Happy Holidays from the Control Freaks!

The Freaky theme this month is Happy Holidays! And what holiday is that, you might ask? The theme is ANY holiday, so this is going to be a fun hop. You never know what the Freaks might choose! If you landed here from Melissa’s blog, welcome! There are five of us, so hop on for more inspiration!

I'm making this a very quick post. Our son arrived for a visit this afternoon with his girlfriend that we are just now getting to meet, so I'm going to post two cards and scram so I can spend more time with them! 💕

I went right to the Celebrate Everything Host DSP, because it has a design for just about everything. It's 48 sheets of 12 x 12 paper! It's on page 87 of the Jul-Dec mini, and is one of the Host Rewards you can earn with a qualifying order or party. It will only be available until Jan. 4 (while supplies last).

The first card is Christmas-themed with the whimsical ornaments DSP, which I thought would pair well with the embossed Whimsical Woodland strip. Because the sentiment (from Brightest Glow) says All is Merry and BRIGHT, I had to add some bright gold glimmer paper and pearls.

The second card uses the fireworks pattern, which I thought was appropriate for a New Years card.

I liked the way the sentiment fit on the top half of the Beautiful Shapes hexagon leaving room for the silver cord and silver pearls below.

That's all from me today! Up next is Bree, at Craft-somnia Momma.

 

12 Days of Christmas in July - Day 6

We're at the halfway point already, can you believe it?! I almost didn't get this done today, because my sweet husband installed a new hard drive on my laptop, and upgraded it from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Well...now everything is different and I can't upload photos like I did before and I had to learn new stuff, and this old brain ain't what it used to be. 😕 Anyhooo, I managed to muddle my way through, so you're welcome.  😄

This card uses the Lights Aglow Suite found on page 31 of the Jul-Dec catalog. I was all over that when we could preorder. So many shiny options!

Measurements

• Card base: Evening Evergreen 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored & folded at 4-1/4"
• DSP: Lights Aglow 3" x 5" and 1-1/4" x 5"
• Glimmer strip: Gold Glimmer Specialty Paper 1/8" x 5"
• Glimmer snowflakes: Very Vanilla Glimmer Specialty Paper 3" x 4"
  
• Mat for DSP: Very Vanilla 4" x 5-1/4"
• Greeting label: Very Vanilla 2" x 4"

Instructions

1. Adhere narrow DSP strip to top of Very Vanilla mat leaving an even border at top and sides. Adhere larger DSP over it (it will overlap) leaving even border at bottom and sides. Glue narrow glimmer strip to top edge of larger DSP.

2. Die cut large and small snowflakes (Twinkling Lights Dies) from Very Vanilla glimmer and use the inner die inserts, too. This can all be done in one pass through the die cut machine.

3. Adhere large snowflake toward upper left of DSP piece.

4. Stamp greeting in Evening Evergreen on Very Vanilla and die cut with label die (Labels Aglow Dies). Thread a 7" length of ribbon through. Attach to DSP with dimensionals. Wrap ends of ribbon to back and fasten. Adhere to card base.

5. Attach smaller snowflake to center of large snowflake with mini dimensionals cut in half.

6. Add gold Festive Pearls.

Product List

Lights Aglow Suite Collection (English)

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad

Add All to Cart