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Category: Christmas/Holiday Card

Festive Cheer for #tttc305

November 9, 2026 November 9, 2026card challenge, Christmas/Holiday Card 0
festive cheer bundle, gold striped vellum, #tttc305, Christmas card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

I’m playing with the Tic, Tac, Toe Challenge today! I’ve chosen Festive Noel for #tttc305. Here’s the board: And here’s my Festive Cheer card: I went down the left vertical row with Ornament/Red/Christmas Sentiment and across the top horizontal row with Ornament/Gold/Snow – two ways! Do I get extra credit?!!!…

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Creative Celebrations (for CSF943)

October 22, 2026 September 20, 2026Christmas/Holiday Card, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges 0
pretty poinsettia, creative celebrations mix & match spec dsp, everyday arches dies, csf943, christmas card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

This week at Create with Stamping Friends we have a sketch challenge. While I often take these sketch challenges very literally, this time I stretched my creative license just a little bit. You’ll see what I mean…  I pulled out a Christmas DSP that I hadn’t used yet, Creative Celebrations…

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A Little Christmas Joy (CSF 940)

October 1, 2026 September 17, 2026Christmas/Holiday Card, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges 0
pretty poinsettia, a little christmas dsp, forever plaid ef, csf940, christmas card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

Happy 1st of October! It finally feels like it’s officially Fall, even though we’ve been crafting with Fall themes (and even Christmas!) for several weeks now. Today we have a color challenge at Create with Stamping Friends. And look at our new inspiration banner! Isn’t it great? These colors are…

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A Little Christmas Fun Fold

September 25, 2026 September 24, 2026Christmas/Holiday Card, Fun Fold 0
festive cheer, a little christmas dsp, fun fold card idea, christmas card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

Is there anything cuter than these Christmas mice? Especially the caroling ones! “Falalalala!” My card today is a fun fold inspired by Jeanie Stark’s Monday Mystery Stampin’! She took a couple of weeks off, so I’m glad to see her Monday posts back. I used the Designer Series Paper called…

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Merry & Bright (for CSF 939)

September 24, 2026 September 10, 2026Christmas/Holiday Card, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges 0
stitched stocking, a stitched season dsp, seasonal cheer mini ef, christmas card idea, csf939, stampin up, karen hallam

For our last September posting of Create with Stamping Friends, I’ve chosen a Christmas theme (doesn’t it seem to start earlier and earlier each year?!!) With A Stitched Season DSP, Stitched Stocking Stamp Set, and one of the Seasonal Cheer Mini Embossing Folders, I’ve built a cute little Christmas card…

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Whispering Woods Fun Fold

September 4, 2026 September 4, 2026Christmas/Holiday Card, Fun Fold, Winter Card 2
pretty poinsettia stamp set, whispering woods dsp, fun fold card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

I’m re-posting this since I got a couple of people telling me that the pictures didn’t open up. I hope this works better. Please let me know! You know what Friday is! My day to share the Fun Fold that I made for Jeanie’s Mystery Monday Stampin’! This week I’ve…

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Whispering Woods Fun Fold

September 4, 2026 September 2, 2026Christmas/Holiday Card, Fun Fold, Winter Card 6
pretty poinsettia stamp set, whispering woods dsp, fun fold card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

You know what Friday is! My day to share the Fun Fold that I made for Jeanie’s Mystery Monday Stampin’! This week I’ve picked Whispering Woods to decorate this slightly different Z-fold card. Whispering Woods is a beautiful new pack of papers that have all the cool, wintry colors in…

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Pretty Poinsettia (for CSF934)

August 20, 2026 July 29, 2026Christmas/Holiday Card, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges 2
pretty poinsettia bundle, christmas card idea, csf934, stampin up, karen hallam

We have a color challenge today at Create with Stamping Friends! These three pretty colors screamed floral to me, so I am showing a Christmas card today with the Pretty Poinsettia Bundle. Here’s our color scheme: And here’s my Pretty Poinsettia card: If you are wondering where you’ve seen this…

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Christmas in July, Using Scraps!

July 22, 2026 July 22, 2026Christmas/Holiday Card, Creating Coast to Coast 4
stitched stocking bundle, a stitched season dsp, forever plaid embossing folder, Christmas card idea, CC2C, stampin up, karen hallam

Welcome to our July posting of Creating Coast to Coast! This month Rosanne takes the lead, so we are traveling east to west… Her chosen theme this month is Christmas in July, using scraps! How fun! I have lots of scraps, as I imagine most of you do. Let’s take…

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Christmas in July Show & Tell

July 13, 2026 July 13, 2026Christmas/Holiday Card, Gift Box, Gift Tags 6
stitched stocking bundle, a stitched season dsp, Christmas card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

I offered a “Christmas in July” class last week where we made 5 projects using A Stitched Season Suite Collection. It was fun and maybe a tiny bit challenging. But the end results were worth it. Some of it was a bit “fiddly” to use a phrase that my friend…

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Products from the Last Chance List (for CC2C)

December 17, 2025 December 17, 2025Christmas/Holiday Card, Creating Coast to Coast, Fun Fold 4
ornamental christmas, traditions of christmas dsp, heat embossing, coloring with blends, christmas card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

Welcome back to Creating Coast to Coast with Rosanne from Pennsylvania and me from California! This month we are showing off some products from the Last Chance List that were some of our favorites. I’ve watched the large list begin to dwindle. We’re gearing up for a new catalog and…

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Pals Blog Hop: Winter Wonderland

December 10, 2025 December 10, 2025Birds, Christmas/Holiday Card, Pals Monthly Blog Hop 9
ornamental christmas, nests of winter dsp, beautiful pattern embossing folder, december pals blog hop, stampin up, karen hallam

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the Pals have been busy creating cozy, frosty, whimsical card ideas and paper crafts for our Winter Wonderland theme — using our favorite Stampin’ Up! goodies. Each project brings a different twist, and that’s what makes the hop feel like a stroll…

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North Pole Delivery

December 1, 2025 November 30, 2025Christmas/Holiday Card, Thank You Card 1
simply said, north pole delivery dsp, textured notes dies, thank you card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

With the days getting shorter and your “to-do” list getting longer, a quick and simply cute card is just what you need! I’m guessing you’re like me with a million things to do before Christmas, but I still want to send cards for a variety of reasons! Here’s an idea…

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Star-Shaped Christmas Tag

November 22, 2025 November 22, 2025card challenge, Christmas/Holiday Card, Gift Tags 2
traditional labels, #tttc284, christmas tag idea, star-shaped christmas card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

I’m playing with the Tic, Tac, Toe Challenge today! I’ve dipped into my retired stash and mixed older products with some current ones to make a star-shaped Christmas tag (or card!) Don’t have these older products? No problem! Read on down to learn how to make something similar with what…

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Another Card (with Elegant Pine Snowflakes DSP)

November 21, 2025 November 19, 2025Christmas/Holiday Card 2
traditional labels stamp set, elegant pine snowflakes dsp, party banners dies, christmas/holiday card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

On Wednesday for Creating Coast to Coast, I showed you a Fun Fold Gift Card Holder with Elegant Pine Snowflakes DSP. You can see it HERE. And I promised another card today using the same paper, different sheet. This particular sheet has a dark, moody feel with the same blues/greens/cherry…

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