HOC WEEK 12: STAMPIN' UP! GREETINGS OF THE SEASON CHRISTMAS CARDS

 

I've been away for a few weeks, having an incredible time in Spain and Portugal, and must admit to finding it VERY hard to get enthusiastic about my "real" life again!  However, things must return to normal, so I'm back to share a couple of Christmas cards, for this week's Heart of Christmas blog hop.  A group of us, all Stampin' Up! demonstrators in Australia, share Christmas creations every Monday night until the end of November, to give you ideas for using Stampin' Up! products in your own Christmas crafting.

The two cards I am sharing this week were made with the Greetings of the Season bundle, which is comprised of a stamp set of beautiful greetings, along with a range of tag dies.  The Season of Green & Gold Designer Series Papers, Graceful Greenery Vellum, and Golden Greenery Dies, all go beautifully with the bundle.  I've used the same basic layout for my two cards, achieving slightly different looks by mixing up the elements.

CARD #1: 

To a Very Vanilla card base, I adhered a layer of leafy DSP with lovely gold accents in the leaves.  I cut a Very Vanilla large tag, and added a small piece of gold and vanilla DSP to the bottom portion. (This piece had been cut with the same tag die, to allow the pierced border to be lined up on both layers.)  A thin strip of Gold Glimmer Paper was added to the join.

I used Golden Greenery Dies to cut some foliage from Gold Adhesive-Backed Glimmer Paper (this was an Online Exclusive product, but is unfortunately no longer available).  Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon was used for my bow, that I attached with Glue Dots.

Here's a clearer view of the beautiful gold-embossed sentiment.  The bells were die-cut from the Season of Green & Gold DSP, using co-ordinating Golden Greenery Dies.  I fussy-cut the bow from the DSP, and glued both pieces to the tag.

CARD #2:

I have again used a Very Vanilla card base, but this time added a Mossy Meadow card layer between the card base and the Designer Series Papers.  The two panels of DSP were sponged (around the edges) with Mossy Meadow ink, before being adhered to the card mat. 

The foliage cluster is a mix of Season of Green & Gold DSP, Graceful Greenery Vellum, and Gold Adhesive-Backed Glimmer Paper, all cut with Golden Greenery Dies.  I used Old Olive ink, and a Blending Brush, to colour one of the sprigs of foliage cut from vellum.

The bow is Cream Woven Ribbon, coloured with Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends (I first tried the Light tone, then coloured over it with the Dark).

Here's a close-up of the lovely gold-embossed sentiment.  For this card, I also cut the tag from Very Vanilla card, and added a piece of DSP that I'd cut using the bottom portion of the tag die.

Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems were my embellishment of choice for this card.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Rachel Woollard:

If the link is broken, or if you would like to see a list of participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Sharon Davern's blog.  Sharon does a wonderful job of co-ordinating our Heart of Christmas blog hops.

Listed below are all the current products I used to make my cards.  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.

Product List

Greetings Of The Season Bundle (English) [164113] $90.00	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $23.00	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $20.25	Season Of Green & Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [164324] $29.00	Graceful Greenery Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [164118] $17.50
Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [165678] $37.00	Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $15.75	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $15.75
Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Golden Greenery Dies [164116] $68.00	Paper Snips [103579] $21.00	Very Vanilla 3/4" (1.9 Cm) Satin Ribbon [164120] $17.50
Cream 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Woven Ribbon [164143] $16.75	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154890] $19.25	Adhesive Backed Metallic Gems [163780] $15.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75