Showing posts with label Merry Christmas to All. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Merry Christmas to All. Show all posts

Sunday, October 20, 2019

Merry Christmas to All for PP464

Hello and Happy Sunday to you!
 It’s time for a new creative challenge over at The Paper Players
This week, LeAnne is our hostess for our Clean-and-Simple Challenge, with a fun twist. 
Usually Clean-and-Simple week is a challenge in itself for me but as soon as I saw this one, I immediately knew what I wanted to do. I pulled out the Merry Christmas to All stamp set and coordinating Merry Christmas dies and got to work. I love these dies so much! Big, bold sentiments in a fun font? Yes, please!
The Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper has a wonderful mix of patterns and has a very traditional Christmas color combo. To make that “Merry” sentiment really stand out, I used Real Red Glimmer Paper to make it the star of the show. Everything is better with a little sparkle, right? 
Color Combo:

Since it is Clean-and-Simple week, I didn’t want to over-do the embellishments. I used the little leaf and berries dies from the Cup of Cheer Dies to add a little holly berry accent. I used Wink of Stella Glitter Brush over the leaves to dress them up a bit and popped on the glittery red berries to the leaves using Mini Glue Dots. I also added a couple of simple pearl accents in the top corner of the card, just to balance everything out. 

Card Measurements:

  • Real Red Card Base - 4-1/4” x 11”, scored at 5-1/2” 
  • Garden Green Cardstock - 4” x 5-1/4” 
  • Very Vanilla Cardstock - 3-3/4” x 5” 
  • Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper - 3-3/4” x approximately 3-1/4”,  cut at an angle
  • Garden Green Cardstock - approximately 1” x 4-1/4”, then use scallop trim from Stitched Be Mine dies on one side, layer on card at an angle and trim off ends
  • Very Vanilla Cardstock (inside card) - 4” x 5-1/4” 
  • Real Red Glimmer Paper (inside card) - 4” x 1/2” 

Finally, here is a quick peek inside the card. A bold sentiment on the front needs a bold sentiment inside, right? I just love this coordinating sentiment in the Merry Christmas to All stamp set. I stamped it in Garden Green and added a simple 1/2” strip of Red Glimmer paper for a little extra sparkly detail. 

I hope you will join us this week over at The Paper Players and share your project with our ”Clean-and-Simple Theme Challenge". We’d love to see what you come up with! You can link up your project through Noon PST on Friday October 25th, 2019. 

Be sure to stop by and say hello to The Paper Players Design Team

Thanks so much for stopping by today! All of the products I used on this card are listed below. You can click on any of the photos to go directly to my Stampin’ Up!® online store



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Have a HAPPY day today! 
-Anne Marie

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Sunday, October 7, 2018

Rustic Lovely as a Tree for PP413

Hello and Happy Sunday! Time for another weekly card challenge over at The Paper Players. This week, Sandy has a theme challenge for us: Leaves and Trees. I started out with a fall card but then when I saw the little note on the challenge graphic that Christmas trees were also welcome, my plans changed. I really NEED to make some fall cards, but I’m kind of smitten with Christmas cards right now. 

Lovely as a Tree is one of those stamp sets that I think I will have in my collection forever. It is perfect for so many occasions and not only can you make some beautiful fall and holiday cards with it, it is perfect for masculine cards too. I wanted to make a rustic Christmas card so I immediately grabbed the Buffalo Check Background stamp. This is a stamp that really is a great accent in ANY color, but I decided on the traditional red (Cherry Cobbler) and black. 
For added texture, I embossed the Crumb Cake Layer with the Pinewood Planks Embossing folder and then distressed (using a sponge) around all of the Crumb Cake edges with black ink. I finished it off with a Linen Thread triple-bow, a True Gentleman Button and then colored some pearls with my Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends Marker. Since they are alcohol-based, they are perfect to create rhinestones and pearls in any color your heart desires! 

It is tough to see in the photos, but I did go over the tips of the branches along with the base of the tree with Clear Wink of Stella for a little pop of “frost” on the tree. I think it’s a cozy card and if it weren’t 90 degrees here, it would inspire me to bundle up in a big, fuzzy blanket and sweater. If cooler temps have arrived in your neck of the woods, I’m very jealous of you. We still have a little while to go here...

Card Measurements: 
  • Mossy Meadow card base - 4-1/4” x 11”, scored at 5-1/2”
  • Basic Black cardstock - 4” x 5-1/4” 
  • Crumb Cake cardstock - 3-7/8” x 5-1/8” 
  • Cherry Cobbler cardstock - 2” x 5-1/8” 
  • Crumb Cake cardstock (for stamped image) 2-1/2” x 4” 
  • Mossy Meadow cardstock (behind stamped image) - 2-5/8” x 4-1/8"
Won’t you join us and share your project this week? 
You can link up your project through Friday October 12th, 2018 at Noon PST.
 All of the details can be found over at The Paper Players 

Please stop by and and show some love to the Design Team and please leave a comment here so I know that you visited today. I’ve listed all of the supplies I used to create this card below. You can click on any of the photos to shop in my online Stampin' Up!® store. 

The Paper Players Design Team
Anne Marie Hile (that’s me!)
Ann Schach
Have a HAPPY day today! :)
-Anne Marie
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