Hello Crafty Friends! Happy New Year! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Hoping for Snow Card using the Frozen Edges Stamp & Die Bundleby Stampin’ Up! This Bundle has retired, but you can still get the dies. However today is the last day for the products that are retiring. So hurry so that you don’t miss out!
The Details of My Hoping for Snow Card
My card was for a swap with other demonstrators, and I thought a tri-fold window card with the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper peeking through the die cut snowflake borders would be fun! I love this beautiful paper and am so glad that it is carrying over!
For my card, I took a 5 ½” x 8 ½” card base of Costal Cabana and scored the 8 ½” side at 4 ¼” just like any card. Then I trimmed it down to 8” and 6” to create 3 pieces of card stock. I discarded the smaller piece. Next, I die cut both remaining pieces to create the borders. I made sure to leave about a ¼” border at the top and bottom of the die cuts so that when placed on the Window Sheet, there was a good area for the glue.
Inside of Card
Once that was done, I glued the two pieces to the Window Sheet leaving a gap for the DSP to show through.
For the sentiment, I silver embossed it on a piece of Basic White, added some Costal Cabana snowflakes and die cut it out with one of the Spotlight on Nature Dies.
Inside Message Area
For the inside, I created a tab on the DSP with a ¼” score so that it could be glued under the Basic White piece to hide the connection.
As a finishing touch to the front of my card, I used some die cut white glimmer snowflakes and a scattering of Rhinestone Basic Jewels for some shine.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Frozen Edges Stamp & Die Bundle, Spotlight on Nature Dies (163580)
Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283), Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin’ Pad (147097)
Paper: Coastal Cabana (131297), Basic White (159276), Window Sheet (142314), Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12” x 12” Glimmer Specialty Paper (163769), Nests of Winter 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (164183)
Accessories: Metallics Embossing Powder (165678), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (144220), Heat Tool (129053), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Sentiment
Measurements:
Coastal Cabana:
8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”, cut at 6” and 8”
Window Sheet:
5 ½” x 4-1/8”
White Glimmer Specialty Paper:
Scrap
Basic White:
3” x 3”
5 ¼” x 4” for Inside
Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper:
5 ¼” x 4 ½” scored at 4 ¼” to create tab
More Information on My Hoping for Snow Card
Here is another card that I made using the same design for the front with just Basic White for the snowy borders and Costal Cabana card stock for the sentiment with White embossing.
Alternative Card
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Peace & Joy Christmas Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using Molly Cutie from the Molly Winter Bundle. This Bundle includes 4 digital stamps:
Molly’s Winter Friends
Molly’s Joy
Molly Cutie
Molly Cutie Without Birdie
The Details of My Peace & Joy Christmas Card
I checked and this was my fourth time colouring different variations of this stamp! Lol! It is obviously one of my favourites of Conie Fong! The other three were before I was on Conie’s Design Team, and I will include them at the end of this post.
For my card, I had this gorgeous Merry Little Christmas Paper Collection by Paper Rose. So, I decided to use the piece that had the cardinal on it since I coloured the birdie as a cardinal this time. I also used the paper for the sentiment banner with the wood and Christmas word tickets.
The sentiment was foil embossed in gold with my laminator and gold foil. This is something that I have discovered recently and plan to do more often! So fun! I backed the foiled sentiment with a stitched circle from the red paper in the Collection. Tip: I die cut it out of the centre of the red mat that is behind my floral piece. Since you do not see it, it saved on paper.
The poinsettias were hand punched and assembled with gold glitter dots to mirror the poinsettia in the paper.
I had some punched glittery snowflakes on my desk from another card. So, I added them for interest.
Finally, for sparkle, I added some red rhinestones around her, as well as Star Dust Stickles to Molly’s and the bird’s pompoms. Clear Star gelly roll was added to the flowers on her dress with white gelly roll added to the polka dots on her scarf and gold gelly roll to her buttons. Glossy Accents was added to the berries that the birdie is carrying. You can never have too much sparkle on a Christmas card! Lol!
