When I create cards like this I tend to work in batches, then assemble at the end. To start, I adhered strips of the Eucalyptus Fantasy washi tape to white cardstock, then cut out elements with the coordinating dies. I also diecut the full A2 panel with the largest Stitched Rectangle. I have a Tips & Tricks video on the Pinkfresh Studio YouTube channel that might come in handy if you are newer to using this wide, A2 sized washi tape.

Next I stamped two Diamond Tiles backgrounds to white cardstock in Detail Black ink. I diecut a full panel from one of them using the largest Stitched Rectangle die. I cut out the word joy from the other one using the Lea's Ornate Lowercase die set, and also cut bows from the Partial Cut Bouquet and a Bow & Artistic Bows die sets. I proceeded to diecut all of those same items again from gold foil paper & the letters twice from white cardstock for stacking purposes. I diecut the Be Merry sentiment from gold foil paper using the Classic Christmas Words die set, along with the shadow layer from vellum. Finally, I diecut the word dies from white cardstock 2 times for stacking purposes, and just one of the bow layers from white cardstock to use as a banner behind the word merry.

With all the diecutting done, I stacked and adhered the letter & word die layers with a glue pen. Then adhered the word dies to their vellum layer, and trimmed into two pieces. I assembled the bows as shown, mixing the plaid & gold elements. At this point it was time to start assembling the cards! I mounted the background panels to the front of A2 sized black card bases with full sheets of foam adhesive. (I create these myself with white craft foam and 5 inch ScorTape. It's super easy and the most cost effective way I've found to do this.) I arranged all the elements to the front of each card, adhering them down with Connect glue. This gave me time to fuss with their placement, but will dry with a really strong bond. I have found liquid glue is the most effective way to glue items down to washi tape, which has that really smooth, slightly glossy surface.

I stamped the second part of the sentiment for the JOY card in Detail Black from the Merry Days stamp set. I trimmed it into a thin strip, then adhered to the front. To finish, I accented each card with the Essentials: Crystals Mix.

That is everything that I have for you today! I know that I've used A LOT of different products on this card. Keep in mind that you can absolutely substitute what I have used with what you have on hand if you would like to recreate these cards. And be sure to grab some of our washi tape products this weekend at a fantastic price! You won't regret it - I have SO much fun crafting with them!

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