Heart of Christmas Week 8 – Season of Elegance

Heart of Christmas Week 8 – Season of Elegance

When time is short but you still want that handmade touch, there are plenty of ways to create quick and easy Christmas cards.

You can use card kits, add ephemera pieces from specialty paper packs, or mass-produce one simple design. Today I have used another favourite method: a large sentiment stamp combined with stunning Designer Series Paper and a few sparkly embellishments.

With just a handful of products, you can make a whole stack of cards in one sitting!

Quick and Elegant Christmas Cards in Red and Gold

My colour combination is classic and simple: Real Red, Gold and white

I’ve used just a few favourite products to create these elegant designs:

  • The red and gold DSP pattern from the Season of Elegance 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper
  • Gold Foil
  • The large Merry Christmas Stamp, inked in Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad
  • Traditional Sparkling Sequins in gold and red for a little extra sparkle
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For this card the “Merry Christmas” sentiment was fussy cut to highlight the gorgeous scripted font of the sentiment.

While for this card I did not fussy cut the sentiment, instead layering it onto gold foil to for a clean, classic finish.

You could use this large “Merry Christmas” stamp with any Christmas DSP, varying the ink colour and embellishment to match the colours in the DSP.

Take a look at some more Christmas Card inspiration

Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Kate Morgan. I can’t wait to see what Kate has made this week!

If the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants go to Sharon Davern‘s blog. Sharon does an amazing job of hosting our Heart of Christmas blog every Monday. 

Our AWH team will be back on Wednesday night, showcasing Granny Apple Green on our Insta Hop. I hope you can join us then!

 

 

 



Day 15 of the 30-Day Christmas Card Making Challenge

Day 15 of the 30-Day Christmas Card Making Challenge

We’re halfway through the 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge and the challenge for Day 15 is “Twinkle Twinkle”.

I’ve combined something old (the Merriest Tree stamp set & dies and the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder) with something new (the Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Brushed Silver & Gold Foil Specialty Paper) to make today’s Christmas card.

The “Twinkle, Twinkle” element of my card is the lovely stars that top each tree, decorate the gold foil tree and are scattered on the embossed background. These are all created using Merriest Tree dies to die cut Brushed Gold Foil Specialty Paper with an adhesive sheet attached to turn the die cuts into stickers.

I’ve also used the adhesive backed gold foil to die cut strings of lights for the tree on the right and for the baubles on the middle tree. A strip of striped DSP from the Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper finishes off the bottom of the card.

I’ll be tomorrow I’ll be back tomorrow with another “30 Days of Christmas” Christmas card.

I hope you can join me then.



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