Holly Jolly Christmas for Stampin' Fancy Friday

This month at Stampin' Fancy Friday, our inspiration is 'Holly Jolly Christmas'. We were encouraged to make a Christmas card with any Stampin' Up! product. 

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To me, the most beautiful Christmas product is the Traditions of Christmas DSP, followed by the Branching Out bundle. Naturally, this card uses both. Best of all, it's really very easy to make. 

I started with a standard Cherry Cobbler base and added a piece of the gorgeous red and gold DSP. 

I used the stitched labels from Branching Out to cut one label in Gold Foil and one size smaller in Basic White.

The sentiment is from Ornamental Christmas and is heat embossed. In the top left corner, I've added some splatter stamping in Crushed Curry and sponged a little Crushed Curry with a blending brush to give a background for my tree bough. Using the Branching Out dies I've cut some pine boughs in Old Olive then added some extra Old Olive ink to the tips. I've cut some berries in Cherry Cobbler and some dinky little pine cones from gold foil. Then I arranged them in a pleasing manner in the top corner, popping the pinecones up on dimensionals for some extra lift. 

Finishing touches were to add a double bow made with the White and Gold Baker's Twine and a trio of Flower Accents around the sentiment. 

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