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Beary Christmas Happy Holidays Christmas Card

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Beary Christmas Happy Holidays Christmas Card

This Beary Christmas Happy Holidays Christmas Card is an easy card to make although you will have to work with the paper a little bit. I grew to LOVE this paper after I got it because there are so many pretty patterns to use and such adorable bears for holiday cards! It’s the Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper in the Holiday Mini Catalog and will retire at the end of the Holiday Mini sales period (while supplies last).

The main thing about this card is choosing the scene in the designer series paper you want on the card front. You must look over the sheet of designer paper that has the bear scenes and see how you can cut it out in a way that pleases you. You want to capture as many bears as you can without cutting them off the edge of the paper or something! So that takes a little planning to figure out how to cut out the scene you want. In some cases, maybe you will want to cut out a bear from a part of the paper you are not using and add that to the scene you cut out. I just used my Paper Trimmer to cut out this scene.

This card base is Real Red with a layer of Very Vanilla cardstock underneath the designer paper. Sometimes I like to add a Basic White or Very Vanilla layer under designer paper because I think it helps the paper to stand out. I don’t do it very often, just sometimes.

Once you have your scene cut out, all you have to do is layer it on your card base. I stamped a greeting from the Brightest Glow Stamp Set in Real Red ink and cut it out with a banner die in the Stylish Shapes Dies. The greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I took just two little snippets of Real Red ribbon and folded them under each end of the banner. I also added three Iridescent Rhinestone Jewels to the front of the card for a little sparkle in the snow!

Here is the inside of the card.

Beary Christmas Happy Holidays Christmas Card Inside

If you would like to see another Christmas card I made with this Beary Christmas Designer Paper, click HERE. That card is a vertical one so it’s a little different look but the same idea.

Have fun trying out a card like this one!

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Joy of Christmas Noel Christmas Card

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Joy of Christmas Noel Christmas Card

While I had this paper out making another project, two of the papers just looked so good together in the package that I had to make this Joy of Christmas Noel Christmas Card while I had the inspiration! In the package of the Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper, a large piece of green checked paper was behind a narrow piece of the paper with the holly leaves and berries and I loved the way the two looked together. Of course, making a card, everything had to be on a smaller scale. And then I changed it up a bit with the gold accent!

The card base is Real Red. You could choose a Cherry Cobbler or a green, but I love the brightness of Real Red for Christmas most of the time. I didn’t add a full layer of the green plaid paper but just cut small strips so as not to waste any that wouldn’t show on the card. After all, I still have Christmas cards to make and I might want more of this paper! The green plaid strips are 5 1/4″ x 3/4″. The holly and berries paper is 5 1/4″ x 3 1/2″. While deciding on a greeting and if I wanted a gold layer behind it, I decided to use narrow strips of the More Dazzle 6″ x 6″ Specialty Paper. They are only 1/4″ wide and 5 1/4″ long. I just adhered them to each side of the holly paper

The greeting is in the Joy of Noel Stamp Set. It is stamped in Real Red on Basic White and then diecut with a stitched circle in the Stylish Shapes Dies. (Do I say I used those dies almost every day??) I popped up that greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I thought it still needed “something” and I finally decided to adhere a couple of holly leaves and a red berry from the Loose Holly Gems & Sequins. These are really pretty on my card although you have to be careful to adhere them with a tiny amount of Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Mini Glue Dots.

This is a relatively easy Christmas card to make and a good way to use up some small pieces and scraps of paper. I love this Joy of Christmas Designer Paper!

The Joy of Christmas Suite products will be retiring with the end of the Holiday Mini, if not before. You’ll be seeing the products in the Online Store marked “Retiring Soon”. If you want any of these I would order them before the Last Chance Sale begins next week. I don’t think too many products are discounted. Hard to think of the Last Chance List when we are still buying holiday products to use! But get them while you can!

