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Curvy Snow Wonder Christmas Card

Christmas Cards

1 Dec

Hello, Crafters,

As it’s 1st December today, we can start the countdown to Christmas and it will certainly be a Christmas with a difference this year.  The pandemic restrictions in the UK will allow eight people from three family bubbles to get together. I know there is a large percentage of the UK population who will, like hubby and me, make the decision to stay home alone! It’s going to be tough knowing that both my son and daughter and their families will be just ten-fifteen minutes drive away from us but we accept that the virus won’t be taking a five-day break over the Christmas holiday!

On the positive side, our son-in-law Leigh is organising a family Zoom party for us all to play games together. No doubt it will all get rather chaotic but it’ll be fun and we’ll all be “together”! We’ll also be looking forward to our family Christmas in July, too, because we’re sure the worst will be over and vaccinations will be readily available. We haven’t had a chance to fill advent calendars for each other so we’re going to be popping chocolates in each of the little drawers! This’ll be a big tease for me because I can’t eat just one! LOL! 😀

Today’s card is a combination of two stamp sets and uses up two Whisper White CS leftover scraps from the Curvy Dies. There are so many positives about the current Curvy bundle and as I have shown with today’s card, when you die-cut some Designer Series Paper (DSP) or cardstock, you can use both sections for cards. The other halves of my two pieces were plain straight cut edges which I used on one card and saved the two “off-cuts”. They have worked beautifully for today’s card!

When I first saved them I had no idea how I’d be able to use them but I saved them anyway and I’m glad I did. The stamp I used on both pieces is from the Curvy Christmas Stamp Set and, to me, it looks like music. Therefore, whatever I decided for my card I knew I’d need the birds. I had one ready-made and had to make two more. Then it was a toss up between using a snowman or trees and I went for the snowman as he is more fitting for birds and music – in my mind. You may disagree with me but that’s okay. 😀

The MERRY CHRISTMAS sentiment is also from the Curvy Christmas Stamp Set and has been die-cut with one of the dies from the Hippo & Friends Dies. Like the snowman I popped the sentiment up using Dimensionals. The DSP is from the ‘Tis the Season DSP. I started my card with a card base in Real Red CS then a middle layer in Basic Black CS and the top layer on the front of the card is DSP from ‘Tis the Season. Inside the card I’ve used a Red Red CS top layer. If I use this card as one of my Christmas cards, I’ll use a white gel pen to write my message.

The colours of Stampin’ Blends I used on my robins – as well as artistic licence! – are Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler and Shaded Spruce, all dark colours. For the snowman I used Crumb Cake, Real Red and Old Olive and I used Real Red for the stars in the stamped “music”! I finished off my snowman by adding some Shaded Spruce Holiday Rhinestones on his coal “buttons”!

My first job to do today is to put in my pre-order from the January – June 2021 Spring/Summer Mini Catalogue which also includes the new Mini Cut & Emboss machine! If you don’t want to wait until 5th January 2021 to order all these goodies, join my team today and choose  products for your Starter Kit from the forthcoming Mini Catalogue. If you’d like to know more, please email me at janb@janbcards.com and I’ll be very pleased to share the details!

That’s it from me today and I look forward to being back with you tomorrow. In the meantime, please take care and stay safe. Happy crafting!

JanB. xx

Products used for this project: please click on any of the links to be taken to my 24/7 online Stampin’ Up! shop. The Hostess Code for DECEMBER 2020 is SNBSKN44. Thank you. xx

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

Basic Black A4 Card Stock
[121688]
£8.25

Real Red A4 Card Stock

Real Red A4 Card Stock
[106578]
£8.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£9.00

‘Tis The Season 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

‘Tis The Season 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[153489]
£10.75

Quite Curvy Variety Bundle (English)

Quite Curvy Variety Bundle (English)
[158396]
£66.25

Snow Wonder Bundle (English)

Snow Wonder Bundle (English)
[155185]
£45.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
[132708]
£5.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Refill

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Refill
[133456]
£4.75

Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154880]
£8.50

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154892]
£8.50

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154882]
£8.50

Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154903]
£8.50

Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Real Red Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154899]
£8.50

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[154897]
£8.50

Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels
[150457]
£5.50

Stamparatus

Stamparatus
[148187]
£46.00

Simply Shammy

Simply Shammy
[147042]
£7.50

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
[149653]
£112.00

Paper Trimmer

Paper Trimmer
[152392]
£23.00

Paper Snips

Paper Snips
[103579]
£9.25

Bone Folder

Bone Folder
[102300]
£6.50

Grid Paper

Grid Paper
[130148]
£11.75

Silicone Craft Sheet

Silicone Craft Sheet
[127853]
£5.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[110755]
£3.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

Stampin’ Dimensionals
[104430]
£3.75

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
[144108]
£3.75

Cardstock Layer Sizes: A4

Card base 8¼” x 5¾” scored and folded at 4 1/8”

Middle layer: 2 pieces 3 7/8” x 5½”

Top layer: 2 pieces 3¾” x 5 3/8”

Cardstock Layer Sizes: Letter-size

Card base 8½” x 5½” scored and folded at 4¼”

Middle layer: 2 pieces 4” x 5¼”

Top layer: 2 pieces 3 7/8” x 5 1/8”



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  1. Mal says

    December 1, 2020 at 8:14 am

    Evening Jan. Re chocolate – cadbury plain chocolate is gluten free – at least here in Australia. I have been coeliac for my entire 74 years and its the only chocolate that is guaranteed gf free. I hope u can get some. Let me know if u can’t and i will post some over to you. Xxx mal

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    • Jan says

      December 2, 2020 at 10:53 am

      You’re very kind, Mal, many thanks. I’m able to eat Crunchie Bars and Bounty Bars. I’m also OK with Quality Street (assortment of chocolates and toffees), too. I’ll be fine, bless you. xx

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  2. Claire Gagne says

    December 1, 2020 at 2:38 pm

    What a lovely card Jan. Excellent. Be safe & TYFS

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    • Jan says

      December 2, 2020 at 10:43 am

      Many thanks, Claire. It’s a great bundle. I’m sorry the Christmas part will be leaving us soon but the rest of it we have through to the summer! xx

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