Posted on Leave a comment

SANTA EXPRESS

The Santa Express Suite is such a fun collection of new products.

SANTA EXPRESS SUITE COLLECTION (ENGLISH)

The card started with a Shaded Spruce base. Then a tied a small bow in a length of Iridescent Trim and wrapped it around a piece of patterned paper from the Santa Express 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper. The DSP was then attached to the card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The Christmas greetings and images were stamped before being cut using the Stitched Rectangles Dies. A few dimensionals later and the greetings were up on the card front.

For this W card I cut a 11-1/2″x 1-1/2″ piece of Poppy Parade cardstock and scored it into 4 even sections.

I cut four 2-1/2″ squares in Basic White cardstock and stamped Santa’s engine and three carriages using Mementto Jet Black ink. Then I used a variety of Stampin’ Blends pens to colour the images – Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Poppy Parade, Petal Pink, Granny Apple Green, Evening Evergreen, Shaded Spruce, Basic Gray and Mint Macaron.

A piece of Shaded Spruce was cut and placed inside the card as a pocket for the Basic White tag to sit inside.

Using a small scrap of Basic Gray cardstock, I die cut the lttle puffs of smoke to drift from the engine stack.

A few Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels to add some bling was the final step.

Who knows what tomorrow might bring.

Until then, happy stamping.

Posted on Leave a comment

ANOTHER CHRISTMAS IN JULY CARD TO SHARE

I chose the Cottage Wreaths Bundle for this card. It has such a classic Christmas look.

This card stated with a base made from Garden Green cardstock and a piece of patterned paper from the Sweetest Christmas 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper

Using Soft Suede, I stamped the twigs wreath before stamping the leaves wreath in Soft Succulent. Then I the individual leaves using Garden Green. Finally, the cluster of three berries were stamped in Sweet Sorbet.

The Christmas greeting was also stamped using Sweet Sorbet.

I used the Layering Circles Dies to cut the stamped Basic White panel. A scalloped circle die was used to cut the Garden Green piece. These were then adhered together before having Stampn’ Dimensionals attached so that it could be popped up on the card front.

The last step was to use the Country Wreaths Dies to cut the bow that I added to the wreath.

I think that I will go back and add some Pearlised Enamel Effects Basics to the stamped cluster of berries. What do you think?

Another card tomorrow.

Until then, happy stamping.

Posted on Leave a comment

WEEKEND OVER & TIME FOR A CHRISTMAS IN JULY PROJECT

This card was one of my sample cards from a recent 2022 July – December Mini Catalogue Launch Event.

I decided to use the Christmas Banners Bundle and the Lights Aglow 6″x 6″ Specialty Paper.

I adhered a layer of the Lights Aglow Specialty Paper to a Very Vanilla card base.

Then I used Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent cardstock to cut the leaf elements from the Christmas Banner Dies.

I stamped the Season’s Greetings banner before the greeting, which I stamped in Sweet Sorbet. Then I used some Clear Wink of Stellar to add a little bling to the Evening Evergreen areas.

The leaf branches were secured behind the banner and then lots of Stampin’ Dimensionals were placed behind this collection. After peeling off the backings, I was able to postion the banner and leaves securely.

This paper design, from the Lights Aglow Specialty Paper , is one of my Christmas favourites.

I could have added some Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels for a little extra bling.

This is a fairly easy card to make – great for someone with a little stamping experience. What do you think?

Tomorrow I will another Christmas in July card for you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25