Clean and Simple Christmas Cards

Christmas Lights 

Colouring is therapeutic and fun.  I really enjoy it.  For this set of simple cards I stamped the Hero Arts Christmas Lights 6 x 6" background stamp on Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock in Momento Tuxedo Black ink.  I chose this particular ink because it is Copic marker friendly.  Next, I chose markers in the red, green, blue and yellow families and sat down in front of the TV to colour.  I used two shades per colour, as the images are so small.

I tried to follow a pattern with my light colouring (red, blue, green, yellow), but I found the lights didn't line up perfectly for the pattern to work, so I added some purple lights in here and there to fill odd spots.  After the Copic colouring was finished, I added Wink Of Stella clear glitter pen highlighting to each bulb and touched up the base of each bulb with a silver Spica glitter pen. 

The 6 x 6 panel was large enough for me to cut into thirds and create three cards.  I adhered the coloured pattern to the left side of a side folding A2 card base, added a strip of red paper along the edge and stamped a holiday sentiment to the right of the red paper strip, near the bottom of the card.  The Christmas sentiments are from the Hero Arts Poster Christmas Carols stamp set, stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink.

This card is in the same style, but the sentiment is from the Gina K Designs Christmas Greenery stamp set.

The Ton Holiday Bows and Grand Bows

Grand Bows

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Who knew that the bow stamps from The Ton could be used to make a Christmas Tree for a card design?  I had to try it, especially after making a shoe tree a year or two ago.  I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Scalloped rectangle die.  For a change, I used kraft coloured paper and I added a snowy backdrop.

Have you checked out my friend Jan's blog?  She's an amazing cardmaker and she's joined me on this blogging journey.  I'm so glad to have a partner in crime!  If you haven't yet, check it out:  www.smilegreatingcards.blogspot.com

Concord & 9th Christmas plaid background card

I love the Concord & 9^th Christmas stamps and dies released in 2017. 

Two colour combinations called to me for this card – blue and silver and red and gold. 

I used Neenah Solar White cardstock for the card panel and the card base.

The plaid background stamps so well; I love it! 


Along the sides of the card panel I adhered strips of glitter tape from The Ton. 

I cut the ribbon banner die (another favourite!) three times – once from white paper to stamp the sentiment and snowflakes on, once on paper that I stamped with ink to match the plaid colour on the card, and a third time out of scrap paper covered in glitter tape to match the edges of the card.  I layered the three banners on the front of the card. 


The ink colours are Lawn Fawn red (Lobster) and blue (Blue Jay) and Delicata gold and silver.  The sentiment is from the Christmas Cheer Turnabout stamp set.

I am really pleased with how these cards turned out.  I'll be using these stamps and dies again next year, methinks!