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Christmas Crew Snowman Monochromatic Card

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Christmas Crew Snowman Monochromatic Card

I’m not sure why I felt like I wanted to make a monochromatic card, but I tried it, and this Christmas Crew Snowman Monochromatic Card is the result! Christmas Crew is one of the new stamp sets in the Stampin’ Up! September-December 2026 Catalog that just went live this week. It’s a stamp set with a couple of animals and this cute snowman, each holding up a sign which can hold one of the several greetings. I wouldn’t normally pick a stamp set like this one for making Christmas cards, but this one really caught my eye and I couldn’t resist!

The card base is Basic White. For photography purposes, I have the card on a piece of Hydrangea Hue cardstock so it is not part of the card, but if it WAS the card base, I think that would look good too! The plaid layer on the Basic White cardstock is the 2026-2028 Gingham Gallery Designer Series Paper. It’s the Hydrangea Hue plaid. One side of the paper has a large scale gingham pattern on one side and a narrower one, as you see here, on the other side. You choose which one fits your project better.

The snowman is stamped in Hydrangea Hue ink on Basic White, and then diecut using the largest rectangle in the Nested Essentials Dies. I used the Light and Dark Hydrangea Hue Stampin’ Blends to color in the snowman and sign to add a little color. The hat band and alternating squares on the scarf are colored with the dark color. There was no way I couldn’t add Pumpkin Pie to color his carrot nose on a snowman!

I thought we needed some snow that the snowman was standing in. I got the idea to use the Shimmering Stripes Specialty Designer Series Paper since it has a sparkly look. I diecut just a partial piece to match the die shape with the curved corners and tore two little pieces to look like snowdrifts. I added five little Moody Palette Glossy Dots in white to look like little snowflakes around the snowman. This whole diecut piece is just layered on a piece of Hydrangea Hue cardstock that I cut myself. It is 2 5/8″ x 3 1/4″. I popped up this piece on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

That’s all there is to this card, pretty easy actually. However, I look forward to making more cards with this stamp set in more traditional Christmas colors and looks! There is also a set of dies that goes with this stamp set in a Bundle. Save 10% on any Bundle over buying the stamp set and dies separately.

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Pink Pretty Poinsettia Christmas Card

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Pink Pretty Poinsettia Christmas Card

Make this Pink Pretty Poinsettia Christmas Card quicker and easier than you would think! Even though you will use quite a few dies for the flower and leaves (and the greeting), you can put all the dies for the poinsettia on one piece of paper, the leaves on another, and the little flower centers on a tiny scrap. So diecutting doesn’t take much time!

This card base is Petal Pink. Besides the actual poinsettia, the actual star of the card is the Shimmering Stripes Specialty Paper. It’s different than anything we have had. All the sheets have glittery stripes on white paper, but the glitter doesn’t rub off or anything! It’s great for a rather subtle background but with some sparkle.

Before adhering the Shimmering Stripes paper to the card base, I wrapped some ribbon around the side and across the bottom. I used the White with Gold 3/8″ Ribbon from the Spring Mini 2026 (retired). You can use whatever ribbon you have. The bow is tied separately and adhered with several glue dots.

To make the poinsettia in Petal Pink, just diecut the petals and stack them one on top of the other, using Mini Glue Dots or Liquid Glue to adhere them together. The tiny yellow centers are the actual flower, my research says. The leaves are Old Olive extras from diecutting for another card. Use the Pretty Poinsettia Bundle for stamping the greeting in Old Olive ink and diecutting the poinsettia. The greeting is stamped on a circle punched with my retired 2″ Circle Punch. I needed something small enough to fit in that space. I also added some Petal Pink dots. Mine are from the Muted Palette Dots from the Annual Catalog 2025-26.

Even though the poinsettia makes this look like a fancy card, I think you will find it pretty easy to make!

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Pretty Poinsettia Z-Fold Christmas Card

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Pretty Poinsettia Z-Fold Christmas Card

Christmas is less than six months away, so no, it’s not too early to start making Christmas cards! Yikes! This Pretty Poinsettia Z-Fold Christmas Card is made with the Pretty Poinsettia Bundle in the Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives. You get the Pretty Poinsettia Stamp Set and the Pretty Poinsettia Dies in the Bundle, and you will save 10%. The dies kind of confused me at first as they all looked like leaves, but actually, the leaves on the stem are actually leaves (but you can cut them apart) and the four dies with four or five “leaves” on them are the poinsettia petals which you can stack.

