Here’s one of the cards that we made at my big stamping day this weekend.

I’m thinking this is going to be one of the cards that I’ll be recreating (many times!) as my Christmas card because it’s simple, festive and fun to make.  In this card I’ve used a brand new stamp set that will be released this Saturday in Stampin’ Up!’s new Spring Mini catalogue, it’s called “Tree Trimmings”.  I chose the colours of the card based on the patterned paper I wanted to use.  I just love this patterned paper so I copied the colours from it to make the rest of the card.  The Christmas ornaments where stamped in Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss and Riding Hood red and then cut out and mounted onto the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Just a little tip: most of the time when I cut out images like this, I leave about a 1mm border so that the cutting looks neater.   The sentiment “Very Merry” is from the “Short & Sweet” stamp set, and that was stamped then punched out using the large oval punch (not to be confused with the Wide Oval punch) and then layered onto some Kiwi Kiss card punched out with the Scallop Oval Punch which is also from the new Spring Mini catalogue.

If you’d like to receive a Spring Mini, just email me.  (Australian residents only sorry).

Here’s a list of products I’ve used, if you have any questions or would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up! products please email me.

Rubber Stamps:
Tree Trimmings
Short & Sweet

Inkpads:
Baja Breeze
Kiwi Kiss
Riding Hood Red

Cardstock & Paper:
Whisper White
Ski Slope Designer Series Paper
Baja Breeze
Kiwi Kiss
Riding Hood Red

Tools:
Large Oval Punch
Scallop Oval Punch

Adhesives:
SNAIL Adhesive (for cardstock)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (to pop up the main section plus the ornaments)