It’s a Christmas card factory at my house this weekend and this Snowman Christmas card is a slight variation of one of my favorite Christmas cards I am making.   Much earlier, I made this card.  The snowman image is die cut from the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper.  Some of the sheets in this package have flocking on them which you might be able to see in this photograph of the snowflake on the snowman image.  The red and white striped paper strip on the side of the card also has the flocking.  The snowflakes are punched from the Santa’s Signpost Framelits Dies. Unfortunately, these products are no longer available due to their popularity, but maybe you already purchased them or you can use the idea with something else you have!  The greeting is from Itty Bitty Greetings, a must-have stamp set if you ask me.

I’m making 10 cards of each design I choose because there are so many fun ideas!  Actually, I could probably make cards from now until next Christmas from all the ideas I’d love to make! I posted this card because I only had enough of the background paper to make 9 cards!  So instead, I chose this green paper, but I like it pretty well!  Also, the snowman and elf are facing a different direction.

I have to say, I am LOVING having my Stamparatus® this year to make Christmas cards!!  I can set up the stamp on the Stamparatus and stamp a bunch of images one right after the other without any concern of getting the image crooked or not stamped well, etc.  If you don’t own a Stamparatus, put one on your Christmas list and order it in January during Sale-A-Bration!  Then you will all set for next Christmas!

Here is my original card on which I just changed the designer paper.  You can easily make variations of your cards even if you don’t run out of paper!

Which card do you like best?

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Time is getting short and maybe you want to make some simple and basic Christmas cards! This Simple and Easy Labels To Love Christmas Card might fit the bill!  Even if you don’t have the exact paper or stamp, you can use the basic idea with what you have.

The card base is Cherry Cobbler, layered with a piece of designer paper from the All Is Bright collection.  Before adhering the designer paper to the card, I wrapped around some Cherry Cobbler 1/4″ Double-Stitched Ribbon.  The greeting is stamped with the Christmas stamp in the Labels to Love Stamp Set. To make it super simple, just stamp in the Cherry Cobbler ink pad.  Since I wanted green trees on it, I colored in all of the stamp with the Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Marker and the trees in Shaded Spruce.  You could also stamp the whole stamp in Cherry Cobbler and then remove the ink from the trees with a Blender Pen. I cut out the stamped image along the lines so I could layer it on a punched piece of Cherry Cobbler, punched with the Everyday Label Punch.

Since the card base is a dark color, you probably will want to add a piece of Whisper White Cardstock layered inside the card for your stamped or written message.  Maybe add a strip of the same designer paper inside.

Now this card is pretty basic, so if you wanted to jazz it up a bit, you might want to try adding some small punched or die cut gold stars, maybe sequins, or maybe some Red Rhinestones. Maybe just a couple rhinestones on the greeting would be enough.  Just play around and see what you think!

If you shrunk this card down, in your mind, you could make a cute tag with the same basic design! Sometimes a tag is just a very small card!

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This All Is Bright Christmas Ornament Card actually sends an ornament to the recipient!  Maybe it is just a little paper ornament attached to the front of this card, but you never know!  Someone might be happy to save it and hang it on their tree next year! I remember growing up we knew a couple who were very wealthy and their Christmas card always had something on it that could be saved as an ornament! It was a very expensive card!

My card is not very expensive but I think it does have a rich look to it!  I turned the greeting into an ornament by leaving it unattached from the card and adhering a ribbon to it which is tucked in over the top edge of the card layer. If a person wanted to, they could tear open that top part of the card and remove the ribbon from the back…..or they could simply cut off the ribbon at the top of the card and separate it from the card like that.

The card base is Whisper White cardstock with a layer of Gold Glimmer Paper. If you want to save a bit of the glimmer paper, cut out the center portion, essentially making a frame of gold glimmer to adhere to the Whisper White card base. Just make sure you make it wide enough! Nobody will ever know!  Then I layered on a piece of the All Is Bright Designer Series Paper with the pretty ornaments. On a scrap piece of Whisper White, I stamped the images from the stamp set Making Christmas Bright in Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder using the Heat Tool. This is punched out with the 2″ Circle Punch even though it is a close fit, and then layered on a piece of Gold Glimmer Paper punched out with the 2 1/4″ Circle Punch.  The beautiful ribbon is the Gold 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon. The bow is tied and attached separately and held in place with several Glue Dots.

Take a look at another card I made using this ornament pattern from the All Is Bright DSP.

If you don’t want the “free-swinging” ornament, then just tack it down with some Stampin’ Dimensionals.  See if you can think of another card design that would leave the recipient with an ornament to be saved! It’s time to have fun making these special Christmas cards for friends and loved ones!

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This Signs of Santa Z-Fold Christmas Card is a fun card for the holidays!  Z-Fold cards look so impressive, I think, yet are SO easy to make! The Signs of Santa Photopolymer Stamp Set IS still available to purchase even though most everything else in the Santa’s Workshop Suite sold out.

To make a Z-Fold card, simply make a basic card, but then score the front of the card at the center mark (2 1/8″) and fold back. Stamp a circle, square, or oval shape to adhere to the front and you’ve got it!  When stamping a greeting inside, make sure it is completely hidden by whatever you put on the front.

I used the striped flocked pattern in the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper which is no longer available, but perhaps you already purchased it! Just a little bit of it on each side of the card added a little something, but not too much.  If you don’t own this paper, just choose something else that matches your colors. Or skip the designer paper element!

I stamped the Santa with his list, the elf and the North Pole sign using Memento Ink and then colored in with various colors of Stampin’ Blends Markers.  I LOVE these markers and doing coloring and blending with them.  They are die cut with the coordinating framelit dies, which are also sold out.

