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Saturday was World Card Making Day and I spent some time making Christmas cards with a friend. They were great simple cards featuring the Tidings of Christmas 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper from the Annual Catalogue.

Each card has the same layout and greeting just different combinations of the paper and ink colours.

There are six different cards in total. Each card uses one sheet of paper and shows both designs. This is then repeated on the card insert and envelope.

Each card also has three Clear Epoxy Essentials that have been coloured using a coordinating Stampin’ Blend.

Here are the other five cards!

What do you think of these super simple Christmas card?

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Heartfelt Wishes Cling Stamp Set (English) [156541] $37.00	Tidings Of Christmas 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155718] $20.00	Wonderful Snowflakes [156340] $10.50	Silver & Clear Epoxy Essentials [155567] $16.50	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $15.25
Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] $15.25	Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086] $15.25	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $15.25	Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock [155777] $15.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $13.00
Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $13.00	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $13.00	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] $13.00	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154880] $15.50	Evening Evergreen Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155517] $15.50
Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153108] $15.50	Soft Succulent Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155521] $15.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

I made a gift box and six 3″x 3″ gift cards during my Facebook Live this week.

This project features the Gingerbread & Peppermint Suite.

This simple lidded gift box has a Cinnamon Cider base and a ‘iced gingerbread’ Designer Series Paper lid. The sample gift I made was too small to hold the small square envelopes that fit the 3″x 3″ gift cards.

Not to waster this smaller gift box, I’m going to find some Christmas gingerbread treats to pop inside.

The gingerbread snowflake, cut from some of the DSP, also has a second snowflake cut from Cinnamon Cider adhered on the back. This was perfect for stamping ‘to’ and ‘from’.

Untie the bow and remove the lid to find six unique Christmas gift cards inside.

These are cards made for this gift box. One is a shaker card that has the Gingerbread & Peppermint Acrylic Shapes inside.

FOr the greetings I used Frosted Gingerbread, Be Jolly and Delivering Cheer Stamp Sets.

After my Facebook Live I decided to make a second gift box using some different paper from the Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP.

Three of the cards in this box are the same as the first box but the other three are some different.

I am looking forward to gifting these boxes before Christmas so the recipients can use the gift cards on their gifts.

This collection of products, from the Gingerbread & Peppermint Suite, is amazing to play with. Over the last week have made lots of projects using this Suite. I hope that you have enjoyed them all.

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Frosted Gingerbread Bundle (English) [156807] $84.50	Frosted Gingerbread Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156314] $37.00	Gingerbread Dies [156320] $57.00	Gingerbread & Peppermint 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [156313] $20.00	Wonderful Snowflakes [156340] $10.50
Gingerbread & Peppermint Acrylic Shapes [156322] $11.25	Cinnamon Cider 2020–2022 In Color Ribbon [152482] $10.50	Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack [153620] $17.50	Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack [152466] $13.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Cinnamon Cider A4 Cardstock [153083] $15.25	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $15.25	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25	Window Sheets [142314] $8.75	Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad [153114] $13.00
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $13.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00
Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Whisper White 3" X 3" (7.6 X 7.6 Cm) Envelopes [145829] $17.50

Today I have one more card to share from my Gingerbread & Peppermint Suite stamping session. My last project, which I’ll share with you tomorrow, is a 3D one.

For this card I used an angled front technique, which is popular at the moment.

I started with a piece of Real Red card cut to 11-1/4″x 5-3/4″ and scored it along the long side at 3-3/4″ and 7-1/2″. To angle the top edges I measured down 1-1/2″ and used my Paper Trimmer to cut cut from the score line to the 1-1/2″ mark. The same was done for the bottom sides but only measured in 1″.

Then I cut the DSP to ensure there was a 1/16″ area of Real Red card framing it.

For the card insert I added a strip of DSP ensuring that, when the card is closed, no Basic White card can be seen.

I stamped the greeting, from the Frosted Gingerbread Stamp Set, in Cinnamon Cider ink on the same coloured card. Then I used one of the Pretty Pillow Box Dies to cut the greeting. A few Stampin’ Dimensionals were then used to pop it up on the left hand card panel.

Then I made a bellyband to hold the card closed by cutting a 1″ wide length of Real Red card and attached some white 1/2″ Faux Linen Ribbon to the card. After the band was wrapped and secured around the card I added some Real Red Mini Ruffled Ribbon and tied it off with a bow.

I die cut two of the coloured snowflakes and attached one to the bellyband and one to the front of the envelope.

This is a fun fold card technique that I’ll definitely be making again. What do you think? have you made this one before?

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Frosted Gingerbread Bundle (English) [156807] $84.50	Frosted Gingerbread Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156314] $37.00	Gingerbread Dies [156320] $57.00	Pretty Pillowbox Dies [156321] $59.00	Gingerbread & Peppermint 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [156313] $20.00
Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack [153620] $17.50	Real Red 3/8" (1 Cm) Mini Ruffled Ribbon [156323] $14.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Cinnamon Cider A4 Cardstock [153083] $15.25	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25
Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad [153114] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00