Today’s project is a clean and simple Christmas card in nontraditional colors.
Merry Christmas Swirls
My inspiration for this card was the combination of two challenges:
The TGIF challenge required these three, bright colors and black. I’m into Christmas card making mode, so that’s what the theme would be.
The layout was determined by Rebecca’s clean and simple card at Less Is More. I like using a large amount of white with bright colors, so this design was a good solution for me.
I first embossed the right side of my Thick Whisper White card base with the Swirls & Curls embossing folder. Then, I cut “Merry” from Coastal Cabana cardstock with a die from the Merry Christmas die set. I layered “Merry” for thickness.
Next, I stamped “Christmas” from the Merry Christmas to All stamp set in Black ink, and cut it with the label die from the Merry Christmas die set. I HAD to pop it up on top of the Swirls & Curls!
Lastly, the stars from the Star of Light stamp set were stamped in Mango Melody and Melon Mambo. Say those names three times fast! The stars have a die in the Starlight die set to cut them out perfectly. I placed them on mini-dimensionals, and my nontraditional Christmas card was complete.
I rarely make a card without a layer on my base card, but the Thick Whisper White cardstock seems to work well on its own. I hope you were inspired by today’s project. Keep scrolling to see my Product List.
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Love this card! How do you do the partial side embossing?
Thank you, Carolyn! I put the front of the card base between the embossing folder, as far over as I want to emboss. Then, I run it through the Big Shot. Hope this helps.
Thank you soooo much for you quick reply! I realize now that I was trying to use a Cuttlebug embossing folder, which is too long to turn sideways on the Big Shot. Silly me! Also, I’d just have to say how much I love your cards! I just recently discovered your website and I am so impressed with your creativity. Thanks for sharing with us all :).
You are welcome, Carolyn! And, thank you for the compliments. I’m so glad you like my site!
Love the embossed section! Rebecca.
Gorgeous! Love the clean and simple look with this great color combo!!! Great idea to only emboss part of the card. Thanks for joining TGIF Challenges this week.
I love it!
Very pretty… simple but beautiful!
Love the non-traditional colors and all the white space. Very pretty!
Wow, what a beautiful non-traditional Christmas card. I have been seeing a lot of this partial embossing and will give it a try. Thank you for sharing.