Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

Festive Friends Classes – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Stamping with Friends Blog Hop – 1

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are sharing seasonal or holiday projects. I am sharing the cards I designed for my November classes using the adorable Festive Friends stamp set and Dies.

 

Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Colours used to make these cards are:

 

Snowman That-a-Way card

Thick Basic White card base – 11½” by 4” scored at 5¾”
Balmy Blue card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Basic White – 5⅞” by ½”
Scrap Basic White & Granny Apple Green card

 

Using Balmy Blue ink, we stamped the Falling Snow image onto the panel of Balmy Blue card and set aside to dry.

With a pencil, lightly mark the card front at 2” on the short side then cut from the 2” mark to the centre scoreline on the right. Repeat the cut on the left side to leave a pointed card front. Place the 2 cut pieces together, face down, to form a triangle and use Sellotape to adhere the pieces together.

 

Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

With a pencil, lightly mark the stamped Balmy Blue panel at 1⅞” on the short side then cut from the mark to the centre scoreline on the right, repeat the cut on the left side. This will give 1 large triangle and 2 small triangles.

 

Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Glue the large triangle to the pointed card front. Place the 2 smaller pieces together, face down, to form a triangle and use Sellotape to adhere the pieces together.

 

Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Open the card and place the unattached triangle on the inside with the bottom of the triangle lined up with the right-hand end of the card, dsp side facing upwards. Add glue where the panels over-lap and close the card to adhere together.

Stamp the snowman with Secret Sea ink on scrap Basic White card and die cut using the Festive Friends Dies. We coloured him in using the following Blends Pens – Balmy Blue, Daffodil Delight and Timid Tiger.

 

Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

 

I die cut a tree from scrap Granny Apple Green and glued it to the centre of the card front then added the snowman on Dimensionals.

The sentiment was created using the Christmas Words Hybrid Embossing Filder and Die. Whilst it was still in the die we added Balmy Blue ink over it with a Sponge Dauber. The sentiment was the added to the card front.

Cheerful Elf Card

Granny Apple Green card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Secret Sea card – 5¼” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Balmy Blue card – 4” by 2¾”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Real Red & Secret Sea card – ½” by ¼” – one of each
Scrap Basic White card

 

The 5¼” by 3½” panel of Basic White card was embossed using the Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder. The embossed panel was then glued to the Secret Sea layer and then to the Granny Apple Green card front.

 

Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The piece of Balmy Blue card was stamped with the Falling Snow stamp using Balmy Blue ink and the tag was then die cut. We glued the tag to the card front tucking a piece of Real Red and Secret Sea card under the tag, near the top on the right.

 

Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

A white tree, die cut from scrap card was added to the tag.

The elf was stamped on scrap Basic White card using Secret Sea ink. We coloured it using the following Blends Pens – Ivory, Balmy Glue, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake and Secret Sea. The elf was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

 

Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The sentiment was stamped with Secret Sea ink onto scrap Basic White card. We trimmed it out before adding it to the card front.

 

Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

A bow made using retired Twisted Gold Thread completed the card.

Santa Card

Thick Basic White card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Granny Apple Green card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Balmy Blue card – 5” by 3½”
Scrap Basic White & Granny Apple Green card

 

Using Balmy Blue ink, we stamped the Falling Snow image onto the panel of Balmy Blue card and set aside to dry. The stamped panel was then adhered to the 5⅛” by 3⅜” piece of Basic White card and then to the layer of Granny Apple Green card. The whole piece was then adhered to the Thick Basic White card.

 

Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The small, fuzzy looking tree was then die cut from scrap Granny Apple Green card and adhered to the card front.

 

Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The Santa image was stamped in Secret Sea ink onto scrap Basic White card. We die cut it out using the co-ordinating Dies. We coloured the image in using the following Blends Pens – Ivory, Real Red, Smoky Slate and Secret Sea. He was mounted onto the card on Dimensionals.

 

Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The sentiment was embossed and die cut using the Christmas Words Hybrid Die. I used some retired Balmy Blue twine to create a bow, added it to the card front with a Mini Glue Dot and added the sentiment overtop on Dimensionals.

 

Three adorable Christmas cards made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies and the Falling Snow background stamp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

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A trio of Christmas Gift Tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating Dies from Stampin' Up!

Trio of Festive Tags

Here are a trio of festive tags made using the pretty Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

Santa Tag

Thick Basic White card – 4” by 2¾” to die cut a label using the Festive Friends Dies
Basic White card – 3” by 2½”
Scrap Shaded Spruce card

 

The Santa was stamped in Secret Sea ink onto the smaller piece of Basic White. I coloured him in using the Ivory, Real Red, Smoky Slate and Secret Sea Blends pens. I die cut him out using the Festive Friends dies.

