What better way to show off the adorable and card “friendly” patterns of the Stampin’ Up! Take a Bow Designer Series Paper (DSP) than today’s Christmas card and envelope flap. This DSP makes mixing patterns a snap! Each 1/2 x 2 1/4 strip represents a different, coordinated pattern. TIP: I alternated three solid patterns with the two open (white space) patterns for added pop and definition. So easy!
Take a Bow Designer Series Paper – super simple Christmas card!
WHAT I LOVE! The “to you and yours” tag gets whipped up using the Greetings of the Season bundle (stamp set and die – see all 10% off bundles). The bundle is part of the Stampin’ Up! On-Line product exclusives and available for a limited time. I topped the gift with a bow created using Stampin’ Up! Garden Green Linen Thread (Natural Tones Linen Thread: Garden Green, Copper Clay, Night of Navy).
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card tutorial: super simple Christmas card
how to cut your cardstock & dimensions:
- Basic White Thick Card Stock:
- Card Base – 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5 1/2 (top)
- Garden Green Card Stock:
- Layer -4 x 5 1/4
- Granny Apple Green Card Stock:
- Layer – 3 3/4 x 5
- Real Red Card Stock:
- Layer – 3 1/4 x 4
- Basic White Card Stock:
- Layer – 3 x 3 3/4
- Sentiment – 2 x 1 (before die-cutting)
- Take a Bow 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper:
- Strips (Qty 5) – 1/2 x 2 1/4
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how to make this super simple Christmas card:
- Burnish the fold of the Basic White Thick card base with a Bone Folder.
- Layer and adhere the Granny Apple Green and Garden Green layers together and to the card with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
- Layer and adhere the Basic White and Real Red layers together with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Adhere the strips as shown onto the Basic White layer, approx. 1/2″ from the bottom and 1/4″ from the sides with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
- Use a Mini MISTI stamp tool to position and stamp the sentiment (Greetings of the Season Stamp Set) in Garden Green Classic Ink onto the Basic White sentiment layer. Watch my 1 Minute to WOW video: The Magic of the Mini MISTI for a quick product demonstration here.
- Crop with a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (Standard or Mini), coordinating 1 5/8 x 3/4 Greetings of the Season tag die and Post-It Tape to hold the die in place.
- POP OF PERSONALITY! Thread and tie a bow of Stampin’ Up! Garden Green Linen Thread (Natural Tones Linen Thread: Garden Green, Copper Clay, Night of Navy) through the top of the die-cut tag.
- Adhere as shown with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- PERFECT POLISH! Adhere the 5 3/4 x 2 1/2 Designer Series Paper to the Basic White Medium envelope flap with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. PRETTY TIP! Add glue to the flap, not the Designer Series Paper. Flip to the inside of the flap and carefully snip away the excess with Paper Snips. Watch my 1 Minute to WOW Video Tutorial to learn how here.
What Designer Series Paper would you mix together to create a super simple Christmas card? Please leave a comment to let me know!
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Hi, Mary,
I have the Take a Bow Bundle, can you please write the directions how to make the Bows?
Thanks,
Nancy
Hi Nancy,
do not have the dies, only the paper but I will do what I can to help.
Here is a link to a instruction sheet for creating a bow. The assembly steps are the same, you just need to decrease the strips used to 6, 4 and 1 (instead of 8 and 5). The assembly is the same, you just adhere fewer strips. HOW TO MAKE A BOW TUTORIAL
1. Cut two sets of strips with the die.
2. Wrap and Glue the ends of each strip together with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (as shown here)
3. Glue the 6 longest strips together (see the make a bow instruction sheet above).
4. Glue the 4 medium strips together
5. Glue the two set of bow pieces together, then add the single smallest strip to the center..
I hope this helps!
Mary
Thank you Mary! May I CASE this for my Card Class?
Hi Mary, This is such a sweet card, perfect for making beautiful designer papers the star! Thank you for your detailed tutorial, as always!
Thank you for your sweetness! Happy to hear I inspire. Mary