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Hi Stamping Friends!
As part of my Countdown To Christmas Classes, I promise to include one Bonus Card Idea with the card instructions. But, when I started to create that card for my September class, I thought why not make it TWO cool Bonus Card Ideas! That makes a lot more sense, right?!
Today's projects are the two cool Bonus Card Ideas that I included with the September Countdown To Christmas Class that featured the Christmas Messages stamp set. Since the attendees and Class-To-Go participants had leftover Season of Style Washi Tape and Designer Papers, they already had most of the supplies they needed to create these additional cards.
The first idea uses the Season of Style Washi Tape to create a dramatic, diagonal focal point!
I started by layering a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock, embossed with the Stylish Stripes Folder, onto the Soft Suede card base.
If you look closely, you can see that I added a 1/8" strip of Silver Glimmer Paper alongside the Baked Brown Sugar Ruffle Stretch Trim. That little detail really catches your eye in real-life!
I used Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive markers to color the sentiment, then added Rhinestone Jewels to offset the Glimmer Paper sparkle.
Bonus Card #1 Supply List:
- Stamps—Christmas Messages (wood)
- Ink—Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Markers
- Paper—Silver Glimmer Paper; Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White card stock
- Accessories—Season of Style Washi Tape, Baked Brown Sugar Ruffle Stretch Trim, Rhinestone Jewels
- Tools—Stylish Stripes Texture Impressions Folder, Big Shot, Dimensionals, SNAIL
My second card idea was a re-make of one I created last year, Festival of Prints Festival of Trees, this time featuring the Season of Style DSP Stack.
This time, I embossed Crumb Cake card stock with the Stylish Stripes Folder and layered that on the Cherry Cobbler card base for the background.
Next, I added 1/2" wide strips of the DSP in various lengths. I threw in Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler card stock strips, embossed with Perfect Polka Dots, to break up the patterns. The Silver Glimmer star at the top of the tree was die-cut from the extra framelits in the Circle Card Thinlits pack.
The Christmas Messages sentiment was stamped in Old Olive, then punched with the Bracket Label Punch and adorned with Rhinestones.
Bonus Card #2 Supply List:
- Stamps—Christmas Messages (wood)
- Ink—Old Olive Classic Ink
- Paper—Season of Style DSP Stack; Crumb Cake, Cherry
Cobbler and Whisper White card stock - Accessories—Rhinestone Jewels
- Tools—Stylish
Stripes Texture Impressions Folder, Perfect Polka Dot Texture Impressions Folder, Circle Card Thinlits, Big
Shot, Bracket Label Punch, Dimensionals, SNAIL
Find all the supplies
to create these projects & more at my Online Store!
I'll have two more Bonus Card Ideas to go with my October Countdown To Christmas Class, too! Registration is now open for the October 5 class and Class-To-Go Kit. The class includes the Festive Flurry stamp set and all the supplies you need to create 12 holiday cards with envelopes! See complete October Countdown To Christmas details!
Angie
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