVEMBER 11, 2017

I have been saving gift wraps of all kinds to re-use on future gifts and even on my crafting.  I find they work well for cardmaking, but to take care of the too thin paper problem, I adhere it to a piece of scrap cardstock using my Scotch tape gun with several strips running vertically and horizontally so that it becomes one piece.  Problem solved!

I decided to drag out my gift wrap scraps and see what I had saved for Christmas, because I was in the Christmas mojo mood.  I found a lovely gold and maroon damask foil that my Mom used on my gift last year.  It's a beauty!  I wanted to use a Memory Box Christmas flower tree die that I've had for over a year, and I thought this recycled glitzy gift wrap and this die might really make a pretty card together.

In the process of deciding on what to do with my recycled gift wrap and my Christmas Flower Tree, I found I could fit five of Splitcoaststampers' challenges:  

• 2017 Christmas Challenge for September:  make a card using a Christmas tree.

• The May 2017 Dirty Dozen Christmas Challenge:  make a card with a Christmas tree or parts of a tree, i.e., wreath, pine garland, etc.

• Alphabet Challenge:  Letter "E" for Elegant/ double challenge: Victorian.

• Free for All..."Did You Say the Kitchen Sink?":  make a card with lots of "stuff"...layers, embellishments...extra challenge: add ribbon.

• "Use It" challenge sponsored by Julie Gearinger: which reuqires you to use unused or forgotten stamps, dies, etc. to make a card.

I finished my recycled Christmas card, and I'm pretty please with the way it turned out.  Take a peek below:

Ingredients:  Paper: Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler; Recycled Gold/ Maroon Glitzy Christmas wrap; Recollections: Gold Sheen cardstock.  Die: Memory Box--Flowering Christmas Tree.  Morex Ribbon: 5/8" Merry Christmas (sentiment).  Stash: 1-1/2" Sheer Wire ribbon.  Size:  4-3/4" x 6."