Molly Winter Bundle, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Merry Little Christmas 6” x 6” Paper Collection, Paper Rose White Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up! Snowflake Border Punch, Martha Stewart Sentiment, Sassy LLC 2” Layering Stitched Circle Die, Memory Box 1 ¾” Circle Punch, Stampin” Up! Gold Foil, My Stash Laminator Laser Printer Gold Glitter Enamel Dots, Stampin’ Up! Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Gold Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ranger Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!
Real Red and Mossy Meadow Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 6” x 3 ½”
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Molly’s Winter Friends
Molly Cutie
Molly Cutie
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Celebrate Christmas Card using the Warms My Heart Stamp Set and the Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up!
The Details of My Celebrate Christmas Card
My card was for a swap with other demonstrators, and I thought it would be fun to pull out my Blends to colour the wreath girl from the Warms My Heart Stamp Set. I was inspired by the card with the pumpkin girl that was in the Mini Catalogue, but I made it my own by changing it up and using only the dies.
For my card, I coloured the girl with colours that I pulled from the Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper that I used for one of the panels. I made two versions of the card depending on what DSP I had available.
My Different Version of the Card
For the sentiment, I pulled out the Christmas Labels Bundle and stamped it in Poppy Parade to match the card stock.
To add some interest to the background, I embossed the Old Olive card stock with the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder.
As a finishing touch to my card, I used my Dark Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blend to colour some Rhinestone Basic Jewels and added them to my card.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Warms My Heart Stamp Set (164267), Wildflower Designs Dies (163333), Christmas Labels Bundle (164101)
Inks: Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Pad (147050), Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)
Paper: Thick Basic White (159229), Pretty Peacock (150880), Old Olive (100702), Poppy Parade (119793), Sentimental Christmas 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (164209)
Accessories: Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder (164049), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (144220), Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (161676), Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154958), Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154892), Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (161674), Medium Light Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (159463), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Girl
Measurements:
Thick Basic White:
8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Old Olive:
5 ¼” x 3 ¾”
Pretty Peacock:
4” x 4 ½”
2” x 3”
Poppy Parade:
5” x 3 ½”
Basic White:
Scrap for Sentiment
Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper:
4 ½” x 3”
More Information on My Celebrate Christmas Card
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Christmas Nests Alternative Cards using the Nests of Christmas October 2024 Paper Pumpkin Kit by Stampin’ Up! I had a lot of fun playing with this kit and came up with 4 alternative cards with one being a fun shaker card.
But, first, here are the two three panel cards that the kit makes. Perfect for this time of year!
Nests of Christmas October 2024 Paper Pumpkin Kit
The Details of My Christmas Nests Alternative Cards
My Black Capped Chickadees: Card 1
For my first alternative card, I decided to use the leftover punched out arch insert…don’t want to waste anything! Lol! I used a Costal Cabana card base with a Basic White mat that I embossed with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder to add interest.
My Black Capped Chickadees: Card 1
Next, I die cut “merry” with the add on Merry Tags & More Dies. This was adhered to the stamped sentiment. I cut one of the ribbons in half and added it to one side of the sentiment.
Everything was adhered to the arch with a scattering of White Loose Snowflakes on the background.
My Cardinal Card: Card 1
For my second alternative card using the Nests of Christmas October 2024 Paper Pumpkin Kit, I again used another leftover insert piece for the background of my cardinal.
My Cardinal Card: Card 1
I added a Real Red card base with a Basic White mat that I again embossed with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder to add interest.
For embellishments, I added the other half of the cut ribbon and more White Loose Snowflakes on the background.
My Black Capped Chickadees: Card 2
For my next alternative card, I cut down one of the beautiful envelopes that come in the kit. Then, I embossed it with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder. I added the die cut “merry” to it.
My Black Capped Chickadees: Card 2
For embellishments, I again cut one of the ribbons in half and added it to the birds. A scattering of red rhinestones around the sentiment tie in the colours.
My Cardinal Card: Card 2
For my final alternative card, I decided to make a fun shaker card by trimming off one of the panels and used that to add a Window Sheet in the opening!
My Cardinal Card: Card 2
For my shaker bits, I used White Loose Snowflakes and some retired Loose Silver Sequins.
