Northern Lights

Merry Christmas Eve and of course it is never to late to spread some Christmas cheer! And just how do we do that? Well, there is a great quote from one of my favorite Christmas movies…..can you guess which one! Today’s card features Christmas Means More and it will give you a clue to the movie!

• Begin with a Crumb Cake card base 5 ½ x 8 ½”. Score in landscape position at 4 ¼”.
• Layer a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of Cherry Cobbler on the card front. 
• Cut a  2 ¼ x 5 ¼” strip of the Crumb Cake stars from the Classic Christmas Designer Series paper pack and layer it across the middle of the Cherry Cobbler panel.
• Stamp the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler ink on Whisper White cardstock and cut it out using the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine and the Layering Square Dies.   
• Using the Layering Square Dies, cut a scallop square from Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake cardstock.  I love how easy it is to build layers with these dies.  You might want to check out the Layering Circle and Ovals in the annual catalog as well. They really do take the guess work out of layering.
• Place a Stampin’ Dimensional on all four corners and adhere to the Crumb Cake strip.
• Add three Gold Metallic Pearls to the Cherry Cobbler panel.
• Stamp your favorite Merry Christmas sentiment on the inside using Cherry Cobber ink. I used the Merry Christmas from the Tag Buffet stamp set. I added a Gold Metallic Pearl to the “i” in Christmas.

Have you guessed the movie yet? If you guessed ELF, then you would be correct. Give yourself a Gold star, or better yet, reward yourself with a pack of Gold and Silver Metallic Pearls.

So it turns out that I prepared this blog post ahead of time and now the Christmas Means More stamp set is sold out! So if you have this set, enjoy the card idea. If you don’t have it, keep reading, there is another Christmas card for you using the Snow Wonder Bundle, which is still available!

The technique that I used for this card is called Northern Lights and it is sponging of colors!

• Begin with a Gorgeous Grape card base 5 ½ x 8 ½”. Score in landscape position at 4 ¼”.
• On a piece of Whisper White cardstock cut at 4 x 5 ¼” sponge your color of choices to create the Northern Lights.  Below is a video on the technique.  I prepared this video for a virtual event, but the technique is still the same.
• Before laying your “Northern Lights” panel, tear a few strips of Whisper White cardstock to create snow drifts and adhere them to bottom of your Northern Lights scene.
• Stamp the sentiment in Memento Black ink in the snow and layer onto the card front.  I used the greeting from Itty Bitty Christmas featured in the annual catalog. Stamp can cut out the snowman from the Snow Wonder Bundle and add a splash of color (as much as you like) using the Stampin’ Blends.  I used Shaded Spruce and Real Red.

Stay safe, enjoy your loved ones and Have a Very Merry Christmas!