Sunday, November 30, 2014

My Cards and Tags: Holly Jolly Christmas Cheer

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme is Holiday Cards.  I'm still in denial about the fact that we're into December already, but I have embraced the Holiday-ness by making this festive card:


I started with this fabulous wood background paper from Webster's Pages' Hall Pass collection, then I made some circles with the Prima Honeycomb stencil and a Sharpie.  I smeared some Distress Ink around the circles for the background.  I added some dimensional dots, too, from Mama Elephant's Rounds and Rounds die set (buttons and sequins).  I outlined them with embroidery floss.


I love these holiday flashcards from Tim Holtz, which I layered on after inking around their edges.  I also utilized the fabulous Scribble Trees dies and stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and used the inside shapes from the Mama Elephant dies (stars) to top the trees.  I added on the Christmas sentiment from the Merry Christmas Simon Says Stamp die.


I finished off the card by adding, "And a Happy New Year, too!" with Tim Holtz's label letters stickers (they've become a favorite staple of mine).

Here's the full product list for this card, all of which are available at Simon Says Stamp:

 
I am truly excited to see the holiday cards you create!  Upload your projects to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to inspire and win a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.


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