It's still super cold around here but my creative energy is hot, haha! Hot probably isn't the best description but I have been busy churning out lots of new ideas and working on a few custom orders. When the weather outside is frightful, it is delightful to stamp as much as I can!
I spend some time on Pinterest during my week, looking at card designs and ideas. I rarely copy anything exactly as I prefer to come up with my own ideas but there was a general idea that I hadn't thought of that inspired me lately. I saw that some enterprising stampers had colored their "Magnolia Lane" Designer Series Paper to look like Christmas flowers, specifically, kinda like poinsettias. I was intrigued with the concept and then thought what if I made several Christmas cards with the Magnolia Lane DSP? Well, I did and I want to share them with you today!
This card features metallic copper and Petal Pink to contrast with the Magnolia Lane paper that I colored with my Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends. The black and red contrasting colors are so dramatic and festive. I got the idea of inserting some Petal Pink in the form of ribbon and cardstock, from the little sprigs in the paper that are Petal Pink. My sentiment and copper foil leaf branches are from the Christmas Toile bundle. I also stamped with our Copper Delicata ink. If you look really closely, after I colored all the flowers, I inked up my Crackle Paint background stamp with the copper Delicata ink as well and stamped all over the whole piece. It added some copper accents and "glammed" it up a bit. I love this card!
For my second card, I used the green stripe paper in the Magnolia Lane DSP and added some Cherry Cobbler stripes using a Stampin'Write marker and a ruler. It's easy to turn a stripe into a plaid with markers! I also added some bling with the Real Red glimmer paper available in the Holiday Catalog this year and then returned to a favorite set, "Dashing Deer" for my deer die cut in Early Espresso cardstock. I love the Cherry Cobbler stripe ribbon offer in the Holiday Catalog as well! My sentiment is from the "must have" stamp set, "Itty Bitty Christmas".
Here is another take on a different sheet of Magnolia Lane DSP and Stampin' Blends Cherry Cobbler markers. The gold foil branches are from the "Peaceful Boughs" dies and the sentiment is in the "Memories of Home" stamp set.
Finally, I grabbed another sheet of "Magnolia Lane" DSP, this time a brown leaf pattern. I wanted to make a non-blingy card that was a bit more rustic in nature. I used the wreath dies from the "Tidings All Around" suite and I actually cut two of them, with one of them layered on top of the other with mini dimensionals. It's hard to see the two layers in the picture but it is a really effective 3D look in real life. My sentiment is from the "Itty Bitty Christmas" set again.
I have to say, that was really fun and another trip out of the box for me. I think there's even more you could do with the Magnolia Lane DSP for a Christmas theme, but that's what I tried so far. How fun to use Stampin'Up! products in new and innovative ways!
Speaking of Magnolia Lane DSP, did you know that you can buy the standard paper pack of 12 sheets, double sided, six different designs but beginning November 1st, you can also buy a large multi-pack of four of the designs! You get 20 sheets for $17! That allows you to have lots of paper for multiple projects or enough to do a large volume project. Here's a picture of the designs.
This is a great savings if you need a larger than usual volume of Designer Series Paper for one of your ideas. Look for it in the online store under "Paper". There's a link to the online store on the side bar of this block and a click there will take you to it, or you can click on my supply list below and access the store that way.
This was so much fun, I'm intrigued what other Designer Series Paper can be repurposed for Christmas. Guess I'll have to go check my stash! Hope you have a fun and creative day!
Happy Stampin'!
Sarah
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