HAVE A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS

This week I am going to be sharing "Last Minute Christmas" cards.  If you are still making your Christmas Cards this week, you are probably feeling a little stressed and could use some ideas for cards that do not take too long to make.

Although this card may not look like it is a quick & easy card, it is!  As long as you have the right tools, this card is VERY quick and easy to put together.

The Very Vanilla card front with all the holly leaves was created with the Jolly Holly Hybrid Embossing Folder.  With just one quick pass through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine you emboss and die cut the holly leaves at the same time.  

If you are not familiar with a Hybrid Embossing Folder, it means that there is a die that fits inside of the embossing folder.  You just add your cardstock in the folder and run it through your die cutting machine!  Voila, you are finished!  t doesn't get much easier than that.

The two rectangular die cuts and the "joy" are also created with dies form the same Holly Jolly dies.  

There is zero stamping on the card front.  And those holly leaves are positioned perfectly to be able to tuck the corners of the sentiment assembly under them.  I added a little liquid adhesive on the back of the assembly to hold it firmly in place.

On my card I did add Basic Rhinestones colored with Stampin' Blends to highlight the holly "berries".  However, if you are really short on time just leave those off.  Honestly, if I were to make this card again, I don't think I would put the colored Rhinestones on it.  It is clean & elegant without them.  By the time I figured out I would like to leave them off, they were stuck in place, so removing them was not an option without damaging the card (I tried).

The Holly Jolly sentiment on the inside was heat embossed with gold embossing powder, and I added a simple Brushed Gold Foil strip to add a bit of decoration.

Use this link to download a tutorial with detailed instructions.

A list of the products used is shown below.  The products needed are few.  You just need the right ones to keep it quick & simple.  If you don't add the Rhinestones, you would not need those or the Stampin' Blends that I used to color them.

Product List

Jolly Holly Bundle (English) [166120]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [144237]	Very Vanilla 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166784]	Brushed Silver And Gold Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [164861]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161661]	Darling Duckling Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [165288]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [165678]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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