This weekend I was busy busy busy getting ready for the Thanksgiving Holiday. There will be 23 people here on Thursday with lots of great food, family and friends. But, I took some time out to get some Christmas cards created using the Merry Little Christmas Card Simply Created kit.
I purchased this as a bundle with the Merry Little Christmas stamp set but opted to use the Photopolymer Endless Wishes for all my stamping needs. The kit itself comes with supplies to make 8 cards including coastal cabana cardbase, Designer series paper, white tags, buttons, and bakers twine, envelope liners and envelopes. Of course I had to step it up a bit.
About my card
1. I first decided to emboss the card base with Northern Flurry embossing folder to add just a little depth. I also added a piece of Real Red behind the DSP. I will almost always mount my DSP on cardstock as I think it gives it a more solid footing for the thinner paper.
2. Now for the tag. There are three snowflakes included in the endless wishes set. I stamped all three with versamark and heat and stick powder, then added Dazzling Diamond glitter. This alone was not enough, even with the sentiment stamped in 3 colors so I added some Coastal Cabana snowflakes too.
3. Final touches with the cute little red button and bakers twine. I used some red ribbon (non-SU) and punched a slit in the top with a slot punch, also non-SU.
This kit, even with my additions, came together very quickly and I’m happy with my results. I hope you like them too.
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.
Lynn
What I used
Paper: Real Red, Stamps: Endless Wishes Photopolymer, Ink: Old Olive, Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Accessories: Heat and Stick powder, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, versamark
Super-cute! These kits are designed to help make simple, easy cards. You’ve really stepped them up and made some gorgeous cards. Very nice!