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!
