Christmas Stocking

Here is a clean and simple Christmas card, using traditional colors and symbols. I divided my card front with score lines and then filled the spaces with designer series paper and stamps. Thoughts? 

Stamps:

   Hang Your Stocking

   A Cardinal Christmas

Paper:

   Basic White A-2, 5-1/4 x 4 (Inside)

   Quilted Christmas DSP 2-1/4 x 3/4 (2), 2 x 3/4

Ink:

   Real Red

   Garden Green

   Tuxedo Black Memento

Technique:

   Scored Lines

Accessories:

   Christmas Stockings Thinlits Dies

   December 2015 Washi Tape

   Dimensionals

   Adhesive

First, I scored a few lines on the card front. I scored a 1" line on all four sides of the panel. I then scored a 1-1/4" and 1-1/2" score lines from the top and bottom of the panel.

I then stamped a Garden Green tree in all four corners of the panel, as shown above.

Next, I stamped the sentiment in the top center, using Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

I then stamped and die cut the Real Red stocking and attached it to the center of the card front, using dimensionals.

Next, I adhered some Quilted Christmas DSP rectangles on the two sides of the stocking and on the bottom center rectangle. 

Lastly, I added washi tape as shown above and adhered a Basic White panel to the inside of the card.

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Christmas Squares

 You can never have too many Christmas cards. I create Christmas cards all year long. What do you do? 

Stamps:

   Hang Your Stocking

   Teeny Tiny Wishes

   Punch Pals

   Tree Trimmings

   Holiday Wishes

Paper:

   Blushing Bride A-2

   Quilted Christmas DSP 5-1/4 x 4

   Lemon Lime Twist 3"Sq.

   Whisper White 1-1/4" Sq. (4), 5-1/4 x 4, Scrap

   Pool Party 1-3/8" Sq. (4)

   Garden Green 1/2 x 2-3/8

Ink:

   Archival Basic Black

   Blushing Bride

   Garden Green

   Lemon Lime Twist

   Pool Party

   Real Red

Technique:

   Sponging

Accessories:

   1-1/4" Square Punch

   1-3/8" Square Punch

   Ticket Corner Punch

   Classic Label Punch

   Home for the Holidays Designer Buttons

   Basic Rhinestone Jewels

   Brights' Candy Dots

   Sponge

   Glue Dots

   Adhesive

First, I chose the designer series paper (DSP) that I wanted to use on the background. I then pulled the colors that coordinated with it.

Since it was a squared background, I chose to place everything in squares and just flip them in different directions to give it some character and interest.

I then went to find Christmas images that were small enough to fit on the 1-1/4 inch squares. I chose four images. Stamped, colored and sponged these on the Whisper White squares.

I adhered the background DSP to the Blushing Bride card base.

I then took the 3" Lemon Lime Twist and punched the corners with the Ticket Corner Punch. I adhered this onto the top-center of the DSP.

Next, I adhered the four Pool Party squares on top of the Lemon Lime Twist square as shown above. Note that the squares are close but not touching each other.

I then took a designer button and adhered it to the center of the Pool Party squares. I used a glue dot to attach it.

I then adhered the Whisper White squares with the images on them. The top and bottom squares were adhered with liquid adhesive. The squares on the left and right were attached using dimensionals.

I stamped my sentiment on a scrap of Whisper White. I stamped it using Garden Green. I punched it out using the Classic Label Punch.

I then adhered it to a scrap of Garden Green and fussy cut around it to give the sentiment a border. I added a small rhinestone on each end. This was attached to the card base using dimensionals.

Lastly, I added candy dots on the ticket corners of the Lemon Lime Twist square, stamped a couple of snowflakes on each corner, and adhered the Whisper White panel to the inside of the card.

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Waffle Christmas

 The gold waffle paper together with the Cherry Cobbler Eyelet Border adorns the sentiment beautifully on this Christmas card. What do you think?

Stamps:

   Christ Is Born

   Four the Holidays

   Hang Your Stocking

Paper:

   Very Vanilla A-2

   Cherry Cobbler 3/4 x 4-1/4

Ink:

   Cherry Cobbler

   Archival Basic Black

   Versa Mark

Technique:

   Heat Embossing

   Punching

Accessories:

   Gold Waffle Paper

   2-1/2" Circle Punch

   Stamp-a-ma-jig/Stamparatus/MISTI

   Basic Rhinestone Jewels

   Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder

   Eyelet Border Punch

   Glue Dots

   Adhesive

First, I punched out the 2-1/2" Circle on the top-center of the card front. I lightly traced the circle on the bottom panel to help center the flower when stamping.

I then stamped the poinsettia with Versa Mark, covered it with Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder, and heat embossed it.

Next, I used the Eyelet Border Punch on the Cherry Cobbler piece. I punched two borders. I then adhered waffle paper on the bottom of the eyelet border as shown in the picture. 

The bottom border was adhered to the card base first. I then stamped the sentiment and the tiny poinsettias around the punched circle and the sentiment.

I then adhered the top border. I added tiny rhinestones to the tiny poinsettias.

I found a small wreath that was sitting in my crafty supplies. I decided to adhere it to the center of the large poinsettia with a couple of glue dots.

Here is another look at the card:

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Hung by the Chimney

 I enjoy die cutting and embossing as much as stamping. I like gluing all of the pieces together to make an item whole. These stockings have to be assembled which means you can change them as much as you like! There is no stamping on this card. What are your thoughts?

Stamps:

   Hang Your Stocking

Paper:

   Crumb Cake A-2

   Warmth & Cheer DSP Scraps

   Basic Black Scrap

Ink:

   Crumb Cake

Technique:

   Dry Embossing

   Die Cutting

   Sponging

Accessories:

   Brick Wall Embossing Folder

   Cable Knit Embossing Folder

   Christmas Stockings Thinlits Dies

   Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine

   Mini Jingle Bells

   Burlap Ribbon

   Glue Dots

   Sponge

   Dimensionals

   Fast Fuse

   Adhesive

First, I dry embossed my card front using the Brick Wall Embossing Folder. I sponged it with Crumb Cake to give it some dimension and a realistic appearance.

I then die cut my stockings using the Christmas Stockings Thinlits Dies. If you look closely, the stockings are dry embossed using the Cable Knit Embossing Folder. I then pieced them together using the reverse side for the heel, toe, and top.

I then die cut the NOEL for the mantle. I adhered it using some adhesive. I added a strip of burlap underneath it. I attached it using fast fuse.

I then attached the stockings using dimensionals.

I added the jingle bells and the twine using glue dots.

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