Tricia's Stamping Creations: ICS November Blog Hop Christmas Is Coming

It's time to hop along with the ICS November Blog Hop and this month our theme is Christmas is Coming. Can you believe how quickly this year has flown by? If you are like me, you are probably still working on your holiday list and wondering how you will get it all done. The good news is that our wonderful Design Team has amazing projects and ideas to help inspire you and spark your creativity.

It's been a crazy time in our home these past few months, which has meant that I have had less time to get creative for the holidays. Luckily, Stampin' Up! has a wonderful range of Mix & Match products to help me create beautiful Christmas cards and take the stress out of creating. For my card design today, I chose to use one of the card fronts from the A Little Bit Festive Mix & Match Specialty Designer Series Paper and one of the sentiment labels from the Joyful Sayings Ephemera Pack to create a beautiful clean and simple design that requires no stamping. Yes, I said no stamping. Which means you can just have fun selecting your favorite elements and adhering them to your card base to create your cards in next to no time. Add a little bling and you are all set to send them out to family and friends. Doesn't that sound amazing?!!

Products Used:

A Little Bit Festive Specialty Designer Series Pack (item #164107)

Joyful Sayings Ephemera Pack (item #164109)

Real Red Cardstock (item #102482)

Granny Apple Green Cardstock (item #146990)

Blooming Pearls (item #162238)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Real Red Cardstock

Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Granny Apple Green Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"

A Little Bit Festive Specialty Designer Series Paper

Ornaments Card Front - 5" x 3 3/4"

Joyful Sayings Ephemera Pack

Happy Christmas Sentiment

People often think that card making requires a lot of supplies and expensive tools and that often scares them away from the joy of creating their own handmade cards. With the new Mix & Match products in the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog, there are so many wonderful options to help you create your own beautiful designs, no matter what your skill level. As you can see from my clean and simple card design, you can choose the elements that work for you and mix and match them to create your own beautiful Christmas card. I chose to use Real Red and Granny Apple Green cardstock for this card design to coordinate with the colors in the preprinted card front. I love the Gold embossed accents on the card front and the sentiment label and the Gold Pearls from the Blooming Pearls just adds a touch of bling that helps step up this pretty card. Just think how much fun you could have with family and friends, getting together for an afternoon of crafty fun and creating memories to send out to the special people in your life.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help you get into the holiday spirit and inspire you to create your own beautiful Christmas projects. There are so many wonderful options to explore.

Please take the time to visit with my fellow Design Team members to see all their amazing projects and ideas. Just click on the links in the Roll Call List to visit their blogs. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you.