Rain Is Glitter Z-Fold

Hey everybody, happy Wednesday! And Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! I hope you’re having a fantastic week. I’m up on the Love From Lizi blog today with a tutorial for making a triple Z-fold, my debut project as a new design team member, and I’m over the moon excited! This card features our awesome Rainbow Wishes stamp set (from our newest release) along with the coordinating Nimbus Stencil, Winter Warmers 6×6 Patterned Paper Pack, Stitched Rectangles Nested Cutting Dies, and Mini Pearl Strips. You know how I love fun folds, and this one is pretty high up there on my list of all-time favorites, so I thought it would be a great design for my first Love From Lizi project!

I started by stamping the cloud and raindrops along with the sentiment from the Rainbow Wishes stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Solar White cardstock. I cut it with a Stitched Rectangle Nested Cutting Die and then stenciled the cloud with the Nimbus Stencil, a Catherine Pooler Detail Blending Brush, and Catherine Pooler Tranquil ink. I added a tiny dot of glue to each raindrop and sprinkled on some Stampin’ Up Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

While the focal image was drying, I die cut a slightly larger rectangle using the same Stitched Rectangle Nested Cutting Dies. I cut the card base and strips from CutCardStock Basis Pink, along with layering panels from coordinating prints in the Winter Warmers 6×6 Patterned Paper Pack, and then assembled the card. The finishing touch was adding some Mini Pearl Strips across the top and bottom of the card front.

I cut the back panel from Solar White cardstock and embellished it with strips of the patterned papers used on the front. I stamped a sentiment from the Rainbow Wishes stamp set in black ink and adhered the panel to the back of the card.

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Love From Lizi products used:
Rainbow Wishes Stamp Set
Nimbus Stencil
Stitched Rectangle Nested Cutting Dies
Winter Wishes 6×6 Patterned Paper Pack
Mini Pearl Strips

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Basis Pink cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock
INK: Catherine Pooler Tranquil ink, Memento Tuxedo Black ink
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Mini MISTI, Ranger-Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stay-tion 7″, Big Shot, Catherine Pooler Detail Blending Brush, Stampin’ Up Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape 54 ft

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to join our Facebook Group and Follow us on Instagram and YouTube for lots of crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

Glory To God

Hi friends, Happy Saturday! I’m delighted to share another Keep It Simple DT inspiration project created with our new O Holy Night Collection. This just might be my most favorite faith-based Christmas collection ever! I totally love all these papers, stamps, dies and die cut pieces! I created an angled gate fold that is so easy and really packs a punch. Instructions for this fun fold are on the Freebies page of my blog HERE.

I cut the card base from CutCardStock Basis White 12×12 cardstock along with layering panels from several coordinating prints in the O Holy Night 12×12 Collection Pack. I added a large die cut from the O Holy Night Die Cut Pieces for the focal along with some polymer clay white and blue stars from our Sprinkles collection added to each flap. The final step was adding a small disc magnet to keep the card closed.

I cut two layering panels for the inside along with a stitched square die cut for the signature panel and embellished it with a die cut sentiment and image.

Keep It Simple products used:
O Holy Night 12×12 Collection Pack
O Holy Night Die Cut Pieces
Sprinkles – Polymer Clay-Red White Blue Stars
Back To Basics Stitched Squares Nested Dies

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Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Basis White 12×12 cardstock
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Ranger Distress Collage Medium, small disc magnet

I hope you’ve loved seeing this project as much as I loved creating it and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out ALL the fun goodies in the Keep It Simple online store! Save 10% on your entire order when you shop online using code LoveToScrap2 at checkout! There is no minimum purchase requirement and no usage limits, AND it combines with product, order, and shipping discounts! Is that cool, or what?! Be sure to Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest for lots of crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

Merry Christmas ornament shaker

Hey everybody, I’m back with a second post on this fine Friday morning. Only one more Friday in December and I can’t believe how quickly the weeks continue to fly by – Christmas will be here in a flash! I’m delighted to share an Emily Moore Designs DT inspiration project created with our awesome Ornament Gift Card Holder Die, along with our Christmas Sayings-Dainty Cursive Font Digital Sentiments and Card Sentiment Dies used on the inside. I went ‘outside the box’ a bit with this card and used the ornament die to cut a shaker aperture into the card flap rather than use the gift card holder element, and I love how it turned out. Shaker cards never disappoint!

I cut a 5-1/2″ square top-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White along with layering panels from a couple prints in the Keep It Simple Back To Basics Rose 12×12 Collection Pack. Using the Ornament Gift Card Holder Die, I cut the shaker aperture into the front flap and added the ornament top which I cut from CutCardStock Bright Gold Foil. I created the shaker using Grafix Craft Plastic, Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Power Tape and GKD Shaker Strips.

