We had a Christmas Stamp-a-stack last week, I know it’s only the beginning of March, but that also means we’re a quarter of the way through the year! I send out over 80 Christmas Cards a year, so really that means I should be making about 7 cards a month at a minimum to stop the last minute panic, so far this year I’ve made 23 so I’m on track (sort of) plus I have a few left over from last year that didn’t get sent, so my tally for the year might be closer to 30………watch this space I might be getting organised which is seriously scary in itself!
I love using non Christmas stamps for Christmas cards, the flowers from Petite Petals work wonderful to create a wreath topped with some Cherry Cobbler seam binding and basic rhinestones. The background is stamped with the new Hardwood stamp in Soft Suede ink from the Occasions Catalogue, which is the most beautiful woodgrain. The circle is cut with one of the circle framelits and the sentiment is from Delightful Dozen.
The next card was my favourite of the morning, I was naughty as I used a retired stamp to make it, I so loved this set and felt I didn’t get time amidst the Christmas melee to do it justice. There aren’t many sets I keep after they retire, but this is one, Santa’s List, is definitely one of them. The belt buckle is made using a strip of inch wide black card stock, layered with a piece of silver glimmer paper cut with another retired punch (my bad I totally hadn’t realised that this one had retired!) and then a one inch punch of black card stock as the final layer.
The final card we made was using Everything Eleanor and the Christmas Collectibles stamp set and co-ordinating punch. The ornaments were popped up on Dimensionals and adorned with either basic rhinestones or a box from the silver ribbon that was so popular in the Holiday Catalogue, it is now also in the Occasions Catalogue as well. The colours for the ornaments and ‘tree’ was taken straight from the designer series paper matting the front panel, I love how Stampin’ Up! products all co-ordinate so well!
Which is your favourite card from the class? If you want to join us for our next Christmas Stamp-a-stack keep an eye on my events list.
