Holly Jolly Christmas

Hi friends! Happy weekend – I hope you’re having a good one! I’m delighted to share a Keep It Simple inspiration project with you today – an extra one I made for our ‘Christmas in July’ showcase. Truth be told, I’m down for Christmas projects all year long, and this pocket card is one I had a lot of fun making! There are quite a few versions of a pocket card out there and I made this one from a single sheet of 12×12 cardstock. I have included my handwritten template in the Freebies section of my blog HERE. I used our Rose and Jade paper collections (I totally love a pink and green color combo), stamps and dies from our Scandinavian Christmas collection, our stitched oval dies, ribbon, and enamel hearts.

Using my template, I cut the card base from CutCardStock 80# Basis White 12×12 cardstock and trimmed slivers off each of the cut lines to ensure that the sections fold completely flat. I embellished each of the sections with papers from our 12×12 and 6×9 Rose and Jade Collection Packs. There are four decorated pull-outs in the pockets, leaving lots of room for photos and journaling. One of the pockets has a punched thumb notch and one of the outside sections has a die cut stitched oval.

I also added stamped images from our Scandinavian Christmas Santa and Friends stamp set, colored with alcohol markers, and cut with the coordinating outline dies. I embellished the belly band with a tag from the Rose ephemera, a stamped image, and stamped and fussy cut sentiments.

Here are close-ups of each section. This was definitely a fun one!

Keep It Simple products used:
Back To Basics Rose 12×12 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Jade 12×12 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Rose 6×9 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Jade 6×9 Collection Pack
Scandinavian Christmas Santa & Friends Collection Stamps
Scandinavian Christmas Santa & Friends Outline Dies
Back To Basics Jade Ribbon
Back To Basics Stitched Ovals Nested Dies
Back To Basics Rose Enamel Hearts

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Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock 80# Basis White 12×12 cardstock
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends- FS6/7/8, BP1/2/3, DR1/3/4, OR1, TB2/3/4, DG1/2/3, MB1/2/4, PP1/2/3, MG1/2/3; Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen
DIES/PUNCHES: Stampin’ Up 1-1/4″ Circle Punch
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Doodlebug Design Lily White Doodle Twine

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Scrappy hugs,