November Stamp Club

Our Stamp Club is meeting tonight and I wanted to share our projects. I had so much fun creating these! We have had some crazy Christmases the past few years which have included moving, living in a tiny rental, having open houses, family staying with us and being out of town. 

This is the first holiday season in a while that I can remember being excited for and not stressed out. With that in mind I decided to create a fun Christmas card, trying a new technique I've been eyeing for a while, and some Christmas tags.

Now you can feel prepared for what the holidays have to bring as well. I hope you enjoy these projects also!

Paper Half Circle Christmas Tree Card

1.       Cut a circle out of patterned paper. I used the largest smooth edge circle from the Circles Collection Framelits.

2.       Cut the circle in half at 2-1/8”.

3.       Mark the halfway point on the straight edge of the circle point. Again, it is 2-1/8”. Fold one corner over to the halfway mark. You can play around with overlapping the edges as you fold for a different look.

4.       Take the open edge of the corner and fold it back to line up with the fold you just made.

5.       Flip your tree over and fold the shorter edge (the original fold) and fold it over to line up with the cut edge of the circle, the longer side.

6.       Your tree is done, but you can also reverse the folds and see if you like it better that way.

7.       Sponge the edges of the tree and adhere the flaps down.

8.       Cut the trunk and using the banner punch from Early Espresso paper. Cut a banner, also using the banner punch, from coordinating Island Indigo card stock.

9.       Add the star using Glue Dots.

10.    Stamp the sentiment at the bottom of the card and adhere all the pieces together.

Snowman Tag

1.       Cut scallop square using the Big Shot and the Bigz Scallop Square Duo between two cutting pads.

2.       Stamp snowflakes on the back of the white scallop square and the front of the Pool Party Square using Pool Party ink. Add sentiment on the back of the scallop square.

3.       Punch out 3 circles for the snowman. Sponge the edges. Cut out the arms and nose. Draw eyes, mouth and button on the snowman, lining up the circles for placement. Use the Basic Gray Stampin’ Write Marker.

4.       Adhere the arms and the nose to the appropriate circles.

5.       Layer the 3 circles together using Dimensionals. Add the snowman to the tag base.

6.       Punch a hole in the top and add the ribbon.

Modern Tree Tag

1.       Cut Whisper White card stock using the Big Shot and the Deco Labels Framelits.

2.       Use the Tree punch on the Real Red card stock. Punch the circle around the tree using the 2 ½” Circle punch.

3.       Add the red borders using the Seasonal Snaphshots 2015 stamp set in Real Red ink. You may also want to add a, “To & From” stamp on the back.

4.       Line up the tree punch and stamp, “JOY” in the center.

5.       Adhere the red circle using dimensionals.

6.       Punch a hole in the top and add the ribbon.

Snowflake Tag

1.       Cut the Tip Top Taupe card stock using the biggest shape from the Chalk Talk framelits set using the Big Shot. Cut out the Lost Lagoon card stock using the smaller size tag from the same set.

2.       Run the Tip Top Taupe through the Big Shot in the embossing folder.

3.       Stamp the snowflake on the Lost Lagoon card stock using Lost Lagoon Ink. Sponge the edges using Whisper White craft ink.

4.       Punch out the Silver Foil sheet using either the Double Snowflake punch or the Triple Doily punch.

5.       Stamp the, “Merry Christmas” sentiment using Lost Lagoon ink and punch it out using the Washi Tape punch.

6.       Adhere the layers together and use Dimensionals to pop up the sentiment.

7.       Punch a hole in the top and add the ribbon.