Next, I added “merry” and the other half of the ribbon to the stamped sentiment.
More Information on My Christmas Nest Alternative Cards
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Warm Winter Wishes Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using Sally and Little Squirrel.
The Details of My Warm Winter Wishes Card
This stamp was one of the first stamps by Conie Fong Art & Design that I bought! I just loved Sally with her little friend, and I knew that I wanted to colour her with some of my favourite Copic marker combos!
I had this gorgeous Ciao Bella Paper that I thought would be a perfect background for her! So, I decided to make a slimline card that would show as much of the wintery scene as possible including the house.
To tie in the pinks, I went with some Rose Red card stock on which I layered vellum with silver foiled snowflakes to tie in the wintery feeling of my card.
For my sentiment cluster, I layered several flags with the different papers that I used on my card. A wooden snowflake and some linen thread add to the rustic feel of my wintery scene.
Finally, for sparkle, I added some Balmy Blue punched snowflakes to my scene, as well as Star Dust Stickles to Sally’s hat’s pompom and the snow that she is standing on. Clear Wink of Stella was used on the flower on her hat and Clear Star to the polka dots on her scarf.
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my O Christmas Tree Card using the Decorative Trees Bundle and the Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! Did you know that with each purchase of the Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! will donate $4 to support children’s literacy around the world. We hope you’ll join us in making a difference this holiday season.
The Details of My O Christmas Tree Card
My card was for a swap with other demonstrators, and I loved the tree dies that come with the Decorative Trees Bundle! They are all different intricate tree shapes. So many possibilities!
For my card, I decided to create it with similar colours all with the Christmas Tree theme. So, I went with Lost Lagoon, Shaded Spruce and Pretty Peacock that I pulled out from my DSP.
The first thing I did was emboss the Basic White mat with the Painted Trees 3D Embossing Folder. I love the detail of this folder! Then, I die cut a stitched circle of DSP from the largest circle dies in the Stylish Shapes Dies. Next, I die cut the plaid tree from Shaded Spruce.
For the sentiment, I pulled out the Christmas Labels Dies and discovered that “O Christmas Tree” fitted perfectly in the rectangle die! The sentiment was stamped in Shaded Spruce and then die cut out.
As a finishing touch to my card, I added some Pretty Peacock sequins that matched the DSP colours and a scattering of White Loose Snowflakes.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Decorative Trees Bundle (164085), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183), Christmas Labels Dies (164100)
Inks: Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Pad (147088)
Paper: Lost Lagoon (133679), Basic White (159276), Shaded Spruce (146981), Sentimental Christmas 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (164209)
Accessories: Painted Trees 3D Embossing Folder (164026), Adhesive-Backed Sequins Trio (161206), White Loose Snowflakes (164128), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Focal Point
Measurements:
Lost Lagoon:
8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Basic White (2 pieces):
5 ¼” x 4”
Scrap for Sentiment
Shaded Spruce:
3 ½” x 2 ½”
Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper:
3” x 3”
More Information on My O Christmas Tree Card
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Reindeer Fun Card using The Reindeer Days Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up!
The Details of My Reindeer Fun Card
For my card, I love the DSP and thought it would make a great background for a diorama card. These cards were for a swap, and I used two different background DSPs. One was green and the other blue. So, you could make a lot of these cards out of one pack of DSP. Perfect for those mass-produced cards you need for Christmas, but sure to wow!
Two Different DSP
The first thing I did was score the front and back of the Granny Apple Green pieces. This helped with placement of the DSP on the back piece and the die cut opening on the front piece. The die with the opening just fitted on the centre panel of my card. So, I used a sticky note to hold it in place while I die cut.
Once those two pieces were glued together, I decorated the front with gold foil bells and the reindeer. I love that you can build your reindeer in whatever colours you want to match your project. I matched mine to the colours on the DSP.
