Bells & Baubles Christmas Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some Christmas cards featuring our Bells & Baubles Stamps.

I started by creating the backgrounds in two different tone-on-tone color schemes for both of my cards today. For this card, I used Neenah Desert Storm Kraft cardstock, which I darkened around the edges using a light touch of Vintage Photo Distress ink. I then layered it with a second piece of kraft cardstock, which I had die-cut using our Stitched Rectangle Dies. I then stamped the fir tree branch from the Bells & Baubles Stamps in opposing corners using Gina K. Kraft Ink.

To embellish this particular card, I added three layered vintage glass ornament baubles in red, blue, and hot pink, stringing them with gold thread, which I taped to the back of each die-cut before adhering them with liquid adhesive. I then wrapped the threads tightly around the back of my Kraft card panel before taping them down. This set comes with a darling bow stamp image, which I had considered adding to the top of each ornament. Unfortunately, I only had one pre-stamped one in red, so I pulled out some 3/8" wide organza ribbon in each color to tie a bow and adhere with more liquid adhesive. For my "Happy Holidays" sentiment, I heat embossed the phrase from the Holiday Greetings Stamps and then added beneath it "from our family to yours" from the Inside Greetings Holidays Stamps onto a red pennant strip from the Notebook Photo Corners Dies.

Red Ornament ink colors used:

• Hero Arts Grapefruit 
• Gina K. Lipstick
• Gina K. Coral Reef

Hot Pink Ornament ink colors used:

• Gina K Bubblegum Pink
• Versafine Clair Charming Pink
• Gina K. Passionate Pink

Blue Ornament ink colors used:

• Gina K. Ocean Mist
• Versafine Clair Warm Breeze
• Gina K. Tranquil Teal

Ornament Bauble Hanger: Hero Arts Caramel

For my second card, I started it the same way as my first card, with all the same elements for the background, but this time I turned my card for a horizontal landscape orientation, and went with an olive green tone-on-tone look using PinkFresh Studio Olive Ink. For my greeting, I heat-embossed a sentiment with silver embossing powder from our Season's Greetings Stamps, accentuating the smaller "Season's" word by putting it onto a shortened red pennant strip from the Notebook Photo Corners Dies. I embellished my card with two layered silver bells, topped with a red bow, from the Bells & Baubles Stamps and some green sprigs from the same Season's Greetings Stamps and the coordinating Season's Greetings Dies (which are currently only $1 in our online shop).

Here's a better photo taken at an angle to show how beautifully the silver embossing powder used for the greeting catches the light and plays off the "Silver Bells" theme.

Silver bells ink colors used:

• Ranger Archival Shadow Grey
• Hero Arts Soft Granite
• VersaFine Clair Morning Mist
• Hero Arts Charcoal
• VersaFine Clair Nocture or VersaFine Onyx Black

Red Bow ink colors used:

• Gina K. Peach Bellini 
• Gina K. Lipstick
• Gina K. Coral Reef

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out the Season's Greetings Stamps, Season's Greetings Dies, and Season's Greetings Word Dies in our online shop, which are all currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image so there are lots of ideas to scroll through there organized by set.

Supplies Used:

Bells & Baubles Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bells & Baubles Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Season's Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Season's Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Season's Greetings Word Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Inside Greetings-Holidays Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio