Rick Adkins : 2019 Christmas card

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Monday, December 16, 2019

Holiday Argyle Christmas Tree Window Card - Sneak Peek Country Club Designer Series Paper

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a fun little holiday card that uses some products from the upcoming January-June Mini Catalog, as well as some Holiday Catalog Products. I created today's card with the Country Club Designer Series Paper and the Argyle 3d Embossing folder, along with the Pine Tree Punch. Yes, I am using the Country Club Paper for my card I love the Argyle pattern print in this fun pack of paper, and I think it's perfect for a fun little Christmas Card. Here's a look at my card today.

This is a super fun card and I think that anyone would love to get it in the mail. The argyle pattern is just a fun playful pattern and adds so much fun to this card. I paired the argyle with the copper foil to add a little shine to the card. The Ho Ho Ho came from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set which matches the Pine Tree Punch.

Video Tutorial:

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Sizes & Dimensions:

Poppy Parade Cardstock 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2
Copper Foil 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, 2 1/4 x 3 3/8
Whisper White Cardstock 4 x 5 1/4 (inside), 2 1/8 x 3 1/4
Country Club Designer Series Paper 2 x 3

Happy Stampin'

Rick Adkins

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Perfectly Plaid Bundle (En) [151143] $31.50	Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119793] $8.75	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102584] $8.75	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $9.75
Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $5.00	Country Club Designer Series Paper [151314] $11.50	Absolutely Argyle 3D Embossing Folder [151590] $10.00	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $7.50
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Perfectly Plaid Photopolymer Stamp Set (En) [149418] $17.00	Perfectly Plaid Bundle (En) [151143] $31.50	Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119793] $8.75
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $9.75	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102584] $8.75	Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $5.00	Country Club Designer Series Paper [151314] $11.50
Absolutely Argyle 3D Embossing Folder [151590] $10.00	Pine Tree Punch [149521] $18.00	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $7.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	3D Embossing Folder Plate [149658] $10.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Christmastime is Here Square Card

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a super cute square card that I made the other night during a YouTube Live. I used the Christmastime is Here Suite of Products. Which came out on November 1, 2019 and is while supplies last (as of this post the products are still available to purchase.) Here's a look at my card.

I based this card from a sketch that I found in the November 2019 Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine. You can change this up to make a full size card and make some super quick extra Christmas Cards if you need some. I used a 2 1/4, 2 and 1 1/2" circle punches to punch out the circles from the designer series paper.

Video Tutorial:

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Sizes & Dimensions:

Mossy Meadow Cardstock: 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
Whisper White Cardstock: (2) 4 x 4 & a scrap for a 2" circle
Christmastime Is Here Speciality Designer Series Paper: 3 3/4 x 2 & scraps for a 2", 2 1/4", and 1 1/2" circles plus 1/2" x 4 piece for inside

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Rick Adkins

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Christmastime Is Here Suite Bundle (English) - 153947

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Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock - 100730

Price: $9.75

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad - 147083

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Snail Adhesive - 104332

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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Wrapped in Plaid Gnome Christmas Card

Hello and welcome to my blog; I hope that you are having a great day. I am going to share with you how to make a Gnome Card for Christmas without using a die. Yes, you can create your own super cute Gnome card without a die; it just takes a little planning and cutting some paper. But, don't be afraid I promise it's super easy as you will see in the video tutorial. I used the Wrapped in Plaid designer series paper for my card today. Here's a look at my card.

Tips & Tricks:

Gnomes are super trendy now and surprisingly Stampin' Up! doesn't have a Gnome stamp set or matching dies. So I had watched a few YouTube videos on the dies that came out recently from another company and thought I can make my own. So I started out with the Tree punch and punched out his beard. To make it look more like a beard I used my Stampin' blends to do some wispy lines and a little blending to make it look more realistic.

Next I used the "beard" to measure and draw out a little template for the body and hat. I just laid down the tree and went from the each end and made a ovalish shape. For the hat I just did a simple santa hat shape but with a longer top more like a sleeping cap from A Christmas Carol. As I am looking at the body now I am thinking I could have just used a oval die or punch and snipped off the bottom. So if you don't want to draw out a simple template you totally could use that for a body. After I sketch this out on some scrap cardstock I just cut it out with my snips and traced around it on my designer series paper. I am using the Wrapped in Plaid Designer Series Paper today on my card.

There's a lot of great patterns in this pack of paper, but you can use any you may have on hand. You can find a ton of different patterns to make your own cute little gnomes. Once I had the hat and body cut out I used my blends to add just a little shading to both. I then punched out two circles using the 1/2" circle punch from Whisper White Cardstock. One was colored with Petal Pink for the nose and one was colored with Smoky Slate for the ball at the end of the hat. So once all that was done I had all my Gnome pieces ready to go.

All of the pieces of the Designer Series Paper for this card can be pulled from your scraps if you want. Once I had everything cut and ready to go it was time to assemble. I used a little snail adhesive to put everything together and then secured it on the back with some Stampin' Dimensionals. This also allowed for my little Christmas Gnome to be raised off the card.

Sizes and Dimensions:

Cardbase - Whisper White Thick Cardstock 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2
Mat #1 - Shaded Spruce 5 3/8 x 4 1/8
Mat #2 - Cherry Cobbler 4 x 5 1/4
Card front - Whisper White 3 3/4 x 5
Gnome - Scraps of Wrapped in Plaid DSP, Whisper White
Sentiment Strip - scrap that's 5/8" x 3/3/4
DSP layer - 1 3/4 x 5
DSP mat - Cherry Cobbler or Shaded Spruce 2 x 5

Video Tutorial:

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Thanks for dropping by today I hope that you find this post helpful and that you have fun making your own little Gnome for your cards this holiday season.

Happy Stampin'

Rick Adkins