Bright Baubles -- Sending Joy

Sale-A-Bration ends in just a few more days on September 30th; so I wanted to share another Christmas card using a couple of Sale-A-Bration items that you can earn for FREE with a qualifying purchase: Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper and Be Dazzled 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper. Each one of these great items requires a $50 USD merchandise purchase.

Nothing says Christmas like sparkle and shine and the Be Dazzled 6" x 6" Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper is just the ticket for adding bling to this Christmas card.

This card begins with a panel of Peaceful Prints Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper matted with a slightly larger panel of Evening Evergreen cardstock. The panels were adhered at the center of the Sahara Sand card front. A strip of Be Dazzled 6" x 6" Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper was matted with a slightly wider strip of Real Red cardstock (with the top and bottom edges of the Designer Series Paper flush with the top and bottom edges of the cardstock) and adhered along the vertical center of the Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper Panel (with the top and bottom edges of the strips flush with the top and bottom edges of the Peaceful Prints panel).

A piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock was die cut using the solid round ornament die from the Delicate Baubles dies. Adhesive Sheets were adhered to the back of two pieces of Real Red cardstock and the "Joy" detailed ornament die was used to die cut the Real Red cardstock. The adhesive backing was removed from one of the detailed ornament die cuts and the detailed ornament die adhered directly on top of the second detailed ornament die. The adhesive sheet was removed from the bottom of the stacked detailed ornament dies and the dies adhered at the center of the Evening Evergreen ornament die. The die was adhered at the center of the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals placed on the right and left sides of the back of the ornament (so that the dimensionals rest only on the Peaceful Prints panel). A bow of Real Red Sheer Ribbon was adhered at the top of the ornament using Mini Glue Dots.

The "Sending" greeting was stamped on Basic White cardstock using Real Red ink and matted with a slightly larger piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock. The greeting was adhered above the ornament on the Be Dazzled strip using Mini Glue Dots with the top edge of the Evening Evergreen mat 1/4" below the top edge of the Be Dazzled strip. The "To You & Yours" greeting was stamped on Basic White cardstock using Real Red ink and matted with a slightly larger piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock. The greeing was adhered below the ornament on the Be Dazzled strip using Mini Glue Dots with the bottom edge of the Evening Evergreen mat 3/8" above the bottom edge of the Be Dazzled strip.

A strip of the Be Dazzled 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper was adhered across a Basic White cardstock panel with the top edge of the strip 1-1/2" below the top edge of the panel and the right and left edges of the strip flush with the right and left edges of the panel.

A piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock was die cut using the solid round ornament die including the small insert to create a hanger opening at the top of the ornament. A piece of Real Red cardstock was die cut using the bow with hanging thread die. Two narrow strips of Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper were adhered across the ornament with the top edge of the upper strip 3/4" from the top (curved piece) of the ornament and the bottom edge of the lower piece 3/8" above the bottom center of the ornament. Paper Snips were used to trim the strips along the edge of the ornament. The bow with hanging thread was threaded through the ornament hanger at the top of the ornament and the ornament adhered at the upper center of the Basic White panel with the top of the ornament (curved piece) 3/8" below the top edge of the panel and centered between the right and left sides of the panel. The thread of the ornament hanger was folded to the back of the panel and adhered in place. The panel was adhered at the center of the inside sentiment area of the card base.

The "Wishing You A" and "Christmas" sentiments were stamped on narrow strips of Basic White cardstock using Real Red ink. The "Merry & Bright" sentiment was stamped on a slightly wider strip of Basic White cardstock using Real Red ink. The strips were adhered to the ornament with "Merry & Bright" across the center of the ornament, "Wishing You A" centered above "Merry & Bright", and "Christmas" centered below "Merry & Bright".

A piece of the Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper was adhered to the envelope flap of the Medium Basic White Envelope. Paper Snips were used to trim away the excess paper using the edge of the envelope flap as a guide.

I'll be back in a few days with the Stamp Review Crew with a Blog Hop featuring a number of great ideas using Sale-A-Bration items.

Card Measurements

Basic White: 3/8" x 15/16", 3/8" x 1-5/8", 4" x 5-1/4", 3/8" x 1-1/2", 3/8" x 1-3/16", 1/2" x 2-5/8"; Evening Evergreen: 1/2" x 1", 1/2" x 1-11/16", 2 @ 3" x 3", 4" x 5-1/4"; Real Red: 2 @ 3" x 3", 1-3/8" x 5-1/8", 1-3/8" x 3"; Sahara Sand: 4-1/4" x 11" scored at 5-1/2" along the 11" length; Be Dazzled 6" x 6" Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper: 1-1/4" x 5-1/8", 1" x 4"; Peaceful Prints Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper: 3-7/8" x 5-1/8", 2 @ 3/8" x 3", 2-1/4" x 6"; Real Red Sheer Ribbon: 8"

Supplies I used to make this card

Stamps: Bright Baubles; Inks: Real Red; Cardstock: Basic White, Evening Evergreen, Real Red, Sahara Sand; Designer Series Paper: Peaceful Prints (Sale-A-Bration), Be Dazzled 6" x 6" (Sale-A-Bration); Embellishments: Real Red Sheer Ribbon; Tools: Delicate Baubles dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine; Adhesives: Stampin' Seal, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Adhesive Sheets; Other: Medium Basic White Envelope