This card was actually pretty quick and easy to make! I love to make Z-fold cards because they are simple and make a great presentation for the recipient. It’s probably the easiest “fancy-fold” you can make. Just fold half of the card front back! I had already made the large white label on which the poinsettia is adhered another day with the Stampin’ Hot Foil System and the Flourish & Frames Hot Foil Dies. You can see the pretty gold foil border around the edge. You could use any large label-type piece you have similar to this one or just a cardstock rectangle. You may even have some ephemera piece you could use.

The poinsettia itself is made with Real Red cardstock, diecut with the poinsettia dies. I used Mini Glue Dots to adhere them together in layers, but you could also use tiny dots of the Multipurpose Liquid Glue. If you have it, this would be a good time to use the Silicone Craft Sheet to keep the adhesive on it instead of your table! Just stack the poinsettia petals, placing them however you think looks best. You probably have heard that what we think of as the flower petals of poinsettias are specialty leaves called “bracts”. The real flower is the little yellow centers on poinsettias! When you stack the four layers of petals and add the tiny diecut yellow centers, it kind of turns into a 3D flower! If you like, you can curl the petals carefully with a Bone Folder or crease on the center line to make them stand out, perhaps on a gift bag or box. It wouldn’t work so well for mailing. I added the green leaves, just sticking them under the poinsettia after cutting them off the stem.

The greeting is one in the Pretty Poinsettia Stamp Set. It fit just perfectly on that label piece below the poinsettia. It is stamped in Real Red ink. I used another greeting for the inside of the card as you will see in the photo below. I added a piece of Basic White cardstock, 4″ x 5 1/4″ for the inside of the card for either a stamped sentiment or personal message. You do want to make sure the greeting is tucked behind the z-fold and focal point so that it can’t be seen from the front of the card.

The card base is cut at 5 1/2″x 8 1/2″ as usual, then scored at 2 1/8″ and 4 1/4″. Fold the card in half as you always do, then fold back on the 2 1/8″ score line so the card front is folded back toward the card fold. That’s all there is to it! I added a strip of the A Stitched Season Designer Series Paper down the center of that folded back piece. It is 1″ wide by 5 1/2″ long. I also added a 1/2″ strip along the inside Basic White layer, which shows from the front.

For the most difficult part, if anything is difficult, the white frame with the poinsettia is adhered with the center lined up with the creased fold of the front. Be sure to only put adhesive on the half that is attached to the z-fold, otherwise you will have glue sticking to the inside of the card! You can see how the whole card looks opened up in the photo below.

Pretty Poinsettia Z-Fold Christmas Card open

I like this card so much that as soon as I do some more hot foiling with the Flourish & Frames Dies to make more pieces for the front of this card, I want to make more poinsettia cards just like this one. I just love the colors, the way the poinsettia looks rather built up even though it is flat and the pretty designer paper.

You can still purchase the Pretty Poinsettia Craft Class in the Online Store and stamp along with Stampin’ Up! staff as they show you how to use this Pretty Poinsettia Bundle. Or watch and stamp on your own later. I bought the class but missed watching it on the day during the live (plus it was my anniversary!). But the good thing is, I can watch it any time or multiple times. The couple of other online stamping events with Stampin’ Up! that I have done proved to be fun and had lots of good tips for the projects.

There are lots of creative possibilities with the Pretty Poinsettia Bundle, so even though it is a little early for the holidays, start thinking ahead and planning for some ideas you might like to make!

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A Stitched Season Panel Christmas Card

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A Stitched Season Panel Christmas Card

The other day I posted my first Halloween card because it was a new package of paper from the Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives, and I wanted to try it out! Today I am posting my first Christmas card of the year, A Stitched Season Panel Christmas Card. If you are a stamper and quilter, you will probably want this Christmas paper! If you are a stamper or scrapbooker but not a quilter, but you like quilt patterns, you might like to live vicariously through this paper and maybe the dies, too!

You will find the A Stitched Season Suite Collection in the newest Online Exclusives, just released July 1st. The Christmas stocking dies in the Stitched Stocking Dies, I think, are adorable, but I limited my spending to just the designer paper and the ribbon! You can do a lot with any or all parts of this Suite.

This card is pretty easy. The sheet in the A Stitched Season Designer Series Paper caught my eye because it looked like I could cut a “panel” out of the paper to use on the front of my card with six images. It isn’t a perfect 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece. I very carefully tried to cut right along the borders of those squares on the top and sides. with the Paper Trimmer. Even though the margins top and bottom are a little narrower than on the sides, I think it still looks good on the card front.

The card base is Peaceful Pine. I used another paper in the package for the background behind the “quilt” panel. I made it the full size of the card front, 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ because there wasn’t enough space for margins. In the bottom right-hand square, which was a square with a Pecan Pie background and tiny white flowers, I added a greeting which fit perfectly, except I hated covering up the white flowers. The greeting is from the Pretty Poinsettia Stamp Set. It is stamped with Peaceful Pine ink on Basic White then layered on a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock. For a finishing touch, I made a very small bow with some gold and white baker’s twine that is now retired. Linen thread would work, also, or some other twine that you have.

A Stitched Season Panel Christmas Card inside

This is the inside of the card with a Basic White layer and a stamped greeting in Peaceful Pine ink. It is in the Pretty Poinsettia Stamp Set as well. I also added a narrow strip of the background paper from the front of the card.

You could make several cards if you cut the paper as I did, or you could cut the squares into different configurations. Make the six squares go horizontally or make them just 2 x 2 instead of filling the whole space on the card.

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Traditions of Christmas Season’s Greetings Card

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Traditions of Christmas Season's Greetings Card

This kind of card is difficult to photograph with its gold foil accents, but I assure you this Traditions of Christmas Season’s Greetings Card is pretty in person! This is the particular patterned paper that “spoke” to me when I looked in the Tradtions of Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper. That’s a good way to get your creativity going – just look at a package of designer series paper and see what strikes you! Then go from there!

I really liked the Pool Party color on some ribbon and flowers on this paper so I really wanted to have Pool Party be a part of the card. I could have put the colors in reverse or used only Pool Party as the card base, but this time I used Real Red for the card base with a layer of Pool Party ( 4″ x 5 1/4″). Then the designer paper is cut at 3 3/4″ x 5″.

With this paper, I was rather purposeful in wanting the red flowers centered and hopefully not hidden when I added a greeting. Sometimes you can trim the sides or top and bottom so that you get a certain image in the spot where you want it to show on the card.

For the greeting, I used the Traditional Labels Bundle (stamp set and dies). You can do it either way, but this time I diecut the label and then stamped the greeting in Real Red on Pool Party cardstock. To add a layer, I adhered the stamped label and greeting to a piece of Gold Foil, the simply cut around it leaving a narrow margin of gold. It was easy to cut it by hand so don’t be afraid to do it! Before adhering to the card, I added some Stampin’ Seal on the back and adhered some Gold Striped 3/8″ Ribbon to the backside where I wanted it, then used Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop up the greeting and help hold down the ribbon. I love this ribbon! However, it is unavailable right now and not due back in stock until February!!

Just so you know, the Traditions of Christmas Designer Series Paper, is currently unavailable as are the Christmas Tags & More 6″ x 6″ DSP and the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack, but all are due back in stock next week!! So check back earlier or fill in the blank to be notified with each product. Sometimes things arrive sooner and you can grab them before everybody else.

If you already have these materials or even make a card like this one last-minute, I think you will find it plenty easy to make with no fuss!

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Christmas Tags & More Presents Card

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Christmas Tags & More Presents Card

This Christmas Tags & More Presents Card was a fun card to make with the ephemera pieces in the designer paper! I think I’ve made a card like this in the past, using paper to make it look like a stack of Christmas presents. When I looked at the ephemera pieces in the Christmas Tags & More 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper, I saw a couple actual gifts plus a couple other pieces that could be gifts!

This card has a Garden Green base with a layer of Real Red. May as well use green and red together today for a Christmas card! To start stacking the gifts, I used the green and white plaid one first, and then the red plaid banner in the ephemera looked like it could be a gift also. I cut off the banner end and shortened the green and white gift on the top. The bottom holly piece was just another tag or some kind of piece of ephemera that was the right size to put underneath the red plaid gift. Then I also noticed the little green package with white polka dots and slipped that at the top of the stack of gifts. The green and white package already had a bow on it, so for the other two, I just added two ephemera bows also in the package.

Before adhering the stack of gifts, I figured the Basic White top layer was going to look a little plain. Another good opportunity to use the Metallic Textures Rub-Ons to add a little design for the background in gold! These things are so fun to play with! I put the cross-hatch design in diagonal corners and some dots in the other two corners. After adding those, I adhered the gifts to the card front.

For the greeting, I found this one in the Greetings For All Ephemera Pack. I had tried out some others, but this one seemed to be the right size and showed up against the background. Instead of the Metallic Textures Rub-Ons, you could emboss the white background first with something not too busy or add some sequins or gems for a little bling and sparkle.

When you have an assortment of these ephemera packs, you have an easy and fun way to make a card!

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Elegant Pine Snowflakes Card From Our House to Yours

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Elegant Pine Snowflakes Card From Our House to Yours

As many of my cards do, this Elegant Pine Snowflakes Card From Our House to Yours card came about from looking through the package of designer series paper! Quite often, your creativity kicks into gear once you start looking at your products and paper. I liked the background paper and thought maybe if I cut out a snowflake that would look good for the focal point of the card.

This card starts with a card base of Shaded Spruce cardstock with the fold at the side rather than the top of the card. Cut the cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″ and fold at 5 1/2″. You could also put the fold at the top of the card. Usually we have the fold along the long side of the card.

The snowflake layer of paper is in the Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper. I chose one of the larger snowflakes from another sheet of the same designer paper and cut it our by hand (fussy-cut) with my Paper Snips. It’s so easy to cut out things by hand if you turn and move the image you are cutting out rather than moving your scissors. It really does make it easy once you change your focus on cutting. I planned to just adhere the snowflake to the front of the card, but I thought it needed something behind it. Since there was this Basic White diecut circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies already in my package of Basic White, I tried placing that behind the snowflake and liked the look of it. I also added a piece of the Shaded Spruce & Gold Edge 7/8″ Ribbon underneath. I think just the strip of ribbon looks pretty enough. No need for a bow anywhere. The snowflake is adhered flat on the white diecut circle and then the whole thing is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is from my favorite thing, the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. I think the small banner size fits perfectly on the card without detracting from the big snowflake. I trimmed off the right side of the banner to be straight along the edge of the designer paper. For a little sparkle, I added a small red Traditional Sparkling Sequin to the center of the snowflake and three gold sequins on the background paper. Those sequins are on the Last Chance category now and reduced 10%. I think you should get some! They are so pretty! I’m already on my second package and haven’t even made all my Christmas cards and projects yet!

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Christmas Tags & More Ornaments Card

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Christmas Tags & More Ornaments Card

This Christmas Tags & More Ornaments Card is easy to make with the versatile pack of 6″ x 6″ designer series paper called Christmas Tags & More! Besides the pretty holiday designs and tags in the paper, there are some sheets of diecut ephemera images you can use any way you like on cards or scrapbook pages and other projects for the holidays.

This card starts with a card base of Real Red cardstock, although you could use another color that matches the ornaments. There is a layer of Basic White cardstock for the background because I felt like I wanted the card to be very simple.

For the string holding the ornaments, I used a recently retired green baker’s twine. You could use whatever you have. A gold trim would be pretty, too. The ends are adhered under the sides of the white cardstock. Make it fairly tight going across but you want a little dip in the string. I chose three ornaments from the ephemera pages in the designer series paper, plus two pieces of mistletoe. To adhere the ornaments I put a Stampin’ Dimensional on the back of each one at the center to bottom and then a Mini Glue Dot to adhere to the string. The mistletoe is adhered flat on the card. Then I tied three small bows to adhere with a Mini Glue Dot to the top of each ornament.

Before I added the greeting, I had to play around with papers and layers trying to find the right thing for the bottom of the card. All of a sudden, the right combination came about! I added a strip of the red and green plaid pattern with a layer of Real Red under the greeting to highlight the gold foil wording. But I didn’t want it covering up very much of the plaid design.