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Shining Christmas Ornament Card

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Shining Christmas Ornament Card

I saw an idea for a card like this online somewhere and thought I would make this Shining Christmas Ornament Card in my own style. The card I saw used some striped paper cut out in a circle to make it look like an ornament on the front of a card.

For this Christmas card, I decided to use the Shining Christmas Designer Series Paper, which was on the Online Exclusives in the Stampin’ Up! store. It appears to no longer be available now but there are other papers you can substitute. And if you already purchased it, then you are set to make some shiny cards for the holidays! With any card that we see online, we have the option to copy it exactly or change it up with whatever products we have. Look through your papers (and not just the holiday ones) and see what paper you could substitute for this Shining Christmas paper if you do not have it. Some other striped paper or one with certain prints will work just as well. Maybe you have shiny paper left over from last year.

The coordinating colors for the Shining Christmas DSP are Mossy Meadow and Cherry Cobbler. I pulled out those two cardstock but I thought the card looked too dark. I got out Real Red to see if it would go okay and I liked it just fine. So you don’t have to stick with the coordinating colors of the designer paper!

The card base is Mossy Meadow with a layer of Real Red. I diecut the Real Red with the largest scalloped die in the Scalloped Contours Dies. Even though the ornament would be taking up most of the space, it still needed “something” so I stamped some small stars randomly with the Merry & Bright Stamp Set. I used Real Red ink for that watermark look but you can also use Versamark ink.

For the ornament, I cut out a circle from the Shining Christmas paper using the largest circle in the Stylish Shapes Dies. It has a stitched pattern around the edge but it barely shows on the paper. I liked this striped pattern but there are others I could have chosen. For the top of the ornament, you can diecut a silver foil ornament hanger using the Merry & Bright Dies. Or you can cut one out yourself from foil.

For the greeting, I wondered what would show up best and be the right size. I chose the Season’s Greetings sentiment in the Brightest Glow Stamp Set. I stamped it in Versamark ink on a scrap strip of Basic White and embossed it with silver powder and the Heat Tool. You can find copper, gold, and silver all in the Metallics Embossing Powder package so you are all set with whatever color you need! The greeting seemed to fit perfectly going across the ornament so I just put it through the same stitched circle die in the Stylish Shapes Dies so that the ends would match the ornament. It worked perfectly!

The ornament is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I added a bow made with the Silver & White 1/2″ Sheer Ribbon which I think looks perfect on the card! It embellishes the ornament but doesn’t take away from it because it is sheer and has a silver edge. This ribbon is currently unavailable but is due back in stock next week, the week of November 20.

I hope you are coming along with your Christmas cards and have lots of ideas! But if you need more, just keep in touch!

Remember, tomorrow is the Seasonal Sale at Stampin’ Up! on papers, ribbons, and inks! Check my blog post from the other day for more details or check the Online Store tomorrow, November 14-16th!

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Country Wreath Christmas Card

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Country Wreath Christmas Card

If you want a pretty easy Christmas card idea, I recently made this Country Wreath Christmas Card with an up-and-coming young stamper! The beautiful designer paper in the background makes it, I think!

The card base is Real Red and has a top fold, so if you want that, cut the cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″. Score at 5 1/2″. Or you can make it a sidefold card as we most often do. The paper is in the Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper in the Holiday Mini Catalog. I think it is a beautiful pattern with the holly and other leaves and red berries! It is cut at 4″ x 5 1/4″.

The wreath in the Country Wreaths Stamp Set is stamped in Old Olive ink and the bow in Real Red ink. These stamps have the Distinktive texture that Stampin’ Up! designed for some of their stamps. If I were going it over I would stamp and diecut the bow and adhere it to the stamped wreath. If you wanted another upgrade to your card you could also stamp and diecut the wreath. But if you were making a lot of cards just stamping is a lot quicker and easier!

After stamping the wreath, you can cut the Basic White cardstock with the Paper Trimmer or diecut it with any of the stitched shapes. Then layer on a piece of Real Red. The greeting is stamped from the same Country Wreaths Stamp Set. It’s a great stamp set that we have had for at least a year I think, that covers several seasons.