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I die cut a large Whisper White circle (sponged with a little Balmy Blue) and a larger scalloped circle out of Shaded Spruce for the focal point of the card and popped up the Santa and elf with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.  The little North Pole sign I just glued right to the card so it could be seen from the front or inside.

Try your hand at a Z-Fold card if you haven’t already.  Any time they are fun, but even if you make a lot of them for your Christmas cards, they won’t be any more trouble than a regular card and will look like you made a masterpiece!

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The Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Paper is special with the white flocking on one side of four of the sheets, so many cards you make are going to have that special effect!  What a treat for the recipient!

This card starts with Poppy Parade Cardstock for the card base.  You might wonder about Poppy Parade for a Christmas card, but it works!  I cut just this little strip of elves carrying packages out of one of the sheets and placed it at the bottom of the card, layered on a piece of Garden Green Cardstock.  The candy cane paper is actually the opposite side of the elves paper.

I used a greeting out of the coordinating stamp set, Signs of Santa Photopolymer Stamp Set, die-cut with the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies and layered it on a die cut scalloped oval from the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies.   It seemed like the card still needed “something”, so I added a little bow with the Whisper White 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon and a couple of Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

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I was surprised to come across this snowman paper in the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper, so I thought I would use it to make this Santa’s Workshop Snowman Christmas Card.  I really liked making this card!  This Santa’s Workshop paper has flocking on four of the sheets so that makes it extra special.  The snowflakes in the die cut circle with the snowman are flocked as are the white stripes on the candy cane striped paper on the side of the card.

To make this snowman card, I had to cut into the sheet of paper to get this particular snowman so that I could use the Layering Circle Framelits Dies to cut it out.  It was one of those necessary evils! Then I layered the snowman on a Poppy Parade Cardstock circle and layered that on a scalloped circle piece.  That helped it stand out on the Poppy Parade dotted paper in the Santa’s Workshop package.  The card base is Whisper White, but you could also use Poppy Parade.

I had this scrap of the striped pattern in the Santa’s Workshop Paper so I cut it for a little accent on the side of the card. I felt like it matched everything else on the card. The greeting is stamped from Itty Bitty Greetings and punched out with the Classic Label Punch.

The extra snowflakes are die cut from the Santa’s Signpost Framelit Dies. And for a final touch on the card,  I added some Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels.  They are listed as “Low Inventory” so if you want them, better order soon.

The Santa’s Workshop Paper is backordered, unfortunately, but should be in after Thanksgiving.  When something is backordered you can still order it and they will send it out to you as soon as it is available.  I think it is better to go ahead and order it then rather than wait until you hear it is back in stock.

Maybe this card will give you an idea for a cute Christmas card.  You could change paper and images and use the same design.  It’s time to make those holiday cards and projects!

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This First Frost Flowers Holiday Card is made for Christmas, perhaps a little untraditional looking, but just change the greeting and the same card could be for many other occasions! With the First Frost Bundle of stamp set and dies plus the beautiful Frosted Floral Specialty Designer Series Paper you will be making gorgeous cards and projects!

For this card, I started with the Gray Granite Cardstock for the base since I had already picked out this pattern of designer paper.  All of this designer paper has a shimmer to it so it is gorgeous!  I stamped some flowers with the First Frost Stamp Set and die cut with the Frosted Bouquet Framelits Dies.  The flowers are stamped on Shimmery White paper to go along with the shimmer on the designer paper. The Shimmery White Cardstock is one of my absolute favorites!

Behind the flowers I have a Pearlized Doily.  I also die cut some little sprigs with the Green Garden Cardstock.  The greeting comes in the First Frost Stamp Set. Then you can die cut the shape with one of the Frosted Bouquet Dies.  There’s even a tiny piece in the same shape that fits inside and merely embosses the shape.  For a layer I just adhered the stamped piece onto Merry Merlot and trimmed it down myself.

I thought about adding a little pearl or something on the greeting but remembered that old rule, “Know when to stop!”

You can easily grab this Frosted Floral Specialty Paper and Bundle to make holiday cards or many other cards past the Christmas holidays!

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If you are looking for a simple design for a Christmas card, this All Is Bright Ornament Christmas Card is one idea. It’s simply a piece of designer paper, a greeting, and some gold embellishments. When you are making a stack of the same card to send out, you need something easy to duplicate over and over.

The card base is Shimmery White Cardstock with a layer of the Ornament pattern in the All Is Bright Designer Series Paper.  I chose the Shimmery White Cardstock because it is not SO white, which I thought went better with the designer paper and the ribbon.  I originally planned to have a layer of Gold Foil but I only had scraps left!  Time to order more! However, that made for a slightly simpler card and I was able to use a scrap for just the right touch as an accent on the side.  The Gold 3/8″ Metallic Edge-Ribbon is so pretty to use for a festive card.

The greeting is from the Merry Christmas To All Stamp Set. This set has so many holiday greetings and combinations of words to use for greetings. I chose the scripted “Merry” and a separate stamp “Christmas”.  You can do that with this set!  I stamped with Versamark Ink and embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder and the Heat Tool.  Then I die-cut the greeting using the Big Shot and the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies.  Just for something extra,  put some Gold Metallic Thread behind the greeting and popped it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

If you just look at this card, at the basic design, you will see that it is an easy one to make.  You could even turn it vertically, with a layer of designer paper, a strip of cardstock across the bottom or even down the side and a greeting in the middle. Try this exact All Is Bright Ornament Christmas Card or make a similar design with different paper and greeting.

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