Fancy Friday - My Christmas Cards

Hello and welcome back! It's time for this month's Fancy Friday Blog Hop. I'm here with my fancy friends (all current or former members of the Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team). Can you believe that Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is only weeks away? This month we are featuring our Christmas cards! You'll love what you see tonight on our fancy blog hop. We also have a Pinterest board that you can follow. You might have just arrived from Susan's blog. I just love her beautiful style!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used the Alpine Adventure bundle of stamps and dies. I love the detail in these products. There are some terrific images of sleds, skis, snow shoes and little accents of holly, a wreath and jingle bells and bows to go with them. There are even three fun greetings! This bundle has everything you need for your Christmas cards.

I die cut the sled from a piece of the Wood Textures paper. I used two red prints from the Under the Mistletoe paper pack for the top of the card. I cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock, and spritzed it with the Frost White Shimmer Paint mixed with alcohol in a Stampin' Spritzer. It's hard to see in the pictures, but adds a nice shine in real life. I added a layer of Crumb Cake Cardstock under that. A wreath, red bow, stamped greeting die cut with the stitched label from the Farmhouse Framelits Dies and some Linen Thread complete the card. The card base was Thick Whisper White Cardstock.

I made a few of the same card, but with the second red print. Which is your favorite? I love the plaid one myself. I think I bought all of the paper packs I could that had plaid in them. Maybe it's my Scottish roots that make me love plaid so much?

I made a bonus card last night. I stamped the sled, presents and jingle bells and die cut them with the matching framelits. These were adhered to another shimmer spritzed piece of Whisper White Cardstock. I stamped the greeting in Night of Navy ink onto Real Red Cardstock along with the border image, and layered on the sled image. This was adhered with more Stampin' Dimensionals to the plaid layer on a Gray Granite card base. I piece of Night of Navy Medium Baker's Twine completed the card.

Here's a closeup of the card front. I also colored the red bow with the Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush for a little more shine.

Well, that is all for me today. But click on the button below to get to Jeanna and her fabulous project!

 

Product List

Alpine Adventure Photopolymer Bundle

Alpine Adventure Photopolymer Stamp Set

Alpine Sports Thinlits Dies

Farmhouse Framelits Dies

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper

Linen Thread

Night Of Navy Medium Baker's Twine

Frost White Shimmer Paint

Stampin' Spritzer

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

Stampin' Dimensionals