Ramblin' Stamper: Christmas Cards Made Easy!

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Christmas Cards Made Easy!

Hi Friends,

I started working on my Christmas cards this week, and wanted to show you how I used some leftover materials from my November 2016 Paper Pumpkin kit. This is such a cute kit! The projects were beautiful the way they were designed, but I had some other ideas in mind. What do you think of this?

Here is one of the cards that I made following the instructions in the kit:

I love this design, but wanted to use the kit materials to make a standard A2 size card.

I made my card base from Dapper Denim cardstock. On top of that, I layered a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Whisper White and used a circle die to cut a 3-1/4" circle. Next I ran it through my Big Shot using the Softly Falling Embossing Folder. I arranged the pre-cut houses, trees & snowbanks from the kit behind the Whisper White card front and attached them with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I wrapped a piece of silver/white baker's twine around the card front twice before attaching the entire piece to the card base using Tear & Tape Adhesive. Tear & Tape is the best adhesive to use for any textured or embossed cardstock!

"Merry Christmas" was stamped in Dapper Denim and die-cut with the Layering Ovals. The sentiment was attached with Stampin' Dimensionals. I dotted snowflakes in the sky with a glue pen and sprinkled them with Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.

Stamps from the kit decorate the envelope beautifully using Dapper Denim, Pool Party & Pear Pizzazz inks.

The inside of the card is finished in the same colors. The sentiment is from the Holly Berry Happiness stamp set.

A strip of Thick Whisper White cardstock cut & folded into a "Z" shape is all that's needed to repurpose your empty Paper Pumpkin boxes:

How great is that? The empty boxes make a perfect way to store your cards until you're ready to mail them! This box has 24 cards & envelopes with room for more.

Don't have any PP boxes? This is the time to try it out! For 24 hours only, new Paper Pumpkin customers can receive their first-month subscription for only $5. That's a crazy 75% off the regular price! Visit paperpumpkin.com from June 29 at 11:59 p.m. to June 30 at 11:59 p.m. and use promo code ONEDAY0717 to get your first kit at this incredible price.