Merry Christmas – Stampin' in the Meadows

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

Good Morning and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! How are you doing with your Christmas cards? Here’s a simple but elegant card using the beautiful Stampin’ Up! Merry Christmas stamp and the Peaceful Garden designer series paper. You can find the supplies I used along with card stock cuts at the bottom of my post.

We have a theme challenge this week:

Adhere a panel of Peaceful Garden designer series paper to a Cloud Cover glimmer paper mat and then to the front of a Cloud Cover card base with liquid glue.

Stamp the Stampin’ Up! Merry Christmas stamp on a Cloud Cover panel of Peaceful Garden DSP using Secret Sea ink and cut it out with the third largest Branching Out rectangle die. Cut a Secret Sea glimmer paper panel with the second largest Branching Out rectangle die and adhere it to the back of the label. Adhere the label to the card with liquid glue.

Cut the dove from Basic White using the Peace On Earth dies and brush it with Wink of Stella so it sparkles. Adhere it to the card with dimensionals. Finish with silver druzy gems.

For the inside, stamp the sentiment from the Bauble Blooms stamp set using Secret Sea ink on a Basic White panel. Trim the side with DSP and adhere the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

The Stampin’ Up! Merry Christmas stamp is an elegant companion to any gorgeous Christmas designer series paper. Touches of glimmer paper to add sparkle and shine to make your card extra special.

On with the Hop! Click on the Next Blog button to move forward to see the beautiful project Tara Carpenter has created.

If you get lost along the way, here are the participants for the hop:

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

Akiko

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

Cloud Cover – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base, scored at 4-1/4″Peaceful Garden Gli
Peaceful Garden Glimmer – 3-7/8″ x 5-1/1″ (DSP mat), 3-1/2″ x 5″ (die cut mat)
Basic White – 3-3/4″ x 5″ (inside panel), 2″ x 2-1/2″ (die cut dove)
Peaceful Garden DSP – 3-3/4″ x 5″ (front background), 3-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ (label), 1″ x 3-3/4″ (inside trim)