Here's how you make Christmas merry & bright

If you haven't ordered the Hearts Come Home bundle (Holiday catalog page 39) it's time to take a serious last look before this catalog retires on January 2. I have the perfect card to tempt you today. 

The following products were used to make this beautiful Christmas card - you can click on any of these photos to head over to my  online store. Read on for the card photo and step-by-step instructions:

Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Bundle*
$47.50

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies
$30.00

Christmas Around The World Designer Series Paper*
$11.00

 

 Merry & Bright Christmas card

 

• STAMPS – Hearts Come Home (145413 wood, 145416 clear)
• PAPER – Old Olive (100702), Whisper White (100730), Christmas Around the World Designer Series Paper (144629), Cherry Cobbler (119685)
• INK – Tuxedo Memento Black (132708), Cherry Cobbler (126966)
• OTHER – Stitched Shapes Framelits (145372), Layering Ovals Framelits (141706), Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine (124262), Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies (144671), Big Shot (143263), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

 

Paper and cutting dimensions:  

• Old Olive 8-1/2 x 5-1/2”, scored at 4-1/4”
• Cherry Cobbler scrap
• Whisper White 4” x 4”, 4” x 2” , 4” x 5-1/4” & scrap
• Christmas Around the World Designer Series Paper (DSP) 4” x 5-1/4”

 

Instructions:

• Die cut the 4” x 4” Whisper White layer through the Big Shot with the edge lit that has the bigger houses.
• Adhere the die cut layer to the DSP layer about 1/4” from the top.
• Die cut the smaller houses on the 4” x 2” layer of Whisper White cardstock and adhere to card front where shown with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Wrap the Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine around the DSP layer three times, tying in a bow at the left.
• Stamp the MERRY & BRIGHT in Tuxedo Memento Black ink on Whisper White scrap - die cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits oval.
• Stamp the small star above the greeting with Cherry Cobbler ink.
• Die cut a scalloped oval from the Layering Ovals Framelits and a scrap of Cherry Cobbler cardstock.
• Adhere greeting layer to scalloped layer and then the card front where shown with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Add DSP to Old Olive card front.
• Stamp a greeting on the 4” x 5-1/4” Whisper White layer and add a couple of the houses to the bottom to spruce it up.
• Enjoy!