 

A trio of Christmas Gift Tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating Dies used to make a trio of Christmas Gift Tags

From scrap Shaded Spruce card I die cut 2 trees and glued them to the die cut label. The Santa was then added on Dimensionals.

Snowman Tag

Thick Basic White card – 4” by 2¾” to die cut a label using the Festive Friends Dies
Basic White card – 3” by 2½”

 

The Snowman was stamped in Secret Sea ink onto the smaller piece of Basic White. He was coloured using the Ivory, Real Red Timid Tiger and Night of Navy Blends Pens. I die cut him out using the Festive Friends dies.

 

A trio of Christmas Gift Tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating Dies used to make a trio of Christmas Gift Tags

I stamped a trio of snowflakes onto the die cut tag and added the snowman on Dimensionals.

Elf Tag

Thick Basic White card – 4” by 2¾” to die cut a label using the Festive Friends Dies
Basic White card – 3” by 2½”
Scrap Pool Party card

 

The Elf was stamped in Secret Sea ink onto the smaller piece of Basic White. I coloured him using the Ivory, Crumb Cake, Shy Shamrock, Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy Blends Pens. I die cut him out using the Festive Friends dies.

 

A trio of Christmas Gift Tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating Dies used to make a trio of Christmas Gift Tags

I die cut a trio of snowflakes from scrap Pool Party card and glued them to the die cut tag. The elf was added on Dimensionals.

I added a trio of Sparkle Gems and a length of retired twine to the top of each tag.

 

A trio of Christmas Gift Tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating Dies used to make a trio of Christmas Gift Tags

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

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Supplies used:

 

A Christmas card celebrating the Power of 3 and made using the Festive Friends stamp set and the Woven Textures designer Series paper from Stampin' Up!

Three Festive Friends Card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Stamping with Friends Blog Hop – 1

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are showcasing the power of 3’s. It is generally recognised in the art/craft world that odd numbers or things positioned to form triangles are very pleasing to the eye. I have made my card using the adorable Festive Friends stamp set.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

To recreate the three festive friends card, you will need

Shy Shamrock card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅝” by 3⅜”
Woven Textures dsp – 5⅞” by ⅜” x 3
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White card

 

The three strips of Woven Textures dsp were adhered to the bottom of the 5⅝” by 3⅜” panel of basic White card and adhered the whole piece to the Shy Shamrock card front.

 

A Christmas card celebrating the Power of 3 and made using the Festive Friends stamp set and the Woven Textures designer Series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set used with the Woven Textures designer Series paper to make a Christmas card celebrating the Power of 3.

On scrap Basic White card, I stamped the elf, the snowman and the Santa with Secret Sea ink.

 

A Christmas card celebrating the Power of 3 and made using the Festive Friends stamp set and the Woven Textures designer Series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set used with the Woven Textures designer Series paper to make a Christmas card celebrating the Power of 3.

I used the following Blends Pens to colour in the images. For the snowman elf I used Azure Afternoon, Shy Shamrock and Timid Tiger. For the elf I used Ivory, Shy Shamrock, Azure Afternoon, Pecan Pie and Secret Sea and for the Santa I used Ivory, Cherry Cobbler, Smoky Slate and Secret Sea.

 

A Christmas card celebrating the Power of 3 and made using the Festive Friends stamp set and the Woven Textures designer Series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set used with the Woven Textures designer Series paper to make a Christmas card celebrating the Power of 3.

The elf and the snowman were adhered directly to the card front and Santa added in the centre on Dimensionals. Using Secret Sea ink, I stamped the sentiment from the Ornamental Christmas stamp set along the bottom of the card front.

 

A Christmas card celebrating the Power of 3 and made using the Festive Friends stamp set and the Woven Textures designer Series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set used with the Woven Textures designer Series paper to make a Christmas card celebrating the Power of 3.

The tiny trio of snowflakes, from the Woodland Scenery stamp set were stamped, three times, around the Santa. A trio of Adhesive-backed Peppermints completed the card.

 

A Christmas card celebrating the Power of 3 and made using the Festive Friends stamp set and the Woven Textures designer Series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set used with the Woven Textures designer Series paper to make a Christmas card celebrating the Power of 3.

Three cute characters, 3 strips of dsp, 3 clusters of snowflakes and 3 peppermint embellishments. I think that met the brief…..

Please hop on to see what my fellow demos have created to share with us.

 

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

Four Christmas themed gift tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

Festive Friends Tags

Here are 4 gift tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set.

