Christmas Card-a-Day #7

The patterned paper behind the window gave me the idea for this card. It looks like a field of trees on a winter day. The background paper is embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper folder from Stampin' Up.

I used my square punch to punch the windows in the soft suede cardstock from Stampin' Up.

I rounded the corners of the window image and cut a small strip for the sill. I used Stampin' Ups ticket corner punch to make the trim at the bottom of the window and then popped it up on Dimensionals.

Materials

Paper: Papertrey Ink

Cardstock: Stampin' Up (Real Red, Soft Suede, Whisper White)

Stamps: Stampin' Up (Stitched Stockings, Wood Grain Background)

Ink: Stampin' Up (Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip)

Punches: Stampin' Up (1 1/4" square, Stitched Stockings Builder, Ticket corner, 3/16" rounded corner)

Embossing: Stampin' Up (Vintage Wallpaper)

Embellishment: Stampin' Up (Pearls)

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Dana Desmond

Christmas Card-a-Day #6

This card was made with the new Christmas Lodge stamp set currently in the Stampin' Up Holiday Mini Catalog.

I used my markers to get a multi-colored image from the sentiment stamp. I only have a few of the Stampin' Up markers, but I think I'm going to order the entire set.

Materials

Cardstock: Stampin' Up (Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Vintage Cream)

Ink: Stampin' Up (Versamark, Crumb Cake, Old Olive), Stampin' Up markers (Old Olive, Early Espresso)

Tools: Stampin' Up (Ticket Punch, Paper Piercer, Simply Scored)

Embellishments: Stickles, The Paper Studio

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Dana Desmond

Christmas Card-a-Day #5

I got the idea for this design from the Kristina Werner's Holiday Card series. I modified it a bit.

I think the stamp is from Stampability. The ornament strip is actually a border sticker from the Letters to Santa patterned paper set from Stampin' Up.

I used Versamark ink for the background and heat embossed the focal sentiment in white.

Materials

Cardstock: Stampin' Up (Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip)

Ink: Stampin' Up (Versamark)

Stamp: Stampabilities

Stickers: Stampin' Up (Letters to Santa)

Embossing Powder: Stampin' Up

Button: Stampin' Up

Tools: Stampin' Up (Simply Scored, Heat Tool, Stamp-a-ma-Jig)

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Dana Desmond

Christmas Card-a-Day #4

This is one of the most simple cards I've ever made, but I love the impact of the snowflake image.

I used silver embossing powder and the Serene Snowflakes stamp set from Stampin' Up. I also embossed the edges of each of the paper layers.

Materials

Papers: Papertrey Ink

Cardstock: Stampin' Up

Stamp: Stampin' Up

Ink: Versamark

Embossing powder: Stampin' Up

Embellishment: Stampin' Up

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Dana Desmond

Christmas Card-a-Day #3

This card uses the Stampin' Up Delightful Decorations and the coordinating Ornament Punch. It also incorporates the watermark stamping technique.

I began by stamping the ornament image on the Crumb Cake cardstock base with Versamark ink. Then I stamped the same image on Whisper White with Cherry Cobbler ink and Crumb Cake ink. I punched the Cherry Cobbler ornament with the Ornament punch and punched the center of the Crumb Cake ornament using a one inch circle punch. I added a piece of gold ribbon to the Cherry Cobbler ornament. Using Dimensionals, I adhered the Crumb Cake ornament circle to the center of the Cherry Cobbler ornament and used Dimensionals to adhere the entire piece to the base cardstock.

Materials

Cardstock: Stampin' Up

Ink: Versamark, Stampin' Up

Stamps: Stampin' Up

Punches: Stampin' Up

Embellishments: Stash



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Dana Desmond