Hello everyone.  This is our final Christmas project for 2012.  We will be having a few weeks off for the Christmas break. On behalf of all of us at DownUnder Direct Inspirations a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.

For this card I added some glitter to the stamped image and coloured it with my Copic markers in shades to match the patterned paper. I then stacked some circle die cuts to the front of a Christmas bauble easel card.

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

10-1032E Lily WhiteDB 

 Spellbinders: 

S4-334 Heirloom Ornaments 2011 

S4-114 Circles Large 

S4-113 Classic Scalloped Ovals Small 

 Other Materials Used:

KaiserCraft patterned paper 

Seam binding 

Copic Markers 

Glitter 

StampIt Mistletoe stamp 

Red flowers

Created by Design Team member-TERESA

Bazzill Basics Paper: 

9-960D Kraft 

5-510E Parakeet

Spellbinders: 

S4-414 Captivating Squares 

S2-056 Holly Twigs and leaves 

 Other Materials Used: 

Papermania papers 

Ribbon Ranger Liquid Pearls

Hero Arts stamp 

 Created by Design Team Member ALICIA

This is a quick idea for a Christmas card. I cut some patterned paper with a printed sentiment to fit a card front. Then I cut the printed sentiment out with an oval die, mounted it on a white floral oval die cut and then mounted that back over the oval hole. No one would ever know there's a hole in the middle of their card!

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

10-1023E White OP 

 Spellbinders: 

S4-110 Classic Ovals Large 

S4-356 Floral Ovals 

S2-009 Fantastic Flourish Two 

S5-055 Layered Poinsettia 

 Other Materials Used:

My Mind's Eye Vintage Christmas 6x6 pad and chipboard embellishments

Created by Design Team member-TERESA

Dies are not just for cutting shapes - this Grateful Lattice die has been used to emboss the background on this card. The detail of the embossing has been brought out with a little sponged ink.

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock

816C Walnut Cream 

2-214E Red Devil 

5-589E Ivy 

 Spellbinders:

S5-164 Grateful Lattice

S2-016 Window Two 

S5-055 Layered Poinsettia

 Other Materials:

StampIt Merry Christmas stamp 

KaiserCraft patterned paper 

Adhesive Pearl

Created by Design Team member-TERESA

Once a step card is cut, scored and folded, it's just a simple matter of attaching pieces of patterned paper and a few embellishments. An impressive, dimensional card can come together in no time at all, and best of all, it packs flat for posting.

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

2-214E Red Devil

Spellbinders:

S4-334 2011 Heriloom Ornaments

Other Materials Used:

My Mind's Eye Vintage Christmas 6x6 pad and chipboard embellishments

Red cord

Stamp It Merry Christmas stamp

Creaed by Design Team member-TERESA

Here's a handy little set for this time of year. It's a fun way to make a gift extra special. Just keep to the same paper range and cut similar die cut shapes for each item, and away you go!

Bazzill 

7-783E Admiral 

1-120D Dark Rosey 

9-960E Kraft 

 Spellbinders 

LF-246 Grand Labels Eleven 

S5-055 Layered Poinsettia 

S4-348 Postage Stamps 

S4-356 Floral Ovals 

S4-126 Squares 

 Other Materials 

Brown Kraft shopping bag 

Hessian 

Pink ribbon 

Buttons 

Darkroom Door Dear Santa Photochips and Filmstrips 

Basic Grey 25th & Pine patterned papers

Create by Design Team member-TERESA

Materials Uused: 

Bazzill Basics Paper: 

10-1001 Bazzill white 

5-510E Parakeet (green) 

9-960D Kraft 

 Spellbinders: 

S5-191 Decorative labels Twenty-eight 

S5-189 Majestic labels Twenty-five 

S4-110 Classic ovals Large

 S5-086 Bitty Blossoms 

S2-048 Sprigs 

 Other Materials Used: 

My Mind's Eye papers 

Ranger Liquid Pearl: Platinum 

Silk ribbon 

Hero Arts stamps

 Created by Design Team Member ALICIA

"I'm making a bunch of these as teacher thank you gifts from the kids."

Materials Used:

Bazzill Basics Paper:

10-1001 Bazzill white

Bazzill glitter tape

Spellbinders:

S2-048 Sprigs

S5-109 Vintage lace Motifs

S5-055 Layered Poinsettia

S5-158 Timeless Rectangle 

 Other Materials Used:

Hemptique twine

Hero Arts stamp

Created by Design Team Member ALICIA

Here's a Christmas card in non-traditional colours. There's really no need to wait for all of the paper companies to release their Christmas ranges when there are so many beautiful ones available year round.

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

8-816C Walnut Cream

2-245E Phoenix

Spellbinders:

S2-043 Frame Two Die D'Lites

S5-190 Noble Rectangle

S4-112 Ovals Small

Other Materials Used:

Cosmo Cricket Baby Jane patterned paper

Websters Pages cameo

Created by Design Team member-TERESA

Spellbinders Gold dies are amazing for letter press and embossing as they both can be achieved in one pass through the Grand Callibur Machine.

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

2-214E Bazzill Red Devil

5-5154 Gumdrop

Spellbinders:

S4-409 Gold Magestic Circles

S5-055 Layered Poinsettia

Other Products:

Liquid Pearls – Buttercup

Red ink pad 

 Created by Design Team member- BECK

I just love to create tags and have fun with them. Die cutting and embellishing metal is oh so easy when you know how… check out this tutorial!

Products Used: 

 Bazzill Basics Cardstock: 

 5-5131E Lucky Green - OP 

9-911D Wheat OP 

 Spellbinders: 

S4-114 Standard Circles large 

MM1-004 – Aluminium Sheet

 S5-181 A2Bracket Borders One

 Other Products: 

Cosmo Cricket paper 

Assorted buttons 

Metal Alphabet stamp set 

Craft Queen Twine 

Tsukineko Dew Drops – Pixie Dust 

 Step 2 

With a metal alphabet stamp set, apply one tap to each letter with a hammer to add your sentiment to the circle. Try die cutting this or something different like material – the dies are so versatile 

 Created by Design Team member- BECK

 Products Used: 

Bazzill Basics Paper: 

10-1001 Bazzill White 

5-511E Hillary

8-816C Walnut Cream 

Spellbinders: 

S5-086 Bitty Blossoms 

S2-044 Blooms One 

S2-045 Blooms Two 

S4-351 Spiral Blossom One

 S4-414 Captivating Squares

 S5-129 Foliage Two 

 Other Materials Used: 

Prima patterned paper 

Ranger Liquid Pearls 

 Tim Holtz stamps 

Ranger distress ink

Created by Design Team member-ALICIA