Last One for 2016!

So it's time to say goodbye to Christmas 2016...well at least to my Christmas Cards.  I've been sharing the last of them this week, and today we've reached the end.  But I've saved one of my favorites til last...lookie:

Oh my, this card is SO full of texture!

The Cucumber Crush base is embossed with the Holly embossing folder, one of my favorite folders (and I was a "late bloomer"--saw this in the catalog but it didn't strike me as something I had to have until I got it.  Wowzers!  Gorgeous!)

I then took a piece of Whisper White and, using one of the thin, detailed strips from Detailed Santa Thinlits Dies, I made the cut-out lines.  This took a bit of skill--I used a post-it note on either side, lining it up along a piece of Grid paper to ensure it would be straight, and then cut it 4 times.

Then I stamped the Merry Christmas, from Greetings from Santa, with Real Red ink, and tied a piece of (oops!  Retired!) red ribbon around the bottom, tying a small bow of Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine around it.  This piece was then mounted over a piece of Silver Glimmer Paper, using Dimensionals.

I stamped the two little trees, also from Greetings from Santa, using Cucumber Crush ink, and added the little star with Daffodil Delight.  These trees were fussy-cut and added with Dimensionals.

So sparkly...and SO copied!  This card comes directly from the pages of the Holiday catalog, (page 11).  Use the pages of our wonderful catalogs to create your own beauties! 

All products can be purchased here:


Product List

Greetings From Santa Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[142069]

$27.00

Greetings From Santa Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143269]

$19.00

Detailed Santa Thinlits Dies

[141836]

$25.00

Greetings From Santa Wood-Mount Bundle

[143523]

$46.75

Greetings From Santa Clear-Mount Bundle

[143524]

$39.50

Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin' Pad

[138324]

$6.50

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[126949]

$6.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[126944]

$6.50

Cucumber Crush 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[138335]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Silver Glimmer Paper

[135314]

$5.00

Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141634]

$7.50

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Grid Paper

[130148]

$11.00

Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine

[141983]

$6.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

One Week To Go!

So we are now just one week from Christmas, and I will share with you the rest of my Christmas cards.

Today's card is one we made in our Card Club for December.  Although a very simple card, it got lots of oohs and aahs, and everyone was thrilled with their results.  Take a look:

The card base is Whisper White Thick cardstock, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and folded in half.  We added a thin layer of Real Red (5-3/8" x 4-1/8").  Our top layer of Whisper White (5-1/4" x 4") took a trip through the Big Shot with the beautiful Holly embossing folder.  If you haven't tried this one, you NEED to--the texture it adds to your cards is absolutely gorgeous!

This beautiful little tag is one of my favorite items from the Holiday catalog - Merry Tags Framelits Dies.  And right now these are on sale for 50% off!  Don't miss it; they'll retire in January and won't be available again, so get yours now.

We cut the tag with more of the Thick Whisper White cardstock.  Then we all learned how to use the Stamp-a-Ma-Jig to properly position the matching sentiment from Merriest Wishes--sheer perfection!

Our tag was backed with a circle of Red Glimmer Paper; Real Red Stitched Satin Ribbon was threaded through the tag and tied with a piece of Whisper White Bakers Twine (although for class, we used the Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine, with a sparkle of red metallic thread).

We finished with a simple tag using Greetings from Santa, stamped in Real Red ink.

Easy, beautiful and so elegant!

Purchase supplies here:

Product List

Merriest Wishes Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[142063]

$28.00

Merriest Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[142066]

$20.00

Merriest Wishes Wood-Mount Bundle

[143519]

$47.50

Merriest Wishes Clear-Mount Bundle

[143520]

$40.50

Greetings From Santa Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[142069]

$27.00

Greetings From Santa Clear-Mount Bundle

[143524]

$39.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[140272]

$7.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[102482]

$8.00

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[126949]

$6.50

Merry Tags Framelits Dies

[141835]

$25.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141634]

$7.50

Red Glimmer Paper

[121790]

$5.00

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

[101049]

$12.00

Real Red 3/8" (1 Cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon

[141693]

$9.00

Twine Baker's Whisper White

[124262]

$3.00

Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine

[141983]

$6.00

A Lovely (as a Tree) Christmas Card

Experimenting for a card club card found me creating a shaker card using an old favorite, Lovely as a Tree.  I think every stamper has/should have this stamp set in their stash, and it's one of the biggest, all-time best-selling stamp in the Stampn' UP! collection.  I hadn't used it in a while, so I pulled it out for a Christmas card.  This is not the final version used for Card Club (I'll show you that one next week), but I like it enough to share with you:

This card has a different fold.  I started with Emerald Envy, 4-1/4" x 11", and scored it in half at the 5-1/2" mark.  Then I moved the score line 3/4" inch to the right and scored again.

This creates a little "binding"--I ran some Tear and Tape Adhesive along the score line and adhered the fold; now the card opens but is a little shorter than usual, with a 3/4" edge that doesn't open.

Next I took a square of Night of Navy, and stamped the line of trees in Versamark, then heat embossed them with White Embossing Powder.

This was adhered to the front of my card.  I cut a square (using the Layering Squares framelits) in a piece of Whisper White, stamped the sentiment (from Greetings from Santa) in Night of Navy, and glued a piece of Window Sheet to the back.

After carefully placing some White Micah Flakes and some Fancy Frost Sequins on top of my embossed trees, I added some Foam Adhesive Strips to the back of my Whisper White piece, and carefully adhered it over my embossed trees, creating a shaker card.

I finished with the large pine tree, inked in Navy and fussy cut, then popped up on Dimensionals.  Just a Whisper White Bakers Twine bow was all this card needed to finish it off.

All products can be purchased by clicking the link and going to my online store:


Product List

Lovely As A Tree Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[128655]

$28.00

Lovely As A Tree Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[127793]

$20.00

Greetings From Santa Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[142069]

$27.00

Greetings From Santa Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143269]

$19.00

Emerald Envy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141415]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100867]

$8.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[126970]

$6.50

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

$6.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$5.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

$35.00

Window Sheets

[142314]

$5.00

Whisper White Thick Baker's Twine

[141688]

$3.50

Mica Flakes Trio Pack

[141998]

$9.00

Fancy Frost Sequins

[142519]

$5.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

Foam Adhesive Strips

[141825]

$8.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00