Deck The Halls Never-Ending Card

Whew!  I have had two crazy weeks of events, so my days and nights have been filled with prepping and packing and stamping and reorganizing and doing it all over again. Eight events in 14 days!  It's been like a mini-stamping marathon!  Originally I had 10 events scheduled (what was I thinking?), but a workshop and the Deer Ridge Stamp & Scrap were both canceled, which ended up being a good thing.  Especially since my dad has been in the hospital during most of that time with a very serious health issue, and is awaiting a major surgery on coming this Thursday. (Prayers are welcome and appreciated.)

Finally, I have some time to show you more projects, and I have so many to show you!  And, so much to tell you about, including the Simply Amazing 50% Off Starter Kit promotion!  I made time to blog about that because it is SO AWESOME, you'd be crazy to pass it up!  See all the details on my previous post: Holy Wow—50% off Starter Kit! 

Now, on with a fun holiday project…

I recently had a request to do a Never-Ending Card workshop using the Deck The Halls Designer Series Paper. Have you seen a Never-Ending Card before?  It's is definitely a WOW kinda card.  It opens and opens and opens until you're back to the front of the card again. 

You can see a tutorial of this awesome project at Dawn Griffith's blog: Never-Ending Card Tutorial. You can also another version of a Never-Ending card that I made using Friends Never Fade and Greenhouse Gala DSP here. 

Deck The Halls Card Front – Along with Deck The Halls paper, I used coordinating vintage Christmas stamp sets including Bells & Boughs, Christmas Collage, Tags Til Christmas, and the Peaceful Season Hostess set on this version.  The front of the card features the bells stamped in StazOn and watercolored with Classic Ink and Blender Pens.  I punched them out with the 1-3/4" Circle, then layered on the 2-3/8" Circle Scallop.

Deck The Halls Card Page 2 – These stamps were also from the Bells & Boughs set.  I stamped the poinsettias in Crumb Cake, then stamped them again in Cherry Cobbler onto scrap card stock and cut them out to pop up over the lighter-colored flowers. 

Deck The Halls Card Page 3 – The Cherry Cobbler pieces are stamped with the Christmas Collage background stamp that's inked in the same color for a tone-on-tone water-marked look.  I used one of the Tags Til Christmas stamps colored in markers for the focal point, punched with the coordinating Decorative Label Punch (you know this is a Holiday Bundle that is on special for 20% off right now, right?).  The "love you" words are from the Fabulous Phrases set.

Deck The Halls Card Page 4 – On the last page, I left a little room to sign the card and stamped a pretty holly branch from the Peaceful Season Hostess set. 

One more flip, and you are back to the beginning!

Here are the basic instructions, but refer to the video link above for the complete tutorial:

• Cut (4) 3×6" pieces of card stock
• Score each piece lengthwise at the 1-1/2" mark
• Score each piece on the short ends, 1-1/2" in from each end
• Use your Bone Folder to fold on all score lines
• Lay two piece side-by-side to make a 6" square
• Add SNAIL adhesive to the ONLY the square sections in the four corners of this 6" square
• Lay the remaining two pieces across the first two— one pair goes one direction, the pair on top goes the other direction (see the video)
• Go through all the "openings," using your Bone Folder to crease the folds better (the video…)

You'll need Designer Series Paper or card stock to cover the following sections:

• (8) 1-1/4" square pieces
• (8) 2-3/4" square pieces
• (8) 1-1/4" x 2-3/4" pieces

I never get tired of the Never-Ending Card!  Would you and your friends like to make this card at your workshop?  I'll show you how easy it is, and you'll have an amazing card to give to some special this holiday season!  Check out my Calendar of Events to see which dates are still open (look for the light tan color-coding) before Christmas, then contact me today!

Angie