christmas swap cards

christmas swap cards

Well August swap cards have arrived and they are full of ideas and Fall and Christmas colors and delight! I cannot wait to share all the creativity from my creative upline, sidelines and downline demonstrators!

This first card comes from Marcy W and features the Warms My Heart stamp set on Real Red, Granny Apple Green and Basic White cardstock, Take a Bow 6″ x 6″ DSP strips and the Pinewood planks embossing folder. It is hard to see the little embellishments but they are called Clear Ribboned Adhesive-backed Dots and when you look through the clear resin there are black criss cross patterns below – they are VERY COOL!

The next swap card comes from Robin C and uses the Regal Winter Suite collection of products. The suite contains the Regal Flora stamp set. and coordinating dies set, Regal Foiled Adhesive-Backed Dots in four coordinating colors, a specialty DSP called Regal Distressed Patterns in Gold foil, and a DSP set of gorgeous floral paper called Regal Winter 12″ x 12″ DSP plus a Blackberry Bliss and Gold Textured Ribbon and Robin uses many of these products on her lovely card!
Lyn L’s swap card features the Reindeer Days 12″ x 12″ DSP and the Real Red and White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints as a festive accent!
Marie W’s swap card uses Sheperd’s care stamp set on a Twisted Easel fun fold card. She used Stampin’ Blends in Pool Party, Wild Wheat, Petal Pink and Daffodil Delight to color the image!
This swap card from Kathi D features many of the products in the Wildly Flowering Suite Collection from the annual catalog. The paper in it’s muted toned is soft and luxorious and the dies set features interlocking framed sentiment pieces and lovely flowering stamped images.
Susan W’s swap card uses the Caring Leaves and Stylish Shapes die set in hues of Cajun Craze, Old Olive and Wild Wheat.
She heat embossed the leaf veins and two step stamped the inside of the leaves with the Old Olive and Cajun Craze to make a lovely Fall card!
Denise W’s swap card uses a standard card scored at 1″ and bent back on itself to create a playful alternative to a standard card. She used the Winterly Tree Tops stamp set and the Nests of Winter Suite of Products including the Nests of Winter DSP for a beautiful thank you card!
Veronica’s Christmas card for our swap comes from the Reindeer Days Suite collection and uses the new Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder on Real Red cardstock!
Judy P’s swap card used the Autumn Leaves for the sentiment for her lovely Fall card. The images are from the Online Exclusive image only set called Scenic Pumpkin Patch.
Lori V’s center step fun fold swap card sparkles with the new Festive Glimmer paper on the inside step of the card and the Peaceful Evergreens stamp set on the center step! The sentiment die is from the Peaceful Seasons die set which are all part of the Seasons of Elegance suite collection!
This swap card from my downline Robyn M uses a direct to paper technique by swiping Balmy Blue ink pad directly across a 4″ x 5 1/4″ Basic White card stock layer. She stamped the home and tree images from the new Yuletide Village stamp set from the 2024 September to December mini!
This swap card from Carol S features the Decorative Trees and Falling Snow stamp sets, Wineer Meadow DSP, Decorative Trees and Christmas Labels dies and the So Swirly Embossing Folder. She embossed the star in Soilver embossing powder and used the Iridescent Striped Trim and Rhinestone Basics Jewels to finish off this great Christmas card in Night of Navy and Real Red accents!
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ice cream swirl twisted easel bookfold card

ice cream swirl twisted easel bookfold card

This Ice Cream Swirl is such a fun whimsical bundle! I really love the playfulness of it and this card is just built for the whimsy of this set!

I recently received a Twisted Easel Bookfold card in my swap this month and so i decided to rework it with my own style and blog it for you with all the directions and photos so you will be able to recreate it!

Measurements:
BASE: Flirty Flamingo 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 4 1/4″ and 5 1/2″
Basic White layer: 4″ square
scrap of Crumb cake for the cone
scraps of white for the sentiments and base of
the ice cream
scrap of Flirty Flamingo for the swirl and the
inside sentiment matte
DSP: 1″ x 4″

Score the base card at 4 1/4″ and 5 1/2″ and crease well with a bone folder. Place Tear & Tape in between the two score lines and fold the card closed sealing the book binding fold.
Fold the square upwards so the bottom right hand point matches up to the top right hand point – using your bone folder crease the diagonal fold well matching on the top edge.
Bend backwards so the score line is a mountain fold.
Add the 4″ Basic White layer to the inside of the card.
Die cut the swirl in Flirty Flamingo, the ice cream base in Basic White and the cone in Crumb Cake cardstock and add the embossing for the cone as well.
Adhere the swirl to the ice cream Basic White base and adhere the ice cream to the cone.

The cone plus ice cream will be too tall so you willwant to place the tip of the ice cream at the top of the card and adhere the cone to the bottom triangle below the diagonal score line only. Cut cone that is hanging below the bottom edge of the card.

Stamp the Make a Wish and Yum Yum sentiments in both Flirty Flamingo and Crumb Cake inks. Fussy cut in straight lines around each Yum you will need two of each color. Cut the A out in the Crumb cake and adhere over the A in the Flirty Flamingo Make a Wish sentiment cut into a square and matte onto Flirty Flamingo. Adhere the Yum Yums above and below the diagonal score line on the card front.
Add the Make a wish with Stampin’ Dimensionals to the lower right hand corner of the inside of the card. This will serve as the easel holder for the Twisted Easel fun fold.
I added 5 Iridescent Pastel gems to the card front to finish it off.
Try this fun and whimsical card today with some of your own supplies and create some art work of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie