Another Christmas Card design

Several weeks ago I started making Christmas Cards, I am going to post them as I complete them so here's another one that I came up with. I love the dry embossed poinsettias in the background with the stark contrast of the cherry flower against the white. It seems to pop off the card. This is a very easy card to make, the hardest part is waiting for the smooch spray to dry on the flower so the rest of the card can be assembled.

• The base of the card is cherry cobbler 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 folded in half.
• Then I took a piece of white card stock 4 x 3 1/4" and ran it through the Big Shot with the petals a plenty ef.
• The flower is made by using the 5 petal flower punch. I used the paper snips to cut into the center a little bit more between each of the petals and then did an embossing line right down the middle of each petal and leaf. I then folded each petal and gave it a good pinch. I used stickles in gold for the 3 dots in the center then sprayed them with smooch spray and let them dry overnight. 
• The old olive piece 4 x 2" is stamped with the sentiment in cherry cobler  ink.
• The dsp is Jolly Holiday (retired). 1 1/8" piece on top and a 1" piece on the bottom both punched with the scallop trim border punch.
• Then a strip of cherry cobbler cs punched with the dotted ribbon border punch and adhered to the seam.

Supplies:

Stamps: Heard From the Heart
Paper: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White,  Jolly Holiday dsp (retired)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Tools:  5 Petal Flower Punch, Petals a Plenty embossing folder, Scallop Trim Border punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Big Shot, Stylus, Smooch Spray

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2nd Christmas Card

Here it is, similar to the other one but different. I still have quite a bit of the Holly Jolly Chirstmas dsp, which is lovely, but I want you to know that a pack of designer series paper has a lot of paper in them. I have used this for two projects in my classes and lots of personal projects and I still have full sheets. You really get your moneys worth when you get a pack of it.

The poinsettia is the star of this card, the embossed flowers in the background are more subtle because I did nothing to highlight them so the big flower really pops. A simple sentiment and the dotted ribbon border, which turns any cardstock into a ribbon, which I love, it keeps it flat for mailing. Speaking of that, when my husband saw this card he said, how's that going to mail. Beautifully. The flower completeing flattens out and it will slip into an envelope very easily and when your recipient receives it they can leave it like it comes or you could include a little instruction sheet in the card to pinch each leaf for more 3 d effect. These little flowers hold up, they are strong. and they sparkle real nice in real life as they have a coating of smooch spray on them.

I used Stickles for the 3 centers on this but you could use small gold brads, or basic jewels, or even card stock punched out with the smallest of our circle punches 1/16".

Supplies:

Stamps: Contempo Christmas

Paper: Card stoce Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, whisper white, and Holly Jolly dsp

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Tools: Big Shot, Petals-a-plenty embossing folder, 5 petal flower punch, Scallop border punch, Dotted scallop ribbon border punch

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First Christmas Card of the Season

Here it is July and I have made my first Christmas Card. I always mean to do this but do I actually do it? Well, yes but not until October or November. I remember the year that we moved from Maryland to Wisconsin on October 25, I thought that year I probably wasn't even going to make Christmas cards at all and that year I managed to stamp 85 cards. I was so happy. This card is a little more involved and since then the Big Shot has come along, I can hardly make a card any more without it. Embossing and die cutting add so much to cards these days.

This is a pretty straight forward card, you can tell what I did by just looking at it, except you may have questions about that pretty little poinsettia. I wish you could see it in person. I sprayed it with smooch spray and it shines so pretty but you know that pictures don't pick that up very well.

The flower is made by using the 5 petal flower punch. I used the paper snips to cut into the center a little bit more between each of the petals and then did an embossing line right down the middle of each petal and leaf. I then folded each petal and gave it a good pinch. I used stickles in gold for the 3 dots in the center then sprayed them with smooch spray and let them dry overnight. I suppose an hour would do fine. Then I assembled the rest of the card.

Supplies:

Stamps: Petite Pairs (Brand new)

Paper: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Holly Jolly dsp (retired)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler markers

Tools: Top Note Die, 5 Petal Flower Punch, Petals a Plenty embossing folder, Small oval, large oval and scallop oval punch

Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place. If you have any questions contact me at me email on the right side bar. I will be posting 2 more variations of this card later this week.