It's the 1st of September and I am wondering if anyone else is beginning to think about the holidays? When I think of Fall, I know that the holidays are just around the corner and I get excited about creating fun projects to celebrate with family and friends. Whether you celebrate Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah or any of the other wonderful occasions happening in the next few months, there is something for everyone. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help spark your creativity and hopefully get you in the holiday spirit.
I love Christmas and making Christmas cards and there are so many wonderful options to explore. For my card design today, I thought I would share a pretty clean and simple Christmas card design I created using products from the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog. I wanted to show how you can create a beautiful card design with just a few supplies. My favorite color is Orchid Oasis and I thought it would be perfect for creating a Winter themed design using the Season of Chic stamp set to create the background and the Very Best Occasions stamp set for the sentiment. The beauty of this card design is that you could recreate it using any color and create a set of beautiful Christmas cards to send to family and friends.
Products Used:
Season of Chic stamp set (item #158810)
Very Best Occasions stamp set (item #159871)
2 3/8" Circle Punch (item #161354)
Thick Basic White Cardstock (item #159229)
Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)
Orchid Oasis Cardstock (item #159267)
Orchid Oasis Classic Ink Pad (item #159214)
Versamark Pad (item #102283)
Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)
Orchid Oasis 1/8" Metallic Woven Ribbon (item #159199)
2022-2024 In Color Pearls (item #161621)
Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)
Measurements:
Thick Basic White Cardstock
Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")
Orchid Oasis Cardstock
Layer 1 - 3 3/4' x5"
Sentiment Circle punched out with the 2 3/8" Circle Punch
Basic White Cardstock
Card Front - 3 1/2" x 4 3/4"
This pretty Christmas card focuses mainly on stamping to create the design. I used the snowflake image from the Season of Chic stamp set and stamped it with Orchid Oasis Classic ink several times without reinking to create the layers of color for the snowflakes on the card front layer. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image from the Very Best Occasions stamp set with White embossing powder onto an Orchid Oasis circle that I punched out using the 2 3/8" Circle Punch. To assemble the card, I attached a piece of the Orchid Oasis Metallic Woven Ribbon around the center of the card front and added the sentiment circle over the top using Stampin' Dimensionals. I attached the card front to the Orchid Oasis cardstock layer and then attached it to the Thick Basic White card base. I tied a small bow with the Orchid Oasis ribbon and attached it to the left side of the sentiment circle with a Mini Glue Dot so that it sits on top of the ribbon around the card front. To add a touch of sparkle, I added several Orchid Oasis Pearls from the 2022-2024 In Color Pearls to finish off the design. As you can see, it's very simple to create this card and is a great design to mass produce to send out to family and friends.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help you get excited about the holidays and start thinking about your own beautiful projects. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore.
Now it's time to visit Kimberley's blog and see what she has created for the holidays. Just click on the Next button below to visit her blog. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know how our projects inspired you.
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I love Orchid Oasis, and I love EVERYTHING about this card! The main reason I got the Season of Chic stamp set was that snowflake, but I haven't used it yet. Thanks so much for sharing :-D
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Love the color and the design. I have Orchid Oasis but have not used it yet, thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThis comment is mine. I didn't realize it was posting as annymous.
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