NBUS #3 - Christmas

Well - I did it, even though it required two posts on the same day:) This is my third entry into Darnell's NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) Challenge.

The Christmas tree was cut with a Memory Box die that I bought in June and had not used until this card. I cut it out of a darker green cardstock. Then I cut it out of the burgundy dotted cardstock. I added a trunk and inserted the die-cut tree into the opening of the dotted paper. The sentiment (which you can actually see better in real life) is from Denami.

I am also entering this into the Christmas Card Challenge. This week's challenge is "Anything Goes." 

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Patterned Pines #5

This card is done with the last stamp (the snowflake) of the Stampin' Up! set called "Patterned Pines." I stamped the background with it using a light blue ink and matted with the matching cardstock. (Baja Breeze) I decided to stamp the sentiment (from Denami) on vellum. I embossed it to keep it from smearing. Then I dry embossed the left edge with a Snowflake folder from Darice. Looking at it in the picture, I think it would have worked to emboss the whole vellum piece, even after stamping.

Edited to add: Thanks for the comment, Wendy. I always use Duck Tape adhesive to attach vellum. You can barely see it - really not at all. I used it in each corner.

I'm linking this up to the Christmas Card Challenge blog.

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Same Card - Two Orientations

Taking a short break from using my Stampin' Up! sets. Our stamping group was discussing our Tonic punch systems and I decided to use mine. I punched a few borders with it, and you'll be seeing the cards I made with them in the next few days. For today's cards, I used the snowflakes punch. I punched the border from shimmery silver. I added scoring with my Scor-Pal. I embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder.

This card is pretty much identical to the first one, except I made it portrait. The sentiment is from Denami.

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Stamped Backgrounds

These are the last two cards using the "Background Basics" set from Stampin' Up!

On this first one, I stamped the image with black and colored the leaves and flower centers with markers. I matted with black. The sentiment panel was stamped with Papertrey Ink stamps. I cut the circles with Nestabilities and I used foam squares to mount the panel.

For this card, I stamped the holly leaves with black and then colored with red and green markers. I embossed the top part of the card with a Sizzix embossing folder. I added some pretty green ribbon (I think it's from PTI) across the middle. The sentiment is from Denami. I added a red gem for the dot over the "i" in Christmas and (of course!) mounted on foam squares.

I hope you are enjoying seeing my older sets. I'm sure having fun using them! Stay tuned for "Close to Nature" tomorrow.

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December Calendar Page

The last month's calendar page from 2013. Unbelievable!

The trees were embossed with a Lasting Impressions brass stencil. I matted with shimmery gold paper. The sentiment (from Denami) was embossed with gold embossing powder.

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Christmas Sunday

I took some time for stamping yesterday and it was awesome! I made these five Christmas cards. They are all quite similar and simple, so I don't think much explanation is necessary. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! All of the stamping was done with Versamark ink and embossing powder. I used tiny gems on most of them. The bottom one has snowflake-printed vellum. Edited to add: The snowflakes stamp is from Inkadinkado. The Season's Greeting stamp is from Hero Arts. The Merry Christmas stamp is from Denami.

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"Christmas Sunday"

Three more Christmas cards made. (I made two of the second one.) Forty-eight down, about thirty-two to go. I don't know who makes this paper, but I think it's yummy. The ribbon on this first one is from Basic Grey. The sentiment is from Denami and is stamped with Stampin' Up! Riding Hood Red.

Same paper, same stamp. I used solid red satiny ribbon on this one, matted the sentiment and mounted it on foam squares. I'm linking these up to the Christmas Card Challenge blog.

Have a great week!

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