I used a variety of Keep It Simple Sprinkles for the shaker bits, and then added a large sentiment which I die cut from CutCardStock Gold Glitter cardstock using the Sizzix Ribbon Thinlits. I have to say that these Sizzix Thinlits are pretty popular because I realized a while ago that I also used them on my other project posted earlier this morning, lol! Totally unintentional, as I made the other project several months ago! :P

I cut the inside panel from Solar White cardstock and embellished it with leftover strips of the plaid paper and gold foil cardstock used on the front. I printed the Christmas Sayings Digital Sentiments (a free download, by the way) on Solar White cardstock as well, and cut it with a Card Sentiment Die. It’s very cool that Emily sized the digital sentiments to cut with the Card Sentiment Dies!

Emily Moore Designs products used:
Ornament Gift Card Holder Die
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Power Tape
Christmas Sayings Digital Sentiments (free download)
Card Sentiment Dies

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Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Bright Gold Foil and Gold Glitter cardstock, Keep It Simple Back To Basics Rose 12×12 Collection Pack
DIES/PUNCHES: Sizzix Christmas Ribbon Thinlits
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Big Shot, Grafix Crystal Clear Craft Plastic, GKD Shaker Strips, Keep It Simple Iridescent Snowflake Sequins, Pale Pink Caviar Glass 2mm Beads, Clear Caviar Glass 2mm Beads, Green Caviar Glass 2mm Beads, Pale Pink Matte 2mm Beads, Rivers Edge Metallic Crush, and Pink Snowflake Confetti & Silver Pearl Polymer Clay Sprinkles

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and you’re inspired to get crafty! New customers – use code LESLIE10 for 10% off your order! Be sure to Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube for crafty inspiration! Emily shares videos on all the social media platforms, and they are awesome and on point! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

Merry Christmas window easel card

Hi friends, a big ol’ Happy Friday to you all! I hope you have something fun planned this weekend. I’ve been invited once again to design for Creative Creases, and you know how much I love fun folds, so it didn’t take more than a couple seconds to say yes! Creative Creases Challenge #98 is live this morning and I’m delighted to share my window easel card featuring a stamp and dies from Art Impressions and patterned paper from Keep It Simple, two of my favorite companies.

I cut the card base from CutCardStock Basis White cardstock along with layering panels from Keep It Simple Back To Basics Jade and Back To Basics Ruby 12×12 Collection Packs. I stamped the image from the Art Impressions Christmas Drive Window Stamp on Basis White cardstock and colored it with alcohol markers. I cut the image with a die in the Art Impressions Shadow Box Window Die set, splattered some Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bleed Proof White Paint spritzed with water over it with a fan brush, and set it aside.

Using additional dies in the Shadow Box Window Die set, I die cut the window in the easel flap and then added the die cut window frame, 3D window backing and stamped image. I then die cut the bow and sentiment multiple times (using the Sizzix Ribbon Thinlits) and stacked them for dimension. The finishing touch was adding a few Taylored Expressions Bits & Pieces Iridescent Rhinestones.

And here’s one final shot of the card closed and ready for mailing. I have to say that 3D cards folding flat for mailing is pretty awesome!

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Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Basis White 12×12 and Silk Glitter Opulent Opal 12×12 cardstock, Keep It Simple Back To Basics Jade and Back To Basics Ruby 12×12 Collection Packs
STAMPS: Art Impressions Christmas Drive Window Stamp
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Arteza alcohol markers- Y02, BR62, G01, B07, YG17/22, YR32, R21/43, GS02/04/08; Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bleed Proof White Paint
DIES/PUNCHES: Art Impressions Shadow Box Window Die, Sizzix Ribbon Thinlits
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Ranger Distress Sprayer, fan brush, Taylored Expressions Bits & Pieces Iridescent Rhinestones, 1/4″ double-sided foam strip

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up a fun fold with us this time! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

A little birdie told me…

Howdy peeps! Happy Thursday – another week almost behind us. Time sure is flying by! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a super cute bird-day mini slimline card. This is another one of those cards that takes almost no time to put together once all the die cutting is done. I used Classic Crest Baronial Ivory along with an assortment of colors in our Lessebo line (my current fav). I also dug into my stash and grabbed some wavy borders, an enamel sun, and cloud and bird brads. Love how this turned out – and I think it could even be considered CAS-ish!

