Joy Nativity

(inside:  May the wonder of his love touch you this Christmas and bring you peace & happiness in the new year)

This card features the “Joy Nativity” die from Cottage Cutz and the “Rectangle Peek-a-boo Window” die from My Favorite Things.  The window die creates a rectangle surrounded by faux stitching, but the die does not cut the outer edge of the frame so I used my trimmer for that.

The card stock I used was Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream, Gina K Kraft, and a brown from the Recollections “Coffee and Cream” heavy weight card stock pack.  I pounced Gina K Kraft ink on the large, background panel to add a subtle texture.  The edges were inked with Gina K Dark Cocoa ink.

The inside sentiment was from the “Sentimental Holidays” set (retired?) from Gina K Designs and was stamped with GK Charcoal Brown ink.

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CAS Red and Green Christmas

This CAS card features stamps from the Gina K Designs “Merry and Bright” stamp set, GK Cherry Red ink and GK Christmas Pine card stock and ink.  Papertrey Ink white was used for the card base.

Bright, festive, easy to mail, and easy to reproduce with my MISTI.

Here are a few variations…

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“Tea Bag Fold” Rustic Christmas Tree

It has been a while since I had created a “tea bag fold” Christmas tree and thought it would be fun to make another one for this card.  (HERE is my first one, and here is a tutorial on how to make it.)

Paper used on this card is Snowflake Mix (#712257), Wooden Fence (#154484), and Textured Cream Sheet Music (#142950) which are all by The Paper Studio.  The card base is Recollections heavy weight ivory.  I inked all the edges and the burlap ribbon with Gina k Charcoal Brown ink.

The “wooden” panel was cut with a die from the Spellbinders “Curved Rectangles” (S4-006) die set.  The star was made with a Fiskars punch (#03-026386).

The Modsquad Challenge this week is “Non Traditional Christmas Colors” where we are to use non traditional colors on our cards; no red, green, silver, or gold.  Anything else is good.  (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

Over at the Die Cut Diva’s, the challenge this month is “Winter Time” where we are invited to share our winter-themed cards and projects.  In addition to the theme, all cards/projects must be made using at least one die cut or embossing folder (using any die cut machine including Cameo and Cricut machines).

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Rustic Snowman Christmas Card

This card features a snowman made with the Sizzix/Tim Holtz Bigz “Assembly Snowman” die (#658770).  The panels behind him were cut with a die from the Spellbinders “Labels Nine” set (S4-233).

The greeting is from the Gina K “Christmas Wishes” set and was stamped with Gina K Dark Chocolate ink.  I used this to ink all the edges as well. To add a little color/texture to the scarf and band on the hat, I pounced Dark Chocolate ink all over the pieces with a snowflake stamp from the Gina K Designs “Seasonal Sentiments” stamp set.

For paper and card stock, I used Gina K Kraft, Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream, Recollections corrugated kraft, a piece of brown from the Recollections “Coffee and Cream” heavy weight card stock pack, and “Wooden Fence” (#154484) by The Paper Studio.

I embossed the cream mat behind the corrugated panel with a Darice “Snowflake Swirls” embossing folder.  Because the corrugated panel was cut with the largest die in the set, there was no die to create the cream mat behind it, so I cut it the same size, cut it up the middle, and offset each half on both sides of the corrugated panel.

The Modsquad Challenge this week is “Non Traditional Christmas Colors” where we are to use non traditional colors on our cards; no red, green, silver, or gold.  Anything else is good.  (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

Over at the Die Cut Diva’s, the challenge this month is “Winter Time” where we are invited to share our winter-themed cards and projects.  In addition to the theme, all cards/projects must be made using at least one die cut or embossing folder (using any die cut machine including Cameo and Cricut machines).

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Foiled Merry Christmas in Red and Green

This 5×7 inch card features digital paper/images I purchased on Etsy.  The Merry Christmas with Holly (LL 048 B) panel was a vector file from the Christmas/Winter collection by Lyrical Letters.  The background panel is image #6 from the Black Floral Papers digital paper pack by Chili Papers.

There is incredible shine as the light hits the card when you move it around.

Etsy is a great place to find material suitable for foiling.  I usually put black and white digital paper (with a key word like Christmas or swirls, etc.) in the search bar, and a bunch of choices pop up.  I always check the terms of use for each file I am considering to see if it is for single use (I avoid these), personal use, or small commercial use (my preference).  What I like about these files is that once I own them, I can size them as I wish and use them again and again.  I purchased an inexpensive monochromatic (black and white) laser printer and print my own panels, but you can also have them printed at an office supply store that has laser printers.

I wanted to go with two colors for the Merry Christmas panel, so I put a scrap of plain paper over the holly leaves when I ran the panel through my mini minc machine with Gina K Designs/Therm O Web Fancy Foils – Red Velvet, and then I removed the mask and ran it through again with American Crafts Heidi Swapp Minc Reactive Foil – Green.  (Once a portion of the image is foiled in one color, it will not react with foil of a different color.  The foil only reacts with exposed toner so all the previously foiled red was unaffected.)  This green foil was also used to foil the back panel.  These were matted on Gina K Cherry Red card stock and a Papertrey Ink white card base.

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