Angela's PaperArts: Stampin' Up! Side Split Panel Christmas card

I do like using metallics on my Christmas projects. I feel it adds that little special touch appropriate for the festive season.  This Side Split Panel card has lots of gold embellishment.

The Decorative Tree diecut was stamped and heat embossed using the WOW! gold embossing powder. 

The Season of Green & Gold paper is part of a broader suite with a co-ordinating stamp & die bundle, but I liked how it still paired well with the Decorative Trees bundle.

If you'd like to learn how to make this style of card, you can find my tutorial here.

The current Stampin' Up! products used on the project can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia.

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Angela's PaperArts: Stampin Up Christmas labels distressed rustic Christmas card

I'm continuing to make my Christmas cards and thought I'd share a tip for distressing embossed cardstock today.

Here's the card which features the Christmas Labels bundle, Painted Trees 3D embossing folder, Winter Meadows designer series paper and the two-tone Garden Green cardstock from the Reindeer Memories multi colour two-tone cardstock pack. 

TIP: The two-tone cardstock has a light and dark side of the Garden Green colour and also a white core. This makes it easy to distress & reveal the white core by using a piece of sandpaper or an emery board. By lightly rubbing the sandpaper over the raised edges of the Painted Trees 3D embossed cardstock, it revealed the white core which looks like 'snow' on the trees.  

Another way to distress embossed cardstock is to swipe an inkpad over the raised sections of the embossed cardstock to get contrasting colours on the embossed image.

You may remember this tip from my last post where I showed how to save the excess diecut pieces from the largest Christmas Labels as they are cute little flourishes. 

Here's how I used the little flourish pieces on this card's sentiment label. I tucked them around the Christmas label to add a finishing touch. 

I also flicked ink mixed with a little water onto the card to add a further distressing element to the card.

I hope you like this project. If you live in Australia, you can view and purchase Stampin' Up! products directly from my online store.

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Angela's PaperArts: Stampin' Up! Christmas Labels card

Making Christmas cards is at the top of my crafting list at the moment.  The Stampin' Up! Christmas Labels bundle is a lovely set for adding sentiments onto my cards. I've also used the newly released Marbled Elegance specialty designer series paper on the two cards I'm sharing today.

The Marbled Elegance paper has been released to co-ordinate with the new Hearts of Elegance stamp & die bundle.  I love the versatility of this paper as some of the sheets have a red, gold & white colour scheme which perfectly suits Christmas projects too.

TIP: To economically use the distressed gold foil paper onto which the Marbled Elegance paper was matted, I diecut the Christmas Label out of the paper first. Once the Marbled Elegance paper was layered on top of it, the hole in the gold foil paper was totally covered and the card recipient wouldn't know it was there at all.

TIP: You may notice from the picture above that there are little flourishes under the largest Christmas Labels diecut. These are pieces which come out of the label which would normally be thrown away, but not this time - they're perfect little flourish accents on projects. 

Here are the two card side by side. Which one do you prefer?

You can see the Marbled Elegance paper and all the other newly released Online Exclusives here. 

If you live in Australia, you can view and purchase Stampin' Up! products directly from my online store.

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Angela's PaperArts: Stampin' Up! Christmas Decorative Trees floating panel-popup card

I'm continuing to create projects with the new Stampin' Up! Decorative Trees stamp & die bundle.

This floating panel aka pop-up panel special fold card features the snowflake tree from the Decorative Trees bundle and it works so well with the Winter Meadow designer series paper.

Here's a top-down view of the card.

Here's a side view of the card.

The current Stampin' Up! products used on the project can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia.

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Angela's PaperArts: Stampin' Up! Decorative Trees card & samples

The Stampin' Up! Sept-Dec Mini and September Scrapbooking catalogues launch today. One of my favourite bundles from the new catalogue is the Decorative Trees bundle.

This card features the new Decorative Trees bundle along with the Take A Bow designer series paper.

There are many diecut options in this bundle which can be mixed & matched. Here's a sample sheet of the Decorative Trees diecuts for you along with a couple of combination examples.

You can view the new Sept-Dec Mini catalogue and the September Scrapbooking brochure here.

The current Stampin' Up! products used on the project can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia.