I cut my go-to 3-1/2″ x 6″ mini slimline card base from Classic Crest Baronial Ivory cardstock. I printed the Background Labs Cloud digital background on 32# HP copy paper on my new Canon color laser printer and trimmed it to fit the mini slim card base. I have a background story on printers but I’ll save that for another day, lol! Next, I die cut the bird houses from the Catherine Pooler Home Tweet Home Dies in seven of the eight Lessebo cardstock colors I had out. Since there were so many dies in this set, I left them connected so I wouldn’t lose any of them, and it worked out well. Now I have lots of extra pieces in all those pretty colors to assemble more bird houses for future projects. ;)

I used the Keep It Simple Wavy Borders to cut three layers of ‘hills’ from Lessebo Hunter Green cardstock for my little scene. After assembling the bird houses, I added an Eyelet Outlet bird brad to each one and adhered them to the card front on adhesive foam squares, then added the enamel sun and cloud brad. I heat embossed the sentiment from the Keep It Simple Build-A-Birdhouse stamp set in Hero Arts white embossing powder, fussy cut it and added it to the bottom of the card front which completed the card front.

I cut the inside panel from Classic Crest Baronial Ivory and embellished it with another bird house. I stamped another sentiment from the same Build-A-Birdhouse stamp set in Memento Cottage Ivy ink, and layered the panel on Cherry Red cardstock.

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CutCardStock products used:
Neenah Classic Crest Baronial Ivory cardstock
Lessebo Cherry Red cardstock
Lessebo Splash Blue cardstock
Lessebo Sunflower Yellow cardstock
Lessebo Aubergine cardstock
Lessebo Moss Green cardstock
Lessebo Brick Orange cardstock
Lessebo Bubble Gum Pink cardstock
Lessebo Hunter Green cardstock

Other products used:
PAPER: Background Labs Cloud Digital Background printed on 32# HP copy paper
STAMPS: Keep It Simple Build-A-Birdhouse stamps
INK: Versamark, Memento Cottage Ivy ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Catherine Pooler Home Tweet Home Dies, Keep It Simple Wavy Borders Dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Mini MISTI, Big Shot, Scrapbook.com Double-Sided Adhesive Foam Squares, KNC Essentials Enamel Sun; Pergamano Perforating Mat, Eyelet Outlet Cloud/Sun, Cardinal 2, Female Cardinal and Bird Set Brads; Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, Milwaukee Heat Tool, Spellbinders Detail Scissors

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out all the awesome cardstock and other goodies at CutCardStock (adhesives, labels, stickers, pens, watercolors and ribbon to name a few). And head on over to the CutCardStock Facebook Page and for more inspiration! Also, be sure to join our Creating with CutCardStock Facebook Group for even more crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas

Hey everybody, I hope you’re having a great day! I’m delighted to share a Scrapbook Pal DT inspiration project created with some super fun Lawn Fawn products which are all available on the Scrapbook Pal website. I used the Shutter Card dies, Shutter Card Add-On dies, Scalloped Circle Gift Tag dies, and White Hemp Twine. Now how’s that for one-stop shopping, lol?! I’ve made several shutter cards over the years, all with hand-cut pieces, and when I discovered these Lawn Fawn dies, I knew those days of hand-cutting the shutter card pieces were over. Dang, what a game-changer!

Using the Lawn Fawn Shutter Card dies, Shutter Card Add-On dies and Scalloped Circle Gift Tag dies, I cut the card and belly band pieces from CutCardStock Basis White and Pop Tone Red Hot Cardstock. Then I cut the layering pieces from coordinating prints in the Traci Vanover Designs Peppermint Christmas 6×6 paper pad.

This awesome paper pad also has sheets of ephemera so I fussy cut some for the front and inside. I also added a white twine bow (created from Lawn Fawn Trimmings White Hemp Twin) and some red gemstones to the element on the belly band which completed the project. Here is a shot of the shutter opening…

And here is the shutter completely open to see that fun sentiment cut from the ephemera sheet in the paper pad! ;)

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Scrapbook Pal products used:
Lawn Fawn Shutter Card dies
Lawn Fawn Shutter Card Add-On dies
Lawn Fawn Scalloped Circle Gift Tag dies
Lawn Fawn Trimmings White Hemp Twine
My Sweet Petunia Glue Press
Bearly Art precision craft glue
Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3D Foam Squares White

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Basis White and Pop Tone Red Hot cardstock, Traci Vanover Designs Peppermint Christmas 6×6 paper pad
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Big Shot, small wooden bow maker, iridescent gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and you’re inspired to get your craft on! Be sure to check out the awesome array of craft supplies in the Scrapbook Pal store… the selection is amazing! And head over to the Scrapbook Pal FacebookPinterest and Instagram pages for more design team inspiration! And if you haven’t yet subscribed to our YouTube Channel, be sure to do that, too, for tons of hands-on crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! 

Scrappy hugs,

Our Dear Savior’s Birth

Hey everybody! I hope you’re having a fabulous weekend – only one more weekend before the big guy in the red suit gets here! I’m stoked to share an inspiration project for Keep It Simple with you today. I created this open box card with papers, stamps and dies in our new O Holy Night Collection and I love how it turned out. I have instructions for this fun fold (which folds flat for mailing) on the Freebies page on my blog HERE if you’re interested in learning how to make it. It’s an easy and super fun card to decorate.

I cut the card base from CutCardStock Basis Blue cardstock along with layering panels from several coordinating prints in the O Holy Night 12×12 Collection Pack. I stamped a sentiment and several images from the O Holy Night Collection Stamps on Basis White cardstock in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the images with alcohol markers, adding some details with a Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen and a gold Pentel Slicci pen. I cut the images with the coordinating Outline Dies and trimmed the sentiment, and built the scene on the card layers, popping some of the elements up on adhesive foam squares and the star on an acetate strip.

I cut the back panel from Basis White cardstock and embellished it with a strip of patterned paper from the Collection Pack and a stamped and die cut sentiment.

Keep It Simple products used:
O Holy Night 12×12 Collection Pack
O Holy Night Collection Stamps
O Holy Night Outline Stamps

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Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Basis Blue and Basis White cardstock
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Tri-Blends- GB6/7/10, GY2/3/5, BO1/2/4, LY1/2/3, YG1/2/3, DG1/2/3, LG1/3/5, IG2/4/5, BG2/3/4, PP3, FS6/7/8, BT7/8/9, GT1/2/3; Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen, Pentel Slicci Gold pen
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares (large black), Therm O Web Zots small, Scrapbook.com Double-Sided Adhesive Foam Squares

I hope you’ve loved seeing this project as much as I loved creating it and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out ALL the fun goodies in the Keep It Simple online store! Save 10% on your entire order when you shop online using code LoveToScrap2 at checkout! There is no minimum purchase requirement and no usage limits, AND it combines with product, order, and shipping discounts! Is that cool, or what?! Be sure to Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest for lots of crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

Stuck On You

Hi friends! I hope you are having some fun this weekend, despite the cool weather! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Ally’s Angels and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project for Challenge #89. This is my last inspiration project for Ally’s Angels, as I have handed off all my challenge blogs effective January 1, 2025. Our challenges are always ‘anything goes’ so come on over and play! I created one of THE most fun box cards ever using the Amazing Paper Grace/Spellbinders 3D Vignette Bubble Gum Machine die set and quite a variety of CutCardStock colors of cardstock. I mean… look at this… how stinkin’ cute?!

I cut the bubble gum machine from red, black and silver cardstock; the coin receptacle from Bright Silver Foil; a coin from Bright Gold Foil; and the gum balls from blue, yellow, green, orange, purple and pink. There’s even some acetate on the front to make it look a little more realistic. The assembly is always the most fun–it’s a joy watching 3D projects like this come to life!

I used a Keep It Simple Stitched Squares Nested Die to cut a panel for the back to write a message and sign. And one final photo of the card folded flat for mailing.

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Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Lessebo Cherry Red, Lessebo Pitch Black, Lessebo White, Stardream Metallic Silver, Bright Silver Foil, Bright Gold Foil, Pop Tone Blue Raspberry, Pop Tone Lemon Drop, Scottish Highlands Green, Basis Orange, Astrobrights Planetary Purple and Raspberry Ice cardstock
DIES/PUNCHES: Amazing Paper Grace/Spellbinders Pop Up 3D Vignette Bubble Gum Machine die set, Keep It Simple Stitched Squares Nested Dies
ACCESSORIES: Bearly Art precision craft glue, Big Shot, Grafix Crystal Clear Craft Plastic

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Just a Note

Hey everybody! Well, we’re almost to the middle of December already and you know what that means… Christmas will be here in the blink of an eye! I hope you’re not too busy to enjoy this beautiful season. I’m up on the Scrapbook Pal blog today sharing a tutorial for making a pretty friendship card using the amazing Altenew Dynamic Duo: Blooming Branch & Add-On Die Bundle. OMGoodness, these stencils, stamps and dies are so awesome and make THE most beautiful projects!

I started by creating the focal image on Savoy Cotton Brilliant White cardstock using the stencils in the Altenew Blooming Branch Bundle, my MISTI, a MISTI Sticky Sheet and a variety of Ranger distress inks. I stamped the details on the blooms and then cut the image using the add-on dies in the bundle. Using dies in the Pinkfresh Studio Rounded & Braided Rectangles dies, I cut the card base from Neenah Classic Linen 100# Solar White along with layering panels from 80# Solar White Linen and CutCardStock Peach cardstock.

