Christmas Whimsy Card Kit

Stampin'UP! has a card kit first released about 2 years ago called Christmas Whimsy. It makes 8 cards, 4 of each of two designs. Here's the cover sheet for the kit.

Aren't the cards cute?? Everyone thought so too and the kit sold out immediately. The same thing happened the second holiday season -- it sold out again! So this time, I decided to get it in July and start holiday cards early! (Obviously I didn't create a post early though! LOL). It's an easy kit and the directions are pretty self explanatory. The only modification I made was to cut the front and mount it on a card base of Poppy Parade card stock:

The envelopes had a classy touch of gold too:

Oh, I should mention that ALL the supplies needed to make these cards including the word stamps, ink spot, gold trim "twine", glue dots and foam dimensional adhesive! Here are closeups of both cards with my simple change of mounting the card front onto a Poppy Parade card base. 

Inside, I stamped the following greeting (which came with the kit):

If you need a quick handful of cards, this kit can fit your needs! If you can order it of course...

Faux Shaker Cards with Santas Express DSP

Apologies that I didn't finish posting some of my holiday cards in early January but I was out of town for a few days then caught a nasty flu from my family. And then I was out for several weeks! Stay healthy folks...!!

I wanted to make an interactive card and decided to make faux shaker cards. I used Santa's Express DSP and cut a 4x5.25" panel of it. Then I put the DSP into a clear cellophane bag sized for an A2 card and tucked in the edge on one side to fit the panel snugly. I added various sequins into the bag and taped it shut! Ribbon across and a die cut of the Ho Ho Ho side of one of the other designs in the DSP pack and ...the card was done! Here are a couple of close ups of both:

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Quick Christmas cards with Classic Christmas Dies

I made the most holiday cards for the 2023 holiday season than perhaps ever!  But I didn't have the time to post them all. So over the next few days, I'll try to catch up and post at least some of them. Here are the ones created with the Classic Christmas Dies:

The DSP strip is from the Christmas Joy DSP pack and if you were wondering, I just used my standard paper hole punch for the berries...that was much easier! 

I misplaced my heat tool when we moved years ago and found it again earlier in 2023. But you know how it is when you "lose" a tool then find it again years later, you completely forget to use it! So I decided to heat emboss the greetings...love the look!

And these (below) were some really quick simple cards I created at the end of the season. You know how it is when you need just a few more cards to either send out or in your stash, in case...LOL:

The glimmer background in silvery blue and pink from the Supple Shimmer specialty card stock pack from a year or two back. The bottom two background DSPs are from the retired Heartwarming Hugs DSP pack. The greeting is from the Festive and Framed stamp set. 

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Quick holiday cards with the Beary Christmas Memories & More

 I was curious about the Memories & More Card Pack (#162027) and the Cards & Envelope Pack (#162028) for the Beary Christmas set. The idea of quick holiday cards is so appealing and the card bases and envelopes that matched the cards seemed to make a quick project of making lots of holiday cards! It took me a while to pull everything out and see what I wanted to match with what, but here are just a few of the designs that I easily made combining the different elements:

There were 20 card bases and matching envelopes (10 red, 10 blue) and I used them all! And I still had extra supplies remaining with which I could create more. If you want to make some quick cards with snowy scenes and adorable bears (and friends)...grab them before they sell out. Contact me if you need help...you can reach me using the "contact form" in the right margin here.

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