Cheery Christmas New Release Blog Hop

Hi Everybody,

Have you started making your Christmas cards?  If not, Graciellie Design is having a blog hop to inspire you to start them.  We are featuring Really Reasonable Ribbon.  Below I will explain how the monthly Ribbon Club works.

The new release includes four new digital stamp sets and a pack of digital paper.  HERE'S A LINK to Graciellie Design online shop to see them all.  The one I am using is called Cheery Christmas.  I LOVE the detail in this wreath and it was so much fun coloring it with Copic Markers.  There is a lot of great detail on the holly leaves and I really like the fonts used here.

HERE'S A LINK to CHEERY CHRISTMAS stamp set

HERE'S A LINK to Holiday Traditions Digital Patterned Paper

I started this card by printing the wreath and sentiment and then colored the wreath with Copic Markers and fussy cut it out.  It seemed a little risky to cut this out with my Scan N Cut.

Next, I printed one of the digital patterned papers in the new set called Holiday Traditions and HERE'S A LINK to this paper pack. This card turned out so well with the red damask print I chose.

I used a die set from Gina Marie Designs called the Scalloped Rectangles.  It was really nice to be able to use both of the sizes on this card as a frame.  This card was made a little larger than an A2; it is 5"x 6-1/2".  The sentiment was cut out using the Stitched Rectangle Die.  Since a laser printer was used, the sentiment was foiled using Thermoweb DecoFoil in Gold.  Since darker greens were used for the wreath, the DecoFoil Pen was used to add specks of gold foil randomly on the wreath to brighten it up.

Ribbons with gold edges were chosen to coordinate with the gold in the card.  I wrapped it around the card and separately tied a double bow using the Bow Easy.  Even if you are like me and not very good at tying bows, the Bow Easy really makes it easy to do.  I used a glue dot to glue the bow down and pop dots under the wreath.

The ribbon used is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I am very impressed with the quality of this ribbon.  It's beautiful, easy to work with and doesn't ravel when you cut the edges.  I would highly recommend trying it.  I love the monthly Ribbon Club because you get a beautiful assortment of ribbons that coordinate with each other.  The Christmas Assortment was used for this card and is pictured below.  I used the ribbon on the right end. 

I also have the Country Holiday Collection shown below.  How beautiful are these colors???  Seeing ribbons like this makes me want to use ribbon more on my cards.  It does add a lovely touch.  I feel like ribbon adds something extra to the card to show you really want to dress the card up to make it even more special.

Here's how the Monthly Ribbon Club works....  The customer joins and from then on (until you say you would like to stop) they automatically bill and ship a new assortment on the first of each month.  Each assortment contains 7-9 different styles and 14-18 yards of ribbon.  Typically it is 9 styles and 17 or 18 yards.  Each monthly assortment is either a holiday or color themed assortment of coordinating ribbon. 

The October Christmas Assortment I used had 9 styles and 17 yards of ribbon and lace.  The November assortment assortment is the Country Holiday Collection shown above and has 9 styles and 18 yards of ribbon. 

There will be a special in November where you can start with the October/November set pictured above for a reduced price.  Head over to the website for more details, pricing, etc. HERE'S A LINK to Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

The link to the Ribbon Club Category is Monthly Ribbon Club Category

As always we want to share more project ideas with you, so make sure you visit each blog for more inspiration and also for a chance to win a $20 gift card -not coupon- to the shop, so you can get our entire Holiday Traditions collection this month! 

Your next stop in the blog hop is TERRI BURSON of WAVING MY WAND. She always showcases her projects so beautifully.  HERE IS A LINK to her blog. 

If you would like to start the hop from the beginning, you will start at the Graciellie Design blog and HERE's A LINK. 

Thank you so much for participating in our hop and I hope you'll take a minute and check out Really Reasonable Ribbon's website.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina

Christmas Cards I Made This Year

Hi Everybody!

I just want to say Merry Christmas to all of my card making friends.  I did not have as much time as I wanted to make Christmas cards this year so I wanted to post the two types that I did make. 

I love this stamp from Crafter's Companion called Let It Snow.  I colored him with Copics.  There is another cute one with Barkley on it called 1st Class Christmas.  This card got a lot of attention on some of my card groups and people were saying they couldn't find it or everyone was out.  I'm not sure how I got so lucky to get both.  I buy a lot of this kind of stuff from a lady on Facebook named, Deb Sclafoni.  I buy stamps and dies from  her and she is fabulous, ships fast.  I buy my Copics from Terri Olsen from Stamps Alive.  She has great prices on markers and refills and ships super fast as well.  

How cute is this stamp?  The inside stamp is from I Brake For Stamps called Best Wishes Christmas Tree.

I love the inside stamp because it can be embossed.  I embossed it here in black and have embossed in silver as well.  It's the perfect stamp to say everything you want to say.  

I used a Spellbinder's die for the other card that covers the entire card front called Holiday Greetings.  

I put different color backgrounds behind the die and different dies inside and some of the punch outs from the die on front, such as here, I used the snowflakes.  These were pretty fast to make.  

I have heard many people say they didn't have time this year to make Christmas cards so they were going to make New Year's Cards.  I think that is a fabulous idea because people won't expect to get a card after first of the year.  My post tomorrow will show a New Year's Card......

I hope you have a wonderful holiday!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!


Regina

I Brake For Decorating Insides of Christmas Cards

Hi everybody!

I've seen several people post in different card groups, asking where to get good stamps for insides of cards and what are different ways to decorate insides of cards.  That is what this week's post is about.  I want to give examples of a few different stamps that can be used inside or outside the cards as well.  

I love this stamp from I Brake For Stamps called Best Wishes Christmas Tree.  I embossed this one in silver but it would look just as nice stamped in a colored ink such as red or green.  I will use this inside a card.

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I know I don't like to write a lot in a card so this says it all, you can just sign your card with your name. 


I like this stamp called Holiday Wishes because it is a large size.  You can use this on the outside or inside.  I am using it inside and just signing my name and Merry Christmas.  I used Tim Holtz Festive Berries ink to stamp but I went over parts of the letters with a Sakura Red Star glitter pen.

I used a background stamp for this one with a Bible Verse.  It is called For Unto Us Background.  This one could also go out or inside and can stamp in different colors or emboss.  I used a Crafter's Companion die called Christmas Blessing with this one.

I hope I have inspired you to make Christmas cards, decorating the insides, making them extra special.  Check out I Brake For Stamps and you will find many stamps that will work for you.  

Thanks and have a great day!


Regina - Design Team Member