Hi friends! Are you ready for a little sneak peak? Most of you have probably received your new catalogs in the mail from me. Have you been drooling over anything? I sure had my eye on some lovely new stamps and dies. Oh yes, and gorgeous designer papers too! I can hardly wait to get my hot little hands on some of them. Being a demonstrator, one of the perks is being able to pre-order from new catalogs. And that's just what I did. The goodies came last week, and I finally had time to play. I've had this idea in my head every since I saw the Penguin Place stamp set and punch bundle. I usually go for the more traditional stamps, but this set was just too cute to pass up. It makes me smile just thinking about it. And when I saw there was a Sale-A-Bration designer paper that matched these little guys, I just had to get it too. Here's my first card - and I didn't even really use the stamp set except for the words! How funny!
Aren't these little guys just adorable? Both the polar bear and penguin were fussy cut from the (free!) Penguin Playmates Designer Series Paper. The cute little fox didn't make it onto this card, but maybe it will the next time. The soft trees in the background are actually the backside of the paper the little guys were cut out from. Fun paper and interesting colors to use for Christmas instead of the traditional red and green.
To make the card, start with a base of Misty Moonlight cut to 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded in half. Next a piece of Basic White cardstock cut at 4" x 3 1/2". Using the Basic Borders Die set, I chose the curvy die and cut the two snowdrifts from this keeping the width at 4". After playing around with the snowdrifts, I decided to cut the trees designer paper to 4" x 3 1/2" so there would be enough overlap when layered onto the card base. I started with the trees dsp attached to the top of the card and centered nicely. Next I guessed where the two white layers would be and attached them to each other. Lastly, the two white layers were attach directly to the card front overlapping onto the trees dsp.
The sentiment was stamped with Misty Moonlight ink onto the skinny strip of Basic White cardstock. It was then trimmed up into three separate pieces and layered onto Misty Moonlight bits and cut skinny to fit. Both the polar bear and penguin were attached to the card front using Dimensionals. And the three sentiments were scattered over the card and attached with Mini Dimensionals. The 2021-2023 In Color Jewels in Fresh Freesia were added to give the card a little bling.
The inside of the card starts with a layer of Basic White cardstock. This has the Christmas sentiment from the Banner Year stamp set stamped with Misty Moonlight ink. Then the cute sentiment from the Penguin Place set was stamped below it also using Misty Moonlight ink. The little sparkly snowflakes were stamped in Fresh Freesia ink to match the scarf on the polar bear. You know how I love everything to match just so!
It was so much fun to make my first Christmas cards of the season. It might be in the 90's outside, but I'm still thinking of snowy days and cold weather inside. Hope this starts you thinking ahead to Christmas and the fall holidays ahead. It's never too early to get started on all those cards, favors, tags, and all the rest. Time always seems to have a way of slipping by too quickly. So get those thinking caps on and start planning all your holiday stamping projects! Make sure you look at all the possibilities in both the July-December Mini Catalog and also the Sale-A-Bration flyer. There's sure to be some goodies that you're going to need. If you'd like to order from me, please use this host code. I'd really appreciate it!
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Just want to thank you for stopping by to see what's new. It's been fun doing a little holiday stamping. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks again.
Hugs and blessings,
Sharon
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