You can stamp red berries from the stamp set on the wreath, but it’s more fun to add some red rhinestones or other red gems! If you don’t have any, use the Stampin’ Blends markers to color the Iridescent Rhinestone Jewels, for example, before putting them on the card. Just color on the sheet they are adhered to, let the ink dry for a second, and you are good to go with whatever color gems you want. I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop up the wreath on the card front.

On the inside of the card, add a layer of Basic White to stamp or write your personal greeting. You may want to add a strip of the same or coordinating designer series paper to add some interest inside!

A Walk in the Forest Merry Christmas Card

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A Walk in the Forest Merry Christmas Card

I had a different idea for this A Walk in the Forest Merry Christmas Card, but I like how it turned out. In fact, I liked it so much that as long as I had all the materials out, I made several more cards just like this one for my Christmas card stash. I modified it a little bit which I’ll tell you about later.

The card base is Balmy Blue and the designer paper layer is in the A Walk In the Forest Designer Series Paper. You’ve probably seen this paper used in cards online but you may have missed it in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. You’ll find the description of this paper at the top of page 5. If you stop and read the “Making a Difference” paragraph on that page, you’ll see that Stampin’ Up! will donate $3 for every package sold to support organizations dedicated to spreading cheer and providing support to those in need.

In the center, I used a Scalloped Contours die to cut a scalloped rectangle and also cut a piece of Basic White to fit inside the rectangle. I just measured and cut it with my Paper Trimmer. I stamped the greeting and some tiny snowflakes that are in the Merriest Trees Stamp Set in Balmy Blue ink. On this card, I wrapped around a piece of Balmy Blue 3/8″ Sparkle Ribbon and added a bow separately, adhered with Glue Dots. The whole greeting piece is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I added some white Adhesive-Backed Glitter Sequins.

On the extra cards I made, I decided to adhere the center piece flat on the card since they will be mailed. If your card gets too thick, that’s a problem when you mail it. These cards still have some bulk with the bow because the ribbon is velvety with sparkles! Beautiful but a little thicker! On these extra cards, instead of the Glitter Sequins, I added the Balmy Blue sequins in the Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins. They look pretty as well!

Hope you have an early start on your Christmas cards! If you need more holiday ideas, sign up for my Mailing List in the red box here on my blog to get my 12 Weeks of Christmas emails every Wednesday with an exclusive idea each week!

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Merry Bold & Bright Christmas Tree Card

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Merry Bold & Bright Christmas Tree Card

The other day when I was making a Christmas card for my 12 Weeks of Christmas email, I had planned to use this star pattern in Crushed Curry that you see on this Merry Bold & Bright Christmas Tree Card. You’ll find it in the Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper. I was going to use it for the background of my card. But when I flipped it over to apply adhesive, I saw the colorful diagonal stripes and couldn’t resist. I applied the adhesive to the star pattern and used the striped side on my card. So this card makes up for not using the star pattern the other day! Also, this pattern could be used at any time during the year! Perfect for birthdays and other happy cards, kids or adults!

I could have used Crushed Curry for the card base, but I really wanted to use Real Red cardstock for the card. I planned to diecut a Christmas tree with the Merriest Trees Dies but then I spied this dotted paper in the Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper. I diecut it to see how it would look and I liked it!

The greeting is in the Merry & Bright Stamp Set. I stamped it in Real Red ink on Basic White and diecut it with a banner shape in the Stylish Shapes Dies. Just to set it off a little bit, I also diecut a Real Red banner of the same size and cut it in half horizontally so I could adhere the halves to the top and bottom of the greeting.

To embellish the tree I die cut a star out of the Merriest Trees Dies and adhered it with tiny drops of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. You could use Adhesive Sheets before diecutting if you think of it! I also used the Adhesive-Backed Glitter Sequins to decorate the tree.

