Shabby Chic Christmas

Hi Classy friends!  It's Holly posting today, and we are getting closer and closer to Christmas.  Here's my shabby chic Christmas card.

I started with a layer of red paper from the gorgeous 12 Days of Christmas 6" x 6" paper pad by Graphic 45 and I cut it to the same size as a folded vanilla card base.  I adhered it so that it covered the entire card base.

I cut a layer of vanilla cardstock and I inked the edges with the gorgeous Tarnished Brass Distress Stain. You can see the Tarnished Brass color between the patterned red paper and the solid red paper. While I had the Tarnished Brass Distress Stain out, I colored a length of Chalk White Seam Binding with it. I simply dabbed the stain all over the ribbon, spritzed it with water, crumpled it up in my hands, and let it dry.

While the ribbon was drying, I cut the small strip of red patterned paper from the 12 Days of Christmas 6" x 6" paper pad by Graphic 45, and adhered it to the paper with the Tarnished Brass on the edges.

I then cut a piece of vanilla cardstock, ran it through the Spellbinders M-bossabilities Holiday Magic folder. I sponged the raised areas with some Antique Linen distress ink, and adhered it below the red patterned paper.

I then pulled out the Christmas Inner Thoughts  stamp set, (JustRite), stamped the sentiment with black ink, onto the solid red paper from the 12 Days of Christmas 6" x 6" paper pad by Graphic 45. I cut one of the ornament dies from the 2011 Heirloom Ornaments. I applied some Joy! foam pads to the back of the ornament and adhered it near the top of my embossed paper.

When the ribbon was completely dry, I wrapped it around the card layers and fashioned a bow.  I affixed the bow to the top of the ornament and fluffed up the ribbon. I glued down these card layers to my card base.  

Using the Distress Stain on the seam binding is a wonderful way to make custom colored ribbons for your projects. Check out all the Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stains in the Classy Cards 'n Such store.

Love your card,Holly!

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Holiday Wreath

Hi folks, it's Holly posting today!

I think it's time for a Christmas card with traditional red and green colors on it, isn't it?  I decided to make a wreath for my red and green card today.

This was really fun to make!  I started with a red card base and added a layer of white cardstock.  I then cut the green patterned paper layer from the French Country 6" x 6" paper pad by Graphic 45, and adhered it to the white layer on the card. Yes, you can use non-Christmas papers for a Christmas card! This green was the perfect color so why not?  

I then cut the Mesh Border from red cardstock and added it to my card. Then I got busy cutting out a bunch of greenery from the Wreath Strip, as well as the Happy Holidays from red cardstock. All three dies are from Cheery Lynn Designs, which work perfectly together.

I first tested the Happy Holidays sentiment die, to see if it would fit on my card.  It cuts out with some leaves on the side of the "H" and that made my sentiment just a tad bit too long.  So I used some scissors to cut the leaves off and tried it again.  The sentiment fit perfectly on my white paper, so I glued it down at the bottom.

Next, I separated the greenery from the Wreath Strip die. There are two different sizes, so after I sorted them, I glued down the larger pieces down in a circle shape above my sentiment. I then went back in and glued the smaller Wreath Strip pieces onto the wreath, tucking them in underneath the pieces that were already glued down.

Once I got all my pieces glued down, I adhered the white piece to my card. For a final touch, I applied the rich and gorgeous Cranberry Pearls for the perfect accent to finish the wreath!

Your card is so festive! Thanks Holly! 

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Corner Garden Beauty

Hello Friends! It's Diane, glad to be with you here on the Classy Cards 'n Such blog today.

Can I say I LOVE a new product Classy Cards 'n Such is carrying in the shop? I can? Good, because I LOVE these new stencils Beverly has added.
  

The one I am showing you today is called Corner Flowers. It is a larger stencil, making a larger card, so soft and pretty. I just have to give you a small tutorial of how I created it!!

I started with one of my new, all time favorite papers Champaign Neenah Pearlized Metallic. I use this paper a lot, as it is gorgeous and a wonderful quality!

I cut a piece of watercolor paper slightly larger then the Corner Flowers brass stencil, and ran it through my Cuttlebug using the normal stacking sequence you would use to emboss a Spellbinders die.You will want to tape your die to the paper with removable tape before running it through your machine, and leave the tape on after embossing.

I am using the watercolor paper for two reasons.  One, it is a bit thicker then an ordinary paper, giving a nice deep impression, and two, it will allow me to color on it very easily.