The greeting is found in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. I have loved this pack with all kinds of gold foil greetings for the holidays that are ready to go and even are backed with adhesive. Just peel off the backing and adhere to the paper. Or if you’d rather use some other adhesive or pop up the greeting with Dimensionals, just leave on the backing paper and do it your way.

For just a tiny bit of embellishment, I added two gold Traditional Sparkling Sequins at each end of the greeting. I think they highlight the greeting a little bit and even a little on a card is nice!

Just get out all the papers and the diecut images and play around with all the possibilities!

Christmas Tags & More Plaid Christmas Card

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Christmas Tags & More Plaid Christmas Card

Here’s a fun Christmas card to make, the Christmas Tags & More Plaid Christmas Card. Between the cute designer series paper, the new dies to make the focal point, and the ephemera pieces and embellishments, this card will be easy enough for you to make and be proud of.

The card base is Garden Green, and I used the Christmas Tags & More 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. As you can see, this pack of paper is not only about Christmas tags! You can make tags out of some of the sheets just by cutting the images apart, as I did in THIS blog post. But you can certainly use the pack of paper for lots of Christmas cards, Christmas projects, and making scrapbook pages. I love this plaid design that I used for the background.

On the front of the card, I used the Branching Out Dies which are in the Holiday Mini Catalog and part of the Branching Out Bundle. I love using these dies for their shape and for their layering sizes. The top layer is a piece of Basic White cardstock layered on top of Garden Green cardstock. The small print piece at the bottom is a piece of the Tags & More 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper, but only using a portion. This whole piece is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

In the center is a wreath from the Time For Celebration Ephemera Pack. This wreath fit perfectly on this diecut with the greeting one of the pieces in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. I have used elements in this pack so much! They are pretty in gold foil and saves you the trouble of doing embossing. The red bow is from the Time For Celebration Ephemera Pack also, right by the wreath. For a little sparkle and embellishment, I used the Traditional Sparkling Sequins, which I love, love, love! I just placed three red sequins around on the wreath and one silver one on the center of the bow.

If you didn’t have the Branching Out Dies, you could layer any rectangle dies or just cut rectangle shapes of cardstock with a paper trimmer and it would all still be fine.

It appears that many or all of the products I used on this card are “currently unavailable” at this moment. This is why it is a good idea to order products you like as soon as you can when they come out. However, not all is lost! These products should be back in stock in about a week or two. You can go to the product page and fill in your email to be notified when they are back in stock. Sometimes they are even available earlier than expected so this is a good tool to use. Or just check back.

The Christmas Tags & More DSP is due back the week of Nov. 17th, as well as the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. The Branching Out Dies are due back in stock the week of Nov. 24th as well as the Traditional Sparkling Sequins. The Time For Celebration Ephemera Pack is delayed until the week of Dec. 1st. You will still have time to order these items as they come back and still have time to make your projects. You can also use the same card design with other paper, other rectangular shapes for layers and another greeting and embellishments.

Keep checking the Stampin’ Up! Online Store and perhaps you will be the first one of these products being available again!

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Elegant Pine Snowflakes Scrap Cards

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Elegant Pine Snowflakes Scraps Cards

Do you know what today is? Today is October 25, TWO MONTHS until Christmas Day! Wow! That puts things into perspective for us crafters, right?! I wanted to post a Christmas card today to remind all of us that even though it isn’t Halloween yet, it is almost Christmastime! Here are two cards, Elegant Pine Snowflakes Scrap Cards, that you can easily make with brand new paper or the scraps that you have left after making other cards. And you can use any paper you have! In fact, you can make this same kind of card for a birthday or any occasion, just change the theme and greeting of course!

Elegant Pine Snowflakes Merry & Bright Card

This card is made with a Real Red card base. As you may have guessed, I used the Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper in the Online Exclusives since September. You could use Cherry Cobbler cardstock or one of the greens. The paper strips are cut at 1 3/4″ x 4″. I adhered mine directly on to the card base. However, sometimes it is easier to cut a piece of cardstock the same size as the three strips together and adhere the strips onto that layer, then the whole piece on to the card base. Or you can make a layer that is larger (if you cut your strips smaller) and have that layer show around the margins of the strips. Very versatile design. These strips are all touching, but you can also make them smaller and narrower and leave a space in between.

