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Christmas

Near and Far

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The O Holy Night card pack tells the Christmas story, and today we are following along with the Wise Men on their journey to the King. This stunning desert backdrop is a sheet of designer series paper from the O Holy Night paper pack. The wise men and their trusty camels are cut from Early Espresso cardstock using the Night Divine dies and then layered for depth using dimensionals. I wanted the sentiment panel to feel like a scroll. It is diecut from vellum using the Nested Essentials dies and then the sentiment is embossed in gold. A simple but very stunning design.

Check out the complete O Holy Night card collection now available in the Etsy shoppe!

Products used:
Early Espresso, vellum cardstock
O Holy Night DSP
Night Divine, Nested Essentials dies
Star Trinkets
Gold embossing powder
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Christmas

Follow the Star

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Can you imagine how the shepherds must have felt when the sky filled with the voices of the heavenly realm as they received word from Heaven to follow the star to Bethlehem? For this design, I wanted to recreate the awe and wonder of that moment with the Star shining brightly in the sky above.

The O Holy Night designer series paper serves as the stunning midnight backdrop for the shepherds who tend to their flock of sheep. The shepherds and sheep are diecut from Early Espresso using the Night Divine dies and dimensionals provide the depth for the scene. To create a sense of rolling dunes on the horizon, I used wavy trim between the sandy ground and the horizon. The star is diecut using the Stars at Night hybrid embossing folders and dies. Wink of Stella along the ridges provides some depth and sparkle to the star. I didn’t want the sentiment to detract too much from the scene, so I simply embossed it directly into the night sky using gold embossing powder.

This scene feels very lifelike to me. Can you picture yourself here?

Check out the complete O Holy Night card collection now available in the Etsy shoppe!

Products used:
Night of Navy, Early Espresso, Smoky Slate, vellum cardstock
O Holy Night DSP
Night Divine, Stars at Night dies
Star Trinkets
Wavy trim
Gold embossing powder
Wink of Stella
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Christmas

Star of Bethlehem

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Who’s excited about all of the new products from the SU! Holiday Mini catalog that we previewed on Saturday? Today, we start taking a look at all of the beautiful projects you can make from the products in this catalog.

This is the first design in a brand new Christmas card pack called O Holy Night, which is now available in the Etsy shoppe. And the Star of Bethlehem takes center stage in this star-studded design. The base of the card is Night of Navy cardstock, but the showstopper is the O Holy Night designer series paper which serves as the backdrop for this card. The Star of Bethlehem is cut using the Stars at Night hybrid embossing folder, which combines dry embossing and diecuts. I didn’t want to cover the beautiful starry backdrop, so I chose to place the sentiment on white vellum to give the feeling of a cloud. The sentiment from the Night Divine stamp set is embossed in gold, which helps the eye flow easily from the star to the sentiment panel. The glitter ribbon adds a nice sparkle in the background.

Check out the complete O Holy Night card collection now available in the Etsy shoppe!

Products used:
Night of Navy, Smoky Slate, shimmer white, vellum cardstock
O Holy Night DSP
Stars at Night, Nested Essentials dies
Stars at Night hybrid embossing folder
Star Trinkets
Night of Navy glitter ribbon
Gold embossing powder
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Christmas

Regal Tree

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“O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches.” These were the words humming through my mind as I was designing this card. The Twinkling Lights dies easily lend themselves to very simple but stunning designs.

One of my favorite parts of putting up a Christmas tree is the moment you get the tree up and all of the lights are on — just a twinkling tree full of lights. So for this card, I wanted to create a card where the tree full of lights is the centerpiece of the design. A lovely piece of Ever Eden designer paper featuring leafy garlands serves as the background for this design. To recreate twinkling lights, I used a sheet of gold shimmer vellum behind the tree. The tree skirt, gold rug, and banner mimic the twinkle of the lights in their shimmery, reflective nature and help draw the eye across the design. I am really pleased with how this card turned out — it is truly reminiscent of when I get my tree up and the lights are on.

Hop on over to the Etsy shoppe to check out the complete Twinkling Lights collection!

Products used:
Basic White, Handsome Hunter (retired), shimmer white cardstock
Pearlized cardstock
Glimmer vellum (retired)
Ever Eden DSP (retired)
Twinkling Lights dies
Expressions in Ink Ephemera
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Christmas

Season’s Greetings

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Today we’re taking a closer look at the last of the five designs included in the Christmas Ephemera card pack that is currently available in the Etsy shoppe — Season’s Greetings.

The small but busy background needed design elements that could rise above the noisy pattern. To help break up the pattern, I cut a small strip of the background pattern and raised it on dimensionals and then added the metallic ribbon in the center. The gold geometric elements, along with the leaves and berries, further break up the busy background. This allows the eye to move to the center of the card and places more focus on the sentiment. The scripty font and off-set nature of the sentiment give a more personalized, hand-written feel that I really love.

The Christmas Ephemera card pack is available now in the Etsy shoppe! Check it out here.

Products used:
Basic White cardstock
Ever Eden DSP (retired)
Expressions in Ink Ephemera pack
More Merry Messages stamps (retired)
All That dies (retired)
Metallic ribbon (retired)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Christmas

Deck the Halls

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This card is the third design in the Christmas Ephemera card pack. Deck the Halls plays on the song lyrics. . . Deck the halls with boughs of holly! The background of this card features various types of greenery that are often a part of Christmas centerpieces. The gold leaves and berries bring the background forward and reinforce the overall theme of the design. The geometric patterns bring a playful feel and really lean into the playfulness of the popular holiday song Deck the Halls. This one just makes you want to sing, doesn’t it?!

The Christmas Ephemera card pack is available now in the Etsy shoppe! Check it out here.

Products used:
Basic White cardstock
Ever Eden DSP (retired)
Expressions in Ink Ephemera pack
Christmas Messages stamps (retired)
Christmas Season dies (retired)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Christmas

Joyful Tidings

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The third design in the Christmas Ephemera card pack is called Joyful Tidings. This gorgeous card features a leafy patterned background with gold foiled berries. The gold leaves and berries behind the sentiment panel draw out these smaller details of the background. The ornate font used in the sentiment mimic the trailing ends of vines and solidify the leafy theme. The iridescent sequins help draw the eye from top to bottom and across the card design. I really love the simplicity of this card!

The Christmas Ephemera card pack is available now in the Etsy shoppe! Check it out here.

Products used:
Basic White cardstock
Shimmer cardstock
Ever Eden DSP (retired)
Expressions in Ink Ephemera pack
Christmas Messages stamps (retired)
Stitched Nested Labels dies (retired)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Christmas

Christmas Wishes

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Today we’re taking a look at the second design in the Christmas Ephemera card pack — Christmas Wishes. I love how each design of this card pack coordinate and yet are uniquely different.

This card uses two sheets of the SU! Ever Eden designer series paper to create a beautiful layered background. Each distinctive pattern compliments an element of another, helping the eye move pleasingly across the card. The gold leaves and berries bind the design together and bring focus on the center sentiment panel.

The Christmas Ephemera card pack is available now in the Etsy shoppe! Check it out here.

Products used:
Basic White cardstock
Ever Eden DSP (retired)
Expressions in Ink Ephemera pack
Ornamental Pine stamps (retired)
All That dies
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Christmas

Christmas Blessings

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Is it too early for Christmas? For paper crafters, it’s never too early for Christmas. That’s because our Christmas designs are often more ornate and take more time to design and create. So you are likely already seeing many crafters posting Christmas designs.

And that brings us to the first design reveal on the first Christmas card pack of the season — Christmas Ephemera. If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you’ve already seen the Etsy shoppe posting with a sneak peak of each of the designs. But we’ll be taking a closer look at each one over the course of the next several days. The entire pack of cards features a gorgeous foiled SU! designer paper series called Ever Eden and a set of embellishments called Expressions in Ink Ephemera. These pair together beautifully to give stunning results, even with the simplest layout — sure to be show stoppers for each of your recipients.

This is the first of five designs and is called Christmas Blessings. The background features the vine design paper with the gold leaf and berry complimenting the designer paper. The geometric gold elements pair well with the geometric stitched sentiment panel. Simple but stunning, don’t you think?

The Christmas Ephemera card pack is available now in the Etsy shoppe! Check it out here.

Products used:
Basic White cardstock
Ever Eden DSP (retired)
Expressions in Ink Ephemera pack
More Merry Messages stamps (retired)
Stitched Nested Labels dies (retired)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Trucking Along

Birthday Delivery

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Today’s design was super fun to create. A fellow demonstrator (if I can remember who, I will update with a link) posted a design with a truck and trailer, which I thought was brilliant! Because this is a personal design going to a friend, I dug into my stash of some of my favorite retired product, as well as using some fun current products, to make this card pop with lots of flashy flare!

I decided to make this a diagonal split fold to incorporate some of my favorite Bright & Beautiful designer paper patterns and to really make the center image panel stand out. I stamped the background scene on a piece of white cardstock before I diecut using the Nested Essentials die. I then stamped and punched the tuck separately to add depth to the scene and allow the truck and numbers to stand out. To make the trailer, I first stamped the entire truck and then punched out just the back portion. The numbers were cut using a retired set of dies called Number of Years and I gave them an extra layer of dimensionals to allow them to stand up taller than anything else on the image panel. This design is even cuter in person and I’m really hoping that the recipient loves it!

Products used:
Night of Navy, Basic White cardstock
Bright & Beautiful DSP
Glimmer vellum (retired)
Glitter paper (retired)
Kaiserkraft glitter cardstock (retired)
Trucking Along stamps & punch
Nested Essentials dies
Papertrey Ink dies (front sentiments) (retired)
Curvy Keepsakes dies (stars) (retired)
Number of Years dies (retired)
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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