More of what I love . . . Christmas craft for kids

 It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 30 - Do What You Love

I love making and giving Christmas cards.

I also love encouraging creativity in kids,

so it was a pleasure to put together some

Sweet Gingerbread Christmas Colouring Cards.

These cards are "half letter" size,

so image on the 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" card front

is quite large for little hands to colour.

I will be making more cards, so there will be plenty of choices,

along with plenty of markers and crayons to choose from.

Full details coming soon . . .

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INGREDIENTS

Gingerbread House digital stamp

from the Gingerbread digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

"sweet Christmas Wishes" digital sentiment

from the Candy Canes digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

300gsm smooth white cardstock - to print & make cards

scoreboard & bone folder - to form the cards

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I have entered my cards in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place 

  

More of what I love . . .

It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 30 - Do What You Love

I love making and giving Christmas. I love trying to make multiple cards with

little differences, so that they are still one-of-a-kind ... maybe two-of-a-kind.

Yesterday I made THIS pretty pair of Poinsettia cards using a delicate cut

file and the "hope it's Merry" digital sentiment from Beccy’s Place.

My latest card uses the same poinsettia cut file (details & link below)

and same sentiment (details & link below),

this time adding a pop of green.

   

Full details coming soon . . .

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INGREDIENTS

"hope it's Merry" digital sentiment from the

Sing Joy digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

Unfortunately this digital stamp set is no longer available but you can

view projects created with it on the Beccy's Place blog HERE

textured cardstock - to print & mat the image panel

Poinsettia cut file by Nic Squirrell

Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #307557

scoreboard & bone folder - to form the card bases

Perfect Layers Ruler - to trim matting layer

Helmar 450 Quick Dry - liquid adhesive to adhere layers

Tombow Mono Multi Adhesive - to adhere around delicate poinsettia veins

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I have entered my card in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place 

  

Doing more of what I love . . .

It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 30 - Do What You Love

I love making and giving Christmas. I love trying to make multiple cards with

little differences, so that they are still one-of-a-kind ... maybe two-of-a-kind.

Yesterday I made THIS pretty pair of Poinsettia cards using a delicate cut

file and the "Merry & bright" digital sentiment from Beccy’s Place.

My latest card uses the same poinsettia cut file (details & link below)

and same sentiment (details & link below),

this time adding a pop of green.

   

Full details coming soon . . .

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INGREDIENTS

"Merry & bright" digital sentiment from the

Golden Bell digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

unfortunately this digital stamp set is no longer available but you can

view projects created with it on the Beccy's Place blog HERE

textured cardstock - to print & mat the image panel

Poinsettia cut file by Nic Squirrell

Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #307557

scoreboard & bone folder - to form the card bases

Perfect Layers Ruler - to trim matting layer

Helmar 450 Quick Dry - liquid adhesive to adhere layers

Tombow Mono Multi Adhesive - to adhere around delicate poinsettia veins

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I have entered my card in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place 

  

E is for Tall Festive Emu

 It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 6 - E

E is for Emu,

a tall Festive Emu

I created a 5"x7" Emu card earlier today and could not resist making 

a tall slimline version to add to my A-Z of  Christmas.

I opened the pre-coloured "Festive Emu" digital stamp and “twinkle, twinkle Christmas lights” digital sentiment  in Silhouette Studio and sized them to fit on a tall slimline 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" card.  I printed the image panel and sentiment panel on textured cardstock, trimmed to size, matted with cardstock, trimmed to a 1/16" border with a Perfect Layers Ruler.  I made a slimline card base from 300gsm smooth white cardstock and matted it with white textured cardstock.  Once the matted image panel was adhered to the matted card base, the matted sentiment panel adhered in place and all that was needed was some sparkle to add to the twinkling sentiment.  I added a luscious layer of Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush over the star, the lights and around the coloured matting layers. 

The luscious sparkle adds to the magic of the

"twinkle, twinkle Christmas lights" sentiment.

Here are the cards together,

you can read about the 5" x 7" card HERE

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INGREDIENTS

Festive Emu pre-coloured digital stamp

from the Emu Parade digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

Unfortunately this stamp set is no longer available but

you can see projects shared by Beccy and here Design Team HERE.

“twinkle, twinkle Christmas lights” digital sentiment

from the Merle digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

textured cardstock - to print & mat the layers

300gsm smooth white cardstock - to make card base

scoreboard & bone folder - to make card base

Perfect Layers Rulers - for matting layer

Helmar 450 Quick Dry - liquid adhesive

Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush - to add magical twinkle

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I have entered my card in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place 

E is for Emu

It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 6 - E

E is for Emu

I confess, I have had the Festive Emu digital stamp printed and ready since Day 6.  In all the rush of the Month of Holidays Cards Challenge, I completely ran out of time to colour it.  So today, I decided to give the printed a workout and use the Festive Emu pre-coloured digital stamp from the Emu Parade digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place to make my "E" card and complete my A-Z of  Christmas.

I opened the pre-coloured "Festive Emu" digital stamp and “twinkle, twinkle Christmas lights” digital sentiment  in Silhouette Studio and sized them to fit on a 5"x7" card.  I printed the image panel and sentiment panel on textured cardstock, trimmed to size, matted with cardstock, trimmed to a 1/16" border with a Perfect Layers Ruler.  I made a 5"x7" top folding card base from 300gsm smooth white cardstock and matted it with white textured cardstock.  Once the matted image panel was adhered to the matted card base, the matted sentiment panel adhered in place and all that was needed was some sparkle to add to the twinkling sentiment.  I added a luscious layer of Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush over the star, the lights and around the coloured matting layers. 

