I hope you are ready…Christmas is almost here!  I think I finally have things under control.  Did I get everything done?  No…not quite.  But…what didn't get done, won't be missed, I'm sure.  I have lots of cooking and baking over the next few days with my son and his wife in town and the rest of our family over for Christmas dinner!

The base of the card is a 6×6 Cherry Cobbler piece of cardstock, folded in half to make a 3×6 card.  I added a couple strips of Jolly Holiday Designer Paper.  Then I stamped Happy Holidays from Holiday Happiness in Early Espresso in the bottom corner.

For the reindeer, I punched the body with the 2 1/2 Circle from Crumb Cake cardstock.  The head is a 1 3/8 circle and I trimmed off each side to make it rectangular.  I sponged around the edges of both with Early Espresso Classic Ink.  The eyes are Black Mini Brads.  The red nose is a Red Glimmer Brad!  I used the small heart from the Heart to Heart punch for the ears out of Early Espresso cardstock.  The antlers are made from the Snowflake Punch, just cut off two of them.  I hand drew the spots and muzzle.  The legs are just trimmed pieces of Crumb Cake cardstock and the hooves are Early Espresso punched with the 1/2 circle and cut in half.  Finally, I popped up the head off the body with Stampin' Dimensionals and I tied a small bow from the 1/8 Real Red Taffeta Ribbon for his neck!

To you and yours, I wish a VERY Merry Christmas!  I will have a post tomorrow for the sketch challenge on Stamping 411 and sporadically over the next week!  Stop back to see!

This is my swap card for the recent Christmas Card Control Freaks Swap!  I’m thinking of doing something similar for my actual Christmas Card this year.  I need to be thinking about it because my weekend stamping retreat is coming up VERY quickly!  I always work on my Christmas Cards there so I have them done early.  But…it does require a little pre-planning since I make about 120 cards!

For this one, I started with the base of Real Red.  Next is a layer of Naturals White cardstock and I added a 4×4 square of flocked Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Paper to the bottom.  I wrapped the Polka Dot Real Red ribbon (reversed so the plain side shows) to the back and adhered and to hide the seam.

Rudolph from the Stampin’ Up! Sparkly and Bright stamp set was stamped on Naturals White cardstock with Basic Brown ink.  I colored his nose with the Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker.  He is punched with the 1 1/4 circle, then layered on Real Red 1 3/8 circle and the Chocolate Chip Scallop Circle.  Sparkly and Bright greeting is stamped in the upper left corner with Basic Brown ink.

Really a simple card, but the flocked designer paper and the polka dot ribbon make it feel beautiful.  Plus…it is nice and flat for mailing!

Have a great day!

Supplies:

Set:  Sparkly and Bright (115346)

Inks:  Basic Brown (104315), Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker (100052)

Cardstock:  Naturals White (102316), Real Red (102482)

Accessories:  Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Paper (116770), 3/4 Real Red Polka Dot Ribbon (115608), 1 1/4 circle punch (104403), 1 3/8 circle punch (104401), Scallop Circle Punch (109043)

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