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Sunday 26 November 2017

November Stamping Project: Peace on Earth Christmas Cards

Nothing puts more fear into some hearts than Christmas cards. Start them in July? Get them out on time? I would love to make handmade Christmas cards if I had the time...

Never fear! You can totally stamp a stack and give a special handmade card easier than you think! You just need a little planning and you'll have a stack in no time by designing a card around two stacks of paper. Pick one task per night and you can make them in a week. Promise!

This card uses the One Sheet Wonder technique, if you need to brush up on it. Another thing to note about this design is that you can make horizontal or vertical cards - as long as the sentiment square covers the seam of the two papers.

Supply list for many cards

  1. Score as many sheets of Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler down the middle for the number of cards that you want to make. Cut in half but do no fold to make card bases.
  2. Measure the largest square from Stitched Shapes against a sheet of Whisper White cardstock and cut strips of paper. You should be able to get 9 squares from a sheet. Die cut the squares from the strips.
  3. Use the Peace on Earth stamp to stamp sentiments on the squares. Use either Old Olive or Real Red ink, or both!
  4. Select one sheet of each design from the Quilted Christmas 6x6" DSP paper pack. Follow the One Sheet Wonder technique to create a variety of pieces to create card fronts from.
  5. Pair up a big piece of DSP with a small piece for the number of cards you are making. Line them up together and trim, if necessary, so that the two pieces are flush with each other.
  6. Carefully tear two pieces of washi tape and adhere the two pieces of paper at the seam. Wrap the tape around the front and back edge - no need to cover the part that will be covered by the sentiment.
  7. Run adhesive over the back of the new card front you just created and adhere to the front of the card, centering it in the middle.
  8. Take your sentiment squares and pop them up with Stampin' Dimensionals.
  9. Trim copy paper into 7.5x10" sheets, then cut them into quarters measuring 3.25x5". Adhere them to the inside of the card, or stamp another sentiment inside - it's up to you!
Here is step 4 and 5 in action. The washi tape is from last year's tin of cards.

You can have the small piece at the top or bottom of your card - it's up to you!
Now, this it the part of the card that I can't tell you how to do, because it's up to you! You can take your favourite Christmas dies and die cut shapes from gold and silver foil paper (hey, Stampin' Up! sells that too). In my sample photo, I used the stars from Starlight Thinlits Dies and discontinued nesting stars. You could add any of the lovely shapes from Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies. My tip for die cutting foil paper is to make sure that the foil side is against the die for a perfect cut. Cutting against the back can rag the foil.


And there you have it! You can stamp a stack for Christmas and share what you love with your special friends and family :-)

Your Friend, Christine


Tuesday 21 November 2017

One Sheet Wonder - What?

I decided to introduce this technique ahead of November's stamping project - the One Sheet Wonder! If you haven't heard of it before, it's a great way to save paper and pennies by using one sheet of paper to cut out all your shapes. Given the cost of paper, I'm all for thrifty projects. You can One Sheet Wonder any size of paper. Here's how I decided to divide 6x6" sheets of Quilted Christmas paper from Stampin' Up.


How many card fronts can you make with one package of paper?


  1. Cut the 6x6" sheet of paper in half so that you have two 3x6" strips.
  2. Cut a 3x3.25" piece from each strip.
  3. Cut the remaining piece in half so both pieces are 3" wide.
Super simple, right? If you choose one sheet of paper of each design, you'll have lots of pieces to mix and match for card fronts. Stay tuned for the finished project!

Your Friend, Christine