The greeting is one of the gold foil sentiments in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. It is layered on a Gold Foil diecut circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies. This eventually is layered on a larger Real Red diecut circle. First, however, I used the Real Red 1/2″ Shiny Ribbon back and forth behind the gold foil layer and held in place with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I often put some Stampin’ Seal on the paper to hold the ribbon in place until I get it just right and then add the Dimensionals.

For some pizzazz, I added five gold Traditional Sparkling Sequins for sparkle. With this design you can make hundreds of other kinds of cards. It’s a great way to use more than one pattern of our beautiful paper!

Elegant Pine Snowflakes Joy Card

Here is a second card, made with the same Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper, but with the strips switched around and a different greeting and ribbon. This card base is our old favorite, Old Olive. The greeting is also in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack, but the whole word punches out. It is layered on an Old Olive Stylish Shapes circle with Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon, which is so pretty. Just like the first card, the greeting is popped up on Dimensionals. This time I used the Real Red Traditional Sparkling Sequins for some sparkle on the card. Just add a greeting or write a message inside the card and you are set to go!

Since today is only two months until Christmas (and that’s Christmas Day when ALL the work and preparation is over with!) let’s all try to make at least three Christmas cards today, maybe more, just to get in the mood and into gear!

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Ornament Trio Christmas Card

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Ornament Trio Christmas Card

This Ornament Trio Christmas Card is another idea for a Christmas card! Keep it simple and use a few embellishments plus the greeting. Since this one uses designer series paper, you would only be able to make a certain number of this particular card, with as many sheets of this pattern of paper that are in the packages. This card was made with one square sheet with the ornaments printed on about 2/3’s of the paper and a polka dot border to one side in Crumb Cake. But it can also give you an idea for a Christmas card cutting out or stamping some ornament shapes out of the supplies you have, adhering them to a card with a background layer, and embellishing them.

This card starts with a card base of Real Red cardstock and has a layer of Gold Foil to match the bit of gold foil on the card front, the little ornament caps below the ribbon. The Gold Foil also makes the card look a little richer and special. These ornaments came from the Christmas Tags & More 6″ x 6″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper is called “Specialty” because it comes with diecuts as well as paper. Some of the paper is practically ready-made gift tags if you just cut them apart!

The patterned paper with the three ornaments on it is what I used on this simple card. I trimmed it down to 3 3/4″ x 5″, trying to keep the ornaments centered. To jazz them up a bit, I cut out three gold foil caps to cover the ones printed on the paper and make the ornaments look more authentic. I didn’t have to think very much about what greeting should go on the card. I found one that fit just right in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. I could have peeled off the backing of the “Merry Christmas” greeting I chose in the package to use as a sticker, but instead, I just added some Mini Dimensionals to pop up the greeting for a little interest. These greetings are SO handy and so pretty, especially with the gold foil. Be sure you put at least one, maybe two packages, on your order.

If you prefer, there are diecut ornament images in the package and you could make a similar style card using those instead of the patterned paper. There are SO many possibilities for holiday cards and projects in this one 6″ x 6″ pack of designer series paper, which is more than just normal designer series paper.

To embellish the ornaments, beside adding the gold foil ornament topper, I added some retired Cherry Cobbler and Gold Ribbon, which I still had in my basket and was the only narrow red choice I had. I thought the wider ribbon in Real Red that I have would be too large for these ornaments. Use what you have. You could use a narrow gold ribbon, bakers twine, whatever you have! I also added some Traditional Sparkling Sequins in gold near the bottom portion of the card.

Besides ordering the very fine Greetings For You Ephemera Pack (or two!), I would suggest you get one or two of the beautiful Traditional Sparkling Sequins which can be used beyond Christmas. They are such pretty, sparkling embellishments and are flat on the card, a great advantage for mailing.

October is speeding by so start thinking about Christmas and holiday cards, invitations, gifts, favors, and giftwrap ideas!

Christmas Tags & More Ornament Sheet

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It’s Time For the 12 Weeks of Christmas 2025!

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12 Weeks of Christmas 2025 Sq Info

Who knew it was already time for me to begin sending my special 12 Weeks of Christmas emails to my newsletter subscribers?! I’m thinking about Halloween decorations but it really is only 12 weeks until Christmas! This is a special thank you gift I send to my email subscribers every year with exclusive ideas I won’t be posting anywhere else. First we start with holiday cards, then gift ideas, and finally gift bag and tag ideas for wrapping those gifts! The weeks fly by for sure!

