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Christmas Blessings To You And Yours

December 25, 2021 Leave a Comment

EDITED: Following a few requests I’ve updated this post including directions below to make this card.

There’s no blog project this morning as I simply wanted to wish you a merry Christmas and a peaceful 2022. Thank you to you, my blog followers, customers and friends for all your support in 2021, I cannot tell you how much you are appreciated. Please enjoy this final card using the retiring Happy Holly-Days Stamp Set. I couldn’t resist including a little new product sneak peek… it is Christmas after all. x

"Christmas Blessings to you and yours" for 2021 with this card from PapercraftWithMe.com using products from Stampin' Up! #simplestamping

HAPPY HOLLY-DAYS

My project began with the Happy Holly-Days Stamp Set and that pretty bird image. Using Tuxedo Black ink I stamped the bird onto some Basic White Card. Then I turned him into an English robin using Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers.

First I coloured the wings, tail and back using light Pool Party (yep, that’s a blue!). Then I added some dark Crumb Cake over most of the area, leaving out some of the tail, wings and around the edge of the ‘face’. Then I went over the whole area with light Crumb Cake to blend everything together.

For the robin’s breast I first used light Poppy Parade. I must admit that even this light marker looked a bit bright, but after going over the whole area using light Crumb Cake I was definitely happier. Finally I finished off the robin using dark Crumb Cake on the beak and legs.

Now all I had to do was carefully cut him out with Paper Snips.

`Wishing your family health & happiness throughout the coming year" sentiment from the Happy Holly-Days Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

With the most complicated part of the design done I was ready for the sentiments from the Happy Holly-Days Stamp Set. First on a 1″ x 4″ strip of Basic White Card I stamped “Christmas blessings to you and yours”. Then in the centre of a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Basic White Card I stamped “wishing your family health & happiness throughout the coming year”.

Finally I stamped the robin image on the front of a Basic White Medium Envelope. With that I was ready to work on the front of the card.

QUICKEST EVER OUTDOOR SCENE

Now I had the sentiment and robin it was time to put together the background. I ‘d originally planned to use a Christmas-themed Designer Series Paper (DSP) but nothing excited me. So I gave in and opened up some new DSP I’d received just a couple of days ago. This pack of 6″ x 6″ paper is called New Horizons and will be available to customers from January 4th. The pack contains 48 double sided-sheets of watercoloured backgrounds in a variety of scenes and more abstract designs. There’s 4 sheets each of twelve different double-sided designs and I know this pack is going to be very popular.

I took one of the sheets and trimmed 2-1/4″ off the bottom, then I trimmed 1″ from one side. Using Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow) I mounted the remaining 3-3/4″ x 5″ piece onto a 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ layer of Old Olive Card.

Next I cut a 1″ x 5″ strip of Kraft Paper and added texture by running it through a crimping tool I’ve had for years. With that I was ready begin assembling the card.

"Christmas Blessings to you and yours" for 2021 with this card from PapercraftWithMe.com using products from Stampin' Up! #simplestamping

Using liquid glue I fixed the crimped Kraft Paper across the layered DSP, then added the sentiment on top. To make the robin really stand out I attached him to the scene with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Now I needed a card base and so I used my Paper Trimmer to cut and score some Misty Moonlight Card. Then I folded it along the scored line and sharpened the crease with a Bone Folder.

Using more Stampin’ Dimensionals I added the completed scene to the card front, then fixed the Basic White layer on the inside. With that my final Christmas card of 2021 was complete.

I still can’t believe that the Happy Holly-Days Stamp Set is retiring and is now only available while stocks last! Still with products like the New Horizons DSP to look forward to I suspect I’ll get over my disappointment.

PRODUCT LIST

UPDATED 2022: Sadly the Happy Holly-Days Stamp Set has retired and is no longer available from Stampin’ Up!

Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Misty Moonlight 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Old Olive 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Kraft 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Paper Pack
Kraft 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Paper Pack
New Horizons 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
New Horizons 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
Basic White Medium Envelopes
Basic White Medium Envelopes
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
Happy Holly Days Cling Stamp Set (English)
Happy Holly Days Cling Stamp Set (English)
Paper Snips
Paper Snips
Paper Trimmer
Paper Trimmer
Bone Folder
Bone Folder
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stampin’ Dimensionals

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