Holiday Themed Cards - Creativity Abounds Blog Hop

It’s time for the October Creativity Abounds Blog Hop! We are a group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from all around the world who are here to share our creative ideas with you. We hope to inspire you this month with tons of different HOLIDAY THEMED projects, using the Holiday Mini Catalog! You may be starting here, or you may have come from someone else’s blog. Either way, there is a list at the end of this post to help you “hop” to all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas. We all have our countries listed, so if you are looking for a demonstrator in your country, we would love to help you with your Stampin’ Up! shopping or if you would like to join our Stampin’ Up! teams!

This month’s theme is HOLIDAY THEMED projects, and I’m really excited about the HUGE tutorial that you can buy as an instant download in my Made to Create store! I know you’re going to love it. Those of you who have made a $50+ purchase (before tax & shipping) through my Stampin’ Up! website in the month of June will also receive a copy of this awesome tutorial for FREE!

For today’s blog post, I made a darling Christmas card that you are going to LOVE!! It’s ADORABLE! I used the Jar of Joy stamp set, which is awesome because it’s offered as a bundle with a matching punch. AND–this punch also goes with another all-year stamp set! So, you can get 2 different stamp sets that use the same punch! PLEASE CLICK HERE to watch the video where I made this card.

I started out with a Basic White card base, measuring 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ and folded in half. Next, I layered on top a piece of the North Pole Delivery Designer Series Paper (DSP) that measures 4″ x 5-1/4″.

The focal point of the card is a piece of Basic White cardstock that measures 3″ x 4″, and a piece of Secret Sea cardstock is layered on top of that, which measures 2-7/8″ x 3-7/8″. I die cut out the snowflakes using the Snowflake Kisses die set, and it looks so cool on the edge like that! Then I wrapped a piece of the beautiful Misty Moonlight ribbon around it, which gives is a perfect amount of sparkle!

I stamped the little jar and lid using Black Memento ink, punched them out, and then layered them onto the card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I colored in the lid using Pool Party Blends, and stamped the snowflakes with Balmy Blue ink. I stamped the snowman’s scarf with Secret Sea ink that had been stamped off first, onto scratch paper, so that it wasn’t quite so dark.

The Faceted Snowflake gems are GORGEOUS!! They added just the right touch to the card, and I love them. The sentiment was stamped at the bottom of the card, using Secret Sea ink.

I would love for you to grab October’s Creativity Abounds Tutorial Pack! Click here to purchase, in my Made to Create store, and it’s an instant download FULL of 13 different HOLIDAY THEMED ideas that you’re going to love. Here is the Sneak Peek for the projects that are featured in October’s Creativity Abounds Tutorial:

Have fun hopping to everyone else’s blogs! I hope you gain some inspiration that you can add into your everyday crafting! Please let me know if you have any questions.

Here is our amazing Creativity Abounds Design Team: