Welcome to the March, 2024 edition of the Sparkles Christmas Challenge! Our host for # 158, Debbie, chose Plaid or Tartan for our theme. When you get finished here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to view the creations from the very talented members of our design team. After you’ve created your own themed card, please don’t forget to upload it to our gallery.
Speaking of galleries, I want to thank everyone for playing along with my February hosted theme of Kraft Paper. I’m honored that you played along and all the entries were so creative and individual.
Here’s my Bash Your Stash Plaid or Tartan card:
The DSP (designer series paper), the embossing folder, and the Christmas tree die set are all retired. I used them with current cardstock, sentiment, deckled rectangle dies, and gold embossing powder. I think the retired and current items worked for this card.
Measurements:
The Cherry Cobbler base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
The plaid DSP measures 4 by 5-1/5 inches.
I also trimmed a piece of this DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. Then, I punched a 1-inch circle from the white and gold DSP for the envelope seal.
After embossing the white cardstock, I trimmed it to 2-3/4 by 5 inches.
I used a Cherry Cobbler marker and a gold Wink of Stella pen to outline the white cardstock.
I used a scrap piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock for the sentiment panel. After setting the gold embossing powder sentiment, I outlined it using the gold Wink of Stella pen.
The white cardstock for the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
The Christmas tree was cropped from Cherry Cobbler cardstock. I used a gold and white patterned foil DSP for the zigzag on the front of the tree.
I stamped a retired Christmas sentiment in Cherry Cobbler ink on the inside.
I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the layers together. There are dimensionals under the tree. The sentiment is adhered to the tree with liquid glue, and I added dimensionals to the other side of the sentiment panel.
After I figured out what I was going to do, this Bash Your Stash card came together very quickly.
I have another post going live at 7 am ET this morning for the Creative Creases Challenge. I hope you will come back to visit to see my new-to-me stadium wave card. Here’s a sneak peek:
Welcome back to the Sparkles monthly Christmas Challenge # 155. Our host for December, Helen, chose holiday animals for the theme. When you are finished here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the fabulous projects from the rest of the design team members. We’d love to see your creations in our gallery, so please play along.
I’ve been posting so many polar bears lately, and you can see my most recent polar bear card here, which is a twist and pop polar bear, here. I didn’t want to post another polar bear, so I went through my stash of Christmas DSP (designer series paper) and created a set of four Christmas cards using the Peaceful Prints DSP.
Here are my reindeer and other Bash My Stash cards:
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved the red, black, and white color combination. All four cards use the Real Red, Basic Black, and Basic White colors.
Yesterday, I posted a z-fold card with measurements for the same pieces I used for the z-fold card today. You can see that post here.
You might be asking yourself where I got the black and red gingham ribbon because you somehow missed it in the catalogs. It’s actually the black and white gingham, and I used the dark Real Red blends combo to color it. Pretty nifty, isn’t it? You can use blends to color your bakers’ twine as well. HINT: Make sure you let the ribbon or twine completely dry before you try to use it on your card. Trust me on this one.
Hopefully, I have inspired you to Bash Your Own Stash. I can’t wait for this weekend so I can continue bashing mine!
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Welcome to Just Peachy Stamping by Sue Jackson: an independent Stampin' Up demonstrator.
Through Stampin' Up!, I happily share my love of papercrafting through sales, classes, small stamping group meet-ups and workshops. I think that being a teacher in my "real life", I have a unique approach to sharing my fantastic hobby. I look forward to connecting with you!
