Peace on Earth and a Calm Christmas wish in a handmade card

Remember the handmade Christmas card made with the Stampin’ Up! Calm Christmas Stamp Set in several shades of brown? That card received some nice compliments. This Calm Christmas card does not use out of the ordinary Christmas colors but will also receive compliments too. What a pretty card to wish others peace on earth.

The extra touch that stepped this card up from nice to very nice is the embossing over the dove. Easy to do, but a definite wow.

The embossing would came after the stamping. If you tried to stamp over the embossing, the results would not be quite so flattering. Actually, downright unflattering. Another benefit to embossing after is that if you did not stamp the image well, you could turn it over and try again on the other side. Turning over this embossing would have everyone trying to read backwards. 🙂

Three of the stamping products (marked with an asterisk) used for this handmade Christmas card are from the 2013 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog. As far as we know, they will only be available to order through January 2, 2014. Even though it is pretty much too late to order supplies for this year, many of my customers chose their Christmas cards for next year. If you see a card you like, you may want to get any limited-edition products while they are still available to order. You can order them in my online store www.shopwithshelly.com.

*Calm Christmas Stamp Set wood mount #132736 / clear mount #132739

*Season of Style Designer Series Paper #132340

Gold Foil Sheets #132622

*Pretty Print Embossing Folder #132175

Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2″ x 11″ Card Stock #119685

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2″ x 11″ Card Stock #131201

Whisper White 8-1/2″ x 11″ Card Stock #100730

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Pad #126966

Pear Pizzazz Stampin’ Write Marker #131266

Big Shot Die-Cut Machine #113439

Mini Glue Dots #103683

SNAIL Adhesive #104332