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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

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I love Christmas cards.  I love making them and I love getting them especially when they are homemade.  If you haven’t started your cards after my Twelve Days of Christmas Series I did November 1st – 12th, then you need to get moving (yes, I am bossy!).  Just in case you need another idea, here is a card using the stamp called Merry Little Christmas.   I stamped the background using the snowflakes from Festive Flurry in Illuminate Ink.  I love that ink for snowflakes because it gives them a little shine.  The shape on the top of the card was cut out in Marina Mist and Silver Glimmer Paper using a Big Shot die called Oval Accent Bigz Clear.  If you cut it exactly in half you can make two cards with this design.  I topped off the card with a Frosted Finishes Embellishment.  These are so beautiful in person and is hard to capture in a picture.  They just sparkle and shine when the light hits them.

The Open Sea Flip Card

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Front Of Card

Inside Of Card

Inside Of Card

I really love Stampin Up’s Flip Card Thinlits.  There are two of them available.  One is a Circle Flip Card and one is a Label Flip Card.  The card above uses the Circle.  The best part of these Thinlits is that they make creating a flip card so easy.  I made a couple of them in the past by hand and it took a lot to cut and score in the right places.  It was not something I would do every often.  I actually had a  two hour class once showing the attendees how to make one by hand.  Now you can make them in a matter of minutes.

I used a couple of different stamps with this card.  The ship is from The Open Sea.  The banner inside is a Hostess Set called Banner Greetings and the chevrons are actually a huge background stamp called Postively Chevron.

Wonderfall Thank You

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Here is a Fall thank you card that I made using the stamp set called Wonderfall and one of the new Photopolymer Stamp Sets called Another Thank You.  The best thing I like about the Photopolymer sets is that you can see exactly where you are stamping and you don’t need to use your Stamp-a-ma-jig to line things up (although I do love my Stamp-a-ma-jig because it is so easy).  After you ink the stamp, you can place it exactly where you want to.   I was able to stamp the heart in the middle of the “o” precisely where I wanted it.  I love that about them!

The Twelve Days Of Christmas – Day 6

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Welcome the the sixth day of The Twelve Days Of Christmas Series.  I hope you are enjoying seeing all the different Christmas Cards you can make quickly and easily.

This card uses the stamp set called Serene Silhouettes.  The greeting is from the set called Petite Pairs.  All you need to do to make this card is use your Real Red Marker to color the birds.  Then use your Early Expresso Marker to color the branches.  Huff on your stamp and stamp it on Whisper White card stock.  Then stamp your greeting in Real Red and put your card together.  It can’t get much simpler than that!  Easy!

The Twelve Days Of Christmas – Day Five

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Welcome to the fifth day of the Twelve Days of Christmas.  I hope you are enjoying this series that shows you how to make simple but pretty Christmas Cards.

This card uses the stamp set called Lovely As A Tree.  This set has been around the longest of any of the sets from Stampin Up! because it is still one of the prettiest.  The greeting is from Greetings of the Season which is not in any of the catalogs but is still available for purchase.

To make this card, stamp the tree in Versamark.  Sprinkle White Embossing Powder on it and heat with your Heat Tool until set.  Stamp your greeting in Midnight Muse.  Take a Stampin Sponge and tap it on the Midnight Muse Ink pad and rub over the trees until you get the darkness you wish.  Wipe off the ink that is on the trees and put your card together.  Easy!

 

The Twelve Days Of Christmas – Day Four

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Welcome to Day Four of the Twelve Days of Christmas Series.  If you have been following this series you will see that some of the cards are very simple and some are just simple, but none of them are very complicated.  No more excuses as to why you can’t make your own Christmas Cards!

This card uses the stamp set called Daydream Medallions.  It has matching Framelits called Floral Frames.  Stamp the wreath in Gumball Green and cut it out using the framelits in your Big Shot.  Then punch out the center of the wreath with 1 3/4″ Circle Punch.  Back the center with a small piece of Gumball Green card stock.  Stamp Merry Christmas from the stamp set called Greetings of the Season.  Add red Candy Dots and put your card together.  Easy!

The Twelve Days Of Christmas – Day Three

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Welcome to Day Three of The Twelve Days of Christmas Series.  The point of this series is to show you how to make Christmas Cards that are not elaborate but still are pretty enough to send out.

As you can see from this card, it has very little stamping.  The only thing you stamp is the greeting in Real Red.  The greeting is from the stamp set called (appropriately enough) Greetings of the Season.  This card uses a set of Framelits called Holiday Ornaments.  This set is not in the catalog but is still available for purchase.

To put this card together, cut out the ornament using the Holidays Ornaments Framelit in Whisper White card stock.  Then run it through the Big Shot using the embossing folder called Stylish Stripes. Put a piece of Silver Glimmer Paper (3.5 x 2.25) behind the card stock.  Stamp your greeting and cut into a banner.  Tie your ribbon (1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon in Real Red) and put the card together.  Easy!

The Twelve Days Of Christmas – Day Two

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Welcome to Day Two of the Twelve Days of Christmas Series.  The point of this series is to show you how easy it is to make your own Christmas Cards.  No more excuses about not having enough time.  You do have the time!

This card uses the stamp set called Evergreen.  It is not in any catalog but is still available for purchase.  You stamp the tree in Night of Navy and then stamp the outline of the tree in the silver Metallic Encore Ink Pad.  The greeting is from the set called More Merry Messages.  It is not in the catalog but is still available for purchase.  The next step is to take a piece of Brushed Silver card stock (3.25 x 4.75) and punch out one end using the Scallop Trim Border Punch.

Then you just put it all together!  Easy!

The Twelve Days Of Christmas – Day One

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Today is the first day of the Twelve Days Of Christmas.  Starting today and for the next 11 days, I will be posting a Christmas Card that is easy to make.  The point of this series is to show you that it is not hard to make your own cards.  If you start today and make a couple of cards a day, you will finish them in no time at all.

Today’s card uses the stamp set called Festive Flurry.  It has a matching Framelits also called Festive Flurry.  If buy both you will save 15% on the Bundle.  The “Peace” is from the set called Greetings of the Season.  This set is not in the catalog but is still available for purchase.

To make this card you just stamp the smallest snowflake in Midnight Muse and then cut it out using the matching Framelit.  Then you stamp the same snowflake in Soft Sky on the Whisper White, stamp the greeting in Midnight Muse and just put the card together.  Easy!

The Twelve Days Of Christmas

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I have been a Stampin Up! Demonstrator since 2008.  During this time, I have heard over and over again how making your own Christmas card takes too long and is too involved.  I have decided to help those stampers who feel this way by showing them how to make simple, yet pretty, Christmas cards.

Beginning tomorrow, I am going to be posting some examples of Christmas cards that are easy to make.  A couple of them have only one layer, yet I think they are elegant enough to send out as your annual card.  Some only have two layers but others may have more.  None of them are very complicated.  Each day, for twelve days, I will post a new card.  Feel free to use any of the designs as your own.  I won’t tell!

I hope you enjoy my Twelve Days of Christmas.  Oh, and by the way, this takes away your excuse for making Christmas cards this year so get moving!