More Stampin’ Up! Merry Christmas Cards

Good Morning and Happy Halloween! Yesterday I used the Stampin’ Up! Merry Christmas stamp with the Peaceful Garden designer series paper and Branching Out dies to make a simple Christmas card. Today I have variations on the same design using other pretty Christmas themed papers, both current and retired. Here’s the link to yesterday’s card where I have the card stock cuts which are basically the same for today’s cards.

For the first card, I used the beautiful Real Red and gold poinsettia paper for the background on a gold foil mat and a Real Red card base. I stamped the sentiment using Real Red ink on Basic White and matted it on Real Red card stock. I simply accented the sentiment with a bow made with the pretty shiny Real Red ribbon and gold sparkling sequins.

For the second alternative, I used the beautiful retired Season of Green and Gold specialty DSP from last year. I matted it with some retired gold glimmer paper and used a Garden Green card base. I stamped the beautiful sentiment in Garden Green ink on Basic white and matted it with more gold glimmer paper. I fussy cut part of a leaf cluster and die cut a small bell and adhered them to the corner and finished with Old Olive sparkling sequins.

For the insides I simply trimmed a basic white panel with the same pretty DSP as the front background and stamped the sentiment from the Bauble Blooms stamp set using the same ink as the front sentiment.

The Stampin’ Up! Merry Christmas stamp is so elegant and can easily be adapted to any pretty Christmas DSP and embellishments you have on hand. Check yesterday’s blog post (link at the top) for the card stock cuts and product links.

And have a fun and safe Halloween! My haunted house is set up in my window sill and my jack o’lanterns are on the porch. I’ll be handing out candy to the trick or treaters that come to my door.

Akiko