I’m finally getting around to posting a card sample featuring the “Traditions of Christmas DSP”. The past three weeks have been insanely busy with a local vendor event, two separate Stamp Camps and Thanksgiving! Not to mention I’m trying to finish my Christmas shopping, thank goodness for Amazon!
For this card, I chose Real Red for my folded card base. I added a subtle embossed panel (retired) to give this layer a bit of texture. I die cut the floral image from the “Traditions of Christmas” DSP with the coordinating “Christmas Greenery” Dies. The imagery in the September – December Mini Catalog does NOT show how beautiful this DSP truly is as the gold foiling is absolutely stunning!
I stamped my greeting from the “Traditional Labels” Stamp Set in Real Red on a Basic White die cut stitched rectangle panel from the “Branching Out” Dies. I die cut a larger stitched rectangle panel in Old Olive to add behind the Basic White stitched rectangle panel. “Dimensionals” were added to these layers before mounting them to the folded card base. To complete my card, I added a “Mossy Meadow & Gold Ribbon” bow with a “Mini Glue Dot”. You can find this ribbon in the on-line exclusives. A fairly simple but quite stunning card!
Lastly, my apologies for being slack in my recent blog posts. Hopefully, I can get back on track after the holidays are over!
I am absolutely loving the “Peace on Earth” Bundle! When I was back east in September, I had a stamp camp with my Maryland eastern shore group. This is one of the cards we made with the “Peace on Earth” Bundle. Also, HERE is another card with this spectacular bundle which shows off the many creative possibilities with this set!
For this card, I basically let the “Peaceful Garden DSP” determine my color palette of Secret Sea, Cloud Cover, Misty Moonlight and a touch of Basic White. I embossed a Misty Moonlight panel with the “Peaceful Greenery 3D Embossing Folder”. After cutting the embossed panel in half, I mounted this to a piece of Basic White card stock and added a piece of the coordinating “Peaceful Garden DSP” to the lower half. I covered where the DSP and embossed panel met with a piece of the “Misty Moonlight & Silver Edged 1/2″ Ribbon”. After stamping the greeting in Secret Sea ink, I die cut the larger frame in Cloud Cover. Along with the Basic White “Dove”, I did use a bit of the Peaceful Garden Glimmer paper on this card as well.
Once this panel was completely assembled, I layered this on to a folded card base of Secret Sea. I am not really a “bling” girl, but the bling sure makes this card shine. Loving all the coordinating products in this suite collection. Honestly, so pretty IRL!
I have one last card to share made with the “Jolly Holly” Bundle. This was actually one of the card projects we made in September with my Maryland eastern shore group. Periodically, we venture back to Maryland for a pet sit with a lovely Labradoodle in Annapolis. When visiting back east, I always try to plan a stamping get together with my eastern shore stampers.
My color palette for this simple card is Real Red, Garden Green and Whisper White. I did add two die cut “holly clusters” cut from Soft Sea Foam, and then added Garden Green ink with a “Blending Brush”. Just a reminder that this great “Jolly Holly Bundle” of products is found in the On-Line Exclusives, not in the September-December Mini Catalog.
Just a bit of layering and some “Dimensionals” under the greeting panel and holly clusters, make this an easy card to reproduce. My first card using this layout did not have any ribbon and I felt it was definitely missing something. Once I added the “Real Red Shiny Ribbon” found in the current Mini Catalog, it sure made the card pop! For a bit more detail, I added the “Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints” also found in the On-Line Exclusives. The final touch was to color the holly berries and add “Wink of Stella” to make them shimmer!
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