Merry Christmas

I bought Amelia some glitter glue last week, and we finally had a chance to open it and play today. She was doing such a fabulous job on her own, that I decided to make a glitter and glitz card while she was working on her projects.

This is a fun fold design that was shown at the Stampin’ Up!® OnStage Local in Hartford in April. It’s another easy one. I also received one of these fun fold cards from my friend Sandy Moriarty earlier this year. Here are the details for this Christmas card.

Score the long side of a 4-1/4″ x 11″ piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock at 2-3/4″, 4-1/4″, 7-1/4″ and 8-1/2″. Cut two pieces of the beautiful All Is Bright Designer Series Paper (DSP) – one at 4″ x 4″ and the other at 4″ x 2-1/4″. I loved the design of this paper as soon as I saw it.

Using the Merry Christmas Thinlits Dies, die-cut Merry and Christmas from Smoky Slate Cardstock and Gold Glimmer Paper. (I used retired Champagne Glimmer Paper, because I have a lot that I need to use up. And I couldn’t find my Gold Glimmer Paper.) Layer the glimmer paper over the Smoky Slate to create a shadow. I used Mini Glue Dots to adhere the layers.

On a 4″ x 4″ piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock, stamp the swirl image from the Star of Light Stamp Set in Crumb Cake Classic Ink. If you have them, I used some retired products instead. I stamped the swirl in Gold Metallic Ink, then sprinkled some retired Heat & Stick Powder over it, heated, and then added some Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter. I love Heat & Stick Powder, and I stocked up before it retired. Since the Shimmer Paint came back in the Holiday Catalog, I’m hoping the Heat & Stick Powder will also reappear soon.

Die-cut the star from Gold Foil Sheets using the Starlight Thinlits. Position this over the card without adhering, then position your sentiment stamp – from the Christmas Pines Stamp Set – on the cardstock. Stamp the sentiment in Versamark and heat emboss with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. (I used the Stamparatus to make sure my sentiment was where I wanted it.)

To put the card together, adhere the top two-thirds of the 4″ x 4″ piece of the DSP on the top panel of the card, then adhere the Merry die-cuts over it. I added adhesive to the Crumb Cake Cardstock, making sure I kept the adhesive at least 1/4″ away from the edges, then adhered the DSP over it. I used Mini Glue Dots to adhere the die-cuts to the DSP.

On the third panel, adhere the Very Vanilla panel (just the top two-thirds), and adhere the final 2-1/4″ x 4″ DSP to the bottom panel. Adhere the Christmas die-cuts over that at an angle.

Here’s the card open, so you can see all the panels.

All of the products used are from the 2018-19 Stampin’ Up!® Annual Catalog except for the DSP and the Merry Christmas Thinlits Dies. Those will be available September 5 in the Holiday Catalog, but demonstrators can order it now! If having product early appeals to you, consider joining my team of awesome demonstrators today!

Thanks for stopping by Stamping with Buffy. Have a lovely day!

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