Do you love Christmas as much as I do? Isn't it just the best? I'm getting excited already and it's still 100+ here in the warm valley desert of Las Vegas. But that doesn't stop me from making cute Christmas cards; and Stamp Simply has the most adorable New Release to help us all get started. You are going to LOVE these sweet new stamps and coordinating dies. I've been stamping and cutting these darling little stockings and mittens since I first opened this sweet new set.
How cute, right? And it's NOT me at all....it's these DARLING products from Stamp Simply. I used black and white basic cardstock for my base and then I cut a piece of Christmas Tartan Plaid patterned paper using the CC Tartan Plaid 6x6 Paper Pad. I machine stitched the edges in black and I added a small piece of .5" White Lace across my card.
I cut the adorable Christmas stockings using cream wool felt. These dies from Stamp Simply cut right through that wool felt in ONE swipe. Like a knife through warm butter, it cut those socks perfectly (and this is a pretty thick felt. It's the basic cream from JoAnn's). I also cut the word BLESSINGS from black cardstock using the Blessings Word Die. All the Word Dies from Stamp Simply are this beautiful and SO helpful in crafting.
I felt that the card needed some white/cream to break up the patterned paper, so I cut a small cream paper scrap and used Peeled Paint Oxide Ink to make the background on that. The darling sentiment was stamped using the new Christmas Stockings & Mittens Stamp Set. All the sentiments in this new set are SO sweet. There's always lots of great SS inspiration on the Stamp Simply Blog, and lots of great sales and products in the Stamp Simply Shop so don't miss either. Have a blessed week, y'all.
I'm playing along in these FUN challenges:
Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge - Challenge #24 - Anything Goes Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Simon Says "Use Die-Cuts" - I used several as explained above.
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Challenge #612 - Anything Christmas - Use plaid/gingham
Thanks again for visiting me today.
Please come back soon,
Karen
Just BEAUTIFUL Karen! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Peace On Earth challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. We appreciate your support!
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P.S. If I hadn’t already mentioned it, just wanted to let you know that we have another new challenge blog. This time it’s all about using your STENCILS. I hope you’ll come check us out and play along at Crazy is our fame – STENCILS are our game (aka STENCIL FUN CHALLENGE. The fun begins OCTOBER 4th … Hope to see you there!
Love those stockings with the plaid tops and toes! Beautiful layering of the background. Thank you so much for joining us at Peace on Earth.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant card, great design for our challenge.… Many thanks for entering and hope to see you again soon. Good luck in the final draw.
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Brilliant card, great design for our challenge.… Many thanks for entering and hope to see you again soon. Good luck in the final draw.
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Thank you for sharing your lovely crafting for my CHNC challenge 612 - hope to see you again soon xx
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