Strips of Christmas

Today’s card inspiration comes from this card from Claire Daly @ Claire Daly Creates. . Another simple Christmas card to highlight great DSP scraps.

Variations:

• Stamps: Making Christmas Bright

• Ink: Real Red; Merry Merlot

• Cardstock: Christmas Around the World DSP (retired); Joyous Noel DSP (retired); Pool Party; Real Red; Basic Gray; Old Olive; Early Espresso; Soft Suede; Crumb Cake; Whisper White

• Accessories: Real Red Ribbon; Tranquil Tide Ribbon (retired)

• Tools: Layering Circles Dies; Stitched Shapes Dies

Simple Christmas Bliss

Today’s card inspiration comes from this card from Narelle Fasulo @ Simply Stamping with Narelle. I love simple Christmas cards featuring great DSP and this design was perfect! I pulled from my box of Christmas DSP scraps to create three different cards.

Variations:

• Stamps: Christmas Bliss

• Ink: Real Red; Old Olive; Shaded Spruce

• Cardstock: All is Bright DSP (retired); Under the Mistletoe DSP (retired); Christmas Around the World DSP (retired); Real Red; Old Olive; Shaded Spruce; Whisper White

• Accessories: Rhinestones; Toile Tidings Enamel Shapes; Pearls

• Tools:

A Pile of Presents

Today’s card is all about celebrating the pile of presents under the Christmas tree. I love the large sentiment paired with these cute colored presents. I added some fun pattern paper underneath and some simple embellishments.

All the variations:

• Stamps: Color Me Christmas; Everything Festive

• Ink: Night of Navy; Pretty Peacock; Real Red; Old Olive; Shaded Spruce; various Stampin’ Blends

• Cardstock: Christmas Around the World DSP (retired); Night of Navy; Pretty Peacock; Old Olive; Cherry Cobbler; Real Red; Shaded Spruce; Whisper White; random paper scraps

• Accessories: Holiday Rhinestone Jewels; enamel shapes

• Tools:

Reindeer Among Snowflakes

Another nontraditional color card for this season. I really enjoy the blue and silver color palette. As a bonus, this card used up a ton of my leftover Christmas Around the World DSP. 

• Stamps: Merry Patterns
• Inks: Basic Gray; Night of Navy
• Cardstock: Christmas Around the World DSP; Smoky Slate; Basic Gray; Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Foil Snowflakes; Rhinestones
• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits

Snowflake Reindeer

For this card, I CASEd the lovely Martha Inchley @ Inch of Creativity. Hands down my favorite card I made with the Merry Patterns Stamp set. I love the repeating reindeer outline on the Crumb Cake piece, but my favorite part is the snowflakes. Those metallic snowflakes have been my favorite accessory from the Holiday Catalog.

• Stamps: Merry Patterns; Merry Cafe
• Inks: Chocolate Chip; Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green
• Cardstock: Christmas Around the World DSP; Garden Green; Crumb Cake; Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Foil Snowflakes; gold foil washi tape
• Tools: Squares Framelits

#23 Plaid Trio

Today's sketch comes from August 2014:

  I'm so glad that SU carried over the Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set from last year's Holiday Catalog. The images are too cute to get rid of! For this card, I took a page from a Halloween card from last year, flipped it on the side, and switched out the ghouls for Christmas images. Plus, I found a great card to showcase the beautiful plaid paper from the Christmas Around the World DSP.

• Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas; Merry Mistletoe
• Inks: Read Red; Basic Black; Crumb Cake; Daffodil Delight; Chocolate Chip
• Cardstock: Christmas Around the World DSP; Wood Textures DSP; Real Red; Garden Green; Whisper White
• Accessories: Rhinestones; Black Rhinestones
• Tools: Square Framelits

#3 Around the World Triptych

Today's sketch comes from April 2014:

A simple sketch design for today's card. I love the Christmas Around the World DSP pack, but I found myself hoarding the paper. I just didn't want to cut up these great patterns. I just wanted to stare at them, finding all the little details in the paper. I told myself I would take the plunge and cut these papers today. Thankfully I found the perfect design to highlight the papers. After choosing my patterns, I added a strip of washi tape and a cut-out sentiment. Finally I added a bit of red thread to add that little something to the card. 

• Stamps: 
• Inks: 
• Cardstock: Christmas Around the World DSP; Real Red
• Accessories: Red Metallic Thread
• Tools: 

Sunday Haul #11

My Holiday Catalog preorder arrived! So many fun goodies inside this catalog. I restrained myself and ordered just a few items to start. I also ordered all the DSP for the Paper Share I offer at the launch of every new catalog. I ended up with:

• Christmas Around the World DSP
• Merry Music DSP
• Merry Little Christmas DSP
• Year of Cheer DSP
• Painted Autumn DSP
• Spooky Night DSP
• Champagne Foil Sheets
• Merry Cafe Stamp
• Spooky Cat Stamp
• Cat Punch
• Vintage Crochet Trim
• Black Rhinestones
• Foil Snowflakes