Sometimes it pays to do a little housecleaning because I found an old idea I had saved for a card similar to this layout for this Embellished Ornament Christmas Card. It’s a little stamping, a little Big Shot die-cutting and pretty paper!
Die cut an ornament with the Delicate Ornament Thinlits Dies and the Big Shot. Make. a card base of Real Red cardstock. Cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock for the center panel about 3″ wide x 5 1/4″ high. Stamp holly leaves at the top of the panel from the Embellished Ornaments stamp set. I colored mine in a bit using a Blender Pen and picking up a little bit of ink from the Old Olive ink pad. I should also mention I used the Blender Pen to pick up ink off the holly berries on the stamp and used a Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker to color in the berries. Then the ornament is placed on the panel with a little Gold Cording Trim to “hang” from the holly leaves and to tie a bow around the ornament top. The greeting is stamped at the bottom and is from the same stamp set. There is also a greeting to use to stamp inside the card.
I adhered two narrow strips (about 1″) of the green stripe pattern from the Season of Cheer Designer Series Paper to the Whisper White panel and then adhered all this to the card base. As you can see, even if you do not have “Christmas” paper, you can use something else on a Christmas card and no one will know it is not “Christmas”.
Be sure to check out the Stampin’ Up! Year End Sale! Lots of good discounts on there and products you can use right now, like boxes and ribbon for gift-wrapping! Only available while supplies last so order early for best selection, as they say! For all the details, read my post from yesterday.
This is a great weekend to make some simple Christmas cards to send out to your friends and family. Try something like this Embellished Ornament Christmas Card – use a stamp if you don’t have the particular framelit.