I popped the smaller panel up on the card base with Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape and adhered the focal image. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set on a scrap piece of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White using my Mini MISTI, cut it with the coordinating die in the bundle and popped it up with a couple Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3D Foam Squares. The finishing touch was adding a few iridescent gemstones to the card front.

Using the same Pinkfresh Studio Rounded & Braided Rectangles die set, I cut an inside panel from 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with two strips cut from Peach cardstock scraps. I stamped another sentiment from the bundle on the Mini MISTI which completed the card.

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Scrapbook Pal products used:
Altenew Dynamic Duo: Blooming Branch & Add-On Die Bundle
MISTI sticky mats
MISTI original
Ranger tiny blending tools
Ranger tiny blending foams
Ranger dried marigold distress ink
Ranger rusty hinge distress ink
Ranger crackling campfire distress ink
Ranger barn door distress ink
Ranger fired brick distress ink
Ranger shabby shutters distress ink
Ranger peeled paint distress ink
Ranger brushed corduroy distress ink
Ranger walnut stain distress ink
Ranger ground espresso distress ink
Pinkfresh Studio Rounded & Braided Rectangles dies
Spellbinders 5/8” Best Ever Craft Tape
My Sweet Petunia Glue Press
Bearly Art precision craft glue
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape 54 ft
Mini MISTI
Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3D Foam Squares White

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Savoy Cotton Brilliant White cardstock, Neenah Classic Linen 100# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Peach cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Big Shot, iridescent gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and you’re inspired to get your craft on! Be sure to check out the awesome array of craft supplies in the Scrapbook Pal store… the selection is amazing! And head over to the Scrapbook Pal FacebookPinterest and Instagram pages for more design team inspiration! And if you haven’t yet subscribed to our YouTube Channel, be sure to do that, too, for tons of hands-on crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! 

Scrappy hugs,

Merry Christmas

Hey everybody! A big ol’ Happy Tuesday to you! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a super easy mistletoe Christmas card. Seriously, y’all, this is probably one of the quickest cards I’ve ever made. I recently won a very cool 3D embossing folder and two sets of dies in an Instagram giveaway, and this card features the embossing folder and one of the sets of dies. For my cardstock, I used Jupiter, Fairway and Eris (all from the Stardream Metallic line) along with Scottish Highlands Green, Habanero Red and Solar White. Although I’m a huge fan of non-traditional colors, nothing shouts ‘Christmas’ like traditional red, white and green!

I cut a standard A2 size side-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock along with a layering panel from Stardream Metallic Jupiter cardstock. I spritzed the shimmery red panel with water using my Ranger Distress Sprayer, placed it in the Sizzix Leaf Pattern Textured Impressions 3D Embossing Folder, and ran it through the Big Shot. OMG, look at that embossed detail!

I die cut all the pieces for the focal image using the Sizzix Mistletoe Leaves Thinlits – the bow from Stardream Metallic Eris, the mistletoe leaves from Stardream Metallic Fairway and Scottish Highlands Green, and the berries from Habanero Red. I stamped the sentiment from the Waffle Flower Inside Christmas Sentiments stamp set in Memento Olive Grove ink and cut it with a Keep It Simple Stitched Ovals Nested Die. The finishing touch was adding a few iridescent gemstones.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with leftover strips of the Habanero Red and Scottish Highlands Green cardstock used on the front as well as a couple extra mistletoe berries. I stamped another sentiment from the Waffle Flower Christmas Sentiments stamp set in Memento Olive Grove ink, and this completed the card.

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CutCardStock products used:
Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock
Stardream Metallic Jupiter cardstock
Stardream Metallic Fairway cardstock
Stardream Metallic Eris cardstock
Scottish Highlands Green cardstock
Habanero Red cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: Waffle Flower Inside Christmas Sentiments stamp set
INK: Memento Olive Grove ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Sizzix Mistletoe Leaves Thinlits, Keep It Simple Stitched Ovals Nested Dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Mini MISTI, Ranger Distress Sprayer, Big Shot, Sizzix Leaf Pattern Textured Impressions 3D Embossing Folder, Scrapbook.com Double-Sided Adhesive Foam Squares, iridescent gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out all the awesome cardstock and other goodies at CutCardStock (adhesives, labels, stickers, pens, watercolors and ribbon to name a few). And head on over to the CutCardStock Facebook Page and for more inspiration! Also, be sure to join our Creating with CutCardStock Facebook Group for even more crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,