To color the flowers, while the stencil is still taped to the paper, use "Perfect Medium" and pounce it over your entire stencil, until you can tell it is all covered. Perfect Medium is the pad, somewhat like Versamark that comes with your Perfect Pearls.

Carefully remove your tape from your stencil and lift the stencil off your paper (you don't want to bend your stencil or smear your paper).

Now, here is the fun part. With a small paint brush, just dip your brush into Perfect Pearls ( you just need a little bit) and start painting your colors on.  After all the flowers are painted, take a larger, soft brush, and brush all the excess perfect pearls off onto a scrap piece of paper. I then just slightly heat set the colors with my heat gun.   Wow, isn't it pretty?

Trim the extra off your finished piece, and slightly pop it up with Joy! Foam Pads, Large.

I stamped a beautiful sentiment from JustRite's Poppies Label Twenty Nine. Using a Spellbinders die set called  Decorative Labels Eight, I centered it over the sentiment and cut. I lightly sponged ink around the edge of the label, attached it to my card with Joy! Foam Pads Small.

To finish off my card I added a small amount of bling, using Amber Rhinestones.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial today.  There are other stencils in the shop and more coming.

I will be back, with yet another technique using the stencils, later in the month!

What a beautiful card! Thanks Diane!

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We are making room at the store, so be sure to check out the clearance items here. 

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White Window Poinsettia

Hi, it's Holly posting today.  I've got another Christmas card to share with you, and this one is all white with a few pops of color.

I started by embossing some white cardstock with the Spellbinders M-Bossabilites Bricks and Bark embossing folder. Next, I cut out the Grand Gothic Window and the Grand Gothic Stained Glass Window, by PoppyStamps, from white cardstock.  I glued the Grand Gothic Stained Glass Window die cut to the inside of the Grand Gothic Window. Then I took the inside piece that was cut out from the Grand Gothic Window, (the piece you would probably throw away), and I glued that to the back of the entire window.  That way you won't see the embossed brickwork through the window when you glue it down on the card. I glued my 3-piece window to the brick background and then I worked on the pops of color.

I cut out the Small Blooming Poinsettia from PoppyStamps, out of red cardstock and then I cut it out again from olive cardstock so I could have some green leaves in the very back of the poinsettia. First, I covered the tiny little stamen piece with some Champagne Stickles and set that aside to dry.  Then I glued the layers of the red petals together and then glued those on top of the green petals. I set my poinsettia aside to dry completely while I cut out the greenery.

I pulled out the Wreath Strip die by Cheery Lynn Designs, and cut out four of the sprigs from olive cardstock.  I glued these down at the bottom of the white window, two on each side. I adhered my poinsettia in the center of the foliage.  After making sure the Champagne Stickles was completely dry, I glued the glittery stamens to the center of the poinsettia.  Last, I used my fingers to fluff up the poinsettia leaves for that little dimensional pizzazz.

The Small Blooming Poinsettia is the perfect size for projects like this.  It works great with all the fantastic window dies in the Classy Cards 'n Such store and it is equally wonderful by itself.  If you were so inclined, you could make a whole bunch of these and have a big cluster of poinsettias on a card. Wouldn't that be fabulous??

A great card for the holidays! Thanks Holly!

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There are lots of new products in the Classy Cards 'n Such shop over the past week or so!   Be sure to check them all out here.

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Flakey Friends

Hi - Snow anyone?  Joy here, showing you an easy card using supplies from Classy Cards 'n Such.  

I used the Fancy Tags die set from Spellbinders and the sweet sentiment is from Twinkles by Impression Obsession. It's one of the sweetest stamp sets for this season!

The paper is some from my stash and I added a snowflake button. I slipped the ribbon onto the Fancy Tags after stamping with one of the Twinkles sentiments.

WOW! What an easy card when you have supplies from Classy Cards 'n Such!

Thanks for looking at my card. Have a HAPPY stamping day.

Cute card for the holiday! Thanks Joy!

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Twinkles is one of the Christmas stamps that is eligible for 13% off through Sunday, December 15.  Just enter coupon code CHRISTMAS13 at checkout.  You can see all of the Christmas stamps here.

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Feathers in Blue; Christmas stamps on SALE!!!

Hi, Joy here!  I love all the feather items that I've found at the Classy Cards 'n Such store.  

Today's card starts using a light blue cardstock as the base and added a dark blue panel on top.

To really make my design stand out, I used a white cardstock, along with one of my favorite stamp sets called Birdsong by Sparkle 'n Sprinkle. This stamp set is quite versatile because it has so many feathers, images and two sentiments. I stamped the feathers in several different colors of blue and used one of the sentiments.

I added the little dots with a Tim Holtz Distress Ink Marker, in sets of 3.  I got the idea of adding the little dots from the Feathers embossing folder by Crafts Too.

Be sure to check out the feather stamps, embossing folders and dies at Classy Cards 'n Such.

Thank you for looking at my card. Have a HAPPY stamping day.

Your card is so pretty! Thanks Joy!

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Christmas stamps are 13% off through Sunday, December 15 when you enter coupon code CHRISTMAS13 at checkout.  Individual stamps and stamp sets!  Images and sentiments!  All from many fine stamp companies!!!  Shop now!!!

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CAS Poinsettia card

Hi Classy friends! It's Holly posting today.

I have a CAS (clean and simple) Christmas card to share with you.  I'm thinking this is going to be my Christmas card for friends and family this year. It is so fun and easy to create!

I started by die cutting the poinsettia with the Small Blooming Poinsettia from PoppyStamps, using white cardstock.  I actually cut the whole thing twice, and then I cut out three more leaves from the little bits and pieces of leftover white cardstock.

With my white pieces sorted out, I used the Winter 2011 Seasonal Ink Pads bundle to color the flower.  I sponged the poinsettia petals with the Festive Berries Ink Pad.  The leaves were sponged with the Evergreen Bough Ink Pad, and then the little stamen pieces were sponged with Squeezed Lemonade Ink Pad from the Spring 2012 Seasonal Ink Pads bundle. I wanted some glitter on the tiny little yellow stamen pieces, so I pulled out my Champagne Stickles and dabbed it all over the two pieces and let it dry completely.

While the Stickles were drying, I cut my white cardstock to 5.5" x 8.5" and then folded it in half.  I inked up the A Merry Little Christmas stamp with black ink, and stamped it onto my white card.  This stamp actually has a tiny little tree on the right side of the sentiment.  When I was inking up this stamp, I used a piece of paper to cover the tree so it wouldn't get any ink on it.  That way ONLY the sentiment was stamped on my card.

After making sure the Stickles were dry, I glued all the poinsettia together, glued the leaves to the back of the flower, and then glued the glittery stamens in the center of my poinsettia.  I then adhered the festive poinsettia to the right of my sentiment.

I love how this simple white card really enhances the colorful poinsettia.  Sometimes all you need is a gorgeous accent piece to make a card come alive!

Cute card and so simple! Thanks Holly!

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Celebrate The Wonder

Hi, It's Diane here today on the Classy Cards 'n Such blog.  I just recently received some wonderful new dies from the Classy Cards 'n Such shop that I am using today on my card.

I started with a plain white cardstock base, and randomly hand cut two snow drifts.

I stamped a row of pine trees along the top edge of one using the small tree stamp from the Flourishes Snow Scenes set. I then added Stickles to the top edges of the drifts.

The tree is cut with my new die from Memory Box Frosted Christmas Tree. I learned something new about this die.  Before you take the tree out of the die, run your Versamark pad over it, making sure to cover all of it. Remove it and sprinkle your White Detail embossing powder or Crystal Ice glitter on, heat set it, and you have a perfectly icy or snow covered tree!

I used a tinsel EB glitter on mine, making it really shine!  This is a fantastic, beautiful die that I can highly recommend!!

The Leaping Deer is also a Memory Box die.  I cut the deer out of paper from Graphic 45 Twelve Days of Christmas 6 x 6 paper pad and sponged the edges with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress marker.

The sentiment is from Flourishes Snow Scenes set.

I hope you have enjoyed my post today. See you again soon!

Your card is so pretty! Thanks Diane!

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There are lots of new products in the Classy Cards 'n Such shop over the past week or so!   Be sure to check them all out here.

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Tender Prayers

Good Morning, Joy here posting a quick winter card.

While most of Texas is experiencing "Icemageddon" - some of us are staying warm making cards with supplies from Classy Cards 'n Such!  I'm glad it's easy to order from them online and they have super fast shipping!  Here is a card I made to send to a friend. 

I used the Spellbinders dies called Radiant Rectangles and the paper is called The Lake House 6.5" x 6.5" paper pad. The bow is made with Eggshell seam binding and Pink Baby Pearls (which are on sale).

This was an very quick and easy card to make, and you can use any of the Spellbinders dies that you layer. This one has a total of 5 layers. For me, the papers make this card special.

Thanks for looking at my card! Stay warm!

Your card is so pretty! Thanks Joy!

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