Snowy Wonder, Take a Bow, Sophisticated Sled, Snowy Scenes, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

 

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a fun Christmas card to share with you. I had found the layout on Pinterest and wanted to give it a try. You can see that card here. I went to the website and tried to find any measurements but I had no luck. Please read on to see how I made the card.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. I cut a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of Basic White and I textured it using the "Snowflake Sky" embossing folder. Then I cut it to 4" x 5-1/4". I glued it to the front of the card.

The strips were done next. I used the Designer Series Paper (DSP) "Take a Bow" 6"stack and cut them at 4-3/4" x 1" and 4-1/4" x 1/2".  I glued them in place on the front of the card. The larger one is about 3/8" from the left edge and the green one is about 1" from the left edge.  

Next I cut the circles using the 9th and 10th die from the "Deckled Circles" set. The large one is of Real Red card stock and the smaller one is from the "Take a Bow" stack. I also cut one using the smaller die on a piece of Basic White card stock. I taped the DSP circle to the Real Red circle. I tore the Basic White circle and taped one piece on top of the other circles and on the other side of that Basic White circle I tore a smaller piece and taped that on top of the other piece of Basic White torn piece.

The snowman is from the "Snowy Scenes" DSP 12" x 12" package. I used the matching die from the "Snowy Wonder" bundle. I fussy cut two trees from that same package of DSP. I added tape and slipped the bottoms under the torn Basic White piece. Tape was added to the snowman and it was slipped under the top torn Basic White piece. I added Dimensionals to the back of the circles and set it in place on the front of the card about 1" up from the bottom edge.

The words are from the "Sophisticated Sled" bundle and were stamped using Garden Green ink. I cut them out using the die from the "Greetings of the Season" bundle. The dies in that set are tags. I add a Dimensional to the left side and tape to the right. I set the piece in place on top of the circle at angle. A double bow of red and white Baker's Twine was tied and glued in place.

For a final touch I added some of the cute Peppermint Candies embellishments.  I'm SO glad I got mine when I did, they are still sold out (again). We all need to contact Stampin' Up! and beg them to bring them back next year.  Anyway, the card is done and I think it's got a very festive look to it.  I could have made the background behind the snowman a bit more wintery but I do like how festive the stripes make it.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda