Stampin' Up Wonderland Christmas Card

 

Hi everyone,

Today I am sharing my final Christmas Card that I made this Christmas season:

I pulled out one of all-time favourite Stampin' Up Sets called Wonderland which is retired but certainly one I could never part with.

To make my card, I ink-blended a piece of Bristol Smooth White Cardstock with Stampin' Up inks using Ranger Ink Blending Tools and Domed Pads.  The lighter blue is Soft Sky - sadly retired - and the other inks are Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy which are still current.  I did splatter the panel with some clean water just to add some a bit of extra-something to the sky.

I then stamped the trees using Night of Navy ink using 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation to add some depth.  I lightly went around the image using a bit more of the Night of Navy ink but not all the way around so I could leave the lighter areas.

I splattered the scene with some watered-down Schminke Opaque White  Watercolour Ink and a Fan Brush.  I glued on some Stampin' Up Loose White Snowflakes which are from late 2024 but are no longer available.  I used Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive to glue them on which is a really strong adhesive.

I then layered the panel onto Stampin' Up Misty Moonlight Cardstock and trimmed it to 1/8" using my We R Memory Keepers Perfect Layer Guides.

The sentiment was stamped using Night of Navy ink.  I used my Stamping Platform so I could get perfect placement, plus I needed to re-stamp it a few times to get a good impression.  I diecut it using a Spellbinders Labels Trio Die and my Big Shot.

To add some sparkle, I did dots of glue with my Quickie Glue Pen and sprinkled on Hero Arts Prisma Glitter.

Once I had finished my card front, I layered it onto a Kaisercraft White Card Base using Tombow Mono Multi glue.

I wish you could see the sparkle - it looks so pretty in real life. 

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Stampin' Up Wonderland #140365 (retired)

Inks:  Stampin' Up Soft Sky (retired), Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy

Designer Paper:  None

Accessories:  Bristol Smooth White Cardstock 250gsm, Stampin' Up Misty Moonlight Cardstock, Schminke Opaque White Watercolour Ink, Fan Brush, Ranger Ink Blending Tools and Domed Pads, WRMK Layer Guides, Stamping Platform, Kaisercraft White Card Base, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive, Quickie Glue Pen, Hero Arts PG104 Prisma Glitter, Stampin' Up Loose White Snowflakes #164128 (retired) 

Dies:  Spellbinder Shapeabilities Labels Trio S3-147 (retired)

Docrafts/Papermania Noel Paper Tole Card

 

Hi everyone,

Today I am sharing another Christmas Card that I made recently:

One of my favourite cards to make is paper-tole or diecut decoupage.  If you are no stranger to my blog, you probably already know that fact.  There is just something so satisfying about creating them.

I used a Papermania/Docrafts Card Kit that I had in my stash which I bought at a Craft Show here in Australia prior to COVID - so that's a while ago.

All the elements came already diecut so it was a simple process to just pop them out ready to put together.  It was quite fiddly and getting the letters in NOEL perfectly lined up was certainly a challenge - but I love how the finished card turned out.  I used 0.5mm Self-Adhesive Doublesided Foam Pads to put all the elements together and even so, the card has quite a bit of height so I was glad I was hand-delivering it to my sister-in-law and not posting it.

I added some Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush to the red poinsettia, holly berries and the word NOEL - alas, not captured by the camera but it really added so much life to the card to have that bit of sparkle.

Finished size is:  6" x 6" or 150mm x 150mm.

I hope you all had a great Christmas.  We had my brother and partner + adult daughter over for Christmas lunch.  It was both happy and sad as it was the first Christmas without our Mum.  The last couple of years of her life were very difficult because her dementia made her very combative - and even though she came for Christmas Day from her nursing home for a few hours, Mum could no longer communicate so she was there - but not really, if you know what I mean.  My Dad passed away 30 years ago so Mum lived a long time without him - so I take comfort in knowing that they are back together again.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps and Ink:   None

Designer Paper:   Docrafts/Papermania

Accessories:  Docrafts/Papermania Noel Card Kit (retired), 0.5mm Self-Adhesive Doublesided Foam Pads, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush, Tombow Mono Multi Glue

Stampin' Up Snowy Scenes Christmas Card

 

Hi everyone,

Today I am sharing another Christmas Card that I made during this Christmas season:

The great thing about the Stampin' Up Snowy Scenes Designer Series Paper is that you can cut out all these awesome snowglobes to use on your cards - so I spent quite a bit of time fussy-cutting all the different ones out.  I went around the edge of the "glass" with Stampin' Up Pool Party Ink to hide any imperfections in my cutting.  I popped the snowglobe up on dimensionals.

The dry embossing was done with my Big Shot and a Cart-Us Snowflake Embossing Folder (sorry, I don't know the exact name) using Stampin' Up Pool Party Cardstock.

The strip of designer paper on the LHS is from the same Snowy Scenes dsp.  

The sentiment is from a recently retired set Stampin' Up - Greetings of the Season - and was stamped using Stampin' Up Garden Green Ink.  I diecut it using an old favourite die of mine called Spellbinders Labels Trio which I have had forever so long retired.  I popped up the sentiment a little using scraps of white cardstock.

As finishing touches, I added 3 x Silver Glitter Cardstock Punched Snowflakes to the snowglobe base with a tiny Molossi Red Rhinestone in each centre - plus two tiny Molossi Blue Rhinestones to the snowflakes on the snowglobe.

