Candy Cane Christmas!

Who says that Candy Canes have to be just red and white? That is the beauty of creating! We can imagine things any way we like! I wanted my candy canes to have the color palette of Real Red, Coastal Cabana and Granny Apple Green and white on white. I like the ‘fresh’ feel of this card, it is like that first winter snow when everything is white and bright. I used the Cup of Christmas stamp set and Cup of Cheer dies to create this card. I hope you enjoy my 9th card of the month!

Top Tip: Because the stamps are created from photopolymer, I find they resist our Stampin’ Write markers initially. So plan to condition them by colouring and stamping on your scratch mat before stamping them on card stock.

Joy of Giving--Cards!

I thought I would start of the second week and Card #8 by sharing not one but two Christmas cards! I was inspired to use the Joy of Giving Tag Kit (pg 37) in the Holiday Catalogue along with some quick and easy notecards to create these cards. I think there is a lot of value in showing our customers alternate ways to use our amazing products. And by using notecards as the base they come together even quicker. Everything on these cards with the exception of the Shaded Spruce and Soft Suede ink, and the Poppy Parade layered circles comes from the tag kit!

The Joy of Giving Tag kit is for more than just tags! It includes a designer box in Poppy Parade that can be used as a recipe card organizer, a valentines box and more!

Stars for Days!

How have you been enjoying the first 7 days of Christmas cards! I can’t believe how fast the first week of November has gone by! I always find the last half of the year just zips on by with holidays and at our house a few birthdays too! This is one of my favourite cards. I made it back in September and I am so happy to share it here. It mixes two different blue tones—Seaside Spray and Balmy Blue—with Whisper White and silver accents. The Mercury Glass Designer Acetate paper is really the WOW of this card though!

Top Tip: the Mercury Glass paper has a protective layer on it that should be removed before you run it through the Big Shot machine. If you add some Scotch Tape to the paper it does help to get the protective layer free

I used the Subtles embossing folder to give the background some texture and then lightly sponged over it with Seaside Spray to pick up the texture. The sentiment comes from the Most Wonderful Time of Year product medley on page 39 of the Holiday Catalogue.

A Wreath for all Occasions!

Card #6 focuses on a color combo that I really really love of Pool Party, Pretty Peacock and Poppy Parade! I combined them here to create this unusual holiday card. The wreaths are cut with the Season Wreaths dies on pg 7 of the Holiday Catalogue. If you punch a 2 1/2 inch circle it will nestle perfectly behind the wreath. The wreath is also colored with some Wink of Stella that I am unable to capture in a photo. If anyone out there has any tips, please share!

The sentiment comes from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set (pg 16). It is a GREAT option to suggest to new stampers as their are 18 holiday sentiments to choose from and they are all sized to be punched out which is a great selling feature!

A little bit of this and a little bit of that...

I think the title of this post sums up this card perfectly! Here are all the amazing different products I used to create this card:

1. Garden Green, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla Cardstock

2. Come to Gather Ribbon combo pack

3. Greatest Part of Christmas stamp set

4. Read Red Rhinestones

5. Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper

6. Copper Foil Paper

7. Most Wonderful Time Product Medley (dies)

8. Stitched Nested Labels

9. Hammered Metal 3D embossing folder

10. Copper Thread (retired)

11. Versamark

12. Copper Embossing Powder

I think it is important to use items from both Catalogues when creating projects. We always want to draw people back to our Annual Catalogue so adding in some of those elements is important. This is also a fun fold card too, it is an easy one for people to remember to make when their own as you simply score the front panel of the card in half and fold back.