Merry Little Christmas Card

Hello!  Today's card is one I received while at Stampin' Up!'s Annual Convention over the summer.  It was made by demonstrator Julee Hicks. I love this stamp set, Merry Little Christmas!  And with the deco labels framelits and the Season of Style Designer Series Paper Stack, this card was a piece of cake to make!

The ribbon is 3/8'' stitched satin ribbon in Midnight Muse.  I hope you've enjoyed today's card.  Thanks for stopping by, and I'll see you tomorrow!

Christmas Polka Dots

Hello!  Today's post is another idea for your Christmas cards.  Generally I don't like to do Christmas stuff until Thanksgiving is over, but I know a lot of people who already have their cards made (or gasp-purchased) by then and are already writing in them or sending them off (overacheivers!), so I wanted to share an idea or two for those of you who are in the making stage of your Christmas cards.  This card was really easy to put together.  I die cut two pieces of cardstock with my Deco Labels Framelit dies, one in old olive, the other in whisper white, stamped my image in soft suede from the Merry Little Christmas Stamp set, and mounted it on a piece of Season of Style Designer Series Paper.  Then I added some cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon, and that was it.  Very easy for those of you mass producing your cards, and it's not too expensive either!  So here are two pictures of the same card, with different dsp.

Supplies used: Soft suede ink, Season of Style Designer Series Paper, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Deco Labels Framelits, Big Shot, Cherry Cobbler Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Old Olive Cardstock, Stampin' Dimensionals.  All of these items and more can be purchased through my online store here.  Thanks for stopping by.  See you tomorrow!

Winter Frost Christmas Card

Hello!  I love today's card for several reasons.  First of all, it's a Christmas card, and in my opinion, that's the best kind of card.  I love Christmas.  Second of all, I love the name of the designer series paper used on this card-Winter Frost.  I live in a part of the world where it doesn't snow for Christmas, so ever since I was little I've dreamed of waking up to snow gently falling and a world of white.  It's been my dream for as long as I can remember.  I've listened to Amy Grant singing about a tender Tennessee Christmas with snow, and I just want to have a white Christmas once in my life!  This card helps me at least dream of that kind of Christmas.  It's fun to have a dream. :)  This card is another one I received while at convention this past summer, and I couldn't wait to share it with you.  It was made by demonstrator Margaret Hall.  Thank you Margaret for such a great card!

It uses the stamp set Merry Little Christmas, Winter Frost designer series paper, the Labels Collection Framelits dies, a rhinestone basic jewel, and the silver 1/8'' ribbon from Stampin' Up!'s holiday catalog.  The colors used are Bermuda Bay, Costal Cabana, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Whisper White, and Silver.

I hope you enjoyed today's little escape (in the form of a card), and that you'll be back tomorrow.  See you then!

Merry Little Christmas Card #2

Hello!  Here's another card I made using the stamp set Merry Little Christmas.  I love the stamp set because when I really read the stamp, I start singing the song in my head and it gets me excited for Christmas.  This card was really simple.  I used a cherry cobbler card base, cut a piece of paper from the Season of Style Designer Series Paper pack, stamped the greeting on a tag I got from an old Stampin' Up! flower tag kit, tied some ribbon on the card, and I was done!  This would be a great card to do if you have a huge Christmas card list!

I'll be back tomorrow with another card.  See you then!

Merry Little Christmas Cocoa Card

Hello!  Today's card is another Christmas card to help you get ideas for your own Christmas cards.  This is a really cute idea I saw on the internet a few years back and it's been so long ago that I don't even know who I got the idea from, but it's pretty clever.  It's a Christmas card made out of a brown paper lunch bag with hot cocoa inside.  I believe the person I cased this from made her card an invitation to an ice skating event, and then stashed the hot cocoa packet inside the invitation with some cute little saying like 'join us for hot cocoa after' or something cute like that.  I've made this card once before, but made it again this year with current Stampin' Up! stamps.  I used the stamp set Merry Little Christmas, and Festive Flurry for my card, and also used the illuminate stamp pad and pool party ink.

 I added a snowflake cut out of the silver glimmer paper with the snowflake framelit die and popped it up on a dimensional and tied the card off with ribbon to hold the cocoa packet inside.  Pretty fun!

I hope you liked today's card.  I think it was a clever card, and wish I could give credit where credit is due, but at least you know I was not the original creator of this card.  I'm just really good at 'case'ing.  See you tomorrow!