Christmas Card and Cracker Combo

Surprisingly, I'm actually getting into this whole black and gold combo for Christmas this year.  It's not a combo I would think of, when thinking of Christmas colors, but it's so elegant and pretty!   As this posts, I'm currently at a holiday party for my local Stampin' Up! group.  We are doing a small gift and card exchange, and this is the set I have made.  

This is a 5 sided Christmas cracker.  The main compartment is 7" long, and approx 2" diameter.  I created this with my envelope punch board.  I have written a tutorial in the current edition of TTCRD magazine as to how to create a cracker like this (the tutorial is for a 6 sided cracker).

The card is a vellum windowed card.  This style of card would be great if you want to include a holiday photo, without making it the focus of the outer panel of the card.  The photo tucked inside, will "peek" through the vellum panel.

Supplies:

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Gold Foil Sheets	Black Glimmer Paper	Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack
Winter Wonderland Specialty Designer Series Paper	Reason For The Season Photopolymer Stamp Set	Embellished Ornaments Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Versamark Pad	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder
Stampin' Up! Deco Labels Collection Framelits Dies	Bow Builder Punch	Envelope Punch Board	Gold Cording Trim	Snail Permanent Adhesive
Glue Dots	Stampin' Dimensionals	Stampin' Trimmer	Stampin' Mist	Stampin' Scrub

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