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Holy Family Card

I made my card today using the pretty Rejoice stamp set, the Lovely Blossoms dsp and a selection of Blends Alcohol Pens.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

I created the Holy Family card using the following supplies:

Cloud Cover card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored on the long-side at 4⅛”
Lovely Blossoms dsp – 5¾” by 4”
Early Espresso – 3½” by 3½”
Basic White- 3⅜” by 3⅜”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

 

The panel of Lovely Blossoms designer series paper (dsp) was glued to the front of the Cloud Cover card front.

 

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A Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Rejoice stamp set and the Lovely Blossoms designer series paper

The sentiment was stamped with Early Espresso ink in the lower left-hand corner of the card front.

 

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A Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Rejoice stamp set and the Lovely Blossoms designer series paper

I stamped the holy family on the small panel of Basic White card using Early Espresso ink. The shelter was then added using the same Early Espresso ink. I added some ‘ground’ using Basic Beige ink.

 

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A Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Rejoice stamp set and the Lovely Blossoms designer series paper

Using Blends Pens I coloured in the image. Mary was coloured using the Light Darling Duckling for her hair, SU 900 from the Light Blends Combo for her skin, Light and Dark Hydrangea Hue for her outer robe and Light Barely Blush for her tunic and sleeves. Joseph was coloured with Ivory Blends for his skin, Light and Dark Crumb Cake for his robe and Light Barely Blush for his belt and sleeve edges.

 

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A Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Rejoice stamp set and the Lovely Blossoms designer series paper

Light Cloud Cover added definition to the sheep and Light Darling Duckling to the fire. The decorated panel was then glued to the piece of Early Espresso card which was mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

 

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A Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Rejoice stamp set and the Lovely Blossoms designer series paper

A trio of adhesive-backed Metallic Gems finished the card.

 

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Row of Christmas Trees card – Stamping With friends Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are sharing something we have been working on. I have made a pretty Christmas card made using the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and some pretty, pastel colours.

 

Colours used to make this card are:

 

I created the row of Christmas trees card using the following supplies:

Hydrangea Hue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Basic White – 4⅛” by 3”
Silver Foil – 4⅛” by ⅜” x 2
Basic White – 2⅛” by ¼”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – one for the inside
Scrap Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Pool Party, Hydrangea Hue & Gray Granite

 

Using a Blending Brush I added Hydrangea Hue down the centre of the 4⅛” by 3” piece of Basic White card.

 

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A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and dies and the Rejoice stamp set for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I added the strips of Silver Foil to the top and the bottom of the panel. I placed the panel onto the Hydrangea Hues card front to get an idea of positioning and stamped a row of stars along the top and bottom where they would be seen. The panel was then glued in position.

 

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A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and dies and the Rejoice stamp set for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

From scrap Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Pool Party, Hydrangea Hue and Gray Granite card I die cut several of the medium and small trees.

 

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A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and dies and the Rejoice stamp set for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The trees were arranged on the inked panel and glued in position with either Liquid Adhesive, Mini Glue Dots or Dimensionals.

 

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A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and dies and the Rejoice stamp set for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The sentiment from the Rejoice stamp set was stamped on the ¼” strip of Basic White card with Hydrangea Hue ink and added it to the card front.

 

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A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and dies and the Rejoice stamp set for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

A die cut Silver Foil star and a trio of 2026 – 2028 In Color Dots finished the card.

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Pastel Christmas Trees Card

I love a Christmas card made using non-traditional, pastel colours and have used the Holly Jolly Branches bundle to make this pretty card.

 Colours used to make this card are:

 

I created the pastel Christmas trees card using the following supplies:

Bubble Bath base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side – Rounded upper left corner
Gray Granite – 5⅛” by 3⅜” – Rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 5” by 3¼” – Rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 2⅛” by ¼”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Bubble Bath, Pool Party, Gray Granite & Silver Foil

 

A length of Bubble Bath ribbon was wrapped around the Gray Granite panel, secured on the back with Sellotape and the piece was then adhered to the Bubble Bath card front.

