Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop

Red & Green Christmas Theme!

Welcome to our Saturday Blog Hop at Create With Connie & Mary! I created two cards for today’s blog hop using the Handcrafted Elements Dies. Aren’t those ornaments so pretty? I reversed the colors on some of my layers:

What is neat that I did on both cards, is start out with a designer paper layer and cut it in half with both colors and then use each pattern on each card.

The Joyful Designer Paper has some pretty gold foil patterns on each sheet and a perfect way to create some of the layers. I also added a sentiment from the Horse & Sleigh stamp set.

Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

• Stamps: Horse & Sleigh
• Inks: VersaMark
• Cardstock: Shaded Spruce, Cherry Cobbler
• Designer Paper: Joyful
• Tools & Accessories: Handcrafted Elements Dies, Gold & Vanilla Satin Edged Ribbon, Nested Essential Dies, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Basics Embossing Powders, Heat Tool

Card Recipe:

• Card Base: (1) Shaded Spruce Cardstock and (1) Cherry Cobbler Cardstock 11″ x 4-1/4″. Score and fold at 5-1/2″.
• Layer 2: (2) Basic White Cardstock 5-1/4″ x 4″. Glue to each card base.
• Layer 3: Joyful Designer Paper (1) in the Shaded Spruce pattern and (1) in the Cherry Cobbler pattern 5″ x 3-3/4″. Glue in half at 2-1/2″. Glue one of each color to the white layer.
• Layer 4: Basic White Cardstock 3-3/4″ x 1/2″. Glue to the center of each card.
• Ornaments: Follow these steps:
  • Oval Ornament: Using the two oval dies, Cut (1) in Shaded Spruce Cardstock and (1) in Cherry Cobbler Cardstock. Glue to the center of each card in opposite colors to the card base.
  • Ornament Inside Layer: Cut (2) using the die and Basic White Cardstock. Glue flat to the oval diecut about 1″ from the oval top.
  • Ornament: Cut (2) using the die and Basic White Cardstock. Glue over the inside layer using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • Ribbon: Thread the ribbon through the hole at the top of each ornamnet and tie into a know. Trim the ends at an angle.
  • Sentiment: Stamp the sentiment on Shaded Spruce Cardstock and Cherry Cobbler Cardstock with VersaMark Ink. Sprinkle white embossing powder and melt with the Heat Tool. Cut with the small banner shape from the Nested Essentials Dies. Glue to the center of each ornament using the same color as the card base.

Now you can follow the rest of the Saturday Blog Hop by clicking on the links below to visit my talented teammates! Click PREVIOUS to visit Libby and NEXT to visit Melissa: