12 Weeks of Christmas Cards: Week 3

Welcome to Week 3 of my 12 Weeks of Christmas Cards!  I must say that I'm 

For this week's batch of cards, I wanted to use the Gathering Moments stamps in a different way.  Instead of "fall" leaves, I used a few different shades of green to make a Christmas Swag.  Does anyone else remember these from the 80's?  Instead of a wreath, it's a drape-y kind of half-circle flower arrangement.  That's what I was going for.

My panel of designer series paper is 4" x 5 1/4", but the piece of Very Vanilla is 5 1/2" wide...I did that on purpose.  If you don't like that, trim your Very Vanilla down to 5 1/4" wide.

I actually stamped the greeting first, so that I could see how much space I had left on that panel to stamp out my Christmas swag.  I'm loving this Seasonal Tags stamp set for the greetings - I like overlapping the "christmas".  

Start in the middle-ish with the Garden Green leaves, then I changed leaves and stamped in Mossy Meadow.  Go back to the first leaf and stamp it in Old Olive on the ends.   

Add some stamped-off dots from Itty Bitty Backgrounds.

Paper Measurements:

• Mossy Meadow:  5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
• Very Vanilla:  4" x 5 1/4", for inside of card
• Peaceful Gardens Designer Series Paper:  4" x 5 1/4"
• Very Vanilla:  2 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Finish with a Gold Shimmer ribbon bow, and some Antique Pearls.

Supplies you'll need to create these (Stampin' Up, unless otherwise noted.  Items may be retired.):

Stamps: Gathering Moments, Seasonal Tags

Ink:  Mossy Meadow, Garden Green, Old Olive, Shaded Spruce

Paper: Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla, Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper

Other: Gold Shimmer ribbon, Antique Pearls

Tune in for next week's cards!

Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!

Toni

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