Presenting to you today is a Reason for the Season Christmas Card made with Bohemian Designer Series Paper and the Stampin’ Up! Reason for the Season Stamp Set. I used the color combination of Mossy Meadow and Blackberry Bliss to create the card. I think the color combination is gorgeous. What do you think? (After viewing the card, leave a comment or question in the “bubble” to the right of the post title.)
Stampin’ Up! Bohemian Designer Series Paper (#138446)
Stampin’ Up! Reason for the Season Stamp Set (#139730)
How did I create this Reason for the Season Christmas Card? Here are my steps:
- To create the Reason for the Season Christmas Card, I used my Big Shot Die Cutting Machine to cut out the holly border for the first layer of the card. The holly border is a die cut from Spellbinders Holiday 5 x 7 Holly Frame Dies (S6-040). While the holly border die cut remained in the die, I used Mossy Meadow and Real Red markers (Stampin’ Up!’s) to color the holly leaves and berries. (Later I used Red Stickles glitter glue on the berries.)
- Notice the Blackberry Bliss poinsettias on the four corners of the holly frame (see above pic). They were created also with the Spellbinders Holiday 5 x 7 Holly Frame Dies. If you have been visiting my site, you have noticed that I am using these dies a lot lately. They are so intricate, cut so well, and create gorgeous die cuts.
- At the top-left of the card, I stamped a Blackberry Bliss poinsettia with Mossy Meadow leaves. These stamps are from the Stampin’ Up! Reason for the Season Stamp Set. After stamping the poinsettia, I used a Spellbinders Curved Borders Two die and the Blackberry Bliss design from the Stampin’ Up! Bohemian Designer Series Paper to create the curved border that separates the Blackberry Bliss poinsettia from the sentiment.
- The Jesus is the Reason for the Season sentiment, which is also a stamp from the Stampin’ Up! Reason for Season Stamp Set, was stamped on a piece of Whisper White Card Stock. I embossed the sentiment with Gold Embossing Powder and added a touch of gold (from a Uni-Ball Gel Pen) around the rim of the sentiment. I used the retired Stampin’ Up! Deco Labels Framelits to cut out the sentiment and a Mossy Meadow mat. Behind the sentiment is a row of Stampin’ Up! Gold Sequin Trim (#132983).
- On the card’s inside, I used a holly and berry stamp from the OutlinesRubberStamp.com (gone out of business), to stamp a border. I used a sentiment from the retired Stampin’ Up! stamp set, Christ is Born. Because the card is 5 x 7, there is plenty of white space for a personal note despite the stamp images that I added.
Thank you for stopping by, and have a wonderful week!
God’s Blessings!
Stamping with Guneaux Designs
By
Beverly Polen
Have you seen blue poinsettias? Here’s a picture of a group of them. Aren’t they pretty? They are beautiful to me, but maybe that is because I love the color blue. I guess there are a lot of colors of poinsettias.
