Oct 24 2011
The 12 Days of a Clean and Simple Christmas – Stamp Simply Style – Day Six
Welcome to a new week and Day 6 of The 12 Days of a Clean and Simple Christmas – Stamp Simply Style. If you are joining us for the first time, feel free to scroll back and check out the first 5 days of some clean and simple Christmas card creations.
The trio of cards I created truly couldn’t be much more clean or simple to create. Take a look:
These striking papers in such fun holiday colors are from a 6.5 x 6.5″ pad by Kaisercraft called Silly Season. As with all Kaisercraft pads, there are 10 specialty papers included in the pad. I used 2 that were foiled and 1 that was glittered for my trio.
These cards are standard 4.25 x 5.5″ tent fold cards, which happens to be my favorite way to fold a card. I love the sleek, elongated look with this fold. The designer paper piece is cut 2.75″ wide and I’ve created a piping strip with Mirror Cardstock in silver. It goes so well with this pad as some the specialty sheets are silver foiled. This sheet of whimsical trees is glittered.
I’m always partial to stripes, and it’s no exception with the foiled stripes in this pad.
This pretty sheet of ornaments is foiled as well.
And here’s the stamp I used — a fun, whimsical ornament wood mount stamp by Penny Black called Wishes Ornament. It is stamped with VersaMark Ink and embossed with Silver Embossing Powder, elevated with 3D Foam Squares. A very quick and easy focal image!
And that wraps it up for today.
All items used are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.
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Deb has a creation for us to see today. I’m always anxious to see what she’s come up with — I THINK she was planning to use a Penny Black stamp today, too —
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Thank you for coming! I hope you are getting some holiday inspiration to start creating those cards for this Christmas season, which will be here before we know it.
Have a wonderful week ahead and we’ll see you tomorrow!
27 responses so far
Very cool cards, Sharon! I love the funky look, and I, too, love the look of tent cards. The silver piping adds alot. You have such a good eye for things. These are just great. I am really enjoying these 12 days of simple cards!
Fabulous CAS!!! Perfect for quick and easy cards for those people who wait until the last minute to get their cards out…(me, I mean…LOL)!
Lovely simple designs, but very Christmassy. Thanks for sharing
What fun paper! I love the silver stripe along the edge and the silver embossing. Also, these CAS cards = no extra postage!
I love how you can create CAS to look so elegant!! I love these colorful papers with the silver accents! So pretty!!
Love these! That mirror cardstock has really added to all these holiday cards of yours! Deb’s card was lovely also!
I love these, Sharon! The bright colors and fun holiday patterns of these papers are great! Also love the mirror paper and silver embossing!
Love the cards. I love the silver accents. It really “dresses” the cards up!
Love those papers and the mirrored strip-pretty cards!
Beautiful papers make beautiful cards!
Love the bright colours and great CAS design to these 🙂
These are beautiful Sharon! They are so bright and cheery too! Love how easy this would be to mass produce. Keep the 12 days coming, love your ideas.
Sharon, love your cards. They are so happy. I went to your store but the paper you listed on today’s card doesn’t look like the papers in your sample. I love the bright papers you used today and would like to get some. Thanks. Enjoy your week. I’m really loving all your clean and simple cards.
Shirley L.
Roseville, CA
Hi Shirley:
The paper pad linked is most definitely the pad I used — it’s just the difference in the photos — you’re getting a better more accurate view in the photos of my cards than you are in the photo of the pad cover provided by Kaisercraft — that’s one of the reasons I often try to show trios of cards — to give the viewer a better look at what’s in the pad/package, etc.
The correct pad is linked — Silly Season by Kaisercraft.
Sharon
Love these! Quick and easy. I wouldn’t think this kind of paper would have made such pretty cards but you prove me wrong yet again! Quick OT question though: where do you get the plastic boxes for the cards that can’t be.mailed in regular envelopes? I am new to this.
Hi Caryn:
I sell the clear boxes — I sell everything I show — This is the blog of The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.
You can find the Clear Boxes here — clicking links to product within the posts gets you where you need to be:
https://stampsimply.com/shop/catalog/clear-bags-m-37.html
Or you can do a product search using the search tool on the left sidebar of the store. Click any link to get to the store.
Hope that helps! I’d love to have you as a new customer!
Thanks for asking.
Sharon
Love these cards! Such pretty paper and silver accents!
More beautiful cards, Sharon.
These are really cute and a perfect way to use beautiful paper!
I just for the first time came looking at all your wonderful CAS Christmas cards and was going to pick a favorite – BUT – they are all so gorgeous. Wow does this ever put one in the mood for Christmas and making Christmas cards. THANKS for the inspiration.
Sharon,
I love your cards and all the silvery accents etc. another day of terrific creations! Thank you for sharing and inspiring!
I LOVE all the shine and silver! Being CAS makes them perfect. TFS.
Beautiful cards, love the shiney, thank you for sharing them.
Hi Sharon, Love your style and I adore these cute CAS cards. Although I don`t have these papers, would you mind if I used your ideas for my cards. Thanks
Lynne xxx
Oh I luvvvv this pretty paper! Your cards and idea to use it are simply wonderful!!!
buinopresa1972
Thanks for this post. I certainly agree with what you might be saying. I have been talking about this subject a whole lot lately with my mother so hopefully this will get him to see my point of view. Fingers crossed!