Today, I am hopping with the Pretty Cards and Paper Design Team. These awesome cardmakers have lots of card ideas to share with you! I hope you'll take a few minutes to click through the entire hop and see all the great cards they have made. If you need stamps and accessories and you live in the US, pop back here when you are done to shop the supply lists. 

Ok, on y go! Let's get stamping.

This Christmas card is easy to make and has limited stamping. The Forever Greenery pattered paper is cut into three triangles to create the Christmas trees.

Thick Whisper White Cardstock: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Whisper White cardstock:
Whisper White cardstock: 3 1/2" x 4 3/4"
​Whisper White cardstock:
Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper:

My second holiday card idea features a gorgeous layered poinsettia over a strip of the striped paper from the Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper pack.

Just Jade cardstock: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Just Jade cardstock: 5 1/4" x 4"
Mint Macaron cardstock: 5 1/4" x 4"
Whisper White and Mint Macaron: scraps to fit the Poinsettia pieces and leaves

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Woo Hoo! It's Stampin' Friends Blog Hop Day! I'm really excited to be hopping with my Stampin' Friends again. Today, I went a little crazy with my projects. I have a really fun Gift Card Box with a special fold out photo card. But that's not all! I also have 2 additional card ideas! All of these projects use the Christmas Gleaming stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of this post to see the list of my amazing Stampin' Friends and go check out all of their projects. Then, if you need some stamps, papers, or other supplies and you live in the US, come on back here and click the links at the very end of this post that will take you to the shoppable supply lists.

​Ok, on y go! Let's get stamping.

The top of this tin is made with the Heartwarming Hugs patterned paper. It is 2 1/2" x 3 7/8". I laid the tin upside down on the piece of patterned paper and traced the corners. Then, using paper snips, I cut the curved corners. I attached the paper to the top of the tin with Stampin' Seal +. The Stampin' Seal + is a really strong adhesive and works well for a project like this one. To make the edges look a little neater, I used metalized tape that I bought online and taped around the edges. You can see exactly how I did in the video. ​Next, I put Stampin' Seal + on the back of a piece of Metallic Edge Ribbon and adhered it around the outside edge of the tin. This just gives it a little more of a festive appearance.

While you could pop a gift card inside the tin and be done, I created a fun fold-out photo card to stick inside my tin. While my kids aren't little anymore, these images are adorable and this would be a fabulous project to make for grandparents or other loved ones this holiday. 

I started by cutting the corners on the pieces of Real Red cardstock. Again, I traced the corners of the tin on the back of the Real Red pieces and trimmed them with my Paper Snips. I set it inside the tin to verify that if fit properly and did additional trimming if needed. 

Cardstock: 8 ½” x 5 ½”, scored at 4 ¼”
Cardstock: 3 15/16” x 5 3/16”
White or Vanilla Cardstock: (2) circles approximately 2” inches.
Patterned Paper (holiday or basic pattern): 3 ¾” x 5”

There are so many amazing holiday stamps! But, if you're making lots of cards, it's better to choose bold stamps instead of outline stamps that need to be colored.

Create a prototype of the card you think you'd like to create. You want to start by creating one, so that you can figure out how to best create 25, 50, or 100. This is the prototype I created using the Tree Angle stamp set in Magenta Madness and Granny Apple Green.

I really like my prototype, but it's a little complicated to create in multiples. So, I simplified and came up with this second idea. It has the same colors and uses the same stamp set. 

Patterned paper can do some of the same things artistically that texture does. It adds interest to the background. But, it's quicker to make. 

My second idea would definitely be easier to make, but it was a little too simple for my tastes. So, I tried a third card. This card also uses the same colors and the texture is replaced with patterned paper.

Bows are pretty, but they definitely are more time-consuming to tie than a simple strip of flat ribbon or a knot. It can also save postage to use flat ribbons instead of bows. On my 3rd prototype, I used a flat ribbon instead of a bow.

A stamping platform like the Stamparatus can really speed up your stamping! The Stamparatus is particularly wonderful because it has 2 moveable doors. I cut pieces of Whisper White cardstock so that they were 7" x 4 3/4" which accommodates 6 circles. Then, I set up my greeting stamps on my Stamparatus and inked the first one in Granny Apple Green. I moved the door down two spaces and stamped a second time. Then, moved my door down two more spaces and stamped again. Once the green "Greetings" was stamped, I put the other two stamps on the second door, inked it with Magenta Madness, then stamped again three times. When the first three were done, I rotated my piece of Whisper White cardstock and did the same thing on the other side. Finally, I punched the six circles with my 2" circle punch.

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