Happy Sunday!
Today I want to show you how to use patterned paper to make some really gorgeous Christmas cards. The paper I chose for these cards is Lights Aglow 6″ x 6″ Speciality Designer Series Paper from the Jul – Dec 2022 Stampin’ Up! mini catalogue. It is so pretty!
The first card was my entry for last week’s Global Design Project theme challenge – Winter #GDP371. So you can imagine my delight when on Monday I found out it had been selected as one of the three winners. So exciting! It’s funny really because it was made from bits left over from the first card I made, which you can see below.
Another gorgeous Christmas card
This next card was designed for another challenge – this one was a sketch challenge set by my lovely friend and Team Leader, Emma Goddard, in her Facebook group The Stamping Cove. Every month this year she has set us (the Design Team) a challenge and I’ve really enjoyed taking part along with the rest of the amazingly talented design team.
For all the cards, I start with a card base of Evening Evergreen because I think it goes beautifully with the Lights Aglow 6″ x 6″ specialty designer series paper. To highlight the gold in the paper I add a bit of gold foil, trim or ribbon. After cutting and gluing the pinecone layers together I trimmed them to use on two cards rather than using the whole thing on one card. I don’t know about you but I always think heat embossing adds a touch of elegance to projects so the sentiments are heat embossed in white on more Evening Evergreen. Tiny red pearls add a splash of additional colour.
Two more gorgeous Christmas cards
In the video later in this post I show you how easy it is to make two more gorgeous christmas cards using the same layout, although I do change it up a little as I like to make each of my handmade cards individual.
For two of the cards I added one of the Textural Elements. The first time I added colour with an Evening Evergreen Stampin’ Blend and Pearlized Enamel Effects Basics in Real Red and the second time I heat embossed in gold. They both look great don’t they?
Supplies you need to make these gorgeous christmas cards
Stamps / Bundle:
Christmas to Remember and Christmas Pinecone dies
Cardstock:
- Evening Evergreen 14.8cm x 21cm scored @ 10.5cm
- Basic White 10cm x 14.3cm
- Lights Aglow 6″ x 6″ Specialty designer series paper
- Basic White and Soft Succulent quarter sheet for die cutting
- Early Espresso scrap
- Gold Foil and Basic White strips
Inks:
Evening Evergreen, Versamark
Accessories:
White and Gold Emboss powder, Simply Elegant Trim, Gold Shimmer and Gold Satin Edged Ribbon, Textural Elements, Pearlised Enamel Effect Basics, Red & Green Adhesive Backed Pearls, Stampin’ Blends – Evening Evergreen
Tools and Adhesives:
Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Tear & Tape, Glue Dots, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
These are all gorgeous Christmas cards (in my humble opinion). What do you think?
If you would like to watch me make the two cards above click on the video below. After I stopped filming I changed the pearls on the last card from gold to red and think it looks much nicer.
As always I’ve listed all the current products used below and you can buy them in my Stampin’ Up! online shop. If you would like more information about shopping with me click this link.
That’s all from me today, as always thanks for stopping by and remember to keep it crafty.
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