View from Top of Card
The sentiment was stamped in Real Red and die cut with the long thin die from the Friends for Life Dies. This was tucked beneath my reindeer
As a finishing touch to my card, I added some Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints and a bow of Real Red & White Baker’s Twine.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: The Reindeer Fun Bundle (164044), Friends for Life Dies (163364)
Inks: Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad (147084)
Paper: Granny Apple Green (146990), Basic White (159276), Pecan Pie (161717), Garden Green (102584), Early Espresso (119686), Gold Foil Sheets (132622), Reindeer Days 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (164166)
Accessories: Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints (164050), Real Red & White Baker’s Twine(164051), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Reindeer Wreath
Measurements:
Granny Apple Green (2 pieces):
5 ½” x 4 ¼” scored at ½”, 1″, 4 ½” and 5
Pecan Pie:
Scraps
Early Espresso:
Scraps
Basic White:
Scraps
Garden Green:
Scraps
Gold Foil Sheets:
Scraps
Reindeer Days Designer Series Paper:
4” x 4”
More Information on My Reindeer Fun Card
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This challenge is still going on until the end of September. So, if you want to join, there is still time.
The Details of My Festive Christmas Cards
For my cards, I won the digital papers from another challenge at A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge for June, #6-2024. It came with 12 sheets of different papers all in tones of mostly reds and some greens. I was given the matching toppers to make some cards with the sets. I love the vintage feel of the toppers! You get 12 toppers, and I used 11 of them on my cards.
This is my first time doing one of these sketch challenges and I really enjoyed it! It consists of using 6” x 6” paper cut according to a recipe that Kendra provided. I used the digital paper that came in a different size but made sure I only used 6” x 6” pieces. Now, I have 15 Christmas cards ready for mailing! Yay!
Kendra’s Card Challenge #15
For My Festive Christmas Cards, I decided to keep them simple and just added some glimmer snowflakes and red jewels, along with some ribbon on two cards, to decorate them.
For a few cards, I changed the orientation of the card to suit the papers since they have a direction to them. Didn’t want my nutcrackers to be on their side. Lol! Note: for next time try to find papers that do not have a direction.
The sentiments I used on all my cards were from a free July Christmas Sentiments download on Kendra’s Patreon Page.
Card 1 of My Festive Christmas Cards
I kept the design the same as the sketch. I used a stitched square die for my focal point with a matching red mat. Don’t you just love the pretty snow globe! Since this was my first card, I was able to use the snowmen paper to match the snow globe. I added the snowflakes, red rhinestones and the sentiment which I die cut using the Stylish Shaped Dies.
Card 1 with Sketch
Card 2 of My Festive Christmas Cards
I decided to add a large snowflake behind the sentiment to add some sparkle. I used a 1 ¾” punch for the sentiment a 2” for the red mat. A few rhinestones were scattered around the sentiment.
Card 2 with Sketch
Card 3 of My Festive Christmas Cards
I did not have an oval large enough. So, I used a stitched rectangle instead and changed the orientation of my card to match my focal point’s direction. I thought the sentiment was perfect for the envelope on my card. Again, I added some snowflakes and rhinestones to add sparkle.
Card 3 with Sketch
Card 4 of My Festive Christmas Cards
I decided to change the orientation of my card to suit the beautiful bells in my focal point and on the background paper. The sketch called for a slim piece of card stock down the centre, but I decided to add ribbon instead for a variation.
The “Noel” sentiment created a generic seasonal greeting card that would be great for those that do not celebrate Christmas. A larger snowflake behind the sentiment gave it more body. A finishing touch were a scattering of rhinestones in the opposite corner from the sentiment.
Card 4 with Sketch
Card 5 of My Festive Christmas Cards
I decided to change it up a bit. I wanted the beautiful fireplace to be seen and not covered up by the strip of poinsettia paper. But I did add the sentiment on top with a few snowflakes to make it stand out. Since I had the strip of the poinsettia paper behind the fireplace, I only had room for one of the flags on the right side.
I was pleased that the stockings hung on the fireplace were mirrored with the stockings on the flag. To balance out my card, I added rhinestones in one corner and a large snowflake in the other corner.