Every Wednesday I will send out a 12 Weeks of Christmas email at 1:00 PM. Hopefully, it will be an inspiration (and reminder!) for creating your own projects for the holidays and getting a head start!

I have fun sending these emails and I think my customers enjoy receiving them and getting extra ideas that they can use for their holiday crafting. Tell your friends to sign up, too, if they like papercrafting! They might not even need to be stampers! There are always work-arounds.

How do you get them? You have to be on my Mailing List! Just sign up in the red box on the right if you are on my website. If you are on your phone, you may have to scroll all the way down to find it. Or just click HERE to go to the page to sign up. It’s free, of course, and you can unsubscribe at any time if it’s not for you. If you are already getting my Tuesday emails, then you don’t have to do anything! You are IN!

These projects will not be anywhere else…not on my blog, or Facebook page, or Instagram. They are my gift to my mailing list subscribers as a thank you for following me and stamping along with me! We’d love to have you join us if you would like! The first email goes out Wednesday, October 8, 2025! See you then!

Christmas Card With Gold Metallic Rub-on

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Except for cutting the paper, this Christmas Card With Gold Metallic Rub-on is probably one of the easiest cards you can make! I had ordered these Metallic Textures Rub-Ons quite awhile back, then kept forgetting to try them out. Finally I did to make this card and loved how easy they were to use and how pretty this one turned out!

I started with one of the large tags in the A Touch of Gold Tags Ephemera Pack. I am loving ALL of the ephemera packs Stampin’ Up! has now! I used the wreath Metallic Rub-on on this tag. The directions are easy. Cut out the design you want to use. Remove the backing. Place it on the cardstock where you want it with the pretty design face up. Just use your finger to rub across the design thoroughly. Carefully lift it up, making sure the metallic design transferred. Mine did perfectly!

Metallic Rub-on Application

Christmas Card with Metallic Rub-on Tag

Christmas Card with Metallic Rub-on Tag

For the greeting, I used one from the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. I like these so much I bought an extra pack so I have plenty for Christmas cards and other projects. These are printed in gold foil and are peel-and-stick adhesive on the back. There are duplicates of each greeting. You can leave the backing on if you want to use your own adhesive or want to pop them up on Dimensionals. This one fit just right.

Christmas Card with Metallic Rub-on Tag

I originally thought I would add some Cherry Cobbler Berries to the wreath, but then I decided to leave it all just gold and white.

The card base is Basic White. I cut a layer of Basic White that I could layer the Gold Tag on. My layer is 3 1/4″ x 4 3/4″. Then I layered that on Gold Foil, a piece 3 1/2″ x 5″. Finally, I added a bow tied with the Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon and adhered with a couple of Mini Glue Dots.

That’s all there is to this card and I think it looks very nice with all the gold! These rub-ons are in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog near the bottom of page 124 so they are for any occasions and designs, not just holidays. I feel like they could be easily overlooked on that page in the catalog because of the light color and all the interesting embellishments on the next page that draws your eye! This wreath I used could just be for summer or any time. Half of the sheets in the package are silver, so you get both gold and silver in the package.

Check out the Metallic Textures Rub Ons (165270) and put a package on your next order! You’ll love them! I think Stampin’ Up! had some many years ago and we rubbed them with like a popsicle stick. These you just use your finger. So easy and fun!

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Elegant Pine Snowflakes From Our House To Yours Card

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Elegant Pine Snowflakes From Our House To Yours Card

This Elegant Pine Snowflakes From Our House To Yours Card is an easy one to make. When you are making a lot of Christmas cards, you need to think of designs that make it easy to make multiples. Of course, you might also want to make some extra-special cards for extra-special people! That is what is so fun about cardmaking – you can make “easy” cards that don’t take a lot of time but still look lovely, or you can spend more time and use more products to make something “fancy”. It’s all fun and all creative!

This card came about just because I was cutting up some designer series paper to send as little thank you samples to send to customers who had ordered from me. Since I just got this Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper in my order the other day, it was one I knew they didn’t have yet. Sometimes when you are just flipping through a package of designer series paper, maybe one pattern in particular will just jump out at you and you’ll want to use it next time you make a card. As I was cutting samples of this paper, this pattern just “spoke to me” and I wanted to use it for the next card I made.

