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\"\"<\/a>Merry Christmas Stamping Friends,<\/p>\n

December isn’t quite normal for us this year as our father was diagnosed with terminal cancer and we have been driving over the mountains as often as possible to be with him and with mom and the family.\u00a0 We are headed back again today but have the joy of spending a Christmas Eve with family!\u00a0 I posted the three cards we made at the Elizabeth Stamp A Stack for the post that went out before Christmas but have now added all the details of construction.\u00a0 If you love one of the cards and would like to make it next year be sure and go to the store and order the supplies before they are discontinued.\u00a0 The bundles that are discontinued may not necessarily mean the stamps themselves are discontinued but it would be good to get them now for next year if it is something you love!\u00a0 You can check out the retiring list on the website.\u00a0 Click the computer image at the end of the post.<\/p>\n

Santa hitched up Rudolph, loaded the sleigh with ornaments and started decorating the trees at the North Pole!\u00a0 It is a Z fold card and the trees, sleigh, sleigh top detailed layer and Rudolph are all in the Santa’s Sleigh Thinlits bundle – page 24 of the Holiday catalog.\u00a0 The North Pole sign and the greeting come from the Christmas Magic Stamp Set – page 22 of the Holiday Catalog.\u00a0 The houses are the Candy Cane Lane DSP (Designer Series Paper)!\u00a0 The greeting uses the new red glitter embossing powder.\u00a0 The santa is from the retired Jolliest Time Of The Year set.<\/p>\n

It was so popular I am going to make my first attempt at selling cards on Etsy with this one!<\/p>\n

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The base is Cherry Cobbler cut at 11 X 4 1\/4\u00a0\u00a0 and scored at 2 3\/4 X 5 1\/2.<\/p>\n

Left and middle DSP (designer series paper) top mats=\u00a0 (2)\u00a0 3\u00a0 X\u00a0 2 1\/2<\/p>\n

Top right DSP mat\u00a0 5 1\/4\u00a0 X\u00a0 2\u00a0 3\/16; the houses made it a bit tricky so there wasn’t much wiggle room on the cuts.<\/p>\n

The following Whisper White pieces are run through the Big Shot with the Softly Falling embossing folder and then fussy cut along the top to look like snow piling up:<\/p>\n

Bottom right below the houses:\u00a0 2 X 5 1\/4 in Whisper White, embossed and fussy cut along the top<\/p>\n

Middle:\u00a0 2 1\/2\u00a0 X\u00a0 1 7\/8\u00a0 then cut the left 1 7\/8 side down to 1 3\/8\u00a0 to create the hill going from the right hand side to the left hand side.<\/p>\n

Z Fold Strip:\u00a0 10 3\/4\u00a0 X\u00a0 1 1\/2\u00a0 in Whisper White, embossed and fussy cut along the top and scored at 5 3\/8 and 8 1\/8.<\/p>\n

Santa and the North Pole sign were stamped on a piece of 3 X 4 Whisper White using Black Memento ink and then colored with Real Red, Garden Green and Crumb Cake markers. Clear and red colored rhinestones were put on the wreath of the North Pole sign.<\/p>\n

The Base of the sleigh is cut using the sleigh framelit from a Basic Black piece\u00a0 2 3\/4\u00a0 X\u00a0 4 1\/4<\/p>\n

The Gold Sleigh overlay is cut with the detailed sleigh framelit from Gold Foil paper\u00a0 3 1\/4\u00a0 X\u00a0 2<\/p>\n

Trees – I stamped in Memento black and then cut with a framelit- two full and one partial using Always Artichoke\u00a0 4 1\/4\u00a0 X\u00a0 5\u00a0 1\/2<\/p>\n

The deer is stamped in Memento black and then cut with a framelit using Soft Suede 3\u00a0 X\u00a0 2 1\/4<\/p>\n

Bow:\u00a0 Red Foil Scrap cut with a framelit from the same Santa’s Sleigh set<\/p>\n

Red Glimmer Bakers Twine\u00a0 12″.\u00a0 Use glue dots to position the twine around the tree and into Santa’s hand.<\/p>\n

Gold Thread 8″ again I used glue dots starting the thread under where the deer’s bow will be, then through a hole punched in the sleigh, and back behind the neck of the deer and into Santa’s hand. I tap the glue dots with the embossing buddy to prevent sticking to the card when closed.<\/p>\n

The ornaments are not Stampin’ Up! but could have been stamped from the Wrapped in Warmth stamp set, Be Jolly By Golly or any of the many stamps we have that have little ornaments.\u00a0 For the sake of time at the Stamp A Stack I purchased a set of sticker ornaments.\u00a0 There are six ornaments in the sleigh.\u00a0 And don’t forget to add a colored pearl for Rudolph’s nose!<\/p>\n

The next card was a case from Juanacreates using the Star of Light bundle on page 9 of the catalog.<\/p>\n

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This star was centered on a #5 Banner Framelit but the saying just barely fit.\u00a0 The #6 Framelit was so big the stamped saying at the bottom wouldn’t have fit so we made a template from cardboard that was 2 3\/8″ wide and used it to cut the top white banner.<\/p>\n

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The star was moved over so that the beautiful tail was completely visible.<\/p>\n

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The star is a layer of silver foil paper and dazzling diamonds glitter paper, two more silver foil stars and a rhinestone on top!\u00a0 The star could be removed from the card and hung on the tree for an ornament.<\/p>\n

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These are the layers using the fabulous framelits.\u00a0 The good news is that this set and framelits carrys over!<\/p>\n

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And what a set it is with awesome greetings and various sizes of stars!\u00a0 I love it and will use it again.<\/p>\n

The base is Night of Navy\u00a0 4 1\/4 X 11\u00a0 scored at 5 1\/2<\/p>\n

The Banner is Whisper White 2 3\/8 X 5 1\/4\u00a0 cut using a handmade template.\u00a0 Hmmm… I wonder if the triple layer banner punch would have been just the right size.<\/p>\n

The little silver banner is Silver Foil paper 1 3\/4\u00a0 X\u00a0 1 1\/4\u00a0 cut using Framelit #2 of the Banners Framelits.<\/p>\n

Emboss the greeting at the top of the Whisper White Banner with white embossing powder and then sponge with Marina Mist going down about 1 3\/4 inches on the banner and then sponge the top with Night of Navy.\u00a0 Wipe the greeting with a paper towel when through sponging.<\/p>\n

The tails to the top of the star are embossed with white and the tails on the banner are stamped in Night of Navy.\u00a0 The greeting at the bottom is embossed with the white.<\/p>\n

The little stars are cut with a smaller framelit using Silver Foil paper.\u00a0 A 3 X 3 piece will be enough to cut out the large background star.\u00a0 Turn your star framelit diagonally to cut the silver outline star and one of the smaller detail stars.\u00a0 The silver foil star on top needs a piece 1 3\/4 X 1 3\/4.\u00a0 The Dazzling Diamond detailed layer needs a piece 3 X 3.<\/p>\n

The inside is a standard 4 X 5 1\/4 Whisper White layer.\u00a0 The instructions will be clear as you look at the stamp set and important to follow so that you leave room for the greeting in the middle.<\/p>\n