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Monochromatic Noel
Designed by: Meridith Ethington
Stamps: Glad Tidings, In the Background, and Snow Flurry
Paper: Bazzill Monochromatic Yellow/Green pack and misc. ivory cardstock
Ink: Stampin Up Old Olive, AMM Paper Stain Caramel, and Versamark Watermark pad
Ribbon:We R Memory Keepers
Directions:
1. Cut out 3 ivory, and 3 green (Bazzill Pickle) cardstock squares approximately 1 5/8" x 1 9/16"
2. Using the Glad Tidings set, stamp 3 hanging pinecones with Old Olive ink onto one ivory square, "Noel" onto another ivory square, and the holly and flourish borders onto the third square. Sponge the edges with the paper stain ink.
3. Using the In the Background set, stamp the swirls with Versamark watermark onto one of the green squares, Snowflurry Simply Single onto another square, and the holly leaf from Glad Tidings onto the last green square. Sponge the edges of the green squares with Old Olive.
4. Making sure the squares butt up against each other tightly, mount them onto a piece of Bazzill Bamboo Green (approximately 3 6/16"x 4 3/4") 5. Tie red ribbon around the mounted squares between the first and second row of squares.
5. Mount onto pre-trimmed out Bazzill green Lilly Pad standard-size card.
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Baby, it's Cold!
Designed by: Kirsten DuBosque
Stamps: Christmas in the City
Paper: Stampin Up Snowflake Paper. Cardstock in Blue Bayou and Soft Sky
Ink: Stampin Up Blue Bayou, White Craft, River Rock
Other: White Embossing Powder, Stampin Up Slit and 1/8 Circle Punches, Square Metal Edged Tag, Stampin Up ribbon, Heidi Swapp chipboard, Stampin Up Cutter Kit, Sponge, Brown marker
Directions:
1. Fold 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 CS in half and set aside. Cut lg white layer at 5 1/4 x 3 1/4, Blue Bayou lg layer at 5 1/8 x 3 1/8, and lg Soft Sky layer at 5 x 3.
2. Stamp hot chocolate stamp on tag, and then on a scrap of Soft Sky. Cut out of Sky CS the cup, minus the handle and steam, and color in "cocoa" with brown marker. Mount with a dimensional onto tag. Add shadow under mug with River Rock ink pad and Aqua Painter. Set aside.
3. Stamp snowflakes in White Craft ink, and emboss with White EP. Lightly sponge with Blue Bayou ink on snowflakes and edge of piece. Layer on lg Blue Bayou layer, and then on White layer (that you had previously distressed with Cutter Kit). Adhere to card base with dimensionals, as shown.
4. Stamp sentiment along the edge of lg layers in Blue Bayou ink. Punch right side of base with Slit and 1/8 punches, and add ribbon as shown. Adhere "COLD" letters and tag as shown.
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Season's Greetings
Designed by: Trudee Sauer
Stamps: Joy to the World
Ink: Ranger Pitch Black Adirondack
Paper: Shimmery Poison Ivory (arjo wiggins), Stampin Up Wild Wasabi, black
Accessories: Dimensionals, Copic markers, silver cord, silver brads, ticket corner punch
Directions:
1. Adhere 4 small images to clear block, and stamp repeatedly in black ink across top and bottom of card front.
2. Stamp block of images and greeting on rectangular panel, trim, and clip with ticket corner punch.
3. Color all images with Copic markers.
4. Layer focal panel with black and wasabi cardstock, leaving 1/8"
border for each. Add silver brads.
5. Wrap silver cord around middle of card, and adhere focal image on dimensionals.
Finished card is standard 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.
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Flocked Santa
Designed by: Tricia Ulberg
Stamps: Holiday Cheer, Shapes and Stitches, and Santa
Ink: Stampin Up Wild Wasabi, Real Red, and Black
Cardstock: Stampin Up Wild Wasabi, White, Red
Accessories: Red and White Fun Flock by Stampendous, Ribbon by Making Memories, Marvy giga scallop oval punch, corner punch, copper spiral clip, copper brads, glitter, chalks, craft glue, pop-dots.