Card 5 with Sketch
Card 6 of My Festive Christmas Cards
I decided to go with all poinsettias on all my pieces. I did a lot of planning at the beginning to make sure that my paper made sense, and this card was the result. Since this card was mainly red, I decided not to add any snowflakes, but I did add the rhinestones. The sentiment was trimmed into flags with my paper snips.
Card 6 with Sketch
Card 7 of My Festive Christmas Cards
I decided to change the orientation since the nutcrackers and bells were going vertically. The candle was punched out and a matching scallop punch was used for the mat. The addition of glittery snowflakes really added to the “Stay Cozy” feel of my card. The finishing touch was the rhinestones for sparkle.
Card 7 with Sketch
Card 8 of My Festive Christmas Cards
This was my favourite card of the series! I just loved those cute nutcrackers! For my card, I used the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder for subtle snowflakes on the Mossy Meadow card base. Since I didn’t want to cover up the beautiful scene, I again decided to place the papers underneath my focal point.
The flags including the sentiment were trimmed with my paper snips. I decided not to include glittery snowflakes since there was already a lot going on in my card, but I did add the rhinestones.
Card 8 with Sketch
Card 9 of My Festive Christmas Cards
I went through my topper pieces to find the perfect focal point and decided on the front door. It allowed me to add the flags over it without covering up too much of the image. The flags were trimmed with my paper snips. Again, there was a lot going on in my card, So, for embellishments, I only added the three rhinestones in a line at the base of the card.
Card 9 with Sketch
Card 10 of My Festive Christmas Cards
I decided to use the skates even though the background papers didn’t match. Since you cut papers according to a recipe, you may not get papers to match. However, my card still had the red on all my pieces and that tied my card together.
For something different, I decided to add ribbon instead of the thin strip of card stock. Of course, you must have glittery snowflakes if you go skating!! Lol! The finishing touch was some rhinestones added in the opposite corner from the sentiment.
Card 10 with Sketch
Card 11 of My Festive Christmas Cards
I decided to use the stockings which lead me to change the orientation of the card to suit them. Since I had lots of white space at the top of them, I added a sentiment and a larger snowflake to fill in the space.
Card 11 with Sketch
Card 12 of My Festive Christmas Cards
I decided to make it simple with just a few larger snowflakes and rhinestones for sparkle. I was pleased that my background papers were all orientated properly!
Card 12 with Sketch
Card 13 of My Festive Christmas Cards
I decided to change the orientation since I wanted the nutcrackers to be standing up. So, I changed the orientation of the sentiment and added a larger snowflake behind it to give the appearance that the sentiment is larger. The finishing touch was a scattering of rhinestones around the sentiment for sparkle.
Card 13 with Sketch
Card 14 of My Festive Christmas Cards
There were a lot of pieces left from all the cuttings from the recipes which were used for Card 14. I decided to add the largest snowflake and the bauble to my card for some interest. Rhinestones were added around the sentiment for sparkle.
Card 14 with Sketch
Card 15 of My Festive Christmas Cards
Don’t you just love those nutcrackers on that Christmas sweater! This was the card that I really wanted to show them off! For buttons, I decided to use glittery snowflakes. The red rhinestones made the perfect necklace with a larger glittery snowflake as the pendant.
Card 15 with Sketch
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Card Recipe for My Festive Christmas Cards:
Christmas, in Red & Green Collection – Mostly Reds Patterned Paper Set and Christmas, in Red & Green Collection – Topper Set, Constantly Carding Kendra’s Card Challenge #15 Christmas Sentiments, Kendra’s Card Challenges Circle, Square and Rectangle Stitched Layering Dies, Memory Box Circles Collection Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Up! Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin’ Up! Thick Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up! Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up! Snowfall Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Up! Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Up! 2” Circle Punch, Stampin’ Up! 1 ¾” Circle Punch, Stampin’ Up! Scallop Circle Punch, Stampin’ Up! Scallop Border Punch, EK Success Red Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Real Red Grosgrain Stitched Ribbon Paper Snips, Stampin’ Up! Multipurpose Adhesive Glue, Stampin’ Up!