As I write this, the Merriest Trees Dies are unavailable but due back in stock the week of November 6th. The Glitter Sequins are also unavailable but due back in stock the week of November 13th. I love these Glitter Sequins but there are many other gems and jewels you probably have in your collection that you can use instead. I looked through my pile a couple of times before I decided. If there is an out-of-stock item you are waiting on, be sure to keep checking ahead of schedule (or ask me for any updates) because frequently products come back in stock early and sometimes even sell out again.

Here is another Christmas card I made using another pattern in the Merry Bold & Bright Designer Paper.

Maybe this card is a little less traditional for Christmas but I think I like it and maybe will make more for my holiday cards! I really do love this Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper, probably mostly because I love Christmas lights so I love the Christmas lights on the designer paper!

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Merry & Bright Lights Christmas Card

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Merry & Bright Lights Christmas Card

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For this Merry & Bright Lights Christmas Card I wanted just to stamp the little light bulbs and see what I could do without die-cutting or cutting out. It turned out to be a fun card to make! I used the Merry & Bright Stamp Set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog on page 9. You can purchase the whole Merry, Bold & Bright Suite if you want all the fun things! I especially love the Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper! I didn’t use it on this card, but I’ve used it on others.

The card base is Real Red but you can choose any color to match the color you use on the card. The stamping of the lights is done on Basic White. I used Azure Afternoon, Granny Apple Green, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, and Highland Heather ink to stamp the small bulbs. I love that this stamp set gives you two styles of Christmas bulbs to choose from!

After stamping the bulbs, I used Versamark ink to stamp the metal portion of the bulb and then used Silver embossing powder to heat emboss it. I also embossed the little filament inside the light bulbs with silver to make them stand out.

For the wire holding all the bulbs on the strand, I used a Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Write Marker and drew a curvy line connecting all the bulbs and looking like they are ready to be strung on the Christmas tree or outdoors on the house. I just free-handed the line but first I drew it with the tip end of the marker, then went over it with the brush tip. If you are unsure about freehanding this wire, draw it with pencil first and then go over it with the marker. You don’t have to be fancy, just make a line going through all the lights.

There also is a stamp to denote the brightness of the light bulbs, so I stamped that in Daffodil Delight at the tip of each bulb.

I used the greeting inside the stamp set and then cut it out along the colored edges and adhered it near the bottom corner of the card.

On the inside of the card, on Basic White cardstock, I stamped a greeting in different colors using the word stamps in the stamp set. Fortunately, they came out pretty straight and even! Then I stamped a Pumpkin Pie light bulb with a Smoky Slate light base. The filament inside the bulb is stamped with the same color as the bulb, Pumpkin Pie, but it shows up because it is a narrow image. Then I drew another green wire as I described above.

Certainly this Merry & Bright Stamp Set is a fun one to use!

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Shining Christmas Trees Card

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Shining Christmas Trees Card

I almost forgot that I had this paper and forgot where it came from! However, it was fun to use it to make this Shining Christmas Trees Card! This is a super easy card to make yet looks elegant enough to send out for your Christmas cards. It is good for making multiples. You don’t want something too complicated to make if you are mailing out 50 Christmas cards or whatever the number is!

I used the Shining Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper to make this card. You will find it in the Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives, not in the Holiday Mini Catalog. The whole paper is slick with shiny accents on each one, like the stars and the red dots in between these Christmas trees! Really pretty!

One of the coordinating colors for this paper is Cherry Cobbler. Really the only other colors are Mossy Meadow and White! So that is easy! I used Cherry Cobbler for the card base and then added the Christmas tree patterned paper.

The greeting is stamped from the Brightest Glow Stamp Set (one carried over online from last year. It is stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink. I love the look of this greeting and have used it a lot. It was then diecut using a label shape in the Something Fancy Dies. This is one of those basic, very useful die sets. Then I cut the next larger shape out of Cherry Cobbler for a layer underneath the greeting. For a little embellishment, I adhered a bow tied with the very pretty Gold & Vanilla 3/8″ Satin Edged Ribbon.

