Holly for the Holidays

Today’s card is all about the Holly and features the Gleaming Christmas stamp set. Since I seem to gravitate to the ornaments in this set, I thought it was time for a little holly! If you like this set, hurry and order as the inventory is very low.

Begin with a Very Vanilla card base 5 ½ x 8 ½”. Score in landscape position at 4 ¼”.
Layer a piece of 4 x 5 ¼” piece of Cherry Cobbler to the card base.
Cut a 3 ¾ x 5” piece of Very Vanilla and layer onto the Cherry Cobbler.
Using the Stampin’ Cut n Emboss machine and the Layering Circle Dies, cut a Cherry Cobbler scalloped circle.
Stamp a greeting, I chose Merry Christmas, in Cherry Cobbler ink onto a scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock and cut out using an oval from the Stitched Oval Shapes.
From the Christmas Gleaming Designer Series Paper, cut a piece that measures 1 ¾ x 3 ¾” and adhere across the Very Vanilla layer. Layer the Cherry Cobbler circle and the oval with the greeting to the designer series strip.
Stamp the holly several times and color with the leaves Old Olive Light and Dark blends and the holly with the Real Red blends.
Fussy cut the holly leaves. If you use our Paper Snips, this job will take no time at all.
Punch a few Mossy Meadow sprigs using the Sprig Punch and layer with the holly around the greeting and the Cherry Cobbler accent circle. I used some Stampin’ Dimensionals on a few of the holly leaves to give it a bit more dimension.
Once the card is assembled, stamp a few snow accents in Cherry Cobbler ink.

Before you leave today, here is another amazing Christmas card I received from a fellow stamper and wonderful friends, Sarah Condit. Sarah, thanks for sharing your stamping creativity with us!

You might not be able to tell from the picture, but the ornament is actually made to be 3D and detachable, I think!