Three Christmas Cards Featuring Santa’s Hat + Ordering Special
Who says Santa’s hat has to be red? Today’s Facebook Live started with a classic Christmas favorite, then took a colorful turn with Hydrangea Hue and Bubble Bath! I used the Santa’s Hat Stamp Set to create three festive cards, each with its own personality. A little texture, some pretty paper, and those darling Christmas Berries brought everything together!
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Watch the Facebook Live Replay! Missed the fun? No worries! You can catch the replay and see these three projects come together, along with my tips and tricks for creating them.
Real Red Christmas Gift Card Holder
First up was a cheerful Real Red card with a fun surprise inside—it’s a gift card holder! The Softly Woven Embossing Folder adds lovely texture behind Santa’s hat, while Multicolor Christmas Baker’s Twine and a “Ho Ho Ho” sentiment finish the front.
Inside, a pocket holds your gift card, with festive plaid paper, a “Sending Christmas Cheer” greeting, and those darling Christmas Berries. Such a sweet way to make a practical gift feel extra special!
A Fun Fold in Hydrangea Hue
Next, I switched to Hydrangea Hue for a playful fun fold! The mix of plaid, checks, and tiny white dots from the Creative Celebrations Mix & Match Specialty Designer Series Paper makes this card extra cheerful.
A circle cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies frames the “Ho Ho Ho” greeting. Lift the front panel to reveal another Christmas sentiment and space for your handwritten message!
Sending Christmas Cheer in Bubble Bath
For the final card, I paired a Bubble Bath Santa hat with a beautifully textured white background created with the Swirls of Magic Embossing Folder.
A strip of Designer Series Paper featuring pink mittens and red stripes adds a sweet touch, while the “Sending Christmas Cheer” sentiment stretches across the front. I love how the soft pink looks with those bright red berries!
Which version is your favorite: classic Real Red, cheerful Hydrangea Hue, or sweet Bubble Bath? Leave a comment and let me know!
Happy stamping!
Laura
Price: $13.00
A Pretty Floral Birthday Card with the Stitched Blooms Bundle
There’s just something about a pretty floral card that makes me smile! Today I’m sharing a cheerful birthday card featuring the NEW Stitched Blooms Bundle from Stampin’ Up! I love the sweet flowers, stitched details, and the beautiful dimension you can create with this set. For this card, I paired Flirty Flamingo and Melon Mambo for the flowers with Old Olive and Mossy Meadow for the leaves. The combination gives the flowers a lovely pop of color while keeping everything fresh and pretty.
I used the Beautiful Ordinary Life Designer Series Paper for the background, adding a layer of Flirty Flamingo cardstock underneath to bring out the pink tones. The oval focal point was created with the Impressions Mat, which adds a beautiful embossed detail around the frame. It really makes the flowers stand out!
The flowers and leaves were stamped, die cut, and layered onto the oval, giving the arrangement some lovely dimension. I finished the card with a simple Happy Birthday sentiment, cropped using the Noel Tidings Label Die, and added a couple of Flirty Flamingo Array of Dots embellishments for just the right finishing touch.
I also carried the floral design to the inside of the card with a couple of coordinating flowers. It’s a fun little detail that makes the card feel extra special!
This card would be perfect for so many birthday celebrations! You could easily change up the flower colors to coordinate with the occasion or the recipient’s favorite colors.
Thanks for stopping by today! I hope this pretty floral birthday card inspires you to get out your stamps, ink, and paper and create something beautiful of your own.
- Basic White Thick Cardstock: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4
- Flirty Flamingo Cardstock: 4 x 5 1/4, 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 (oval)
- Beautiful Ordinary Life Designer Series Paper: 3 3/4 x 5
- Basic White Cardstock: 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 (oval), 3 x 4 (flowers & stems), 3 1/4 x 1/2 (sentiment)
- Burnish the fold of the card base with a Bone Folder.
- Adhere the Designer Series Paper to the Flirty Flamingo panels with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Crop the Basic White Cardstock layer with the largest oval frame die and the Flirty Flamingo with the smallest oval frame die.
- Use the Impressions Mat with the Flirty Flamingo frame, then adhere to the white frame with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
- Adhere the frame to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Stamp the stem detail in Mossy Meadow Classic Ink followed by the stem & leaves in Old Olive Classic Ink (qty 2). Crop with the coordinating die.
- Stamp the flower detail in Melon Mambo Classic Ink followed by the flower in Flirty Flamingo Classic Ink (qty 2 each size). Crop with the coordinating dies.
- Adhere together with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and to the oval frame with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Stamp the sentiment in Mossy Meadow Ink. Crop with the Noel Tidings Label Die (or similar). Adhere with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Embellish with Flirty Flamingo Array of Dots.
- Adhere the 2nd flower to the inside of the card with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Snip off the excess.
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Price: $13.00
Sending You All the Christmas Cheer I Can Muster!
Who can resist a little Christmas gnome? This fun holiday card features a cute gnome delivering a Christmas present, a whimsical mushroom house, and a sentiment that made me smile as soon as I saw it!
The Merry Mischief Bundle is perfect for creating playful Christmas cards with plenty of personality. I love how the gnome, oversized mushroom, and little details come together to create this festive scene. And that sentiment? It’s perfect for those days when you’re feeling festive, but you might need a little extra coffee to get there!
For the card base, I used the Scalloped Christmas Cheer Dies to create a decorative edge that adds a special touch. The stitched details frame the scene beautifully, while the layered pieces give the card plenty of dimension.
I colored the stamped images with Stampin’ Blends, adding shading and depth to the gnome, mushroom, and Christmas present. Stampin’ Blends make it easy to bring these charming images to life, and you can have fun experimenting with different color combinations to make each card your own.
The deep red mushroom cap, teal accents, and snowy white details give this card a classic Christmas feel with a whimsical twist. A few embellishments finish the design without taking away from the adorable little scene.
- Crumb Cake Cardstock: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4
- Basic White Cardstock: 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 (scalloped die-cut)
- Basic White Cardstock: 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 (stamped gnome & snow cap and mushroom dots)
- Basic White Cardstock: 2 x 1 (sentiment)
- Cherry Cobbler (cap), Crumb Cake (stem), Pecan Pie (door), Early Espresso (path rock) and Crushed Curry (window) Two-Tone Cardstock Scraps
- Burnish the fold of the card base with a Bone Folder.
- Stamp the gnome in Early Espresso Ink. Color with the following Stampin’ Blends: Smoky Slate, Pretty Peacock, Petal Pink, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight
- Crop with the coordinating Merry Mischief die.
- Crop all pieces of Two-Tone Cardstock with the coordinating Merry Mischief toadstool dies.
- Adhere the pieces together and to the card with Multipurpose Liquid Glue & Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Adhere the gnome with as shown with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Stamp the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler Ink, adhere with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Embellish with Pretty Peacock Array of Dots.
FREE TUTORIALS- I send out Weekend Inspiration every weekend that includes a handful of Card Projects with tutorials and supply lists – and yes they are free! The first card on today’s post is one of the project tutorials! I send these out to all who are on my email list. Interested in getting these project sheets? Simply subscribe to my email list click here:
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