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INGREDIENTS

Festive Emu pre-coloured digital stamp

from the Emu Parade digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

Unfortunately this stamp set is no longer available but

you can see projects shared by Beccy and here Design Team HERE.

“twinkle, twinkle Christmas lights” digital sentiment

from the Merle digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

textured cardstock - to print & mat the layers

300gsm smooth white cardstock - to make card base

scoreboard & bone folder - to make card base

Perfect Layers Rulers - for matting layer

Helmar 450 Quick Dry - liquid adhesive

Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush - to add magical twinkle

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I have entered my cards in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place 

Z is for Z-fold

 It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 29 - Z

Z is for Z-fold card

... Christmas canine style

... when you look at the folded card,

it's actually a double Z-fold

This cute fancy Z-fold card started in Silhouette Studio, where I opened the Christmas Dog cut file (details below).  The default size makes a 5 1/2" square card and the largest piece fits neatly on a 12"x12" sheet of cardstock.  I cut all the pieces and all I had to do was burnish the folds and glue all the layers in place.  I assure you, doing that was much easier than choosing what colours and patterned paper to use.  I punched a bundle of pink and white snowflakes, layered them together then dotted then added a flurry to decorate the card.

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INGREDIENTS

Pop Up Box Card Christmas Dog – cut file - by Lori Whitlock

- Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #167044

textured cardstock

patterned paper - Sugarplum paper pad

by Paige Taylor Evans - American Crafts

bone folder - to form the folds

Helmar 450 Quick Dry - to adhere the layers

Tombow Mono Multi - to adhere the smaller pieces

Fiskars snowflake punches

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I have entered my cards in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place 

Pretty Poinsettia - hope it's Merry

It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 30 - Do What You Love

I love making and giving Christmas. I love trying to make multiple cards with

little differences, so that they are still one-of-a-kind ... maybe two-of-a-kind.

Earlier today I made THIS pretty pair of Poinsettia cards using a delicate cut

file and the "Merry & bright" digital sentiment from Beccy’s Place.

My latest cards use the same poinsettia cut file (details & link below)

but a different sentiment.  

The "hope it's Merry" digital sentiment from the Sing Joy digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place fits perfectly against the curve of the petals.  As with the earlier cards, I sized the poinsettia to fit on a 4 3/8" square panel, added the "hope it's Merry" digital sentiment and printed two panels on white textured cardstock then cut the poinsettia design from the panels using my Silhouette Cameo.  The panels were adhered to vibrant red textured cardstock then trimmed to a 1/8" border with a Perfect Layers Ruler.  I made the 5 1/2" card bases from 300gsm smooth white cardstock and matted the front with white textured cardstock.  I adhered the matted poinsettia panels to the matted card bases and soon had another pair of same-but-different modern merry poinsettia Christmas cards.

It's almost optical illusion with this design.  It looks like there are different shades of

red in the poinsettia but I assure it, it's a single layer of crimson red cardstock.

   

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INGREDIENTS

"hope it's Merry" digital sentiment from the

Sing Joy digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

Unfortunately this digital stamp set is no longer available but you can

view projects created with it on the Beccy's Place blog HERE

textured cardstock - to print & mat the image panel

Poinsettia cut file by Nic Squirrell

Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #307557

scoreboard & bone folder - to form the card bases

Perfect Layers Ruler - to trim matting layer

Helmar 450 Quick Dry - liquid adhesive to adhere layers

Tombow Mono Multi Adhesive - to adhere around delicate poinsettia veins

~~~*~~~*~~~

I have entered my cards in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place 

  

Day 30 - Do What You Love

 It's time for the 11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

Day 30 - Do What You Love

It's no secret, I love to make cards, all sorts of cards,

so of course it's always a pleasure to make more.

Poinsettias hold special memories for me, especially at Christmastime, as they remind me of my Grandmother.  She had potted poinsettias dotted around the house every Christmas and it doesn't feel like Christmas if we don't have at least one in our home.

Most of my poinsettia projects in the past have included dimensional flowers, just like the lovely layers of the "real" ones.  This time I'm using a modern twist with a silhouette of the veined poinsettia petals cut from a card panel and the traditional red showing through from a matted layer underneath.

I opened the poinsettia cut file (details & link below) in Silhouette Studio, along with the "Merry & bright" digital sentiment from Golden Bell digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place.  I decided to use the poinsettia element from the cut file to make a panel to go on a 5 1/2" square card front.  I sized the poinsettia to fit on a 4 3/8" square panel, added the "Merry & bright" digital sentiment and printed two panels on white textured cardstock then cut the poinsettia design from the panels using my Silhouette Cameo.  The panels were adhered to vibrant red textured cardstock then trimmed to a 1/16" border with a Perfect Layers Ruler.  I made the 5 1/2" card bases from 300gsm smooth white cardstock and matted the front with white textured cardstock.  I adhered the matted poinsettia panels to the matted card bases and soon had a pair of modern merry poinsettia Christmas cards.

   

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INGREDIENTS

"Merry & bright" digital sentiment from the

Golden Bell digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place

unfortunately this digital stamp set is no longer available but you can

view projects created with it on the Beccy's Place blog HERE

textured cardstock - to print & mat the image panel

Poinsettia cut file by Nic Squirrell

Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #307557

scoreboard & bone folder - to form the card bases

Perfect Layers Ruler - to trim matting layer

Helmar 450 Quick Dry - liquid adhesive to adhere layers

Tombow Mono Multi Adhesive - to adhere around delicate poinsettia veins

~~~*~~~*~~~

I have entered my card in the

11th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place