Mossy Meadow, Real Red and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card sizes: 4 ¼” x 5 ½”
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Hope you like My Festive Christmas Cards using Kendra’s Card Challenge #15! Since this was my first time entering this challenge, I found it hard and made my brain hurt at times! Lol! I had to do a lot of thinking ahead of time to get the papers that I wanted in the correct orientation I wanted.
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Christmas in July might be over, but I am still adding to my Christmas card supply. Lol! So, I am sharing My Poinsettia Season Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the sweetHolly Poinsettia.
The Details of My Poinsettia Season Card
I loved colouring Holly with her poinsettias using my Copic markers! She is such a sweetie!! I used colours to match the gorgeous Mintay paper! To add some sparkle, I used Star Dust Stickles on her ear muffs and pom poms on her mittens.
Of course, I had to use a tag from the matching Paper Elements for my backdrop of Holly. To tie in the greens of my colouring, I gave the tag a mat with one of the papers in the pad.
The Paper Elements also came with some envelopes that you make. I thought the floral envelope with the blue background perfectly matched my colour scheme. So, I trimmed a piece off the envelope and cut it in half. These pieces I matted with white and placed them in opposite corners of my tag so that they are peeking out from my focal point.
Since Holly had poinsettias, I decided to use my Poinsettia and Holly Punch by Nellie to make some paper flowers. The flowers were accented with Gold Glitter Enamel Dots. The gold centres mirrored the gold Gelly Roll Pen that I used on Holly’s poinsettias.
The sentiment was stamped in black and die cut out with matching the die.
Finally, the finishing touch was a scattering of red rhinestones around my card.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Gnome for Christmas Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cute Christmas Tree Gnome and Sentiment. This bundle comes with 4 images:
Image 1-2: Christmas Tree Gnome PNG/JPG format
Image 3-4: Sentiment Have A Very Merry Gnome Christmas PNG/JPG format
Details of My Gnome for Christmas Card
I had so much fun colouring this sweet gnome with my Copic markers that I coloured him twice in different shades of green. So, I have created two different cards showing the possibilities and will link my other mini slimline card at the end of this post.
Christmas Tree Gnome
For this card, I decided to create another slimline card for this cutie. I love the scenes in the Home for the Holidays paper by Stamperia and wanted to use as much of the scene as possible, especially the house and deer! So, I created a full slimline card this time.
All that the scene needed was some pine branches to frame my sentiment and a scattering of glimmer snowflakes. I decided to frame the whole scene with the Essential Cutting Slimline Dies by Studio Light with a bottom layer in Shaded Spruce to hide the ends of the pine branches and then a Real Red layer popped up on top.
The finishing touch was a scattering of wooden stars around the sentiment and Star Dust Stickles added to the star and pompoms on his hat.
Christmas Tree Gnome and Sentiment, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Home for the Holidays Scrapbooking Pad, Stamperia White Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up! Pine Needles Die, Memory Box Pine Needles Border Die, Memory Box Essential Cutting Slimline Dies, Studio Light Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stampin’ Up! Wooden Stars, From my Stash Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Real Red and Shaded Spruce Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished cards size: 8 ¼” x 3-7/8”
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Here is the other mini slimline card that I have made with this cutie. For more information on the card, please click here.
Merry Gnome Christmas Card
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Merry Gnome Christmas Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cute Christmas Tree Gnome and Sentiment. This bundle comes with 4 images:
Image 1-2: Christmas Tree Gnome PNG/JPG format
Image 3-4: Sentiment Have A Very Merry Gnome Christmas PNG/JPG format
Details of My Merry Gnome Christmas Card
For my card, I decided to create a mini slimline card for this cutie! I had so much fun colouring this sweet gnome with my Copic markers that I coloured him twice in different shades of green. Stay tune for a card with my second colouring later.
Christmas Tree Gnome
I loved the Winter Gnomes Decorative Papers by The Paper Boutique! It had all these cute gnomes with Christmas presents on it. Perfect for my Christmas theme! So, I used my Bracket & Tags Dies to die cut my papers and layered them on the card base.
