What do you put on your front door for the holidays? How about a vintage child's sled decorated with greenery and a pretty bow?!
I made the door from a rectangle of textured dark brown cardstock mounted flat on a kraft notecard and added kraft panels with some Walnut Stain Distress Ink smudges on them and line impressions near the edges of each panel made with a stylus. For the doorknob I punched a small circle from some metallic gold cardstock. The vintage child's sled is the LARGE WINTER SLED die no. 99283 cut from kraft cardstock and smudged up with a variety of wood-tone Distress Inks. I punched two tiny holes in the sled's steering bar and tied on fine twine for the rope.
I made the greenery swag using two shades of green cardstock cut with the BLISSFUL BUNDLE die no. 99235, using only the left "half" of each piece. I tucked in two sets of the separate branches from that die set and added a petite white-dotted red bow.
One more Christmas card to add to those I'll send this year! I can either place a small stamped sentiment on the front or a stamped or die-cut message inside the card. Even with some dimensional foam tape popping the sled up off the door a bit, this is still a pretty flat card that should travel well through the mail.
Happy Crafting!
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Lovely card. I really like the design.
Love the sled die and it works so well with the kraft. Beautiful!!
Thanks for your comment. I was trying for something simple that I might be able to make several of at one sitting. I think I might actually do something like this for my front door on the house this year!
Thanks for your comment, Jan. I really love both of the new sled dies, this large one and the smaller one which is perfect for tags, too.
What a lovely idea. Loving all the attention to detail with the rope, the door knob and leafy accents. The blending is gorgeous, love it x
Love the sled with a tie handle!!
Great idea!
So adorable, Anne! Just love this. Those two sled dies are on my MUST have list:)
Such a beautiful card ! Love the vintage look.
Love your card!
I love this card, it brings back memories of my childhood!
its a beautiful card!
Cute card! I like how you added a doorknob.
Wonderful card! Love the “old-timey: look!
Very nice card, nice vintage feeling and the idea of punching the holes in the steering bar was so cool, love it!
How unique is this front door decoration! Love the seasonal bough decor with this sled!
Beautiful, love the country feel to it!