Christmas Card Challenge: Day Nineteen

It's Day Nineteen of Martin Stone's 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge and today's theme is "Cup of Cheer. Well, I don't have any cup stamps, so how about a bottle of cheer? This card is another one that my stampers and I made during one of my Christmas card stamp-a-stacks. It's one of my favorites!

I embossed a 4" by 5-1/4" Pool Party Card Stock panel with the Hive 3D Embossing Folder. I added a 1-1/2" by 4" strip of polka dotted Real Red Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper and then adhered it to a Real Red Card Stock card base.

Next, I used a Stitched Rectangles Die to cut a Basic White Card Stock Piece. I stamped the flowers from the "Vintage Christmas" stamp set in Real Red, Early Espresso, and Garden Green Ink onto this rectangle. On a scrap of Basic White, I stamped the taller bottle from the "Vintage Christmas" set in Pool Party Ink and punched it out with the Vintage Bottle Punch. I snipped the top of the bottle off with my Paper Snips and then adhered it to the stamped rectangle with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I stamped the "Making Spirits Bright" sentiment in Versamark Ink onto a Garden Green scrap, sprinkled on White Stampin' Emboss Powder, and set it with my Heat Tool. I cut this out with one of the Stylish Shapes Dies, snipped off one end, and adhered it to the rectangle with Stampin' Dimensionals.

To finish the card front, I tied a pretty bow with silver Simply Elegant Trim and adhered it to the card with a Mini Glue Dot. I adhered three blue Festive Pearls.

I don't usually do an inside of the card for my stamp-a-stack, but the tiny sentiment and holly spray image in the "Vintage Christmas" set were just too perfect to pass up! 

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Product List

Vintage Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [159781] $16.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $8.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $8.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $8.00
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $8.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482] $9.25	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924] $9.25
Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102584] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Sweetest Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159559] $12.00	Hive 3 D Embossing Folder [157955] $9.00
Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $35.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $30.00	Vintage Bottle Punch [158689] $19.00	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $6.00
Festive Pearls [159963] $7.00	Simply Elegant Trim [155766] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25
Paper Snips [103579] $11.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00

Christmas Card Challenge: Day 9

The challenge for Day 9 of Martin Stone's 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge is a color combination--and it's one I don't think I'd ever have thought use together for a Christmas card. A birthday card? Maybe. A bridal or baby shower card? Maybe. But a Christmas card never would have crossed my mind. So this was actually a challenge for me! But I pressed on and came up with something suitable.

I knew that the Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper had some Polished Pink in it, so I found a couple of flowers that I could cut out with the matching Framed Florets Dies and one that I could fussy cut. Next, I stamped three bottles from the "Vintage Christmas" stamp set in Polished Pink, Blackberry Bliss, and Fresh Freesia onto Basic White Card Stock. I punched the larger bottle out with the Vintage Bottle Punch and fussy cut the two smaller bottles.

I used the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder to emboss a 4" by 5-1/4" piece of Fresh Freesia Card Stock. I adhered this to a Thick Basic White Card Stock card base. I used Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the bottles and flowers to the card front.

Next, I stamped the sentiment from the "Vintage Christmas" set in Blackberry Bliss onto Basic White Card Stock and cut it out with one of the Stylish Shapes Dies. I adhered this to the card with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals.

For a finishing touch, I added three Polished Pink In-Color Opal Rounds.

Well, the color combo was a challenge--but I like to get out of my comfort zone every once in a while. How about you?

tams# 76352

Product List

Vintage Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [159781] $16.00	Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [155712] $8.00	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092] $8.00	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $8.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.75	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155613] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Fitting Florets 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161814] $12.00
Framed Florets Dies [160623] $37.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $30.00	Vintage Bottle Punch [158689] $19.00	Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder [154317] $9.00
2021 2023 In Color Opal Rounds [159185] $8.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $4.25	Paper Snips [103579] $11.00