Once that was done, I added the die cut flag sentiment with another flag in Cherry Cobbler layered beneath. The wooden tree was from my stash and a perfect accent for the sentiment. The only other die cut was pine needles behind my gnome to make him stand out a bit from the background.
The finishing touches were a scattering of red rhinestones and some ribbon tied through the tag’s hole.
Christmas Tree Gnome and Sentiment, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Winter Gnomes Decorative Papers, The Paper Boutique Pine Needles Die, Memory Box Bracket & Tags Dies, Photo Play Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin’ Up! Wooden Tree Embellishment, The Mercantile at The Crossroads Cherry Cobbler Diagonal Stripe Ribbon, Stampin’ Up! Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Cherry Cobbler Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished cards size: 6 ¼” x 3 ¼”
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! Season’s Greetings! One last Christmas card for me! I am sharing My Classic Greetings Card using the Christmas Classics Bundle by Stampin’ Up! which includes the Christmas Classics Stamp Set and the Christmas Classics Dies.
The Details of My Classic Greetings Card
For my card, I decided to create a music theme with the Joyful Specialty Designer Series Paper, the Merry Melody Embossing Folder, and the Loose Holly Gems & Sequins. Since I used the gold music notes for my embellishments, I went with the gold Simply Elegant Trim and gold embossing for the sentiment to match.
I love the holly dies that come in the Bundle and wanted to make them the focal point with the DSP die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies layered behind it. I was so happy with how all these elements came together!
Season’s Greetings, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noël, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Yuletide Greetings! However, you say it, I hope your holiday season is full of good cheer!
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Christmas Classics Bundle (161977), Nested Essentials Dies (161597)
Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283)
Paper: Cherry Cobbler (119685), Basic White (159276), Shaded Spruce (146981), Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper (161958), Joyful Specialty Designer Series Paper (161980)
Accessories: Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder (156392), Simply Elegant Trim (155766), Metallics Embossing Powder (155555), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Heat Tool (129053), Loose Holly Gems & Sequins (161981), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Mulitpurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Sentiment
Measurements:
Cherry Cobbler: (2 pieces)
8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
2 ¾” x 5”
Basic White: (2 pieces)
5 ¼” x 4”
1” x 3 ¾” (Sentiment)
Crumb Cake:
4” x 5 ¼”
Shaded Spruce:
4” x 4”
Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper:
4 ½” x 2 ½””
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Beary Christmas Cards using the Beary Cute Bundle by Stampin’ Up! which includes the Beary Cute Stamp Set and coordinating Beary Cute Punch. This bundle is retiring. So, make sure you get it before it’s too late!
The Details of My Beary Christmas Cards
For my cards, I decided to make a floating element using one of the scenes from the Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper. I had so much fun that I created two different cards with the same elements. For one, I used Misty Moonlight and the other, Balmy Blue card stock bases. A floating element uses acetate or window sheet on which you adhere strips of DSP leaving gaps between the pieces. Then you use dimensionals under the DSP to make it look like the element is floating.
The scene strips were cut at ½” width and lined up in order on my window sheet for placement before adhering them down. I started with the two end pieces and then the centre ones working out to the ends. Tip: use grid paper for an even gap between pieces. Since the DSP was ½ wide, it allowed me to place my dimensionals behind the paper. Thus, hiding them to complete my floating element.
Misty Moonlight Card
I made the Misty Moonlight card portrait and used the largest square from the Stylish Shapes Dies to die cut my square once I had adhered the 5 DSP scene pieces to the Window Sheet.
Misty Moonlight Card
I stamped snowflakes in Misty Moonlight for a tone-on-tone around my central focal point.
The sentiment was white embossed on some Real Red card stock and then fussy cut with my Paper Snips.
The polar bear was stamped in Misty Moonlight and Real Red for his scarf before it was punched out.
Balmy Blue Card
For my Balmy Blue card, I decided that I wanted to use more of the DSP. So, I made the floating element larger with 6 pieces of DSP and wider gaps. I stamped the Balmy Blue snowflakes at an angle through the centre of the card. This allowed the snowflakes to show through the Window Sheet!