If you didn’t have or didn’t care for Cherry Cobbler, I think you could use Real Red and no one would notice or chastise you! On the inside, add a white layer so you can stamp a message or write a note. Maybe adhere a strip of the same designer paper at the bottom or down the side of the inside layer for a little surprise decoration when the person opens the card!

I’m sure you could add some sparkly gems to this card, maybe just Iridescent Rhinestones because they would add sparkle without taking away anything from the card. But surprisingly, I just stopped after I added the ribbon!

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Merry & Bright Christmas Bulbs Card

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Merry & Bright Christmas Bulbs Card

Here’s a fun Christmas card to make if you like those old-fashioned Christmas light bulbs! This Merry & Bright Christmas Bulbs Card takes me back to my childhood! If you are old enough to remember, many years ago Christmas trees were decorated with these big bulbs, not the tiny ones we have been using for a lot of recent years. I remember my dad putting up outdoor lights with all these colored bulbs. The Christmas tree also was decorated with these large-sized bulbs. After many years of using the small Christmas lights, I think some of the big bulbs have come back in style!

This card has a card base of Granny Apple Green. You could choose any of three colors of green that would coordinate with this Christmas tree pattern in the designer paper. The designer paper is the Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper in the Holiday Mini Catalog. I love this paper! Not only does it have bright and bold colors, but some of the patterns you can use year round! They aren’t all for the holidays. Many of the patterns would be great for birthday cards or scrapbook pages, wherever you want a bright and happy look to your project!

The Christmas bulbs can be stamped and diecut using the Merry & Bright Bundle, the stamp set, and dies. Or maybe you just want to diecut the bulbs out of paper, such as the Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green Foil Sheets, which is what I used on this card. That’s why there is such a glare in the photo! I used two Melon Mambo bulbs and a Granny Apple Green one in the center. For the bulb holder, I used the Online Exclusive Silver & Gold Adhesive-Backed Glimmer Paper in silver. I intended to peel off the backing and not have to worry about adhesive, but when I put them on the card, I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop them up so I didn’t need the adhesive backing. But when you want it, it is great to have! To make the lights look like they are on a string, I used a piece of the Silver Trim in the Combo Pack with gold trim. I just wound it through each hole, left it a little loose, and tied the ends in a little knot but kept it looking loose and free. I like the way that turned out.

The greeting is stamped from the Merry & Bright Stamp Set. I used Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green ink and just cut the words out by hand.

To showcase the Christmas lights, I diecut a piece of Granny Apple Green using the Scalloped Contours Dies. I opted to cut another plain rectangle to fit just inside the stitching of the diecut piece to help the bulbs show off better. But the plain white seemed a little stark, so I stamped a bunch of the little stars in the same stamp set using Daffodil Delight in. First I stamped only a few but that wasn’t enough so I stamped as many as I could fit in and I liked that look. I think the stars make the bulbs look like they are shining brightly! The scalloped piece is adhered flat on the card and the bulbs are popped up, as I mentioned.

This is actually an easy card to make, now that you have the idea to copy! And you can change it up with different paper, maybe just stamped bulbs or bulbs diecut from cardstock in different colors. Turn the card in the sideways landscape position and you can add more Christmas bulbs! It’s a fun set and Bundle to play with! If you don’t want to purchase the dies, you can do some fussy cutting.

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Traditions of St. Nick Little Stockings Card

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Traditions of St. Nick Little Stockings Card

I wanted to make a card with this cute stocking patterned paper in the Traditions of St. Nick Designer Series Paper. I came up with this very easy, basic card, Traditions of St. Nick Little Stockings Card using the “other side” of the stocking paper!

This card turned out a lot like the card that I made a month ago with a different designer paper, the Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper. That card I made looks more like a wrapped package with two rows of ribbon on it.

