Hinged Christmas Card- Tis the Season

A week or so ago - I shared a "sneak peek" at a card I was making for my home party that night. Then, remember the SNOW storm that came to my area?? Yup - that 6" postponed the party until tonight!

So today is the day I am EXCITED to share this card design with you!

To begin creating this card, I was looking through my stamp sets...and realized I hadn't yet used the Tis the Season - Scrapbooking stamp set!! Well, I decided to change that, and started brainstorming on how this "scrapbooking" stamp, could be used on a CARD design.

Well, I came across this card design was from my friend & fellow consultant, Tina Lovell. What a talented lady she is! I loved the card design she used for a card she made in the past, so I took her design & changed it into a Christmas card!

It's always FUN to change up a card's function in opening...and I was determined to create something different for my cardmakers tonight....because some of them are close to "expert" level & I love to learn new things from them! Tonight, I'm hoping that I can teach them something too!

One "fun part" about this card....notice the RED ribbon...Do we HAVE red ribbon with gold running through it???

No----- we don't have red ribbon :)
....HOWEVER....anything this is WHITE, can be made colored with our ShinHan Alcohol markers! Wahoo!! LOVE this feature of our markers!

And look at those BEAUTIFUL sprigs!! Yes...these are from my FAVORITE product in this Holiday Expression Idea book - the Decorative Border Thin Cuts (metal dies) I am AMAZED at how much I use these cut designs!! Love - LOVE them!!

And let's take a look at the inside of this hinge card design....

How NEAT is that?!?!!!!!

Do you see how this opens?? With our sturdy, but BEAUTIFUL designer paper, creating this card was a snap!

The branch of leaves was from the Tis the Season- Scrapbooking stamp, ( I used New England Ivy ink to stamp it) and this was just the touch that the writing section inside needed!

Tina shared with me to cut the paper at 7 1/4 in length....

Next to cut the "triangle - that's not really a triangle piece - LOL!!

the left side is 1 3/4" tall

the RIGHT side is 5" tall.

I just played around with it, until I got the cut I liked, using my paper trimmer to cut these diagonal lines. :) I didn't realize how much I'd like this card....I should have taken pictures of my creating along the way! :)

The words on the front & the inside of the card, all came from the October Special stamp set - Love with all the Trimmings.

This stamp set can STILL be purchased as part of the Holiday Sparkle cardmaking kit - HURRY - it is a While Supplies Last item!!

I hope this inspired YOU to create & maybe even gave you a few ideas too!

If you'd like to recreate a similar card, I've listed the card ingredients below.

Products used in this card...

D1801 Tis the Season - Scrapbooking stamp
D Love with All the Trimmings stamp

X7239B - Tis the Season Paper pack

X7239D Tis the Season Coordinating Cardstock

X6028 Black Cardstock

Z4241 Decorative Border thin cuts

Z3238 Gold Glitter Paper

Z2448 ShinHan marker - Carmine

Z1985 Gold Shimmer Trim

Z4194 White & Gold Skinny Ribbon

Z3090 Red Enamel Gems

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Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!

Krista Hershberger

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October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Thanks & Giving

Welcome to our monthly Stamp of the Month (SOTM) Blog Hop!!!

If you have come here from Michelle's Blog, you are on the right track!!

This month, we will be featuring the EXCLUSIVE October SOTM stamp set called "Thanks & Giving".

This blog hop is a great big circle, so you can START HERE & work your way around to the many consultants on this “hop”! If you get lost along the way, you’ll find a complete list of PARTICIPATING CONSULTANTS by clicking HERE…

This month we have many Close To My Heart Consultants that will be sharing items they have created using this month’s stamp set.  So, sit back & enjoy your tour as you click on the link at the end of each post to see what EVERY consultant has created.

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Here is this months EXCLUSIVE stamp set, that you can get for ONLY $5 with your $50 CTMH purchase in OCTOBER 2018. 

I LOVE that we have an EXCLUSIVE stamp set available at a DISCOUNT each & every month!!

Look at this BEAUTIFUL stamp set...and what a FABULOUS price point! :)   

I chose to create a card with this stamp set...take a look :)  

I was inspired by a 2 fellow consultant and the CTMH Art Department for this card! :)  (thank you Brenda Rose, Becca Whitman & our Fabulous art department) AND....would you like to know where the card design came from??

Take a look to the card on the right....

while the card I created above- is NOT the same as this card design, :)  it IS where my card design idea originated from!!  This card comes from our FABULOUS cardmaking Workshop kit called "Hugs for You".  EACH of our WYW kits, found in our Holiday Expressions Idea Book INCLUDE directions & card or scrapbooking sketches!! 

I also chose to use the BEAUTIFUL, fall toned paper pack, named "Grateful Heart".  I love the tones in this paper pack...isn't it beautiful?!?!!

Let's take a closer look at the Grateful Heart papers...and then we'll talk about my card creation. 

One of my FAVORITE new products are the NEWEST Thin Cut sets (metal dies)....take a look at our Decorative Border Thin Cuts.  OH the possibilities!
So I was determined to use them in this card design. :) 
Let's take a close up look at this card....

I used the notebook paper edge, the double stitched die to create a border around the outside as well as adding them to the White Daisy "notebook" paper too!

The circle - was created by using our STITCHED Circle Thin Cuts (metal dies)...and it was the perfect addition to add more "stitching" to this card! :) 

For the birdhouse, I used paper from our 6 pack of paper called "Seasons Mix-In".  What a WONDERFUL pack of papers that coordinate with everyone of our paper packs in the Holiday Expression book!! 

Here's a peek at these paper designs...

The row of hearts comes from one of the Grateful Heart paper pack "zip strips"....if you aren't familiar with zip strips...all CTMH papers, have this FABULOUS 1/2" strip at the top of our paper collections!! 

On one side, the coordinating colors are listed, and the other side is a beautiful pattern design that you can use on any of your creations! :)

You may have noticed the indented "x's" at the bottom of the card.  Those are created with the Decorative Border Thin Cuts too :) 


To finish off the card, I stamped the leaf branch with New England Ivy ink onto fern cardstock, then just trimmed it out. 
The final touch was adding the Gold Glitter Gems & adding a piece of white & gold skinny ribbon.  

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I hope you are enjoying this blog hop & are getting LOTS of ideas for when you create with your OWN Stamp of the month stamp set. Happy Crafting to each of you! 

Now – it’s time to head over to check out Kathy's blog to see what CRAFTY item(s) she has created using this stamp set!

Be sure to visit ALL the Consultants at their blogs to get some GREAT crafting ideas!!  We always love to hear any feedback you’d like to share as well, so feel free to leave a comment below. 

****Remember*****

The October Stamp of the Month (SOTM) –

 ”Thanks & Giving” – is ONLY available until October 30, 2018.

It can be yours at the retail price of $17.95 OR pay ONLY $5 when you purchase $50 in CTMH products this month!!!  

Contact your CTMH Consultant to answer any questions you many have. (or click here if you need a consultant )  

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista