Ros Davidson, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, Melbourne, Australia

Stampin' Up! Slimline Gnome Punch Art Christmas Card

Well, this is my last Making Merry Monday card for the year. I won't go as far to say it's my final Christmas card for the year though...
I decided to make a fun card this time, well I think so. My 17 year old son, told me it was lame and a dad joke (but from mum) but I never asked his opinion!


I used the subtle 3D embossing folder to add texture to the beard and used the heartwarming hugs DSP for the hat and the patterned paper in the background. I used some retired red foil for the 2020 and printed the sentiment on my computer using the Futura font in size 32 (I also used the same font on the inside of the card.) The red/green foil in the August - December mini catalogue would look great also only the green isn't pear pizzaz so it looked a little odd and I really wanted a glitter for the 2020. To fill in some blank space on my slimline card I used some of my gold foil faux resin dots.


Inside card - I inked the beard on the gnome to make it stand out on the whisper white card and I kind of wished I inked the beard for the card front as well... Maybe next time if I make more of these cards.


Punch art sheet so you can make your own gnome with hand drawn lines so you can see what sections I cut off with paper snips. Obviously, I used the ornament from gleaming ornaments upside which is why I have photographed it upside down.
I did use a retired 1/2" circle punch but you could easily replace that with a small die cut circle from the garage gears die for example or the middle of the "o" from playful alpahbet dies. 


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Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $13.00	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] $15.25	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $13.00	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $13.00	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009] $15.25	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75	Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper [153492] $20.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00
Forever Flourishing Dies [152714] $63.00	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $17.50	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00	Pine Tree Punch [149521] $31.00
Perennial Flower Punch [149522] $31.00	Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack [150647] $59.00

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Stampin' Up! Poinsettia Place DSP Christmas Card with Curvy Dies

I have again used the curvy dies (for this weeks Making Merry Monday) from the Quite Curvy Bundle or the Quite Curvy Variety Bundle and they are becoming a fast favourite. This week, I paired them with the Poinsettia Place DSP. I love that you don't need the coordinating dies or the stamp set (but by no means, you can certainly still purchase them!) and with some fussy cutting you can make a cheap, wow poinsettia card.


I created a curvy edged card using the curvy dies and I love the peek a boo it offers into the inside of the card. The curvy dies are fabulous at creating the curvy edges and the "offcut" that you get from the DSP can also be used to decorate the inside of the card. 


Inside card


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Quick and easy Stampin' Up! Making Merry Monday #7 2020 Christmas card using Tree Angle and Peace and Joy stamp sets

The curvy dies from the Quite Curvy Bundle or the Quite Curvy Variety Bundle make for quick and easy cards when you mix them with some stamps and designer series paper. In my case, I have used the very versatile 'flowers for every season designer series paper' and the tree angle and peace and joy stamp sets. You could replicate this card many times and with the various curvy dies and different designer series paper achieve completely different card looks!


I have raised up my sentiment with stampin' dimensionals for added height and have ran the just jade cardstock thought the stampin' cut and emboss machine with the subtle 3D embossing folder for added texture and interest. You could of course skip this skip for an even quicker card. As well as leaving the rhinestone basic jewels off the tree for a very quick card. 

Close up


Inside card - To finish off the inside I card a strip of the curvy die again and a "tree" using the flowers for every season. The sentiment comes from the Tree angle stamp set.


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Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75	Flowers For Every Season 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152486] $20.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Stitched Stars Dies [150653] $66.00	Curvy Dies [154319] $50.00	Stitched Triangles Dies [152710] $61.00	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $17.50
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Making Merry Monday #6 2020

For my Making Merry Monday card today, I had a poll on my Facebook page where I asked if I should make a traditional or a modern/bright card. The answer was 100% modern/bright card and this was my attempt at modern/bright. I went with bermuda bay for my colour and felt it would have been brighter if I had of chosen a different colour but I felt it is bright and modern in design for me.


I have used brown paper (from old Stampin' Up! packaging) to create a faux silk background ink the sky and have fussy cut the designer series paper trees. I used the playful alphabet dies with foam adhesive sheets for added dimension and height and of course, my homemade faux resin dots.

Close up


Inside card - I typed a sentiment (font Bradley Hand, size 17) as I didn't have the right sentiment and tried to replicate the front of the card 


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Making Merry Monday #5 2020

I decided to visit an old technique for my card today, triple layer stamping and paired it with the peace and joy bundle from the August - December 2020 mini catalogue. I am not sure if I have mentioned it before but the peace and joy bundle, has to be my favourite bundle from the entire mini catalogue!
I used the following colours for my card today:


Here's my triple layer stamping card


Close up


Inside card


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Making Merry Monday #4 2020

For my Making Merry Monday card today I have used the Plaid Tidings DSP 6" x 6" pack, which is one of the DSP's that is available this month for 15% off (see all the DSP's on sale here). I begun with an origami Christmas tree fold that I placed on a whisper white piece of cardstock that I embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder. I heat embossed the words "merry & and" from Peace and Joy stamp set and die cut the word "bright" from Joy Dies in gold foil. I also die cut a gold foil star from stitched star dies. I finished off my card with three gold foil faux resin dots. 


Close up


Inside card


If you make your own Origami Christmas tree card, I'd love to see your creation.

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Making Merry Monday #3 2020

For my card today, I have gone with a black, white and gold theme. I used the Christmas gleaming, peaceful boughs and a wish for everything stamp sets plus the word wishes dies for an elegant looking Christmas card. I heat embossed the Christmas ornaments with gold embossing powder on basic black cardstock and popped them up with stampin' dimensionals. I stamped peaceful boughs in memento on whisper white cardstock and die cut Merry Christmas from gold foil. The white panel is double matted in gold foil and basic black cardstock and layered onto whisper white thick cardstock.


 Close up


Inside card


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Making Merry Monday #2 2020

For my Making Merry Monday card today I have made a strippy Christmas card using stitched triangle dies with 'Tis the Season designer series paper. I added a heat embossed sentiment from Christmas Gleaming stamp set and faux resin dots to fill in some blank space. 


Close up


Inside card - I continued decorating the inside with the Christmas Gleaming stamp set and leftover scraps of the "Tis the Season DSP. 


'Tis the Season DSP is one of the 15 designer series papers on special this month available at 15% off.

Shop the DSP on sale here. 

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In Good Taste Designer Series Paper [152494] $37.00	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $52.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Stitched Stars Dies [150653] $66.00
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Making Merry Monday #1 2020

It's been a long time since I've done a Making Merry Monday post, (I did them weekly for a long time from 2009 - 2013) and since I can't teach in person classes currently (thanks to the lockdown situation in Melbourne, Australia at the moment) my Christmas card stash is looking rather sad for this time of year. I've decided to bring back Making Merry Monday for the foreseeable future to make myself create Christmas cards for my stash. 

Here is today's card.


I've used the stunning Heartwarming Hugs designer series paper which is on the DSP sale this month in a chevron fold along with the peace and joy bundle. I hope today's card inspires you to create a Christmas card this week.

Close up


Inside card - I did another chevron fold for the inside but I cut it a little short! Opps (as I didn't want it to take up a lot of space inside the card, possibly should have used another sentiment also!)


If you want to grab any of the products I have mentioned in this post, I have included a shopping list at the end of the post. 


Shop now in my online store and don't forget to use this months hostess code for a free gift next month (if your order is under $250. If your order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
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Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $13.00	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] $15.25	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $13.00	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25
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