Upcycling Christmas cards

My friend Mindi saves all her Christmas cards from year to year and then repurposes them into her own cards.  She started with a card base from the Night Before Christmas cards and envelopes #150440 from Stampin Up.  She then hand cut out the snowman from an old Christmas card and added it to the card front along with the sentiment.

NB4 Christmas

I have turned one of my friends into a Stampin Up card kit gal.  She buys all the kits including the Memories and More Card Packs like this one- the Night Before Christmas Card Pack #150437 and the coordinating card bases and envelopes #150440 and she goes to town making cards! Great job Mindi!

Crafty Tree

I made today’s card for one of my very crafty friends for Christmas.  I had good intentions of making several of these cards but ended up with just one because it was so tedious to make.  I stamped the re-inker images from the Stampin Up It Starts with Art #149303 stamp set.  I colored the bottles with Stampin Blends then cut them out using the coordinating Arts and Crafts Dies #149580.  I then arranged them in  a tree shape and decorated with bakers twine, buttons, and sequins.  The star was cut using the Stitched Stars Die #150653.

Free as a Bird

Today’s cards are 2 beautiful cards featuring the Free As a Bird #149468 Stampin Up stamp set.   Cammie also used the Peaceful Boughs #150541 stamp set. She added springs cut from the coordinating Beautiful Boughs Dies #150661.  The greetings were from the Itty Bitty Christmas #150513 stampset.  The matted focal panel was popped onto a cherry cobbler layer embossed with the Winter Knit 3D #150645 embossing folder.

Playful Penguins

For today’s card, Cammie started with the Brightly Gleaming #150429 DSP from Stampin Up.  She then created the focal panel using the Playful Penguins # 150532 stampset.

Holly Jolly Christmas

Merry Christmas one and all! Today’s post  I started with a piece of Let It Snow DSP #150393 from Stampin Up.  I stamped the sentiment from the Holly Jolly Christmas #150471 stamp set directly onto the patterned DSP.  I created a hand cut snow mound and added Santa stamped from the Holly Jolly Christmas stamp set, colored with Stampin Blends and then cut out with coordinating Jolly Season #150648 dies.

Christmas Gleaming

For this stunning holiday card, Cammie created a background using the Memories of Home #150474 stamped image in silver embossing powder on Blueberry Bushel cardstock. She used the Christmas Gleaming #150464 ornaments to really deck out and add pop to this card.

Perfectly Plaid CASE

For today’s post I CASEd (Copy and Share Everything) from the Stampin Up Holiday catalog featuring the Wrapped in Plaid #149596 DSP and the Pine Tree Punch #149521.  The sentiment is from the coordinating Perfectly Plaid #149418 Stamp set from Stampin Up.

Itty Bitty Christmas Cheer

I made a card similar to today’s post a few years back but I updated the tree with the current Itty Bitty Christmas #150513 stamp set from Stampin Up. I hand cut a pot from a scrap of Wrapped in Plaid #149596 DSP and added a linen bow to the top of the tree.

Sweet Christmas Wishes

I started with a piece of Wrapped in Plaid #149596 DSP from Stampin Up and then softened it by adding a piece of vellum cardstock. I added a Whisper White strip with the stamped sentiment from the Cup of Christmas stamp set #150491.  I cut the mug and candy stick from the Cup of Cheer Dies #151150.  I decorated the mug with the Let it Snow Embellishment kit #150425.