Greenery in the Snow

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It’s time to start preparing for Christmas!  Be ready to send out lovely Christmas cards to your family and friends this year by starting early and not being in a rush for once.  (Tell me it’s not just me!)  I recently got these Pretty Pines thinlits and I LOVE them.  They are so versatile and lovely.  They make great accents on cards, tags and gifts.  Love love love!

For this card I used the Softly Falling embossing folder on the background and the Everyday Label Punch along with the Pretty Pines thinlits.  I put Wink of Stella on the Real Red twig shape things because Wink of Stella is freaking awesome and it dazzles up everything.  Wink of Stella would also make a great stocking stuffer…just saying.  😉

The card also features the stamp set Snowflake Sentiments.  This stamp set has AMAZING greetings.  I really hope this one sticks around for a long time.  (And if it retires I’m still going to use it!)  I did use the pine branch from the now retired set Merry Patterns, which you could have earned for free in October 2017.  You can easily use another stamp as an accent on the envelope such as a single or triple small snowflakes or one of the larger ones from the Snowflake Sentiments.  You can see all the included stamps in the links at the bottom of the blog post.

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You can check out my YouTube tutorial about how I put this card together.  And if you’d like to purchase any of these amazing materials to make your own fun Christmas cards you can buy them directly by clicking on the picture links below.

We are celebrating my family Christmas on the Saturday after Thanksgiving so I really have to get a scoot on!  We usually get together in a big gym and enjoy snacks.  The boys run around and play ball games and the girls and I get together and do paper crafts.  Then we have a big dinner (including fondue) and finish up with stockings.  We recently started a new tradition of having a paper tearing competition.  It sounds so weird but it’s totally fun!  We have dozens of strips of newspaper about 6″ wide by the height of normal newspaper.  We have double elimination rounds and go two by two against each other tearing from top to bottom without going off the edge.

What are some of your fun family traditions?  Share with us in the comments.

Product List

Snowflake Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Merry Patterns Photopolymer Stamp Set

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Always Artichoke 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Medium Whisper White Envelopes

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

Everyday Label

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Big Shot

Fast Fuse Adhesive

Stampin' Dimensionals

Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com