Directions:
1. Stamp Santa image on white cardstock. Chalk his face and cheeks. Then using craft glue with a pointy tip, fill in the hat with glue. Sprinkle red Fun Flock over hat (do the RED Fun Flock before the white!) Shake off excess flock. Then fill in the hat brim, the puff ball on the hat, and Santa's mustache with glue and sprinkle on white Fun Flock. Shake off excess flock.
2. After the Santa is completely dry, punch him out with the Marvy giga scallop oval punch. Use glue and white Fun Flock to accent edges of scallop. Let dry again.
3. Stamp various images from the Holiday Cheer and Shapes and Stitches sets in green ink on to a green card.
4. Layer a focal panel behind the Santa scallop with red and white cardstock, using a corner punch to clip the edges of the red piece. Put copper brads in each corner. Adhere to front of card.
6. Make a bow with wide ribbon and glue to the side of the Santa.
7. Stamp Ho Ho Ho! in red ink on white paper and cut out. Frame with green cardstock. Clip on to the ribbon with the copper spiral clip.
8. Stamp a star on to green cardstock, cut out, add some glitter, and slide into the spiral clip.
Finished card is standard 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.
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Wreath Window Card
Designed by: Sherry Cheever
Stamps: Christmas in the City
Paper: Stampin Up Soft Sky and Chocolate Chip,and Basic Grey Figgy Pudding
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Stampin Up Chocolate Chip
Other: Copic Ciao Markers, Sewing Machine, Mounting Tape, Ribbon, Brad, Copic Red Spica Marker
Directions:
Stamp the main image on white cardstock and color with copic markers. Trim the image and mount on a square of patterned paper. Punch one square of patterned paper using the Scalloped Square Uchida Giga Punch and another square of patterned paper using the plain Square Uchida Mega Punch. Glue the bottom 2 squares together and mount the top 2 squares on the base with mounting tape.
The card is 5-1/2 x 4-1/4"' and is made with SU Soft Sky cardstock. Cut a piece of SU Chocolate Chip cardstock 5-3/8 x 4-1/8" as a background panel to sew on. Cut pieces of patterned paper to fit on the Chocolate Chip cardstock leaving an 1/8" border. Sew the patterned paper to the Chocolate Chip cardstock.
Stamp sentiment on scrap of patterned paper and round the edge with circle punch. Glue to scrap of Chocolate Chip, once again rounding the edge with circle punch. Attached to card front panel with a brad and fold extra edge around and to the back of the chocolate chip panel. Tie ribbon around panel. Using adhesive, tape completed front panel to the card front. Place the top image panel on the card front with mounting tape.
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Christmas Tree Pocket Card
Designed by: Michelle Wooderson
Stamps: Glad Tidings
Ink: Dew Drop Versamagic Spanish Olive, Dew Drop Brilliance Pearlescent Olive, black ink
Paper: Stampin' Up! River Rock and True Thyme, Basic Grey Figgy Pudding
Other: Stampin' Up Kraft ribbon, Silver Cord, Word Window Punch, Dimensional pop dots, ticket corner punch; brown eyelet, corner rounder, Spellbinder's Square and Scallop Square Die Templates, white envelope, sewing machine and white thread, white cardstock
Directions:
Instructions: Cut card base cardstock to 4.25" x 11". Fold in half. Score and fold 1.25" in from one short end. Cut 4" x 4" piece of patterned paper. Adhere to card front under front fold.
1. Machine stitch around 3 sides of folded card to form a pocket. Tie ribbon around entire card. Stamp *merry christmas* with black ink and punch out with word window punch. Attach eyelet and tie to ribbon with silver cord.
2. Stamp trees on white cardstock two times using both colors of ink.
3. Cut square with Spellbinder's Square Die Template then trim corners with ticket corner punch. Cut True Thyme scallop square from Spellbinder's Scallop Square Die Template. Adhere under main image piece. Attach dimensionals to back and adhere to card front.
4. For pocket insert, cut white cardstock to 3-5/8" x 4-3/4". Round corners on top two corners only. Stamp holly border along the top with Spanish Olive ink. Insert into card pocket. Stamp holly border along bottom front of envelope with Spanish Olive Ink.
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