My Christmas Card Project, pt. 2

In this September 9, 2018 blog post, I described my "Christmas Card Project" where I tried to emulate the  “The Best Things in Life Are Pink”  You Tube Tutorial (one of her many tutorials on creating MANY cards cards from a single pad of 6x6 papers. I made 31 cards from a single pad of Whimsy Stamps “Christmas Cheer” 24 single-sided 6x6 paper pad (TWDP102) and a set of Ink Road Stamps “Fir Real”. I modeled my cards after some Operation Write Home sketches.

This blog reports on the continuation of that "project", this time using Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013) and a set of Avery Elle Stamps “Quirky Christmas” (ST-18-32). I also used Operation Write Home sketches in this series. 

Each set of cards shown below use some products in common: 

• Stamps: Personal Impressions 201J; Wiggins Stamp Art
• Papers: Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)​

My MISTI Stamp Positioner and a Fiskers paper trimmer continued to be essential tools, as was a heat tool.

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Card Set #1 used sketch  OWH #01

Products used in the making of these cards were:

• Stamps: Avery Elle “Quirky Christmas” (ST-18-32);  Personal Impressions 201J; Wiggins Stamp Art
• Inks: Versamark; Ardhval “Vermillion”
• Embossing Powders “Stampendous “detail white” (47788)
• Papers: scraps of red card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)
• Adhesives: Duck Easy Stick Double Stick Adhesive

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Card Set #2 used sketch #02 by Karen H.

Products used in the making of this card were:

• Stamps: Avery Elle “Quirky Christmas” (ST-18-32);  Personal Impressions 201J; Wiggins Stamp Art
• Inks: Versamark; Archival “Library Green”
• Embossing Powders; “Stampendous “detail white” (47788)
• Papers: scrap of green  card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)
• Adhesives: Duck Easy Stick Double Stick Adhesive

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Card Set #3 used sketch ​OWH #23

Products used in the making of this set of cards were:

• Stamps: Avery Elle “Quirky Christmas” (ST-18-32); Magenta 02258E;  Personal Impressions 201J; Wiggins Stamp Art
• Inks: Versamark; Archival “Red Geranium”
• Papers: scrap ofred and white  card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)
• Embellishments: red satin ribbon
• Tools: EK Success Paper Shaper punches 2“ and 1 3/4” circles
• Adhesives: Duck Easy Stick Double Stick Adhesive

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​Card Set #4 used sketch #03 by Lauri I

Products used in the making of this card were:

• Stamps: Avery Elle “Quirky Christmas” (ST-18-32); Holly Berry “Small Snoteflake” (11915D);  Personal Impressions 201J; Wiggins Stamp Art
• Inks: Versamark; Archival “Red Geranium”
• Embossing Powders: Stampendous “detail white” (47788)
• Papers: scraps of red and white  card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)
• Embellishments: red satin ribbon
• Tools: EK Success Paper Shaper punches 1 1/4”  circle
• Adhesives: Duck Easy Stick Double Stick Adhesive

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Card Set #5 used sketch #04 by Kathy R

Products used in the making of this set of cards were:

• Stamps: Avery Elle “Quirky Christmas” (ST-18-32); Brother Sister Design Studio “Curly-Q Stockings” (ER1035)
• Inks: Versamark; Archival”Jet Black” and “Library Green”
• Embossing Powder: “Stampendous “detail white” (47788)
• Papers: scraps of red and green  card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)
• Embellishments: green woven and red satin ribbons
• Adhesives: Duck Easy Stick Double Stick Adhesive

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Card Set #6 used sketch OWH #24

Products used in the making of this card set were:

• Stamps: Avery Elle “Quirky Christmas” (ST-18-32); Brother Sister Design Studio “Curly-Q Stockings” (ER1035)
• Inks: Versamark; Archival “Library Green”, “Red Geranium” and “Jet Black” 
• Embossing Powder: “Stampendous “detail white” (47788)
• Papers: scraps of red, white and green  card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)
• Adhesives: Duck Easy Stick Double Stick Adhesive

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​Card Set #7 used sketch OWH #22

Products used in the making of this card set were:

• Stamps: Avery Elle “Quirky Christmas” (ST-18-32); Stampers Anonymous “Holiday Greetings” (CMS353)
• Inks: Versamark; Archival “”Vermillion” and “Fern Green”
• Embossing Powder: “Stampendous “detail white” (47788)
• Papers: scraps of red, white and green  card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)
• Adhesives: Duck Easy Stick Double Stick Adhesive

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Card Set #8 used sketch #17 by Lora B

Products used in the making of this card set were:

• Stamps: Avery Elle “Quirky Christmas” (ST-18-32); Stampers Anonymous “Holiday Greetings” (CMS353)
• Inks: Versamark; Archival “Leaf Green”
• Embossing Powder: “Stampendous “detail white” (47788)
• Papers: scraps of red card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)
• Adhesives: Duck Easy Stick Double Stick Adhesive

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Card Set #9 used sketch #19 by Karen M

Products used in the making of this card set were:

• Stamps: Avery Elle “Quirky Christmas” (ST-18-32); Stampers Anonymous “Holiday Greetings” (CMS353)
• Inks: Versamark; Archival “Vermillion” 
• Embossing Powder: “Stampendous “detail white” (47788)
• Papers: scraps of white and green  card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)
• Adhesives: Duck Easy Stick Double Stick Adhesive

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​Card Set #10 used sketch OWH #20

Products used in the making of these cards were:

• Stamps: Avery Elle “Quirky Christmas” (ST-18-32); Stampers Anonymous “Holiday Greetings” (CMS353); PSX C3012; Personal Impressions 201J; Wiggins Stamp Art
• Inks: Versamark; Archival “Fern Green” ; Distress MArker “Peeled Paint”
• Embossing Powder: “Stampendous “detail white” (47788)
• Papers: scraps of pale green  card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)
• Adhesives: Duck Easy Stick Double Stick Adhesive

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Card Set #11 used sketch OWH #21

Products used in the making of these cards were:

• Stamps: “tree” unknown maker; Stampers Anonymous “Stamptember 2018”; ersonal Impressions 201J; Wiggins Stamp Art
• Inks: Versamark; Distress Markers “Festive Berries” and “Pine Needles”; Archival “Jet Black”; Snowman marker “gold”
• Embossing Powders: UpTown “detail gold”
• Papers: scraps of red, green and cream card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)

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​Card set # 12 used sketch #18 by Kate

Products used in the making of these cards were: 

• Stamps: Stampers Anonymous “Stamptember 2018”; Personal Impressions 201J; Wiggins Stamp Art
• Inks: Versamark; Archival “Fern Green”
• Embossing Powders: Stampendous “detail white” (47788)
• Papers: craps of red and green card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)
• Adhesives: Scrapbook.com Life Handmade adhesive

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At intervals between sketches, I had accumulated a number of scraps too large to discard but not of the right size for any of the sketches I had copied. So I improvised.

​This is a card made from scraps accumulated fro Card Sets ##1 through 7:

Products used in the making of this card were:

• Stamps: Avery Elle “Quirky Christmas” (ST-18-32)
• Inks: Versamark; Archival “Vermillion” 
• Embossing Powder: “Stampendous “detail white” (47788)
• Papers: scraps of red and green card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)
• Embellishments: red satin ribbon
• Adhesives: Duck Easy Stick Double Stick Adhesive

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​The following three cards were made using scraps accumulated from card sets #1 - #12:

Products used in the making of these three cards were:

• Stamps: Stampers Anonymous “Watercolor Trees” (CMS317); Personal Impressions 201J; Wiggins Stamp Art
• Inks: Versamark; Archival “Fern Green”
• Embossing Powders: Stampendous “detail white” (47788)
• Papers: craps of red and green card; Park Lane Paperie A2 notecards “white” (15919608); Penny Black “Holiday Trimmings” 6x6 paper pad (80-013)
• Adhesives: Scrapbook.com Life Handmade adhesive

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​I STILL have paper in this 6x6 paper pad but I ran out of steam (and adhesive!) 

All in all, this month, I added an other 33 cards to the Christmas Card project (running total 64 out of the hoped for 150). I'll start afresh in November and hope to get MUCH closer to my goal before Thanksgiving weekend (in our household, we traditionally mail out card on the day following Thanksgiving) which doesn't really give me a lot of time.


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