Create with Connie and Mary--Thinking of Christmas!

I will admit it, I have been thinking of Christmas! It is actually not that far away and I find this is the busiest time of year with other holidays along the way and one of my kids celebrating a birthday. Plus we have On Stage to look forward to as well.

The theme this week is “Thinking of Christmas” and I created this pretty traditional card to reflect the holiday.

I really love mixing and matching products as shown in this card here. I featured the Gift Wrapped Bundle with accents from the Snowflake Splendor Suite and the Everything Essential Bundle.

I started with a base of Cherry Cobbler and ran a layered piece of card stock through the Winter Snow Embossing Folder for a subtle winter feel. I used the Essential Tag punch with some retired DSP (there I said, it, I have it and I still use it when it works) to create a base for the gift bow. I stamped the bow and embossed it with gold embossing powder. I love Gift Bow Builder punch! I added in bit of Shaded Spruce Ribbon (also retired) with some of the gold thread included in the Tag Buffet kit (waste not, want not!).

A Very Merry Christmas is stamped in Shaded Spruce card stock in the same ink. I added in another gold detail by cutting some of our Gold Foil paper with the scallop die from the Peony Dies.

This card design has such great potential. I will definitely be using it again and will just mix up some of the elements.

Can’t wait to see what the other girls have created! You can go BACK to see what Melissa designed or NEXT to see what Connie has made this week.