Balmy Blue Card
The sentiment was stamped in Real Red and snipped on an angle with my Paper Snips.
For both cards, I used the white snowflakes from the Adhesive-Backed Snowflake Assortment as my embellishments.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Beary Cute Bundle (162023), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)
Inks: Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Pad (153118), VersaMark Ink (102283), Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (147105), Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad (147084)
Paper: Misty Moonlight (153081), Balmy Blue (146982), Window Sheets (142314), Real Red (102482), Basic White (159276), Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper (162015)
Accessories: Adhesive-Backed Snowflake Assortment (162129), Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Heat Tool (129053), Paper Snips (103579), Grid Paper (130148), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Mulitpurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Measurements:
Misty Moonlight/Balmy Blue:
8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Window Sheet:
3” x 3” (for Misty Moonlight Card)
3” x 4 1/8” (for Balmy Blue Card)
Real Red:
Scrap
Basic White: (3 pieces)
2” x 2 ½” (Polar Bears)
Scrap (Sentiment)
Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper:
3” x 2 ½” (for Misty Moonlight Card)
3” x 3” (for Balmy Blue Card)
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Cup of Cheer Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the digital stamp called Emma in Reindeer PJ’s.
The Details of My Cup of Cheer Card
I had so much fun colouring Emma in her cute PJs with my Copic markers to match my non-traditional paper choice! For my card, I thought the Christmas cookie paper would be perfect since cookies and hot chocolate are a great combination, especially gingerbread! Yum! The pretty plaid pattern paper really brought out the non-traditional colours of my card.
Isn’t that die cut mug just the cutest! For the mug, I knew I wanted to use the snowflake tag and found that the die just fit it. To add some dimension to my mug, I blended some Pool Party ink along the edges. I also blended some Pink Pirouette Ink along the edges of the heart. I thought it would be fun to add whipped cream and a candy cane just like Emma’s. The spoon was die cut from some metallic paper that I had. Of course, if you have hot chocolate, you need marshmallows! Lol!
Since there was a lot going on the card already, I went with a simple die cut sentiment with a few red rhinestones to match my candy cane.
Finally, I used Glossy Accents on Emma’s candy cane, Stardust Stickles on the reindeers’ noses and Wink of Stella on Emma’s and the mug’s whipped cream.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Yeti for the Holidays? as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Yeti Father and Son. I just love these cuties. There is a Yeti Mom and Baby that you could add to this card for the whole family! Lol!
The Details of My Yeti for the Holidays?
I had a lot of fun colouring these two with my Copic markers! I decided to create a fur texture with individual strokes in the shadows and left the highlights white. The tree was also coloured with individual strokes to create texture. The Father Yeti’s tie pulled together my colour scheme of red and green.
For my card, I wanted to use the Whimsy paper with these cuties. This paper is perfect for those wintery scenes! In fact, I used it for another card that I made a few years ago and will post it at the end.
So, I created a slimline card using the Dotted Slimline Dies by Studio Katia. I used all three dies that came in the set to create my card. I thought it would be fun having the yetis stepping out of the wintery scene with their Christmas tree.
To complete my wintery scene and to add interest, I used a Stitched Hillside Die to add an extra layer to the scene. I made sure that my “snowbank” did not cover up the snow-covered trees on the background.
Next, I typed and printed my sentiment out on my computer. There are so many great sentiments out there that it was hard to pick one! Lol! The sentiment was die cut out with another stitched die.
For embellishments, I used some wooden snowflakes that I had in my stash for that rustic look and a scattering of red rhinestones to add sparkle.
Yeti Father and Son, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Frozen Slimline Designer Paper Pack, Whimsy Stamps Dotted Slimline Dies, Studio Katia Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies, Lawn Fawn Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin’ Up! Wooden Snowflake Embellishments, Stampin’ Up! Red Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Garden Green and Real Red Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 8 ½” x 3 ½”
Stamp Size: 3”
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My Merry Penguins Card
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My Merry Penguins Card
Hope you like my Yeti for the Holidays? Card using Yeti Father and Son by Paper Nest Dolls!
