Saturday, November 01, 2025

Traditions of Christmas, Christmas Card, Stmapin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a super quick and easy Christmas card to share with you. It uses one of my most favorite layouts. Favored mostly because it's easy and effective! Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the "Traditions of Christmas" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the front of the card.

Next I cut a 3-1/8" x 4-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock. On top of that I taped a 3" x 3" piece of DSP. This piece of DSP is actually the backside of the larger later that I had just taped down.

I took 4-1/2" piece of gold ribbon that I had in my stash and taped the ends to the back of the large panel. I lined up the edge of the ribbon to the edge of the DSP.  I slid the ribbon, still on the spool, under the taped piece and tied a knot. I snipped the ends and slit it where I wanted it to go. I love doing knots like that because you can move them.

I do not know where the words are from, they were gifted to me but I do know that they are current. I have not researched where they came from but I should do that because they are very fun to work with.  They are actually stickers. I stuck mine to a scrap piece of Real Red card stock and fussy cut around them. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card.

Dimensionals were added to the back of the Basic White panel and it was set in place on the front of the card base and the card was done! 

I told you it was a quick and easy card to make. And I think it's a great use for busy card stock too! I've used this layout for many occasions. 

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda