FINALIST - 'The Sparkle of Christmas' by Jane Smith from Holbeach in Lincolnshire

About Jane
Jane is 30 years old and has been making Cards as a hobby for about 2 years. She really enjoys it, especially designing and creating modern and contemporary designs.

It was Jane's Aunty who first inspired her to start Card Making. She was always a very crafty lady and made Cards and lots of other Paper Crafted items. Jane's Aunty has unfortunately passed away now, but her legacy and inspiration live on and Card Making really means a lot to Jane.

How Jane created her Card
1. Jane printed Paper Designs in 'Pink' onto textured A4 White Card, folded into 3 & trimmed it diagonally to create her Card Base and edged it along the outside and inside edges with irridescent glitter wavy border outline stickers.

2. Using a Dark Pink Christmas Tree as template, she cut another from pink Glitter Card, punched it with a 3mm hole punch and fastened them both together.

3. She then embellished the Tree with a silver-coloured star-shaped metal brad, pulled silver-coloured tinsel ribbon through a pink button and secured it to the bottom of the tree.

4. After cutting a Tag shape from a Card printed in 'Pink', she embellished it with Liquid Pearls and trimmed it with silver-coloured tinsel ribbon. The Tree was mounted onto the Tag with 3D Foam Pads and the Tag secured to the front of the Card with double-sided tape.

5. A Sentiments was printed onto pink Card, punched using a scallop punch and embellished with Liquid Pearls.

Paper Designs from the 'Little Fleurs' Card Making Collection.
Sentiment from the 'Tiny Tags' Sentiments Collection.
Christmas Tree 'Try-Me' Free from 'O Christmas Tree' Card Making Collection.