Christmas Blessings

Can you believe that Christmas is only a month away?? I am soooo not ready for the holidays, but one thing I do have a good handle on are my Christmas cards. They're all made...now I need to write and mail them!
In case you're still need inspiration for your Christmas cards, check out this one I designed for my Christmas card buffet this weekend...

I am SOOO loving the black and white buffalo plaid trend this season...and paired with red it is Christmas perfection! Here I used a piece of Merry Little Christmas DSP for my background and layered it on a Real Red card stock base. To create my focal point I layered an oval die-cut from more Merry Little Christmas DSP on a silver foil scalloped oval. The trees were die-cut from Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper using the Card Front Builder Thinlits. I used the same die set to cut the little silver foil deer peeking out from behind the tree.

I added some pine branches in Old Olive, cut with the Christmas Staircase thinlits as well as a silver foil snowflake behind the scene. The sentiment, from the Christmas Pines stamp set, is stamped in Basic Black ink. I added a silver Year of Cheer embellishment and a Real Red bow.

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped some pine branches in Old Olive ink, as well as the sentiment is Basic Black. Both are from the Christmas Pines stamp set.

There is lots of die-cutting for this card, but the end result is worth the effort!

Product List

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set [142049] $43.00	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $9.25	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] $8.50	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $10.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100702] $10.00	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $5.25	Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper [144621] $14.50
Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Card Front Builder Thinlits Dies [144674] $40.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $46.00	Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies [144679] $51.00
Foil Snowflakes [144642] $8.00	Year Of Cheer Embellishments [144643] $10.75	Real Red 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Solid Ribbon [144631] $9.25

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Now for a fun holiday project...

 Don't you just love that little sparkly reindeer?? He is one of my all-time favourite holiday dies from the Santa's Sleight Thinlits. The background is a piece of Be Merry DSP which I adhered to a Cherry Cobbler card stock base. I layered 3" x 4" pieces of Garden Green and Whisper White card stock, embossing the white with the Softly Falling TIEF. 

 The sentiement is stamped in Basic Black ink and then die-cut using the Stitched Shapes framelits. I added some Garden Green pine boughs, die cut with the Christmas Staircase Thinlits and some gold mini sequin trim behind the die-cut label. As mentioned above, the reindeer is die-cut from gold glimmer paper.

 On the inside I added a piece of Whisper White card stock on which I stamped the sentiments from the Santa's Sleigh stamp set in Basic Black and then the wreath and bow in Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler ink respectively. 

This is a super-quick and easy card to put together if you are finding yourself rushed to get your cards made and in the mail this season!

  Product List

Santa's Sleigh Photopolymer Stamp Set [142057] $26.00	Merry Little Labels Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144795] $26.00	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $9.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [126966] $8.50
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [126973] $8.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119685] $10.00	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102584] $10.00
Gold Glimmer Paper [133719] $6.75	Be Merry Designer Series Paper [144111] $14.50	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Santa's Sleigh Dies Thinlits [140278] $40.00
Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $40.00	Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies [144679] $51.00	Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [139672] $11.25	Gold Mini Sequin Trim [144128] $8.00

Merry in Pink Extravaganza!

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Now for a project I designed a while back but never shared with you. It is for my upcoming Winter Cheer Suite class in December.

I am loving the combination of Champagne foil with Powder Pink and white. It is such a pretty, wintry combination! I began by embossing the Whisper White background panel using the Winter Wonder TIEF. I layered that on a mat of Powder Pink card stock and then on a Thick Whisper White card stock base. The champagne foil element is all one piece, die-cut using the Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits.

The sentiment is from the Hearts Come Home stamp set and is stamped in Smokey Slate ink and then punched with the Pretty Label punch. I added a Powder Pink stamped snowflake behind the sentiment and then a little die-cut champagne foil swirl. I popped the sentiment label up with dimensionals. and added some pretty Powder Pink 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon.

On the inside I stamped another sentiment from the Hearts Come Home set in Smokey Slate ink and then some snowflakes from the Snowflake Sentiments set in Powder Pink.

Have a great week!  

Product List

Snowflake Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144820] $29.00	Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145416] $28.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $8.50	Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [144084] $8.50
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $9.25	Powder Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144244] $10.00	Champagne Foil Sheets [144748] $5.25
Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits Dies [144678] $40.00	Winter Wonder Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [144686] $10.00	Pretty Label Punch [143715] $23.50
Powder Pink 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon [144151] $9.25