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Penny Black – CAS Christmas Cards

Hello! Today I am sharing two cards of the same design featuring Penny Black products from the First Snow release.

On both cards, I used the #51-572 Jumbo Joy die, the #51-557 Reindeer Leaps die, and the #40-706 Snowflake Pattern background stamp. However, I changed the colors and textures to show the versatility of the supplies.

On the first, I heat-embossed the Snowflake Pattern stamp with gold embossing powder on navy cardstock. The reindeer is cut from brushed gold cardstock.

On the second card, I stamped the Snowflake Pattern stamp on gray cardstock with white ink. The JOY letters were flocked (using foam and the flock transfer sheets). This video shows how to die-cut the foam and apply the flock. I cut the reindeer from a bright red cardstock.

I really like to change the feel of a design with tweaks to the colors and textures.

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Penny Black – Magical Season

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS Christmas card created with products from Penny Black‘s new release – First Snow.

I’ve combined #51-557 Reindeer Leaps (cut from silver glitter cardstock) on a scene with #51-562 Christmas Wonderland and a sentiment from #30-649 Frosty Hello.

I white heat-embossed the sentiment on to a rich blue background before adding the die-cut pieces. The antlers of the reindeer were left intentionally loose to add a bit of whimsy. I backed the Christmas Wonderland border with bright pink cardstock to reinforce the magical atmosphere.

This card would be easy to reproduce. At the same time, it is one that can easily be changed with different colors and the addition of gold, silver, or copper. For example, the reindeer cut from copper cardstock and the background in black, with a different color behind the trees, would be bold and dramatic.

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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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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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Santa’s On His Way – Penny Black Christmas Scenes

Hello! Today I’m sharing two takes on the same design. I’ve used the Penny Black #51-560 Here Comes… and #51-459 Neighborhood Border dies to create Christmas scenes.

On my first take, I created a card base from patterned paper. The #51-459 Neighborhood Border was cut from white cardstock and backed with a soft yellow. I cut Santa and his sleigh from red cardstock. I added a heat-embossed sentiment from the #30-384 Rejoice stamp set.

On my second take, I used non-traditional colors. You may also notice that the Neighborhood Border is shifted a bit.

The card base is dry-embossed turquoise blue. The #51-459 Neighborhood Border was cut from dark pink cardstock and backed with a bright yellow. I cut Santa and his sleigh from white cardstock. I heat-embossed a sentiment from the #30-616 Thrill of Hope stamp set directly on to the Neighborhood Border (this method is a bit trickier than adding a banner, as I did in the first card).

On both cards, I added snowflakes cut with dies in the #51-268 A Blizzard and #51-080 Around Town sets.

I don’t always have the time to try out different color schemes, although it’s something I always take into consideration (as in, I’m thinking about other options). One of my favorite card types is a scene, so these cards were a lot of fun to make.

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