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Country Wreaths & Christmas Barn card ideas by the Flowerbug’s

October 28, 2022

This week I've been proud to share my Team Christmas card swaps from our October swap event. I am thrilled with the quality of our swaps each and every month!

Today's projects feature some pretty bundles in the 2022 Holiday catalog by Stampin' Up! First is a fabulous card by Candy with the Cottage Wreaths bundle.

Her colors include Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, White & Crumb Cake.

Details:

It's an easy fun fold card; she trimmed off 1" on the right side of her card front to reveal the Lights Aglow DSP on the inside edge.
She textured the Crumb Cake layer with the Timber 3D embossing folder.
Silver 3/8" edge ribbon and Festive Pearls are the embellishments

Next is a book binding fun fold card by Mary; she also featured the Country Wreaths bundle.

A book binding card is made by adding an extra score line to your 4 1/4" X 11" card. Score at 4 1/4" and 5 1/2".

The DSP layers are 3/4" X 3 7/8" and 3 7/8" square. Red layers are 7/8" X 4" and 4" square.

She used the Gingham Cottage DSP on her card front and Real Red & Garden Green card stock.

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Lastly today is a beautiful scene made by Roxann with the Christmas Barn bundle seen here.

Her colors include Cherry Cobbler, White & Mossy Meadow. She used Blends markers to color the images and our new Very Best Trio tag punch on the corners.

Here's her inside view:

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Unique Christmas card swaps; they’re not your average cards!

October 19, 2023
Today I'm sharing the last of our October Flowerbug's Team Christmas card swaps. These two cards are not your average Christmas cards!

First is a pretty card made by Marla. She put together a unique color combination of Pretty Peacock with Moody Mauve and it works!

She chose two stamp sets for her card; Ringed with Nature and Vertical Blooms. Both are from the 2023-24 Annual Catalog. The designer paper is the Earthen Elegance, also from the Annual catalog.

Measurements:
- Moody Mauve card base 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" score at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4"
- Moody Mauve inside 6 1/2" X 3 1/4" score at 3 1/4" and 5 3/8"
- DSP layers 2 pieces at 1 7/8" X 5 1/4", and inside back is 4" x 5 1/4"
- White layers 3" square, 1 7/8" X 3" and 7/8" X 3"
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Sharon made this super cute reindeer card featuring the Sending Cheer dies seen here.

Can you tell that the reindeer are upside down gingerbread men? Rudolf is a complete die-cut but the Mrs is half. She added so much detail on them too!
- The 'hello' die cut is from the Rustic Crate dies
- The antlers are from Autumn Leaves dies.
- Ears are from the monkey punch.
She used the Joy of Christmas designer paper on the front, cutting it in half with the Border Basics dies. A great idea!

The greetings are from the Horse & Sleigh stamp set (online exclusive).

Below you can see all of the Flowerbug's October swap cards. Details on each if you go back each day this week.

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WOW fun fold swap cards with the Beary Cute bundle!

October 18, 2023
Look at these three fabulous swaps that all feature the Beary Cute bundle. All so different which shows how versatile this bundle can be.

First is an amazing fun fold card made by Candace.

She stamped her neat background using stamps from Artistically Inked. I know it doesn't look like a fun fold; but look what you see once you open it up!

So fun! And not that difficult either. I created a similar card on this week's Live video. I'll share it and a free project sheet next week.

Measurements:
- Card base 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" score at 3", 4 1/4", 5 1/2"
- front white 2 3/4" X 5 1/4", inside white 2 3/4" X 5 1/4"
- Pretty Peacock front 2 7/8" X 5 3/8"
- White inside greeting layers 2 3/4" X 1 1/2"
- Smoky Slate greeting layers 2 7/8" X 1 3/4"
She used Pretty Peacock, Basic Gray and Lost Lagoon for her inks. All stamps are from the Beary Cute stamp set.

Next is a fun & bright card made by Tracey:

She chose to feature the Merry, Bold & Bright designer paper here, focusing on the blues and green patterns. She broke up the busy tree paper with a striped piece under the greeting and bow. Neat!

Here's the inside view. The greetings are from the Christmas Classics set.

Next up is a neat book-binding card made by Candy.

She used the Beary Christmas designer paper and stamps from the Beary Cute bundle.

Products used:
- Beary Cute bundle
- Night of Navy, White, Crumb Cake and Balmy Blue card stock
- Inks – Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight (scarf) and Mossy Meadow
- Deckled circles dies, Navy & Gold glittered ribbon, Snowflake Sky 3D embossing folder.
Measurements:
- Night of Navy card base 11" X 4 1/4" score at 4 1/4" & 5 1/2"
- Balmy blue and White inside 4" square
- DSP strip 1 1/8" X 4"
Unfortunately the Bear punch is unavailable right now; it will be back the first week in November though. See this bundle here.

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Get inspired by these Christmas card swaps by my Flowerbug’s

October 17, 2023
I'm sharing three more of my Flowerbug's Team Christmas card swaps today! I know you'll be inspired by one or more of them.

First is a beautiful card made by Karen. She chose the Regal Reindeer bundle from the Annual catalog.

She paired it with the pretty O Holy Night designer paper from the Holiday catalog. What a beautiful scene she created!! See the Regal Reindeer stamp set here and the coordinating Reindeer dies here.

Next is an elegant card made by Ginny who featured the Christmas Classic bundle from the Holiday catalog.

She added a 2 3/4" square of the Joy of Christmas designer paper on the upper right and textured the entire White panel with the Christmas Tidings embossing folder seen here. I love these layered die-cuts! See this bundle here. It's one of my favorites in the Holiday cataog.

Here's the inside view of her card:

Paula also used the Christmas Classics bundle on her card:

Other products include:
- Garden Walk 6 X 6"designer paper from the Holiday catalog (2 pieces at 5 1/4" X 2")
- Crumb Cake & Vanilla card stock
- Stampin' Write markers for the 3 colored greeting
- Real Red & Garden Green ribbon combo pack & the Red and Burlap ribbon combo pack from the Annual Catalog
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