Valentine or Christmas Card...You Decide!

Today's card can be a Valentine or Christmas card.  I used a Petal Pink card base with snowflakes stamped in Poppy Parade ink.  I used two Poppy Parade 2.5 ink circles and a plaid circle from the Snowy Scenes DSP from last year.  I also used some ephemera from the North Pole Delivery DSP.  My sentiment is from the Banner Sayings bundle.  

The pink delivery truck is such a cute piece of ephemera! The little white clay hearts are from my stash.

So...Christmas or Valentines Day card?

How to Create Snowy Double Z Fold Cards

Have you made a Double Z fold card before?  They look a little complicated but really are't that difficult to create!  I have created two for this post using the retired Snowy Scenes DSP but the North Pole Delivery DSP would work great with my layouts. I have used most of it so I decided to go with another pack of DSP.

Begin with a standard A2 card, then fold the front panel back to the spine and burnish. This creates a Z fold card. Then take a strip of card stock 8 1/2 x 1 1/4.  Score at 4 14 and 2 7/8.  Adhere the longest side to the front folded panel and the last scored panel to the right bottom side of your card. These are the only two places you will adhere the strip to the card.                                                                                                

The DSP you choose should be cut at 5 1/4  x 1 7/8 , and two pieces cut at 1 7/8 x 1.  Adhere all pieces as shown.  I stamped a few snowflakes on my largest piece of DSP before adhering it to the card front.  The main colors for my cards are Petal Pink and Pool Party.

The next step is to fussy cut your images.  I chose to do snow globes as my focal points on my cards.  You could do houses, animals or delivery trucks if you are using the North Pole Delivery DSP. 

For my sentiments, I used the Banner Sayings bundle. I also added a few rhinestones in the center of my snowflakes which are from a past Paper Pumpkin Kit.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope your holiday season is the Merriest!

January Paper Pumpkin Sneak Peek and New Add On Die Set

 Do you love the postal theme like I do?  The January Paper Pumpkin Kit is a valentine postal themed kit! There is even a stamp shaped die that coordinates with the kit.  The item number for the die set is #168666 and will be available tomorrow, December 11th.  

There is also a sale on other Paper Pumpkin products, free shipping on orders of $75 or more, and you can purchase the Product of the Month when your order reaches $75!  It is a great time to place an order.  This promotion will end on Dec. 12th.

Have your ordered your December Paper Pumpkin Kit?

There's only a few days left to subscribe to the December Paper Pumpkin Kit!  What's so special about this kit? The sentiments are made to mix and match!  There will be lots of versatility in this kit.

Be sure to subscribe by December 10th at Stampin' Up! and click on Paper Pumpkin Subscription.

You don't want to miss this kit!

Need a few extra gift bags for the holidays?

If you need a few extra gift cards and have some extra 12 x 12 DSP around, below are directions for how to create them.  The picture below shows the gift bags completed with the new blue DSP that is the December Product of the Month but they would be gorgeous with some of the holiday DSP patterns as well.  

To create a gift bag:

1. Score two pieces of 12" x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper with the same pattern at 3" (7.6 cm) and 11-1/2" (29.2 cm), then rotate a quarter turn and score at 3" (7.6 cm).
2. Fold on all the score lines and cut along one score line of the 3" x 3" (7.6 x 7.6 cm) square in the corner of the paper to create a tab. Repeat for the 1/2" x 3" (1.3 x 7.6 cm) corner tab. 

3. Assemble the bag by adhering the 3" (7.6 cm) side of one page to the 1/2" (1.3 cm) side of the other page. Then tuck in the tabs and adhere the bottom flaps together.
4. To create handles, score two 2-1/2" x 12" (6.4 x 30.5 cm) strips of Designer Series Paper along the short edge at 3/4" (1.9 cm) and 1-3/4" (4.4 cm). Fold at the score lines and adhere together.
5. Adhere the handles to the inside of the bag and reinforce them by adhering a piece of 7-1/2" x 2" (19 x 5.1 cm) cardstock over the ends of each handle inside the bag.

Putting Old Products to Good Use!

Who remembers this set of Christmas cards from a few years back? They were an add on for a Paper Pumpkin Kit.  I have paired them with the ephemera from the North Pole Delivery DSP and I think they work great together!

Do you have old products that you could put to use?

Have you heard the news?

Stampin' Up! is starting a new program called Product of the Month. This will take the place of Sale-a-bration.  Each month, a new POM will become available.  The new program is in effect.  This month the POM is an exclusive pack of DSP.  All the details are in the photos below.