It’s that time of year when my friend Claire shows up wanting to make Christmas cards.  Claire is my Dear, Evil, Friend that got me into stamping, but does not stamp, lol.  But that is a whole different story.  

A couple of weekends ago we got together and mass produced 40 of these cards in a day, less the time it took us to go out to lunch, gab, harass each other, tease my husband etc, etc.  🙂  I always tailor the card we make each year to what Claire likes and so it varies a bit from my usual style.  Claire likes layers and do-dads.  Things she can feel on a card.  Me, I tend to not care about the do-dads, lol. 

Anyway, here is a tutorial on this years card.  The tutorial may be missing a couple of pictures.  Hard to remember to pick up the camera when you are having a tremendous amount of fun with a friend.

Supplies:

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Started out using my Big Shot Die Cut Machine and Top Note Die.  Cut one Whisper White Top Note and one Bashful Blue Top Note.

Stamped the Greeting from the Stampin’ Up Set Snow Swirled with Real Red ink on the White Top Note.

Brayered Not Quite Navy ink at the top of the Bashful Blue Top Note.

Ran the Bashful Blue Top Note through the Big Shot Machine using the Flourish Texture Plate.

Tore the top and the bottom off of the Whisper White Top Note, discarding the middle portion.  Stacked the two tore pieces at the bottom of the Bashful Blue Top Note to create the snow.

Used a Heat Gun to dry the brayered on ink and stamped the snowflake stamp from the Stampin’ Up set Serene Snowflakes in the sky area of the Bashful Blue Top Note.

Note:  If you stamp the snowflakes before the Brayered on ink is dry your snowflakes will disappear.  Learned this the hard way, lol.

Stamped the Tree stamp from the Stampin’ Up set Patterned Pines with Old Olive ink on Whisper White Card stock.

Cut two of the trees out and adhered them to the front of the card.

Assembled Bashful Blue, Old Olive and Not Quite Navy layers, added Real Red Gingham ribbon, Not Quite Navy Photo Corner Punches and Gold Brads.  Also added three Real Red brads to each tree.   It is hard to see, but there is Dazzling Diamonds Glitter on the top of each layer of the snow.

Here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

Now for a giggle, I was going through a card stash I have.  You know the card stash, we all have one.  Don’t deny it, lol.

Anyhow, found this old card I created back in 2006.  I had to look way back in my Split Coast Stampers gallery to see when it was created.  Poor Santa!  The Stampin’ Up stamp set used for this is a retired set, Star Santa.  Don’t you just love looking at your old stuff.  It always makes me laugh.

May your day be filled with fond memories.

Huge Hugs,

Michelle

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