Finished size is:  5-5/8" x 4-1/16" or 144mm x 104mm.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Stampin' Up Greetings of the Season #164325 (retired)

Ink:  Stampin' Up Garden Green + Pool Party

Designer Paper:  Stampin' Up Snowy Scenes #164333 12" x 12"

Accessories:  Big Shot, Stamping Platform, Molossi Rhinestones - red + blue, Cart-Us Snowflake Embossing Folder, Silver Glitter Cardstock, Stampin' Up Pool Party Cardstock, Kaisercraft White Cardstock + White Card Base, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Art Glitter Glue, Dimensionals

Punches:  Snowflake

Dies:  Spellbinders Shapeabilities Labels Trio S3-147 (retired)

Stampin' Up Nests of Winter Christmas Cards

 

Hi everyone,

First up, I wanted to share some awesome news!  A couple of months ago, I was approached by the team at Splitcoaststampers to see if I would like to be a part of their Dirty Dozen Design Team.  I have been a part of Splitcoaststampers since 2008 and My Gallery on there has 511 cards which I started uploading before I even started blogging.  Everyone there has always been so encouraging and helpful and I just love being a part of their community - plus they introduced me to Stampin' Up.  I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be offered a spot on their Design Team! 

Once we discussed how it would all work and the commitment needed, I said a resounding "YES".  The tenure is for six months.  How it works, is that if you are a PAID Fan Club member of Splitcoaststampers, you get certain privileges like your uploaded cards show up straight away in your Gallery instead of being delayed until Admin approves your card - and you can take part in the Monthly Fan Club Challenges.  Being a paid member means you are contributing towards the cost of running their website and I've been a member for many years.  If you are not a paid member, the Fan Club Forum, Fan Club Challenges and Fan Club Galleries are hidden from view.  The main proviso for being on the Design Team is that you do not use any counterfeit products - which I never do anyway - but other than that, I can use whatever I have - old products, new products, retired products etc.

The Monthly Fan Club Challenges go live on the 15th of each month - and I and the rest of the Design Team get a month prior to the 15th to create our projects with the theme for that particular month - and have to upload them by the 15th so that Fan Club Members have a Fan Club Gallery full of projects and ideas to inspire them when the Challenge goes live.  The monthly themes are set by the Dirty Dozen Admins and I already have all the themes for my six months.  I started in December and will finish up in May 2026.  

One proviso is that I am not allowed to share my projects anywhere online until my six months is up so I will have LOTS to share after May 2026.  I feel so excited to be a part of the team and I just love that I am learning new techniques and styles of cardmaking that are taking me out of my comfort-zone.  I have felt so inspired by my other Team Members too as we all have different ways of creating, interpretations of the monthly themes and our own unique flair.  

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So, onto sharing one of the Christmas Cards that I made this season:

I made multiples of this card to give to family and friends and did them production-line style.  I saw a similar card on Pinterest a while ago but there was no link or name so no idea who made it.  In any case, I did add my own spin to the design to change things up a little.

First up, I diecut the birds on the branches from the Stampin' Up Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper using my Big Shot.  I love how Stampin' Up has brought out papers that you can diecut images from because it is a great timesaver when you want to make multiples.  

To do the background, I used a Blending Brush on Bristol Smooth White Cardstock to add Stampin' Up Pool Party gradually fading to white.  I made the ink a little darker on the RHS.  I used my Pool Party Reinker with a little water added to splatter the background using a Fan Brush.  I did the same with Kuretake Pale Gold Watercolour Paint.  I really like how the splatter just lifted the background from being a little plain.  I was in a bit of a hurry so dried my panels with a Heat-Gun.

Here is a different angle so you can see the splatter better:

I stamped branches from the Stampin' Up Golden Greenery Stamp Set - sadly retired - using Versafine Olympia Green Ink.  I stamped off first to make the lighter branches and full strength for the darker ones.

Next, I glued on the diecut image using Tombow Mono Multi Glue.  This panel was matted onto Pool Party Cardstock then Cherry Cobbler Cardstock.  I added some Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush to the berries for some sparkle.

The sentiment is from the Stampin' Up Greetings of the Season Stamp Set - another retired set - but a fabulous one if you can pick it up second-hand.  Here is a photo of it:

I stamped both the MERRY and Christmas using Versafine Onyx Black Ink - but separately so I could cut out the MERRY which is popped up on a little scrap of white cardstock.

On a couple of the cards that I was hand-delivering, I added 3 x small Gold Pearls but didn't think to take a photo beforehand.  I didn't want to post cards that had pearls on them because I wanted a flat card.

Lastly, I glued my card front to a Kaisercraft White Card Base.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Stampin' Up Greetings of the Season #164325 (retired) + Golden Greenery #164331 (retired)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black + Olympia Green, Stampin' Up Pool Party

Designer Paper:  Stampin' Up Nests of Winter #164183

Accessories:  Big Shot, Stamping Platform, Kuretake Starry Watercolours - Pale Gold, Fan Brush, Blending Brush (Amazon), Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Canson Bristol 250gsm/110lb White Cardstock, Stampin' Up Cardstock - Pool Party + Cherry Cobbler, Kaisercraft White Card Base, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush, Heat-gun

Dies:  Stampin' Up Winterly Tree Tops #164065 (retired)