Holly and Snowflakes

Hello everyone,

Today's post is uses another lovely piece of Polish paper.

The card base is Recollections Vanilla.  The printed paper is Decorer Merry Christmas layered on a red Bazzill.  The sentiment is Flonz Merry Christmas 808 stamped in Close To My Heart Ponderosa Pine on more vanilla.  The embellishment is Martha Stewart.

Like Thursday's card, the scale of these images is a little on the large size but works quite well with a bigger card base.  I really love placing the sentiment on the diagonal but wish I could figure out how to center it better!  I debated adding any embellishments and tried a number of options until I found this felt holly.  I'm pretty sure it's from Martha Stewart but I'm not 100% as the packaging is long gone.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

A Christmas Banner

Hello everyone,

Today's post is another very simple Christmas card.

The card base is Recollections Vanilla.  The printed paper is Decorer Merry Christmas layered on Aspen Bazzill and a Recollections red.  The sentiment is Flonz Merry Christmas 824 stamped in Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler on Recollections Vanilla.  The brads are Recollections.

I'm not usually that fussy on papers with rows of images as I find they don't always work well for cards.  In this case however I used a larger card base and the scale of the images are great.  I really love this Polish paper!  I added these tiny brads to each of the bows and as an anchor to the sentiment and really love the results.  In this instance, scale is everything!

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Holly Greetings

Hello everyone,

Today's post is a simple holly Christmas card.

The card base is Recollections White.  The printed paper is Decorer Winter Moment layered on a red and a green Bazzill.  The sentiment is Flonz Merry Christmas 807 stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on Recollections white and layered on more red Bazzill.  The sentiment is highlighted with Green Stickles.

I can't resist a Christmas card with a bit of holly!  The is another lovely piece of Polish paper and though the holly images are a little on the large size, the scale is pretty good for the bigger card base.  I punched the sentiment element with the new Stampin' Up Lovely Labels Pick A Punch.  I think this has to be one of the most versatile tools I've ever seen from Stampin' Up!  I know it's going to get so much use, I've left it on my desk so I don't have to even think about pulling it out when I need it.  The layering on this card worked really well and I can't wait to explore all the other options!

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Canada Day Christmas

Hello everyone,

Today's post begins the 2020 Christmas In July series.

The card base is Recollections White.  The printed paper is Decorer Winter Moments layered on a red Bazzill.  The sentiment is Annabelle Stamps Holly Branch stamped in VersaMark and heat embossed with Stampin' Up White embossing powder.

I love crafting Christmas cards and look forward to Christmas In July every year.  This is a very simple card which takes advantage of a lovely red and white Polish paper that I picked up years ago but have no idea from where.  It makes for the perfect for Canada Day Christmas card. Eh!

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Stitched Wishes

Hello everyone,

Today's Christmas cards reminds me of Europe.

The printed paper is Decorer Winter Moments layered on a Bazzill red and Aspen Green.  The sentiment is Flonz Merry Christmas 808 stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on a white of unknown origin and layered on more red.

This card is part of a commission for a girlfriend.  She has close ties to her family in Germany and I thought this would be a perfect Christmas card for her.  I didn't add any embellishments or other extras because once I affixed the sentiment, I didn't think it needed anything else.  I couldn't really see anywhere to add anything else which is pretty much what ultimately made the decision.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle