Merry Christmas - Double Z Fold Card

Wow! I'm on a roll!  Two Christmas cards now under my belt.
This card was made for a theme challenge with Canadian Die Cut Exchange group.   I have only made a double Z fold card once before, so I referred to some You Tube Videos, namely this one.  I found the video to be well paced and very informative.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Reason for the Season, Flurry of Wishes

 Inks: Black Memento 

Papers: Very Vanilla, This Chirstmas Specialty DSP, Basic Black, Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper

Accessories:  Teeny circle punch, Snow Flurries punch, dimensionals, Something borrowed embellishment(retired)

Peace Be With You - Paper Craft Crew Challenge #203

My first Christmas card!
I'm only 3 weeks late in starting, but who's counting.!
I used the sketch challenge with the Paper Craft Crew Challenges to make this card.

• Garden Green card base, layered with Very Vanilla.   The DSP is "This Christmas Speciallty" DSP.
• A Very Vanilla tag was created using the retired  scallop top tag punch, which was matted with Garden Green cardstock.  On this was attached a Cherry Cobbler Poinsettia flower made using the Festive Flower punch.  The center of the flower is comprised of rolled up small center punchies in Garden Green.  At the top of the top of the tag is attached a silver glimmer snowflake punched with the Snowflake Flurry Punch.  A wooden snowflake embellishment was adhered on top of this snowflake and a bow of linen thread on top of that.
• Behind the tag is a Cherry Cobbler strip notched at both ends.
• Sentiment is from "Reason for the Season", stamped with Black Memento onto Very Vanilla  and die cut using the layering circles framelits.  It is matted with a Garden Green circle and attached to the card front using dimensionals                                                                       

Supplies Used:   
Stamps:  Reason for the Season
Inks:   Black Memento
Papers: Garden Green, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Silver Glimmer, Christmas Specialty DSP
Accessories: Scallop top tag punch (retired), Snow Flurry punch, Festive Flower punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, Linen thread, wooden snowflake embellishments (retired), Layering circles framelits, dimensionals, Clear Wink of Stella glimmer brush, Gold Wink of Stella glimmer brush.

Peace be With You - Try Stampin' on Tuesday or Not #236

The challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday is a sketch challenge plus a card fold challenge.  The challenge is to make a Gatefold card using the sketch.
For some reason I had a poinsettia flower in my mind all day, so using the Festive Flower Builder punch and the stamp set "Reason for the Season" this is what I made for this gatefold card.

 

• This gatefold card has a Real Red base.  Each of the front panels is matted with Very Vanilla, and Home for Christmas DSP (music).  All edges were sponged with Cherry Cobbler ink.
• The image panel is Very Vanilla, matted with Real Red.  At the lower end is a small horizontal Wild Wasabi panel  which is embossed with the Starburst Embossing folder (retired).  The panel is sponged with Old Olive ink.  In the center of that is a small rhinestones

• The Poinsettia flower was made using the Festive Flower Builder punch and Real Red cardstock.  The middle detail of each petal was stamped using the Reason for the Season stamp set in Cherry Cobbler ink.  The leaves with punched in Wild Wasabi, and the details stamped with Old Olive ink.  All the petals and leaves were folded in half to make the flower look more realistic.  The center of the flower is punched using Hello Honey cardstock.
• The sentiment is from "Reason for the Season"

Here is the inside of the card.

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Tote Bag with Poinsettia Flower

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.The tote was made with Merry Moments DSP and Real Red Cardstock.  I punched Real Red Petite flowers before adding the silver mini brads to the handles.

.To made the flower, I punched all the elements 4 times using Real Red cardstock.  The center was punched separately using Hello Honey cardstock.  The leaves were punched with Old Olive cardstock and then stamped to get the leaf markings, using Always Artichoke ink and the  "Reason for the Season" stamp.  The stampens were sponged lightly with Real Red.

.All petals were sponged with Cherry Cobbler ink; the leaves with Always Artichoke.

.I also curled and shaped the petals prior to putting the flower together.

.I punched a 1" circle punch upon which the flower petals would be built.

.Using a hot glue gun, I attached each petal to the circle, starting with the larger ones, and then adding the smaller ones on top.  The stamens were added last.

.Then I added the leaves, and attached the now finished flower to the side of the tote bag.

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