All is Calm, All is Bright

As we enjoy this beautiful fall weather our thoughts wander to Christmas, especially those of us who make our cards and like to plan, shop and prepare early. And that would be me! How about you? Karen Letchworth is here today sharing this lovely pastel blue card for the holiday season which is so very soft and pretty and a fairly quick make, which is perfect when it comes to Christmas cards.

I am loving this soft color palette!

Snowflake Blessings Border Strip (snowflakes and sentiment)

Christmas Joy (ornament)

Praying Hands (square die)

Sprigs (sprigs die)

Winter Time paper pad by Carta Bella

Pearl and Sequins

Thanks so much, Karen, for this soft and lovely Christmas card!

A true treasure.

Find Karen's post here.

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Products Used

Snowflake Blessings Border Strip by Stamp Simply Clear Stamps

A beautiful set for the winter and Christmas seasons.

Christmas Joy by Stamp Simply Clear Stamps

An absolutely beautiful set for the holiday season.

Find the companion Christmas Peace here.

Two Sprigs die set by Stamp Simply Clear Stamps

This little set will quickly become one you are grabbing all the time!

Winter Time by Carta Bella

A wonderful pad for the Christmas and winter seasons!

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Our Fall/Winter Border Strips

Falling Leaves Border Strip

Snowflake Blessings Border Strip

Lovely images with beautifully scripted sentiments.

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Christmas Peace & Joy

Christmas Peace & Joy

Two  beautifully coordinated sets to mix and match.

Find all Christmas Stamps in stock here.

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The Joy You Give to Others

Good Monday morning. As I've said so many times, I love Mondays and I love fresh starts. This Monday Karen Letchworth is starting our week off with a rich, luscious and absolutely gorgeous Christmas card done up in purple and gold. Again, it's one of those cards that looks more detailed and intricate, but because of the products Karen used, this card actually comes together quite quickly and easily.

Vintage Christmas Background

Vintage Christmas Images

Christmas Joy (sentiment)

Fishtail Sentiment Banners

Ink Drops Rose paper pad by Craft Consortium (purple)

Bright Blooms paper pad by Craft Consortium (dots)

Thank you so much, Karen, for this stunning Christmas card.

Find Karen's post here.

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Vintage Christmas

Vintage Christmas

Both sets were used on today's card.

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Christmas Peace & Joy

Christmas Peace & Joy

Two  beautifully coordinated sets to mix and match.

Find all Christmas Stamps in stock here.

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Paper Pads Used

Ink Drops Rose by Craft Consortium

Bright Blooms by Craft Consortium

Find all papers in stock from Craft Consortium here.

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Wishing You Joy at Christmas

Good Monday morning. A fresh new week begins, and a hot one up here for us northerners! The thought of Christmas and decorating with vintage ornaments brings thoughts of a warm and cozy house with cooler temps outside.

And although our Christmas in July Sale officially ended, we are leaving it up for ONE MORE DAY as Karen created this lovely holiday card for us - so enjoy the sale thru today, Monday!

Die cut ornaments with a simple watercolor wash background.

Christmas Joy

Vintage Christmas Images (sentiment)

Thanks so much, Karen, for this lovely card filled with holiday spirit.

You can find Karen's post on her blog here.

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Products Used

Christmas Joy

Lots of fun options with this pretty set.

Karen gave her ornaments a vintage vibe today.

These ornaments are super elegant when embossed.

The companion set is Christmas  Peace.

Vintage Christmas Images

Gorgeous vintage images and sentiments included!

This set is a companion to Vintage Christmas Background.

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Christmas in July Sale

EXTENDED ONE MORE DAY!

20% OFF All Christmas Items

(includes items already reduced)

Now running thru Monday, 7/28!

Use Code: CHRISTMAS at checkout

With FREE shipping at $100.

SHOP HERE

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All these are 20% off with the code:

Christmas Themed Stamp Simply Clear Stamps/Dies

All Christmas Paper

All Tim Holtz Dies - Folders - Stencils

All Flowers, Gems & Pins

All Ribbon

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Quick & Easy Christmas Cards (& Christmas in July Sale)

We were on a specific mission to pull cards from our archives for this post. We wanted to showcase cards that are quick and easy, clean and simple - something along those lines - knowing that so many of us either mass produce or create a variety of different cards for Christmas. In either case, keeping it simple seems to be appropriate.

Our Christmas in July Sale runs thru Sunday, 7/27. Get 20% OFF all Christmas stamps, dies, paper pads and so much more. All the sale details will be at the end of this post.

Now, on to the quick and easy card samples we selected, in no special order.

Jesus

Christmas Paper - pad used is retired

Narrow Lace

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Christmas Blessings

Festive Flora paper by Craft Consortium

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Merry  Christmas

Bazzill Mirror Cardstock

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Farmhouse Christmas

Christmas Joy (sentiment)

Scorched Wood paper by Craft Consortium

The First Noel paper by Echo Park

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We are including a few cards using O Christmas Tree as it is such a very versatile set including 3 completely different trees.

O Christmas Tree

Snowfall Speckles embossing folder by Tim Holtz

A similar background embossing folder would be Intertwine by Tim Holtz

O Christmas Tree

The wainscoting look was created by scoring every 1/2" on a scoreboard.

This is the inside of the card shown above.

Wonder of Christmas Sentiments

O Christmas Tree

O Christmas Tree

Typewritten Year Round Greetings (sentiment)

Fishtail Sentiment Banner

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Winter Poinsettia Floral Cluster

Similar vintage paper can be found in Vintage Emporium by Craft Consortium

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Seasonal Wreaths/Fall Winter

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Christmas Joy

Praying Hands (square dies)

Crochet Lace

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Christmas Peace

Sparkle embossing folder by Tim Holtz

A Wonderful Christmas paper pad by Carta Bella

Luxury Pearlescent Metallic Cardstock in gold

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Christmas Stockings & Mittens

Snowflake Blessings Border Strip (sentiment)

Fishtail Sentiment Banners

Similar papers in Welcome Winter by Carta Bella

Christmas Stockings & Mittens

Similar papers in Welcome Winter by Carta Bella

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Snowflake Blessings Border Strip

Rhinestones

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Angels Among Us

The First Noel paper pad by Echo Park

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Vintage Christmas Images

Fishtail Sentiment Banners

Vintage Oval and Twigs die set (greenery)

(above die goes with Vintage Christmas Background)

A Wonderful Christmas paper pad by Carta Bella

This is the inside of the card shown above.

Vintage Christmas Images

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Vintage Christmas Background

Vintage Christmas Images

Tartan Plaid paper pad by Craft Consortium

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Christmas in July Sale

Thru Sun 7/27 Only

20% OFF All Christmas Items

(includes items already reduced)

Use Code: CHRISTMAS at checkout

With FREE shipping at $100.

SHOP HERE

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All these are 20% off with the code:

Christmas Themed Stamp Simply Clear Stamps/Dies

All Christmas Paper

All Tim Holtz Dies - Folders - Stencils

All Flowers, Gems & Pins

All Ribbon

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