 

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A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches and Rejoice stamp sets

I stamped the ‘snowy’ image from the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set was stamped in 2nd generation Pool Party in in the lower right corner of the 5” by 3¼” piece of Basic White card. The stamped panel was then adhered to the card front.

 

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A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches and Rejoice stamp sets

From scrap Bubble Bath, Pool Party and Gray Granite card I die cut the three trees and added them to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

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A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches and Rejoice stamp sets

The sentiment, from the Rejoice stamp set was then stamped on the ¼” strip of Basic White card. It was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

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A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches and Rejoice stamp sets

A star, die cut from scrap Silver Foil was added to the top of the largest tree, and a trio of Basic Rhinestones finished the card.

 

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A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches and Rejoice stamp sets

 

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

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Christmas Houses Card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are showcasing projects using the ink blending technique. I have used the Welcome Noel stamp set to make my card.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

I created the winter houses card using the following supplies:

Lost lagoon card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Secret Sea – 5⅛” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5” by 3½”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – one for the inside

 

Using Blending Brushes I added Pool Party ink across the centre of the 5⅛” by 3⅝” piece of Basic White card.

 

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A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Welcome Noel, Rejoice and Balloon Festoon stamp set – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop.

I added Lost Lagoon ink below the Pool Party and Fresh Freesia ink above the Pool Party ink.

 

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A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Welcome Noel, Rejoice and Balloon Festoon stamp set – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop.

The row of houses was stamped onto the ink blended area; I stamped again to bring the row of houses across the layer. I also stamped the row of houses again below. I inked up the top of the small tree and added it in two or three places.

 

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A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Welcome Noel, Rejoice and Balloon Festoon stamp set – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop.

The star from the Balloon Festoon stamp set was stamped with Secret Sea ink and the sentiment from the Rejoice stamp set was then added along the bottom using the same ink.

 

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A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Welcome Noel, Rejoice and Balloon Festoon stamp set – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop.

A trio of Iridescent Pearls finished the card.

 

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A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Welcome Noel, Rejoice and Balloon Festoon stamp set – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop.

Please hop on to see what my crafty friends have created using this technique.

 

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

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Rustic Nativity Card

This card is the result of my first play with the Rejoice stamp set. I was aiming for a rustic look and used the Country Woods dsp to provide the illusion of the stable.

 

Colours used to make this card are:

 

I created the rustic nativity card using the following supplies:

Hydrangea Hue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – one for the inside
Early Espresso – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Country Woods dsp – 5¼” by 3½”
Scrap Basic White

 

I stamped the Nativity scene in the centre of the Country Woods dsp using Secret Sea ink. The wooden stable was the added with Early Espresso ink.

 

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A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Rejoice stamp set and the Country Woods designer series paper

I used Blends Pens to colour in part of the image. Mary’s robe was coloured with Light & Dark Balmy Blue, with a Light Pecan Pie band around the sleeve. Her hair was coloured with Golden Glow, Light & Dark and the skin with Light Petal Pink.

 

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A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Rejoice stamp set and the Country Woods designer series paper

For Joseph I used Light & Dark Pecan Pie for the robe with Light & Dark Hydrangea Hue for the trim. Ivory for the headdress and Light Petal Pink for the skin.

 

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A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Rejoice stamp set and the Country Woods designer series paper

Jesus was wrapped in a Dark Hydrangea Hue blanket, and skin was coloured with Light Petal Pink.

 

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A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Rejoice stamp set and the Country Woods designer series paper

A piece of Linen Thread was wrapped around one of the Basic White layers before it was glued to the Hydrangea Hue card front. The stamped panel was then glued to the piece of Early Espresso card which was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

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A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Rejoice stamp set and the Country Woods designer series paper

The sentiment, from my stash was stamped on scrap Basic White card with Early Espresso ink and trimmed down, cut down and added to the card.

A Linen Thread bow and a trio of Antique Pearls were added to finish the card.

 

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Contact me for information about joining my team or click on the ‘Join My Team’ button

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used: