This Joyous Noel Thinking of You Card is made with one of those basic, classic designs that works well almost any time. It’s just the card base, a layer or two perhaps wrapped with ribbon or a strip of paper across the card, and the greeting layered to the side. So simple, just fine!
I only recently ordered this Joyous Noel Specialty Designer Series Paper. Honestly, I didn’t care for it just looking at it in the catalog. Then I started seeing some samples of projects that other people made and I started to like it. And of course, we all know it is a fact that ALL designer series paper looks way better in person than it does in the catalog! So I ordered it and wow, was so pleased when I opened the package! It is REALLY pretty paper! These are the coordinating colors if that helps you to imagine: Copper foil, Gray Granite, Merry Merlot, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Tranquil Tide, Whisper White. This card is a little difficult to photograph because it has the copper foil accents on one side of the paper, plus I added some Copper Foil.
To make this card, I used a card base of Merry Merlot Cardstock. The designer paper has a layer of Copper Foil underneath. I have to admit, I cheated and cut out the center of the Copper Foil piece leaving about a 3/4″ margin so that I wouldn’t waste the copper underneath the paper that wasn’t going to show anyway. I could also have punched or die cut some pieces out of it to use some of the foil. The ribbon tied around is the Merry Merlot & Copper 5/8″ Reversible Ribbon. It’s very pretty!
The greeting is stamped in Merry Merlot Ink on Whisper White Cardstock and die cut with a Layering Ovals Framelits Die. The greeting is from the Winter Woods Stamp Set. It is layered on a scalloped oval from the same die set. I adhered it over the ribbon with two Stampin’ Dimensionals. I finished off the card by just tying a knot with the ribbon on the left side of the card. You could also do a bow.
Check out the pretty designer series paper in the Holiday Catalog! All of it is beautiful! And don’t forget the World Card Making Day Sale going on now through October 7 (Sunday!). Save 10% on select products! Even if you don’t have this Joyous Noel paper, you can use this basic design that I used on my Joyous Noel Thinking of You Card because it works with almost any paper and greeting!