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All Is Calm, All Is Bright

7/15/22 Top 5 at QKR Stampede!

Hey everybody, Happy Friday! Hope you had a terrific week! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog and I’m happy to share my DT inspiration project for MLCCB #45 – Anything Christmas Goes! You know how I love me some fun folds… so I created this pretty open box card for our challenge this time using the Concord & 9th Stacks Base dies along with the Concord & 9th Home for the Holidays stamps and dies! This scene is so much fun to create – this isn’t the first time I’ve used these stamps and dies, and it surely won’t be the last!

I die cut the base from CutCardStock Basis Blue and Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, added tiny white dots using a Posca White paint pen, and assembled the base. I cut the remaining elements from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and CutCardStock Dolphin, Bonsai, Basis Red, Curious Metallic Night, Royal Sundance Linen Emerald, Royal Sundance Linen Burgundy, Curious Metallic Aloe, Stardream Metallic Aquamarine, Curious Metallic Pink Quartz, Basis Teal, Basis Aqua, and Shadow Gray cardstock, and then assembled the houses. I added a few tiny iridescent gemstones to the background and then created the scene. The final touch was stamping the sentiment in Catherine Pooler Suede Shoes ink on the white banner, layering it on the blue banner, and adhering it to the front of the card.

Here’s an angled shot.

And one more peek… love the fact that box cards fold flat for mailing! I really love how this one turned out!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft: #7-2022 – Anything Goes
2. Christmas Craft Creations: June Challenge – Trees

3. Classic Design Challenge: July #7 – Anything Goes
4. Crafting Happiness Challenges: #125 – Anything Goes Always
5. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #101 – Anything Goes
6. Crafty Catz: #602 – Anything Goes w/ optional Say It With Flowers
7. My Time To Craft Christmas: #37 – Christmas Music, Caroling, Hymn or Song (Silent Night)
8. QKR Stampede: #447 – Anything Goes
9. Your Scrapbook Place: July Anything Goes

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Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Basis Blue, Dolphin, Bonsai, Basis Red, Curious Metallic Night, Royal Sundance Linen Emerald, Royal Sundance Linen Burgundy, Curious Metallic Aloe, Stardream Metallic Aquamarine, Curious Metallic Pink Quartz, Basis Teal, Basis Aqua, Shadow Gray cardstock
Stamps: Concord & 9th Home for the Holidays stamp set
Ink: Catherine Pooler Suede Shoes ink, Posca White paint pen
Dies/Punches: Concord & 9th Stacks Base dies, Concord & 9th Home for the Holidays Stacks dies
Accessories: We R Memory Keepers Large Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, ScraPerfect iridescent gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this festive open box card! It’s definitely not too early to start on those Christmas cards! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

all is calm, all is bright

Hello, my crafty friends! Happy Hump Day to you… we’re already a week into November! Woo-hoo! Today is my Featured Post Day on the Gecko Galz blog and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project, a corner card, featuring an absolutely adorable image from Gecko Galz Retro Christmas Collage Set. I love me some fancy folds and this corner card is one that I particularly love because it’s easily displayed by the recipient.

This is a super easy design. I layered the image on tan paper, then dark green paper, then ivory cardstock for stability. I rubbed the image to add to the vintage look. I then stamped the sentiment in StazOn ink and added a little shimmer to the pom-poms and mittens, and then set it aside. I cut panels from the embossed holly paper and layered them on the dark green paper, and then adhered them to the corner card base. The final step was attaching the image to the corner card base with two punched circles folded in half.

Here’s an overhead shot so you can see the construction. Very cool!

And one final shot of the card flattened and ready for mailing. Love it so much!

Happy to enter this fun fold into the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog: November Chill
Daisy Chain Challenges: #25 – Christmas/Winter
Dragonfly Dreams: Anything Goes
Unicorn Challenge Blog: #38 – Use A Sentiment

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla cardstock, KaiserCraft Letters To Santa paper pad
Stamps: Gecko Galz Retro Christmas Collage Set, Paper Smooches Holiday Cheer stamp set
Ink: StazOn Black ink
Dies/Punches: Stampin’ Up 1-1/4″ Circle Punch
Accessories: Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will link up a ‘jingle all the way’ project with us this month! And don’t forget to check out all the fun goodies at the Gecko Galz Etsy store! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig