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Merry & Bright Social Stampin Blog hop with Kelly

Hello and welcome to the Merry & Bright Social Stamping blog hop with Kelly.

It's been such a crazy year I thought I would share some Christmas Cards created with a bright and crazy colour scheme to bring some cheer!

These are some cards I made as samples for my Christmas Card Class to show some alternative ways to use the Merry and Bright Stamp set which was included as part of the kit for the class.

Some of the designs are CASED directly from Pinterest and you may have seen them around. They include a few different techniques.


For the Magenta card I have applied the ink using a dauber directly to the stamp before stamping. By using the Stamparatus you can add more layers of ink to increase the intensity.
To create the layered circles behind you need to cut 2 circles of each colour ( in 2 different sizes- pair the largest and smallest circles together, and then pair the 2 sizes in between)and you will end up with 2 card layouts. 
In this layout the semi-circle layers are beside each other.


But in this layout the 2 semicircle sections are on lined up together.


This is a CASE of Martin Stone using the old Little Letters thinlits. 
I have run the MERRY letters through an embossing folder before adding to the card.
My colour palette is Gorgeous Grape, Balmy Blue, Just Jade, Mango Melody and Magenta Madness.


And the final card uses some tone on tone stamping and some leftover strips of card . I love this technique for using up paper scraps and I do it quite often. I love the piece of flocked vellum behind, and the tree is stamped in Crumb Cake. I also love that there is no sentiment on this card.


So that's my offering to brighten up a non traditional year with some non traditional colours.
Whatever form your Christmas takes I hope it is a happy one.


If you get lost you can link back to the main post here with a complete list of all the participants.

I can't wait to see what everyone has created this week.

Next on the hop this week is Lisa Whitehead


I hope you have a creative week and remember, 
"don't just post online,
 post something pretty!"
cheers, Liz


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  1. Stampin' Up Australia: Independent Demonstrator Lisa Whitehead29 November 2020 at 10:51

    Now that’s what I call merry and bright-great ideas for alternative colour schemes for Christmas.

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  2. CatherineC29 November 2020 at 17:59

    Love these, so happy & bright! Perfect! 💖💖💖

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  3. Jan29 November 2020 at 19:49

    These are so pretty Liz! I love the bright and non- traditional colours you’ve used to create these cheerful gems.

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  4. Michelle Strazds6 December 2020 at 21:26

    I normally lean towards traditional Christmas cards but these modern, non-traditional cards are stunning. I absolutely love how you’ve sponged the different colours on the word bright on the magenta card. They all look great!

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