This year for “one” of my Christmas cards, I used several items from the “Joy of Christmas Suite”. I mentioned “one of my cards” because I usually do two or three different cards. Not sure why I do this, probably because I don’t love to duplicate the same card over and over, LOL! Plus, I like having options and some variety! I chose to work with a “foliage spray” from the “Joy of Noel” stamp set and coordinating die along with the “pine spray” from the “Christmas Classics” stamp set.
For this card, I chose Basic White and Soft Sea Foam as my two main colors accented by Real Red, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow. The “foliage spray” was the focal point for this card. First, I stamped this image in “Memento Black Ink” and then die cut. Then I colored the spray with “Stampin’ Blends”. By stamping the “pine spray” several times on the “Stitched Rectangle” die shape, this made a nice background for the spray. Afterwards, I added the die cut image over the stamped pine sprays with “Mini Glue Dots”. After coloring the berries red, I added “Wink of Stella” for a subtle shimmer which is difficult to capture in a photo.
I layered the “Stitched Rectangle” panel (retired dies) on to a white “Deckled Rectangle” layer. I added a greeting from a retired stamp set in Real Red. In addition, to complete this card, I added a “Black & White Gingham Ribbon” Bow with a glue dot. A fairly simple card that turned out exactly as I imagined!
I mentioned this was “one” of my cards. I had several of the Christmas Tags left over from the “Festive Tags Kit” which I turned into cards. Basically, I added a strip of DSP and some ribbon that coordinated with a Pool Party folded card base. My third option was using up some “retired” DSP. I hope to show you that next week. Without a doubt, all my cards turned out to be fairly easy and yet quite cute! Plus, I managed to get them mailed in time for Christmas delivery!
