Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop - Christmas

Welcome to the Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop - Christmas!  I'm excited to join a talented group of demonstrators today!  See what I have to share with you today and then check out all the other blogs in the hop for additional inspiration from today's Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop!  To follow the hop and see the other amazingly creative project ideas, simply scroll down and click on the names of the other hop participants.

I have been diligently creating Christmas cards for the past few weeks.  How about you?   I needed over 100+ cards, some from my mother who lives with us, and the remainder for my Christmas list recipients.  I am down to 30 more cards to make - yippee!  I was searching for some fun cards that are great for "production line" crafting.  Su Mohr posted an adorable Santa Gnome card this week that I had to case.  This then inspired me to make another cute Santa Gnome based upon my cased card.  

Black, Red and White, plaids and ginghams grab my attention during the holidays!  I'm a non traditional Christmas themed kinda girl!  I pulled out products from my stash and the inspiration began.  Real Red and White 6" x 6" Glimmer Paper, Gingham Cottage 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, Black & White Gingham Ribbon, Whimsical Woodland 3D Embossing Folder, a little Wink of Stella...

What colors/textures get your creative juices flowing?  

Gnomes Dies

Instructions for this cute Santa Gnome card as follows: 

• Cut Basic Black at at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (21.0cm x 14.9cm).    Score at 4 1/4" (10.5cm).  Cut off 3" (8.7cm) from card front.  
• Cut Red glimmer paper at 5 1/2" x 3/4" (14.9cm x 1.9cm).  Adhere to the card front. 
• Cut Basic White Thick at 5 1/2" x 4" (14.9cm x 10cm).  Dry emboss with the Whimsical Woodland 3D Embossing Folder.  Align the edges with the right edge of the card front.  Adhere to the card front inside flap.  
• Cut Real Red at 4 1/4" x 3 1/4" (10.5cm x 8.3cm).  
• Cut red on red plaid print at 4" x 3" (13.4cm x 7.6cm).  Adhere to the red cardstock.  Adhere to the card front with dimensionals. 
• Adhere a Wonderful Snowflake with a glue dot to card front.
• Cut Real Red glimmer paper at 1 3/4" x 2" (4.5cm x 5.1cm).  Die cut the gnome hat.  Adhere to card front with dimensionals. 
• Cut Basic White at 1 3/4" x 2" (4.5cm x 5.1cm).  Die cut the beard.  Adhere to card front with dimensionals.  Brush with Wink of Stella.  
• Die cut nose from Petal Pink scrap.  Adhere to beard with glue dot.   
• Stamp "Be Jolly" sentiment from Celebrate with Tags stamp set with Real Read ink on a scrap of Basic White.  Die cut with coordinating die from Celebrations Tag Dies.  Adhere to card front with dimensionals. 
• Cut 7" of black & white gingham ribbon.  Tie into a bow and adhere to card front with a glue dot.  
• Cut Basic White at 5 1/4" x 4" (14.4cm x 10cm).  Stamp "'tis the season to be jolly" from the Framed & Festive stamp set with Real Red ink.  Adhere to the inside of the card.   
• Embellish with 3 small red rhinestones.  

For a bit more inspiration here is my card that I cased from Su Mohr.  

I made small changes to my version of Su's card.  I reversed the embossed card front, used Real Red glimmer paper for the gnomes hat and added Wink of Stella to his beard.  The "HO HO HO" was created with the brand new Alphabet a La Mode Dies cut with Basic Black adhered to a Foam Adhesive sheet.  They are so much fun to work with!  These new dies will be available 1/5/23 when the new 2022 January - April Mini Catalog launches.  I can't wait to play more with this versatile die set!  

Thank you so much for hopping by!  Please leave a comment as I would love to hear what you have been creating for Christmas!  

Now I invite you to visit the blogs of my fellow talented Crafty Collaborations' demonstrators participating in today's Stampin' Dreams - Christmas Blog Hop!  

KEEP ON CRAFTING!