The card on this blog post has a card base of Cherry Cobbler. I could have used Real Red and maybe would have preferred that, but I hadn’t used Cherry Cobbler cardstock in a while. Originally, I cut the stocking pattern to be the full layer on the card, which would have been fine, but when I saw the pretty green damask design on the other side, I wanted to show some of that off to the side. I simply cut off 1 1/4″ of the stocking pattern and turned it over on the other side. When I plan ahead, I leave a little extra space for overlap of the two papers. In this case, since I wanted to wrap the ribbon around the designer paper, I adhered both pieces of designer paper onto a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Basic White. Then I could add the strip of ribbon, adhered on each end on the back of the Basic White.

The ribbon I used is the very pretty Real Red & Gold 3/8″ Dotted Ribbon. I tied a bow separately and adhered it to the card front using Mini Glue Dots.

The greeting is stamped on Cherry Cobbler using the Brightest Glow Stamp Set. It is a carry-over from last year’s holiday catalog. It has great holiday sentiments in it so I pulled it out to use this season! I decided to emboss it with Gold Embossing Powder using Versamark ink to stamp. You will find three colors of embossing powder in the Metallic Embossing Powders trio. I thought the gold embossing would go well with the gold in the ribbon. I die cut the greeting and the Mossy Meadow layer with two of the Deckled Circles Dies. Another choice would be to emboss the greeting in white. Depending on the lighting, white would show up better, but I do like the look of the gold. To further emphasize the gold, I added two strips of the Gold Trim, which is part of the Gold & Silver 1/8″ Trim Combo Pack, underneath the greeting, sticking out on each side. I like that little touch.

You will find this designer series paper, Traditions of St. Nick, in the Online Exclusives category of the Online Store. The Online Exclusives are new products Stampin’ Up! wanted to get out to use without waiting for the next catalog! So they are only available while supplies last. Be sure to get any of the Online Exclusives that you like lest they be sold out or backordered if Stampin’ Up! is able to add more.

As you think about holiday card designs you might like to make, something like this card would be easy to duplicate. If you wanted to make it easier you could just stamp the greeting in colored ink rather than embossing. Check out all the choices in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog and the Online Exclusives. Don’t forget the Clearance Rack, too!

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A Merry & Bright Christmas Card

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A Merry & Bright Christmas Card

I had purchased this designer paper knowing I could make plenty of Christmas cards with just the paper and not the stamp set. But at some point, I could no longer resist the stamp set! Being able to stamp the words and make a little tree or being able to stamp several different styles of Christmas light bulbs was just too fun to pass up!

The card base is Real Red card stock, but you could choose from a lot of different colors because of all the colors of the Christmas light bulbs in the paper! This Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper is wonderful! It has bright colors, Christmas patterns, and generic bold colorful patterns that can be used at other times of the year.

On top of the designer paper is a circle of vellum to soften the little light bulbs a bit so the tree with the greeting would show up. I used one of the Deckled Circles Dies to cut a circle out of Vellum Cardstock. I stamped all the words in the Merry & Bright Stamp Set in various colors – Pool Party, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo, Poppy Parade, Lemon Lime Twist. The little star at the top of the tree is stamped in Daffodil Delight Ink. The little trunk of the tree is a scrap of Pool Party cardstock.

The good thing about this card is that I could use Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back of all the words on the back of the vellum that I glued flat on the card, and of course, none of the glue showed through the vellum. Sometimes it is difficult to hide adhesive under vellum. I placed some of the words (cut out by hand) a little crooked so it wouldn’t matter if they weren’t perfectly straight. But you could place them as straight as possible too!

I thought about using some bling on the card, but I resisted and stopped where I was! I think this paper and stamp set is going to be fun to work with. It would be nice to have the dies as well, the Merry & Bright Dies. Get the Merry & Bright Stamp Set and the Dies together in a Bundle and save 10%. It’s a fun change of pace to use these bright, non-traditional colors for the holidays!

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Joy of Noel Foliage Christmas Card

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Joy of Noel Foliage Christmas Card

The way this Joy of Noel Foliage Christmas Card turned out was a surprise to me! I really wasn’t sure what kind of card I was going to make but it wasn’t this one! I was reminded of this red and black plaid paper in the Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper and after that I knew I had to use it!

