Joy for Christmas is a cute little card.  The stamp set has 3 simple images which you can step-it up or not.  The choice is yours.  I decided to step this card up.  Read below to see how I did this.

Christmas Card Recipe

Supplies:

Stamps: Jolly Words, Christmas Classics.

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Mossy Meadow, VersaMark, Stampin’ Blends: Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Parakeet Party, Pool Party, Natural Tones: Light, Medium Light, Color Lifter.

Paper (including measurements)
Cherry Cobbler – 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ Score at 4-1/4″ and burnish with Bone Folder. 4″ x 2-3/4″
Mossy Meadow – 5-1/4″ x 4″
Basic White- 2-1/2″  x  3-3/4″, 4″ x 5-1/4″ scraps,
Shining Christmas 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper – 5″ x 3-3/4″
Accessories: Metallic Embossing Powders (gold), Festive Pearls (red).  1/8″ Metallic Woven Ribbon (Parakeet Party)

Tools: Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Deckled Rectangles, Paper Snips, Heat Tool.

Basic Supplies ; Paper Trimmer, Bone folder, Paper Snips, Take Your Tool Pick, Stampin’ SEAL+, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots.

Instructions:

1. Attach the DSP to the Mossy Meadow panel.
2. Cut the Cherry Cobbler panel and the Basic White panel with the Deckled Rectangles.  Use the appropriate sized Deckled Dies.
3. Mask the stamp with a  post-it note to cover the letters, and wreath.  Ink the remainder of the stamp with Tuxedo Black ink.  Remove the Post-it Note and stamp the images on the the Basic White.  Ink the letters with VersaMark and the wreath with Tuxedo Black ink. Separate the letters from the wreath.
4. Sprinkle the Gold Emboss powder on the letters and heat with Heat Tool. Use Paper Snips and cut out the letters.  Leave a bit of the white border.
5. Color the wreath with Stampin’ Blends Light & Dark Parakeet Party and the decorations with Dark Cherry Cobbler.  Cut out with Paper Snips, cut out the center as well.
6. Color the elves: hats, outfits with Dark and Light Cherry Cobbler blends, the faces with Natural Tones: Light, Medium Light and the hat baubles with Daffodil Delight blends.
7. Color a strip of Pool Party blends below the elves to ground them.
8. Lay out the letters and wreath and when satisfied with the adhere with dimensionals. Attach to the DSP panel.
9. Cut a length of the metallic ribbon to go around the the above panel and enough for a bow.
10. Place a Festive Pearl at the bottom of the wreath so that it looks as if the elf is holding it.  Attach the panel to the Cherry Cobbler card base.

Inside:

On the Basic White panel, add a strip of DSP to the bottom.  Stamp a greeting from the Christmas Classics stamp set in Mossy Meadow.

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I hope that you enjoy this cute little Joy for Christmas card.

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