Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you are enjoying your holiday just as you like. With both Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations this week, it certainly is a time for festivity and happiness! I wish everyone a happy day today!

Today’s card was inspired by the fabulous color challenge at Global Design Project #GDP221. This extended challenge runs 2 weeks, so there will be many wonderful projects coming before the challenge ends. The color combination can be as sophisticated or as rustic as you want for designs. It can also be modern or masculine. It is truly a versatile color story to design around. I wanted to do a Christmas card, so I chose a design I will call “traditional elegant”.  You can see more designs by clicking on the image below.

This card features the Wrapped In Plaid DSP. While the paper I chose doesn’t really have Early Espresso in it, it certainly works well with that color. There is a touch of gold in the ribbon and the paper for the elegant look. And the sentiment stamped on a piece of the retired Wood Texture DSP is a little bit of rustic. It’s my last Christmas card of the season. I am a little bit sad to start putting away all my holiday stamps and papers. But I really look forward to showing you all the new items for spring! I received some of those through the Demonstrator preview and can’t wait to share new ideas!

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It has looked liked snow was coming the last few days around here. So, I decided to pull out Snowman Season and make a snow card! I love this set just for the papers and the snowman punch. But I pulled in a piece from the upcoming Spring catalog to make the snow swirl!

I created the “snowstorm” using a die from the Painted Labels set in the new Peaceful Poppies suite. You should be getting a Spring Mini catalog in the mail any day now. Wait until you see it! As a Demonstrator, I was able to order a few things early.  And while I will be doing Spring cards soon, I am still using what I have for Christmas so you can craft along with me!

The swirl die was “frosted” up a bit using the Shimmery Crystal Effects and the Ice Stamping’ Glitter. I then scattered in a few of the Snowflake Sequins to make it look like a blizzard. And then I die cut a few large snowflakes using a die from the Frosted Frames Die set. Those were cut from the Sparkling Glimmer Paper. The snowman’s hat was punched from a piece of the DSP. You will find that many of Stampin’ Up!’s punches and dies match the Designer Paper now.

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Here is a fast, easy card featuring the Feels Like Frost stamp set. I needed a card I could do fast for a challenge. I had wanted to do a solid version of a card I created using the Feels Like Frost paper and Silver Foil, which you can see HERE! That was a fun card to do and it certainly got a lot of attention from everyone. But I also like a “earthy look” in card stock and papers. This card featuring Sahara Sand, Merry Merlot and Pretty Peacock is the result.

The version shown was my initial sample card. The final that went out for the challenge had the Pretty Peacock layer and the Merry Merlot die cut embossed with the Subtle Texture embossing folder. I liked that look much better! But I traded them all away!  The card is super simple with just some die cuts and a few Holiday Rhinestones to set it off and add some bling.

Right now the rush is on for all of us, so if you need an easy holiday card, give the Frosted Foliage suite a look. It offers big bold sentiments and die cuts that can create a stunning look in no time!

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