Last night, I wrote out quite a few of the Christmas cards that my husband (Bruce) and I will be sending to friends and family this year.  And, as usual, I need to make a few more cards 🙂  I’m going to go out on a limb and believe that some of you are probably in the same situation that I’m in.  Well, here’s a great, quick card that will help you make some last minute Christmas cards.

The Tags and Tidings bundle in the Holiday Catalog is one that I overlooked the first few times I went through the catalog.  Thankfully, I finally saw the bundle and was intrigued by the single stamp and single die that were pictured.

Above is a quick card that I made with the bundle.  The instructions are very straight forward, and the result is a fun, colorful card that you’ll be proud to send to family and friends.

• Start with a card base using Call Me Clover card stock.  The base is cut to 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″ on the 8 1/2″ side.
• Use Versamark ink and your Stamparatus to stamp the entire Tags & Tidings stamp onto the front of the card base.  All the images shown above come from one stamp!  How fun is that!?
• Grab some pieces of your favorite holiday DSP (scraps work well here), and use Memento black ink to stamp the Tags & Tidings stamp onto the DSP.
• Use the Christmas Tags Thinlits Die to cut out the stamped images from the DSP.  Yes – this single die cuts out all the shapes with one pass through your Big Shot.  Again – How fun is that!?
• Use your favorite metallic thread or ribbon to decorate the die cut images that you’ll adhere to your card.
• Make sure that you use dimensionals to pop-up at least one die cut image to give your card some depth.
• That’s it!  You’ll have your Christmas cards made in no time!

Shown below are the main products that I used to create the Tags & Tidings card.  Click on any picture, and you’ll go directly to my on-line store.

Happy stamping!  And, happy Christmas card making.

Laurie

 

Tags & Tidings Photopolymer Bundle   [149986]   $40.50	Tags & Tidings Photopolymer Stamp Set   [147779]   $17.00	Christmas Tags Thinlits Die   [147926]   $28.00
Call Me Clover 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock   [146969]   $8.50	Versamark Pad   [102283]   $9.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad   [132708]   $6.00

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