HOC WEEK 3: STAMPIN' UP! REINDEER DAYS CHRISTMAS CARDS

 

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas blog hop - a Monday night "institution" for the next few months!  We are all Stampin' Up! demonstrators in Australia, and are sharing inspiration for using Stampin' Up! products in your Christmas crafting.

There's a new Mini Catalogue coming out on 4th September.  We demonstrators have been able to pre-order the beautiful new products, and tonight I am sharing sneak peeks of some of the components of the Reindeer Days suite (my #1 "must have"  from the catalogue).  The feature of both of my cards is the Reindeer Days Designer Series Paper.  The sentiments were created with the Peaceful Season bundle - a fabulous mix of stamps and dies.

CARD #1:  

It was only after I'd finished, and photographed, this card that I noticed some stray ink on the "C".  I am embracing the beauty of imperfectly handmade!

The background panel of Real Red card is embossed with the new Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder.  I stamped "Happy" in Real Red ink on Basic White card, and "Christmas" in Granny Apple Green ink on Basic White card.  Both stamps, and the dies used to cut them out, are from the Peaceful Season bundle.

Check out the adorable Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints!  My favourite embellishment of the season, these will be added to LOTS of my Christmas cards. 😄

I cut a Basic White square, using a Stylish Shapes Die.  After embossing it with the Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder, I matted this piece on a slightly larger square of Garden Green card.

The reindeer was die-cut from Reindeer Days DSP, using a Reindeer Fun Die.  I couldn't resist adding a tiny Adhesive-Backed Peppermint to the reindeer's collar.

The bottom part of the card front is one of the Reindeer Days Designer Series Papers (from which I drew my colour scheme).  I adhered a thin strip of Garden Green card between the Real Red embossed panel, and the DSP panel, before gluing down the reindeer square.

A little strip of the same patterned paper was added inside the card, to a Basic White panel on which to write a message.

CARD #2:

The gorgeous Reindeer Days DSP does all the hard work on this card.  I am loving the colour combination of Granny Apple Green, Garden Green and Real Red.

Once again I've used the Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder, but this time on Granny Apple Green card.

I cut a Garden Green Deckled Rectangle, and a smaller Deckled Rectangle from the present-patterned paper.

The sentiment was stamped in Garden Green ink on Granny Apple Green card, and Real Red ink on Basic White card.  I cut out the words with co-ordinating dies from the Peaceful Season bundle.

The sparkly embellishments added to my card are new Drusy Adhesive-Backed Elements.  Very glimmery and textural!

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Andrea Sargent:

If the link doesn't work, or if you would like to see a comprehensive list of participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Sharon Davern's blog.  Sharon does a fantastic job of co-ordinating our Heart of Christmas blog hops.

Listed below are the current products I used on my cards.  I can't yet link to the new products, as they won't be in my online store until 4th September.  If you like any of the products I have highlighted in bold in my blog post, make sure to add them to your wish list!  

If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

While you're waiting for the new products to come out, you might like to check out the sale on this month, on some Designer Series Papers from the Annual Catalogue:

Product List

Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $20.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $20.25	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $19.75	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $20.25
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $15.75	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $15.75	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $53.00	Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173] $53.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50