Christmas - Right as Rain

Newton’s Nook Argyle Stencil – Three Versions

Hello! I recently had some time to play with the Argyle stencil set from Newton’s Nook. I am sharing three CAS holiday cards created with the stencil set, which includes two stencils – one to make the diamonds and another to create the stitching. On the three cards, the diamonds are identical (inked with red and green). The stitching is achieved with three different products – gold ink, gold gel, and gold-foiled (using transfer gel).

Since my focus was to experiment with the different products for the stitching, I kept the design of the focal point the same – an ornament (combining two Impression Obsession die sets, now retired) with the PTI “Joy” word die. I used this same focal point recently on this card.

On the first card, I inked the diamonds with red and green inks. The stitching was inked with Color Box gold metallic ink. The sentiment was cut from Red Flock and added to the white ornament, with brushed gold ornament hanger and cord.

On the second card, I inked the diamonds just as before. I then cut the panel to A2-size before applying gold gel paste. Once dry, I added the ornament with brushed gold sentiment, hanger, and cord.

On the third card, I inked the diamonds just as before. I then cut the panel to A2-size before applying the Transfer Gel. Once dry, I ran the panel through my Minc with Gold Foil. I added the ornament with shiny gold sentiment, hanger, and cord.

The version with the gold ink stitching is easiest to create (little dry time) and the results are the most subtle. The version with the gold gel paste is subtle, but less so than the inked version. I’ve used other gold embossing pastes before; I really liked the ease of this product’s application and the results. The third version required an additional step, that of running the panel through the laminator. That being said, the results are the most noticeable.

I really like having the time to explore products as I’ve done with these three cards.

Thanks so much for visiting!

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Penny Black Santa’s On His Way – Take Two

Hello! I’m sharing another take on the Santa scene shown in this post. This time, I made the card vertical.

I cut the #51-459 Neighborhood Border from white cardstock and trimmed off the border from the right-hand side to fit the 4 1/4″ width. I backed the windows with gold foil.
I heat-embossed the #30-257 Joy Filled sentiment in gold powder on navy cardstock (Stampin’ Up Night of Navy).
I cut Santa and his team of reindeer (with #51-560 Here Comes…) and the snowflakes (#51-268 A Blizzard and #51-080 Around Town) from white cardstock and added them to the nighttime scene. The Santa and reindeer was added with foam adhesive.

I particularly like this color scheme for Christmas cards, something that goes back to my childhood. My grandmother collected all of the cards that she received during the holiday season and kept them in a special box. My parents, my brother, and I traveled to her house every year either on Christmas Eve or December 23. Soon after we arrived, she and I would go through the box. Cards with gold and silver and dark jewel tones really stood out.

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Spellbinders CAS Christmas Cards

Hello! Today I am sharing two CAS cards featuring products from the 3D Holiday Vignettes at Spellbinders, designed by Becca Feeken. A few months ago, I shared projects with these same products, which you can see here. I don’t always have the time to create projects as detailed as those, so I created two more cards using just the focal image dies in those sets. Let’s take a look!

On the first card, I used the Santa Claus die set to cut Whip Cream cardstock for the focal image. I used the circle die in that set to cut a light green cardstock with which to back the image. I added the assembly to a red cardstock base on which I heat-embossed a sentiment.

My second card features the Reindeer Prance set. I cut the focal image from Whip Cream cardstock and backed it with the same soft green as in the first card. I added the assembly to a dry-embossed background and added the heat-embossed sentiment.

Supplies: Hero Arts Holiday Animals (now retired)

Deco Foil Ornament Card

Hello. Today I am sharing a CAS Christmas-card created with a foil product I’ve never used before – the Ornamental Deco Foil Toner Sheets. The package includes toner sheets on white cardstock and clear sheets. This card uses the clear sheet.

I laminated the sheet (which I cut to an A2-size) with the Red Static foil.
I applied the foiled sheet to patterned paper by applying tape runner to the backs of the foiled ornaments.
I added a die-cut sentiment (PTI) which I attached to an ornament cut with Impression Obsession dies (Round and Vintage); I used the body of the one and the hanger and bow from the other.

This would be an easy card to mass produce.

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Penny Black – At the Tree Farm

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a Christmas scene card, created with Penny Black die sets from the Merry and Joy release, in which I’ve envisioned a trip to the Christmas tree farm. Let’s take a look!

For the card background, I adhered vellum to patterned paper (Carta Bella Christmas ) to soften it.
I cut the #51-571 Vintage Truck from cardstock including Riding Hood Red (retired Stampin’ Up) for the truck body .
The #51-574 …Bright sentiment was cut from the same red cardstock and from silver foil cardstock. I tried several cardstock colors for the sentiment including brushed silver and white. This combination of the red and the shiny silver worked the best.
The #51-567 Tree Border was die cut from white cardstock and directly added to the background. The border does not cut the bottom portion so the tree border can be cut to the size that you want.

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