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Angela's PaperArts: Stampin' Up! Seasons of Green & Gold Christmas card

I'm loving the gold foiling touches in the Stampin' Up! Online Exclusive Season of Green & Gold specialty designer series paper.

While this paper is part of the broader suite with a co-ordinating stamp & die bundle, I simply fussy cut the focal elements from one of the sheets of paper in the pack. It's an economical way to create a card.

The current Stampin' Up! products used on the project can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia.

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Angela's PaperArts: Christmas in July

Have you started your Christmas card making as yet?

I often start making my Christmas cards in July so there's no last minute rush to get them done on time. This is the first card for the year. 

While the papers are remnants from last year, I did use the current Spotlight on Nature circular dies and the wreath is from the Lifetime of Love die set to create this card.

The current Stampin' Up! products used on the project can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia.

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Angela's PaperArts: Merry Christmas

I'd like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

I'll be taking a break over the holiday season and will be back in 2024 with more projects.

In the meantime, if you need some Stampin' Up! goodies,  my online store is open 24/7.

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Angela's PaperArts: Rustic Christmas Classics card

Sometimes I like to move away from creating the traditional sized cards and make square cards instead.

I've created this slightly more rustic Christmas card featuring the Stampin' Up! Christmas Classics bundle which is sadly retiring and only available while stock lasts or until 3 January, 2024.

The current Stampin' Up! products used on this project can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia. All retiring products are only available while stock lasts or until 3 January 2024 at the latest.

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Angela's PaperArts: Christmas Classics twisted easel card & tutorial

Why not add a little twist to your Christmas cards.

This twisted easel card features the Stampin' Up! Christmas Classics bundle which is sadly retiring and only available while stock lasts or until 3 January, 2024.

To create the twisted easel:

• Score the front of any size of card base from the top right down to the bottom left of the card front and mountain fold. 
• Add an embellishment inside the card which acts as a prop to keep the twisted card front in place.
• Optional: To add a layer of patterned paper, cut the paper 0.5cm smaller than the height & width of the card front and then cut it on the diagonal from top left to bottom right to get the two separate pieces needed for the front of the card.
• Decorate the front and inside of the card to suit your project.
  TIP: Make sure to adhere the card front embellishments onto one of the diagonal panels only so it can stand up without bending your embellishments.

Why not get this bundle before it's gone with free shipping this Thursday, 14 December 2023 only (orders of $65 or more).

The current Stampin' Up! products used on this project can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia. All retiring products are only available while stock lasts or until 3 January 2024 at the latest.

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Angela's PaperArts: Pine wreath Christmas card

I do like making wreath cards. I created this pine wreath Christmas card by layering pine branches from the retiring Stampin' Up! Joy of Noel die set around a Deckled Circle diecut.

Once the wreath was formed, I then layered it onto a square card base featuring the also retiring Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper. 

Here's a close-up of the pine wreath focal embellishment.

The current Stampin' Up! products used on this project can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia. All retiring products are only available while stock lasts or until 3 January 2024 at the latest.

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Angela's PaperArts: Christmas Classics Easel cards

I've been making Easel special fold Christmas cards and can't decide which one I like better. 

Which one do you prefer - the Navy/Gold/Vanilla or more traditional Red/Green/White colour scheme?

Here's the Night of Navy/Gold/Very Vanilla colour scheme easel card.

Side view:

Here's the Real Red/Shaded Spruce/White colour scheme card which also has a little touch of gold too.

Closed view:

I've used the retiring soon Stampin' Up! Joy of Noel and Christmas Classics bundles on these cards, along with the Shining Brightly and Joy of Christmas designer series paper sets too.

The current Stampin' Up! products used on this project can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia. All retiring products are only available while stock lasts or until 3 January 2024 at the latest.

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Angela's PaperArts: Noel Floating Gap Christmas card

My cardmaking for Christmas this year is well on its way.

This 'Noel' Floating Gap card features some gorgeous Stampin' Up! products including the Joy of Noel bundle, Christmas Classics dies and the Joyful Speciality Designer Series Paper.

Here's a side view of the card which also folds flat for posting in a 15x15cm/6x6" envelope.

Here's how I decorated the back of the card. The rectangle panel has plenty of room to write a message to the card recipients. 

If you'd like to learn how to make a this style of Floating Gap card, please see my YouTube video tutorial here. 

The current Stampin' Up! products used on this project can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia.

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