Colours used to make these tags are:

 

Santa Tag

Cherry Cobbler card – 4” by 2¾” scored at ½” from the top – Label die cut using Festive Friends Dies
Basic White card – 4” by 2¾” scored at ½” from the top – Label die cut using Festive Friends Dies
Basic White card – 3 by 2½”
Granny Apple Green card – 3” by 1”
Granny Apple Green card – 2½” by 1” – Tag hanger die cut using Festive Friends Dies

 

I stamped snowflakes on the Cherry Cobbler label using Cherry Cobbler ink. From the piece of Granny Apple Green ink I die cut a tree and adhered it to the Cherry Cobbler label.

 

Four Christmas themed gift tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make 4 Christmas themed gift tags

A tree was stamped on the Basic White label with Granny Apple Green ink and the ‘to and from’ sentiment with Secret Sea ink. The 2 labels were then adhered together at the top.

The Santa was stamped on the remaining Basic White panel with Secret Sea ink. The image was coloured using the following Blends Pens – Ivory, Smoky Slate, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler and Secret Sea. The image was die cut and added to the front of the tag on Dimensionals.

 

Four Christmas themed gift tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make 4 Christmas themed gift tags

The Granny Apple Green Tag Hanger was curved with my Bone Folder before being glued to the front and back of the tag. A trio of Sequins completed the tag.

Snowman Card

Balmy Blue card – 4” by 2¾” scored at ½” from the top – Label die cut using Festive Friends Dies
Basic White card – 4” by 2¾” scored at ½” from the top – Label die cut using Festive Friends Dies
Basic White card – 3 by 2½”
Cherry Cobbler card – 2½” by 1” – Tag hanger die cut using Festive Friends Dies

 

I stamped snowflakes on the Balmy Blue label using Balmy Blue ink. The same image was stamped onto the Basic White label using the same ink. The 2 labels were then adhered together at the top.

 

Four Christmas themed gift tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make 4 Christmas themed gift tags

The Snowman was stamped on the remaining Basic White panel with Secret Sea ink. The image was coloured using the following Blends Pens – Pool Party, Lost Lagoon, Azure Afternoon and Timid Tiger. The image was die cut and added to the front of the tag on Dimensionals.

 

Four Christmas themed gift tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make 4 Christmas themed gift tags

The Cherry Cobbler Tag Hanger was curved with my Bone Folder before being glued to the front and back of the tag. A trio of Sequins completed the tag.

Elf Card

Lost Lagoon card – 4” by 2¾” scored at ½” from the top – Label die cut using Festive Friends Dies
Basic White card – 4” by 2¾” scored at ½” from the top – Label die cut using Festive Friends Dies
Basic White card – 3 by 2½”
Basic White card – 2½” by 1” – Tag hanger die cut using Festive Friends Dies

 

I stamped snowflakes on the Lost Lagoon label using Lost Lagoon ink. A tree was stamped on the Basic White label with Granny Apple Green ink and the ‘to and from’ sentiment with Secret Sea ink. The 2 labels were then adhered together at the top.

 

Four Christmas themed gift tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make 4 Christmas themed gift tags

The Elf was stamped on the remaining Basic White panel with Secret Sea ink. The image was coloured using the following Blends Pens – Ivory, Balmy Blue, Granny Apple Green, Bronze and Secret Sea. The image was die cut and added to the front of the tag on Dimensionals.

 

Four Christmas themed gift tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make 4 Christmas themed gift tags

The Basic White Tag Hanger was curved with my Bone Folder before being glued to the front and back of the tag. A trio of Sequins completed the tag.

Tree Card

Granny Apple Green card – 4” by 2¾” scored at ½” from the top – Label die cut using Festive Friends Dies
Basic White card – 4” by 2¾” scored at ½” from the top – Label die cut using Festive Friends Dies
Shaded Spruce card – 3 by 2½”
Soft Sea Foam card – 2½” by 1½”
Basic White card – 2½” by 1” – Tag hanger die cut using Festive Friends Dies

 

I stamped snowflakes on the Granny Apple Green label using Granny Apple Green ink. The tree image was stamped also stamped on the same panel with the same ink. The snowflakes were then stamped on the Basic White label with Lost Lagoon ink and the ‘to and from’ sentiment with Secret Sea ink. The 2 labels were then adhered together at the top.

 

Four Christmas themed gift tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make 4 Christmas themed gift tags

The trees were die cut from the Shaded Spruce and Soft Sea Foam card. They were added to the front of the tag, the taller trees with liquid glue and the smaller tree on Dimensionals.

 

Four Christmas themed gift tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make 4 Christmas themed gift tags

The Basic White Tag Hanger was curved with my Bone Folder before being glued to the front and back of the tag. A trio of Sequins completed the tag.

 

Four Christmas themed gift tags made using the Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make 4 Christmas themed gift tags

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

A pretty Christmas card inspired by a sketch challenge and made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

Festive Santa Card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Stamping with Friends Blog Hop – 1

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are being inspired by a sketch. I have made my card using the gorgeous new Festive Friends stamp set.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

To recreate the festive Santa card, you will need:

Smoky Slate card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Country Lace dsp – 5¼” by 3½”
Secret Sea card – 3⅝” by 2⅝”
Basic White card – 3⅜” by 2⅜”
Poppy Parade card – 5⅜” by ¾”
Balmy Blue card – 4⅝” by ¾”

 

The piece of Country Lace dsp was adhered to the 5⅜” by 3⅝” panel of Basic White card. This was then glued to the Smoky Slate card base.

 

A pretty Christmas card inspired by a sketch challenge and made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used to make a pretty Christmas card inspired by a sketch challenge – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I flagged the end of the Poppy Parade and Balmy Blue strips of card and glued them to the left side of the card front.

 

A pretty Christmas card inspired by a sketch challenge and made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used to make a pretty Christmas card inspired by a sketch challenge – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The Santa was stamped in Secret Sea ink onto the small piece of Basic White card. I used the following Blends Pens to colour in the image – Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, Balmy Blue, Smoky Slate and Secret Sea.

 

A pretty Christmas card inspired by a sketch challenge and made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used to make a pretty Christmas card inspired by a sketch challenge – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I added ‘ground’ using a light Smoky Slate Blends Pen and stamped the pretty snowflakes from the Woodland Scenery stamp set all over the panel in Balmy Blue ink. The decorated panel was then adhered, at an angle, to the Secret Sea panel. The whole piece was mounted on the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A pretty Christmas card inspired by a sketch challenge and made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used to make a pretty Christmas card inspired by a sketch challenge – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I stamped the sentiment on the card front with Secret Sea ink.

 

A pretty Christmas card inspired by a sketch challenge and made using the Festive Friends stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used to make a pretty Christmas card inspired by a sketch challenge – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

A trio of Adhesive-backed Peppermints from my stash finished the card.

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

Mo x

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Festive jolly Santa jumper card

Christmas Sweaters featuring a Jolly Santa

I saw a fantastic video on Youtube recently by Brandy Cox, a fab American demonstrator, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOn6qnSxLpg showing some cards she had made using the quirky Christmas Sweaters stamp set. I loved them all but my favourite was the Santa jumper. Here is my take on it.

Seasonal sweater featuring Santa

www.crafty-rootes.com – Christmas Sweater by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the jumper using Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and die cut it out using the Stitched Shapes framelits and the Big Shot. I coloured the jumper in using an Old Olive marker, the hat with the Real Red Marker, Santa’s face with the Pink Pirouette Marker, Santa’s glasses with the Sahara Sand Marker and the ribbed area around the neck, cuffs and bottom of the jumper with the Soft Sky Marker.

I followed Brandy’s tip and covered the beard, moustache, eyebrows, rim of the hat and the pompom in Tombow Liquid Adhesive and spread it around using a cotton bud taking care to stay away from the stamped black edge. I then covered the image with Dazzling Diamonds Glitter and it looked fabulous, so sparkly. I added this piece to a scalloped square which had been die cut using the Layering Squares dies and Old Olive cardstock.

Winter Wonder embossing folder by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Christmas Sweater by Stampin’ Up!

I took a layer of Real Red cardstock and ran it through the Big Shot with the Winter Wonder embossing folder on the right hand side of the panel. I really love the effect this gives. I stamped the sentiment from the Merry Patterns stamp set in Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto a scrap of Whisper White cardstock and punched it out using the Everyday Label punch. I punched again using a scrap of Old Olive cardstock and mounted the stamped piece on top and slightly offset so that the colour peeked out the bottom.

Festive jolly Santa jumper card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Christmas Sweater by Stampin’ Up!

I added the sentiment to the lower left hand corner of the Real Red panel using Tombow Liquid Adhesive and added the Santa sweater image over the top using Stampin Dimensionals. The whole panel was then added to a Thick Whisper White card base using Tombow.

I love how sparkly and festive this card is, love it. Thanks for the inspiration Brandy.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, if you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and you would like one, please let me know and I will send one to you.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you. If you are local please check out my classes and events using the button at the top of the page or leave me a comment.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Christmas Sweaters & Merry Patterns
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Momento Tuxedo Black
Markers
Old Olive, Real Red, Sahara Sand, Pink Pirouette & Soft Sky
Dies
Stitched Shapes Framelits, Layering Squares dies
Punches
Everyday Label
Embossing Folder
Winter Wonder
Tools
Big Shot , Stampin’ Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone Folder and Scissors
Acrylic Block
D & G
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Grid Paper & Whisper White Envelope