Today I have a huge selection of Christmas cards for your inspiration. I found this unmade October 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit Joy to the World whilst searching my stash for Christmas supplies. Although these supplies are no longer available, my idea is that you could replicate the designs with any Christmas stamps, die cuts and sentiments.
The original kit came with 8 card bases and envelopes plus flowers and wreath die cuts, blank label die cuts, gold foil sentiments, Cherry Cobbler Linen Thread and a stamp set with a wreath, small floral spray and different sentiments.
This first group of cards use the card bases, die cuts and stamps from the kit. I am not going to show the inside of all the cards today as there are so many. However I have included one which is an indication of what I did for all of the others.
The next two cards are front flap cards. They are made using all parts of the kit. I took one card base and cut it in half, attach die cuts and added it to a quarter sheet of cardstock decorated with pieces from the inside of a kit envelope.
This card also uses the kit supplies. I have cut a piece 1½” from the right edge of the card front to create a fun fold card. You will see the piece that I cut in a later card in this post.
Another one using all kit pieces. This time I scored the front in half to create an easel card,
You can see that this Z fold uses that 1½” piece cut from the fun fold card above. The base is Very Vanilla with a strip of Seasons of Elegance Specialty DSP on the left hand side. I stamped the wreath image on Very Vanilla and punched it out with the Decorative Circle Punch (perfect sizing for the wreath).
For these three I used die cuts from the kit, plus Seasons of Elegance Specialty DSP, Cherry Cobbler and Basic Beige card bases and a layer of Basic White embossed with the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder. The ‘joy’ card also uses Graceful Greenery Vellum Specialty paper and Spotlight on Nature Dies.
This one is quite different. I stamped the floral spray with Soft Sea Foam ink on matching cardstock. The sentiment was stamped with Just Jade ink (to match the kit items) and the floral die cut attached to the panel. It was then embossed with the Birch Wood 3D Embossing Folder and added to a Soft Sea Foam base.
… and for my finale, I have used a wreath die cut on a Shiplap Technique card. I had never heard of this technique before and must give thanks to Stamp-n-Shine with Julie Salva for the inspiration. The sentiment on the front is from Itty Bitty Christmas.
Do you have a favourite? Let me know what you think.
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