First I stamped the image of the holly leaves and berries in Memento Ink and then had some fun with my Stampin’ Blends coloring them in. I hadn’t done any coloring in a little while. I used the Old Olive Combo, Granny Apple Green Combo, Mossy Meadow Combo, and the Real Red Combo for the berries. I used the die in the Joy of Noel Dies to cut out this piece.

The card base is Garden Green. One of the main things that interested me in this Joy of Noel Bundle was the stamp for “NOEL” and the die that would cut out the letters individually. I stamped the letters in Real Red and then diecut them. With the white border around the letters, I thought they showed up fine against the red plaid so I didn’t have to layer them on anything.

I also diecut some other foliage pieces to slip underneath my holly leaves piece. The holly leaves are popped up on Dimensionals and everything else is glued down flat on the card. I resisted the urge to add some kind of jewels or sparkle but I did add a red bow to the base of the holly leaves bouquet. I used the Real Red Ribbon in the Combo Pack with the Burlap ribbon. You can use whatever ribbon you have. This one was good because it was narrower than some other Real Red ribbon I had.

Be sure to check out the entire Joy of Christmas Suite and choose all or some of it!

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Joy of Noel Slimline Christmas Card

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Joy of Noel Slimline Christmas Card

This Joy of Noel Slimline Christmas Card was my first card after recently getting the Joy of Noel Bundle. There are two different Bundles in the Joy of Christmas Suite Collection. Of course, I wanted everything in the Suite, but I chose this bundle because I liked the NOEL stamp.

To get started, I chose to copy a sample in the Holiday Mini on page 28. Of course, mine turned out a little different, but it was fun to make. You can always start by copying an idea in a catalog and then as your idea develops, you can make it your own, as they say.

This is a slimline card. I started with a 6″ x 6″ piece of Pebble Path cardstock and folded it in half to make a 3″ x 6″ card. I cut a piece of the Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper, the music pattern to go all the way across the middle of the card. It is 2 1/4″ x 6″. Then a smaller piece of the holly leaves and berries patterned paper is 1 1/4″ x 5″.

I stamped two of the foliage pieces in Garden Green ink on Garden Green cardstock and used a die in the Joy of Noel Dies to cut them out. I also cut other foliage pieces out of Granny Apple Green cardstock to add some additional foliage and color.

The greeting is stamped from the Joy of Noel Stamp Set in Real Red ink on Basic White with a layer of Real Red. I just cut a rectangular piece without a die. I popped up the greeting just in the center at first with a Stampin’ Dimensional until I got the foliage pieces placed where I wanted them. I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue so I had some “wiggle” time to put them in the right places. There is even a die for little red berries so I cut some of those out and glued them to the holly leaves. When I had all the pieces adhered where I wanted them, I slipped another Dimensional underneath each end of the greeting.

For some embellishment, not that I needed it, I wanted to play with the new Loose Holly Gems and Sequins. These are currently unavailable but should be back in stock next week, the week of September 18th. They have no adhesive so you need to use a tiny dot of glue to adhere them. There are even little gold music notes in there so I added a few since I was using the music paper.

It’s time to be thinking about Christmas cards so check out the Holiday Mini for some great ideas!

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Old-Fashioned Santa Christmas Card

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Old-Fashioned Santa Christmas Card

This week Stampin’ Up! released not only the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog but also five new designer series papers in the Online Exclusives! One of them I especially loved with these classic Santas as one of the paper patterns. As soon as my Holiday Mini order came with this Traditions of St. Nick Designer Series Paper I had to make a card with it and this Old-Fashioned Santa Christmas Card is what I came up with!

The card base is Mossy Meadow cardstock with a layer of the damask pattern of paper in the same Traditions of St. Nick paper. This damask pattern gives a really elegant look without taking away from the Santa. Before adhering the designer paper layer, I wrapped a piece of Real Red Ribbon around it.

