I still have very few Christmas cards ready for Christmas giving this year. It is starting to weigh heavily on me that I'm so far behind; therefore, my next card must be a Christmas card for my stash! I just received my Sweet Candy Cane stamps/dies and the Christmas Banner stamps/ dies that I ordered from the current Stampin' Up mini catalog so I'm eager to try them out.
The Sweetest Christmas dsp in that same catalog has a lot of wonderful patterns
and strips. I decided on a criss-cross background effect by using a striped
diagonal paper pattern overlaid with the diagonal panel die-cut. I used all
three colors in the striped paper on my card front stamping and die-cuts: Real
Red, Garden Green, and Pool Party, plus I added a bit of aqua glitter paper to
add some sparkle and bling!
As most candy canes come in individually wrapped, clear cellophane wrappers, I
decided to cover my Real Red, ink-stamped canes with Scotch clear packing tape
to resemble these cellophane wrappers. This is an idea we used in a class card
designed by Dar Peterson that I borrowed. I am pretty happy with the way my card looked upon completion...take a peak below at the finished card:
Ingredients: Stampin' Up-- Cardstock: Basic White, Garden Green, Pool Party. DSP: Sweetest Christmas. Stamps/Dies (J-D 2022 Mini): Sweet Candy Canes/ Candy Cane dies; Christmas Banner dies (pine boughs). Ink: Real Red. Punch: 1-1/4" Circle. Ribbon: 3/8" Pool Party Sheer. Gems: Elegant Faceted Gems. Other-- Paper: DCWV 6"x6" Glitter Pastels Mat Stack. Spellbinders Dies: Splendid Circles. Scotch 2" Clear Packing Tape.
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