The card base is Shaded Spruce cardstock. It matches perfectly with the foliage in the designer paper. I liked the red berries in the paper, so I added the Real Red 1/2″ Shiny Ribbon. I just took enough ribbon to wrap across the front and around to the back a little bit on each side. This saves a couple inches of ribbon since you don’t wrap it completely around the card. After the ribbon was attached, I could adhere the designer paper to the card base.

For the greeting, I chose a greeting in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack in the Holiday Mini on page 15 at the top. Stampin’ Up! has quite a few ephemera packs of all kinds and they are so handy and fun to use! These are peel-and-stick stickers of gold foil Christmas greetings, even multiples so you can make more than one card with each greeting. I’ve already ordered a second pack to have on hand. And you can use them on tags, gift bags, and other projects, not just cards. For a background, I diecut a label from the Unbounded Love Dies, now retired, but you can use something similar or simply cut a rectangle piece of cardstock. I used Shaded Spruce with a partial layer of Real Red. The way to “fake” another layer when you don’t have a larger die is to cut it out, then cut it in half, horizontally as I did here or vertically, if you want it to show on the sides. Then glue one half to the top just showing a little border and the other half to the bottom. On the back, there would be a space between the two halves. I do this a lot! The greeting is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals right over the ribbon.

To embellish the card, I tied a bow out of the ribbon and adhered it to the card with Mini Glue Dots. It is easier than trying to wrap the ribbon all around and tie a bow, but you could do that. I also added the beautiful Traditional Sparkling Sequins, the small gold ones, to the greeting and on the designer series paper. I’m telling you, these are gorgeous and I think you should order a package or two soon while they are in stock! They won’t only have to be for Christmas either. You will be able to use them on any cards and projects where you want some sparkle!

Here is another card, the first card, I made with the Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper. It comes in a Suite in the Online Exclusives if you would like ALL the things!

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Holiday Mini Catalog Cover SeptDec 2025

September-December 2025 Mini Catalog (Holiday Mini Catalog)

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Elegant Pine Snowflakes Season’s Greetings Card

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Elegant Pine Snowflakes Season's Greetings Card

I got another Stampin’ Up! order late yesterday and had to try out this new Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper, which you will find in the newest Online Exclusives. I was totally drawn to this darker print pattern and made this Elegant Pine Snowflakes Season’s Greetings Card, partly so I could use the new In Color, Secret Sea!

This is really just a basic design for a card so you can change it up however you like. The card base is Secret Sea cardstock with a layer of Real Red cardstock, which I couldn’t resist adding for that pop of red! The Real Red layer is cut a bit larger than usual to give that very narrow border of the Secret Sea. It measures 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″. I did cut the designer paper layer at the usual 5 1/4″ x 4″ but I decided I wanted more of the red to show than just a narrow margin so I trimmed it down just a bit. Now it is 3 3/4″ x 5″.

I intended to wrap the new ribbon I just got that belongs in the Elegant Pine Snowflakes Suite around the left side of the designer paper and add a bow. But I was too hasty in gluing down the layers! Instead, as you can see, I just tied a bow with the new Shaded Spruce & Gold Edged 7/8″ Ribbon. It is adhered with several Mini Glue Dots. I first intended to place it on the side of the card, but when I sort of accidentally moved it into that corner I thought it looked like a bow that would be on a package so I placed it there!

The greeting is in the Traditional Labels Stamp Set. It is stamped in Real Red on one of the new Foiled Frames & Labels Ephemera Pack. You’ll find these in the Floral Impressions Suite in the Online Exclusives that came out in May. Obviously they aren’t just for Christmas but you can use them any time, even Christmas! I popped up the tag with Stampin’ Dimensionals. To embellish the tag a little bit, while I was watching TV, I cut out some pine snowflakes and pinecones. And because they are so pretty, I added some red Traditional Sparkling Sequins for some sparkle in the dark background.

While it seems crazy to be showing Christmas cards now, we know time flies and every year we wish we would have started on our cards and holiday projects earlier. Now is your chance to start thinking about what you would like to make, order your supplies, and get to work!

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