The Santa is diecut using the Deckled Rectangles Dies. If you take the die that is the right size and place it on the designer paper, you can figure out where you have to cut out that area of the image from the designer paper. It’s a killer to cut into the paper the first time but it must be done! It seemed impossible to me to omit just the bottom of a couple of tree trunks in the area but you have to make the Santa fit plus some nice trees without bumping into part of another Santa. You could also just fussy cut a Santa if you don’t want a rectangle. Circles probably wouldn’t work. Then I cut another larger deckled rectangle in Real Red for a layer. You could pop up the Santa on Stampin’ Dimensionals but I just adhered it flat on the card.

The greeting is from the Joy of Noel Stamp Set that I just got. I stamped it in Real Red ink and diecut it with a stitched rectangle in the Timeless Arrangements Dies. The word just barely fit but it did! It is popped up with Dimensionals. There are other Christmas greetings that you could use as well.

I really like this paper and this card and plan to make more Santa cards! Remember, this Traditions of St. Nick Designer Series Paper is NOT in the Holiday Mini Catalog. You have to search under “Online Exclusives” which are new releases that Stampin’ Up! is going to bring out now and then so we don’t have to wait to see them in a catalog! That keeps life exciting! The only thing is Online Exclusives are not guaranteed to be around for any particular length of time. So if you see something you like a lot, don’t wait.

I hope you are enjoying the new mini catalog and getting ideas for your fall and holiday cards and projects!

Traditions of St. Nick Designer Series Paper

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Beary Cute Polar Bear Christmas Card

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Beary Cute Polar Bear Christmas Card

This Beary Cute Polar Bear Christmas Card is made with one of the new designer papers coming TOMORROW in the new September – December 2023 Mini Catalog. The more I use it the more taken I am with it! You can do so many fun things with these cute polar bears of all sizes! I knew the paper was cute when I saw it in the catalog, but it could possibly be my favorite paper in the Mini.

I can guarantee that you will hate to cut into this paper with all the bears and the other forest creatures. But cut into it you must! You can use the Beary Cute Punch to punch out certain of the bears but to really have fun with the paper you can “fussy-cut” the images or diecut some.

To make this card, I simply cut out an area of the Beary Cute Designer Series Paper and adhered it to the card. Now it may not seem simple to do. You just have to figure out an area that can be cut out, either with a die or using the Paper Trimmer, that won’t cut off anything that you really want or won’t include something you don’t want from a neighboring image. You may have to cut it smaller than a normal layer on a card but that will work out. I used a ruler to help me see what part of the paper would work. Just kind of measure the piece you want. You may even initially cut it larger than you want so then you can carefully trim down the piece to have the images you want that will fit on your card or project.

Beary Cute DSP

I liked having the Real Red layer underneath the designer paper for this card to bring out the red on the bears. The card base is Misty Moonlight but Night of Navy looks good, too. You might notice that Very Vanilla is one of the coordinating colors for the designer paper, not Basic White. Most people wouldn’t notice if you sent a card with this paper with Basic White, but officially I guess the color to use for a neutral is Very Vanilla.

For the greeting, I embossed this one with white embossing powder on a scrap of Real Red cardstock. The greeting is in the Brightest Glow Stamp Set. It is carried over so you will find it online if you search but it is not in the Annual Catalog. To add a little accent to the greeting I simply stuck a folded piece of Gold Trim underneath the edge. And you won’t be able to resist using the Glitter Sequins on page 23 in the Holiday Mini! I stuck a few on the Christmas tree on the paper for a little sparkle!

The area I cut out of the designer paper is a little larger than I used for just the front of the card. After I finished the front of the card I decided I would like a strip of the designer paper on the inside layer of the card. When I looked back at the paper, it looked like a perfect strip of paper just to the side of what I had already cut out for the front of the card. It has a small tree and a small bear! You can see the photo below.

Beary Cute Polar Bear Christmas Card Inside

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