Happy Sunday!
Today I’m sharing another quick and simple Christmas card idea using some of our pretty patterned paper. The first card is the one that I made for a recent team swap. I used products from the Storybook Gnomes suite from the Jul – Dec 2022 Stampin’ Up! mini catalogue along with the Artistically Inked stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! annual catalogue.
What is a swap?
So every other month my lovely Team Leader, Emma Goddard – The Coastal Crafter, holds a team Craft & Chat and for those who want to join in we do a swap. For a swap you make a set number of the same card / card front or 3D project and then swap them with the same number of people so you end up with a selection of different ideas and inspiration. This time fourteen of us took part and I love seeing the projects that that rest of the team come up with. Sometimes we have a theme but this time it was anything goes so I decided to make these quick and simple Christmas cards. If you would like to see the swaps I received I share them at the end the YouTube video that you can watch below.
In the photo above you can see all the swaps I made. I decided to make a card rather than just a card front so needed to make something quick and easy as I had fourteen cards to make. There are four gnomes in the Kindest Gnomes stamp set that I could have stamped and coloured but I used the co-ordinating Gnome dies to cut the gnomes from sheets in the Storybook Gnomes 12″ x 12″ designer series paper. Another designer in the paper pack was used to make a feature panel on the card front.
If you click on the image below you can see me create this version of these quick and simple Christmas card and the only change is the ribbon I used.
Supplies to make this quick and simple Christmas card
Stamps/Bundle:
Kindest Gnomes Bundle and Artistically Inked
Cardstock:
- Thick Basic White 10.5cm x 29.6cm scored at 14.8cm
- Basic White 10.2cm x 14.5cm plus a quarter sheet for die cutting and stamping
- Storybook Gnomes 12″ x 12″ dsp 7.5cm x 14.5cm
- Night of Navy 1cm x 10.5cm (x2)
Inks:
Night of Navy and Pool Party
Tools and Adhesives:
Stylish Shapes dies, Night of Navy twine (retired), Pool Party sheer ribbon, Iridescent Rhinestones, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Instructions :
- Cut and score card base
- Trim dsp and die cut gnomes
- Add Night of Navy strips to dsp panel
- Die cut square and stamp background in pool party
- Stamp sentiment in Night of Navy and die cut banner
- Glue gnomes in place and add to panel
- Add to white layer and tie twine or ribbon around panel
- The sentiment banner is added with dimensionals
- Glue panel to front of card base
- Finally add gems to add a bit of sparkle
You can see that for my swaps I added some Night of Navy twine but this has sadly retired to for the other version, I used some of the gorgeous Pool Party sheer ribbon. If you would like to watch me make this version of these quick and simple Christmas card and see the swaps I received you can click below.
Thank you for visiting my blog today, I hope you like these cards as much as I do. They were a lot of fun to make and quick too so are great for making multiples. I would love to know what you think so leave me a comment. As usual I’ve listed all the current products I used below. If you click on the images you will go directly to that item in my Stampin’ Up! on line store. Click here if you would like to read about how easy it is to shop with me 24/7.
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As always, thanks for stopping by and remember to keep it crafty.
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