If you are looking for a simple card to make for the holidays, look no further than this Quick & Easy Whimsy & Wonder Christmas Card. It probably only took a couple of minutes to make! The paper is so pretty you don’t really need much other than a greeting.
This card starts with a base of Polished Pink, although there are many colors in the packages on the paper that you could also choose. If you were making several cards with this designer paper, you could make each one with a different color card base!
The designer paper is the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty Paper in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog, coming August 3rd! That’s not far off anymore! When I saw this paper being shown in some videos, it sold me on the whole Suite! Just looking at the catalog online, I completely dismissed this Suite! This paper has beautiful foil accents and is very Christmasy except with non-traditional colors. But I think it might be good to break out of our box and change things up a little. I still will make some red and green cards, the traditional colors of Christmas. This paper is SO pretty that I think it will be a hit as more people see it in person! This paper might even remind some people of the silver aluminum Christmas trees of years ago. I think they’ve even made a nostalgic comeback in recent years. Since you couldn’t put lights on these trees, some people had a multi-colored light that turned to give the tree different colors. Anyway, the silver in this paper reminds me of those vintage trees!
I used the In Color Polished Pink 3/8″ Open Weave Ribbon on the card. Originally, I planned to have it go vertically on the left side of the card with a bow. But after stamping the greeting from the Whimsical Trees Stamp Set in Polished Pink Ink and cutting it out with one of the new Tailor Made Tag Dies, I decided to pull the ribbon through the tag, tie a bow and secure it underneath the designer paper layer. I wish I would have popped up the greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals, but I just adhered it flat to the card.
If you want a quick and easy card to make in multiples for Christmas, use this very basic card design of designer paper on a card base, a greeting, and a piece of ribbon and a bow for embellishment. You could add a little sparkle and bling, but really the paper with its foil accents can stand on its own. When your Holiday Mini Catalog comes in the mail, give a good look at the Whimsy & Wonder Suite.