Christmas Every Month

Hello!  Since so many of you like to send handmade Christmas cards, I've decided to offer a Christmas-only class on the 25th of each month, April thru October.  Here's a sneak peek at one of the cards we will be making at next week's class:

This card uses the White Christmas stamp set (still available) and Cozy Christmas (sadly, retired).  It doesn't show well in the photo, but there is a lot of sparkle here - Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Silver Thread and Rhinestones.  If you would like to recreate this card, the front stamped panel of Whisper White is cut at 3 1/4" x 3 1/2".  The mat behind it is only 1/8" larger, at 3 3/8" x 3 5/8".  This cards is as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside-

The main color is my favorite, Pool Party.  The coloring is done with Real Red, Soft Suede & Mossy Meadow.  Somehow, it seems wrong to be creating Christmas cards the week that Spring finally came to northern Ohio, but won't it be a great feeling to have our cards all ready to go in December!

Craftily,
Pat

Cozy Window Scene

Good Monday morning!

I've been anxious to start designing Christmas cards ever since I got my first order from the new Stampin' Up Holiday catalog, but I've been patiently waiting to receive the backordered Brick Wall embossing folder for the card I had in mind.  Well, the folder has shipped and is on its way, but my patience ran out yesterday so I pulled out my good old Tim Holtz brick wall folder from my stash and got busy.  Here's the result:

I love the warm cozy feeling of looking through this frosty window and seeing the glow of a sparkling Christmas tree.  I used a lot of different products on this project. The brick wall is embossed from Crumb Cake cs and sponged with Crumb Cake. The tree is fussy cut from the gorgeous Home for Christmas dsp.  The window frame is cut using the Hearth & Home framelits, and the frosty snowflakes in the window are stamped in Versamark and embossed with Irridescent Ice. The snowflakes are part of the Happy Scenes stamp set (available as a bundle with the window die!). The pine bough is stamped on Old Olive cs using Always Artichoke and the red bow is die cut from Red Glimmer paper.  Both the pine bough and the bow are from the Festive Fireside bundle.  Finally, the greeting in Real Red is from the Versatile Christmas stamp set and the holly spray on the banner is from the Oh What Fun stamp set.  Whew!  It's no wonder my work table looked like this when I got done...

 This is how I finished the inside of my card and the envelope:

Thanks for looking at my project!  To purchase these or any other Stampin' Up' supplies, head on over to my website! stampwithptecza.stampinup.net

Have a great day,

Pat