It’s the most wonderful time of the year

Hi friends! Happy Friday AND Happy December 1st! Can you believe it?! I’m up on the Prickley Pear Stamps blog today with an inspiration project featuring the Flourished Oval 3 – Holidays stamp set along with the Flourished Oval Die and Flourished Oval Nesting Dies! This was a super easy and fun card to put together with the whimsical Christmas papers in the ‘A Perfect Christmas’ Collection Kit from Echo Park!

The card base was cut from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and layered with a panel cut from the Echo Park ‘A Perfect Christmas’ Collection Kit which already had faux lace and off-kilter horizontal flags across the bottom that I thought looked so cute with the stamped snowmen! I used the Flourished Oval 3 – Holidays stamp set along with the Flourished Oval Die and Flourished Oval Nesting Dies to create the focal image. I also used a journaling card from the collection to layer the focal image. The finishing touches were an off-kilter vertical flag cut from a leftover strip and some iridescent gemstones.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: December #12-2023 – Anything Goes
2. Christmas Crafts All Year ‘Round: December Challenge – 12 Drummers Drumming, 12 of Something, Musical Theme or Anything Christmas or Holiday Goes

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Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
Flourished Oval 3 – Holidays stamp set
Flourished Oval Die
Flourished Oval Nesting Dies

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Pop Tone Jellybean Green cardstock, Echo Park ‘A Perfect Christmas’ Collection Kit
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black and Bamboo Leaves inks; Arteza alcohol markers- R31/43, GB08, YR32, NG04, B14, YG45
DIES/PUNCHES: Tonic corner punch
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, iridescent gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps and dies at Prickley Pear Stamps! Save 10% on anything on the site when you shop at Prickley Pear Stamps by using coupon code LESLIE10 at checkout! And be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Prickley Pear Stamps Facebook page to keep up with news and sales, and join Prickley Pear Pals (the fan group) for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, we’d love to see you visit the Prickley Pear Stamps blog and become a Follower! Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

It’s the most Wonderful time of the year

Hello, my crafty friends! OMGoodness, can you believe the year is almost half over?! Our new challenge at Love To Craft Challenge Blog is live this morning and I’m super stoked to share my DT inspiration project for LTCCB #47 – June Anything Goes! I created a Christmas card, but this isn’t your ordinary Christmas card. It’s a Pop-up Presents card! You know how I love fun folds and I was absolutely thrilled when I ran across the tutorial at Splitcoast Stampers!

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When using someone else’s tutorial, I always put my own spin on it to make it mine. I layered the front panel on gold glitter paper, and added dimensional presents on the front panel matching two of the presents on the inside. I used die cut gold foil snowflakes embellished with Dot Sparklers on the presents to keep the card a little flatter.

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I love the inside – those presents are so awesome and look so real, lol! I layered the stamped sentiment and used a few more of the die cut gold foil snowflakes.

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And one more peek… I’m SO loving this!

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Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #6-2020 – Anything Goes
2. Classic Design Challenge: #6-2020 – Anything Goes
3. Crafts Galore Encore Challenges: #76 – Anything Goes
4. Crafty Catz Challenge: #508 – Anything Goes w/optional at least 2 layers
5. Crafty Friends Challenge: #136 – Add Embellishments (gold foil snowflakes with tiny red gemstones)
6. Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas Challenge: #492 – Anything Goes
7. Simon Says Stamp: Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes
8. Word Art Wednesday: Weeks #440/441 – Anything Goes
9. Your Scrapbook Place: June Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler cardstock, Stampin’ Up Gold Glimmer paper, Stampin’ Up Gold Foil Sheet, Stampin’ Up This Christmas Specialty DSP
Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Snowy Sayings stamp set
Ink: Stampin’ Up Cherry Cobbler ink
Dies/Punches: Snowflake die from Karen Burniston Snowman Twist Circle die set
Accessories:  ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, MISTI stamp tool, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, Darice red Foamies foam, Stampendous red Dot Sparklers

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card and will link up an ‘anything goes’ project with us this month! We want to see whatever you’re working on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig