Starting Christmas Cards with Yuletide Village and Shepherd's Care

Last week I had a chance to finally take out Yuletide Village stamp set.  I had picked it up last year and thought that it would make a pretty scene.  It sure does!  I got the idea for this card and the next card from Catherine Proctor and Peggy Murwin.  I love the soft colors and the little church.  

The addition of the beige designer paper cut with the arch dies adds so much.  The paper was from Nests of Winter.  I added some snowflakes to make it look like a winter day.

Here is a tiny little town like something out of a Hallmark movie.  I used three strips of paper from various designer packs.  I like how it sets up the scene and the colors for the front of the card.  

For the tree cut outs, I used the Frosted Forest cut outs.  I thought they looked great for the winter trees.  

For our third card, I used Shepherd's Care.  I got the idea for this card from Mo Rootes.  Although it's hard to tell in the photo, I used a muted designer paper to stamp the scene onto.  The shepherd stamps so nicely - the shading is right in the stamp.  The background papers are from the Peaceful Garden paper pack.  

I added a touch of gold embellishments to make the card shine.  I stamped some dots for stars using gold ink.  This card was quick and easy to make.  I hope to make some more of them.  

Have you started on your Christmas cards yet?  I have three more Christmas card classes to go.  

 

Peace to You at Christmas

 While I was browsing on Pinterest (a great site for all sorts of craft ideas), I spotted a couple of nice cards made using the Peace to You set from Jackie Bolhuis.  Then I had to get the stamp set!  LOL  

I made this church scene card using Night of Navy ink.  I used the Stamparatus to get a good image onto my white cardstock.  Then I trimmed it with a rectangular cut out and added some ribbon to the background.  I used the Merry Melody embossing folder for the background.  

I love the simplicity of this card.  

For the second card, I stamped Mary and Joseph using the Stamparatus, also.  I trimmed the image and added it to the card using dimensionals.  

You can use pretty much any Christmas saying with this card.  Again I used the Merry Melody embossing folder for this card also.  I love making whimsical cards, but I also love the sweet reminder of what Christmas is all about in this card.  

For my third card in this set, I took out an older set called Night of Bethlehem.  I've had it for a while but haven't used it yet.  I thought it would make a good addition to these other two cards.  The card is a fancy fold and I love how you can almost imagine Mary and Joseph on their journey to Bethlehem as the card opens.

Here is what the inside of the card looks like.  I used an old designer paper called Maritime that had constellations on it that looks like the night sky.  Kind of cool, right?

I cut out the town of Bethlehem out of the cork paper and I just love the look of it.  

To finish off the card, I used the coordinating dies to cut out a gold star for the sky.  I saw the idea for this fancy fold card from Patty Bennett.  

I just love this set of cards.  I'd like to try the Peace to You in another color.  Have you tried this set yet?  Did you have to use the Stamparatus to get the image to stamp well?

Thanks for looking at my cards.  Drop me a comment if you like them.