So usually I start my Christmas cards nice and early in February (not January as I’m all Christmas’d out then) but this year I made a late start. Like really late start. Like only now. Oops!

So here’s a card I made today that’s loosely based on a design that I found on the internet.

This is a simple card to make. I just stamped some of the circle stamps from the Stampin’ Up! “Little Pieces” stamp set in Old Olive ink on a piece of Old Olive cardstock and then sponged the edges using Old Olive ink and a sponge dauber and then adhered the card to a folded piece of Cranberry Crisp cardstock which is my base card. The main image is from the “Glad Tidings” stamp set and is great used both as a background stamp (stamp repeatedly across a card) or as a main image as I’ve done here. The ‘Cheers!’ stamp was stamped in Old Olive ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock and then I coloured in the word with a Blender Pen and Cranberry Crisp ink. Again, the edges were sponged with ink and then the piece was adhered to some Cranberry Crisp cradstock. Just under the stamped image I made 3 holes and inserted Antique Brass Brads. Next I cut a piece of Cranberry Crisp cardstock and adhered some of the “In Thyme” patterned paper to it and tied a length of stitched Cranberry Crisp ribbon to it. The “Cheers” piece was adhered to onto the In Thyme paper using Stampin’ Dimensionals and then the whole piece was again adherd to the base card with Stampin’ Dimensionals to give it some pop and lift (which unfortunately you can’t really see in this photo but it is there!)
All Images copyright Stampin’ Up! 1990-2007. Card made by Angela Sargeant. All products used to make this card available for purchase through me at angelasargeant@gmail.com

Here’s a comprehensive list of materials that I used:
Glad Tidings stamp set
Little Pieces stamp set
In Thyme Double Sided Designer Paper (don’t forget this paper will not be available again after 15th December 2007!!!)
Cranberry Crisp cardstock
Cranberry Crisp inkpad
Cranberry Crisp stitched ribbon
Old Olive cardstock
Old Olive inkpad
Antique Brass brads (Hodgepodge Hardware)
SNAIL Adhesive
Stampin’ Dimensionals (double-sided foam tape)
Sponge Dauber
Blender Pen

If you’d like to ask any questions about this card or anything to do with the products, please feel free to email me on angelasargeant@gmail.com