Singing a Happy Holiday Tune
Hi readers! Happy Wednesday to you! I hope you’re having a great week, and getting into full holiday swing! To help keep that going, we have a special holiday card by our crafty friend Lucy Abrams! We hope you enjoy! Read on!
Hands up: who is guilty of always wanting to use brand new supplies on their projects, and neglecting all their much loved older products… I know I am! So when I was thinking about creating this card, I decided it would be fun to combine old and new.
I rooted through my stash of lovely older release Hero Arts stamps, and came up with their gorgeous Music Background. I remember how excited I was when they released this one; it’s just perfect for Christmas card backgrounds. So I paired it up with the newly released Fancy Cuts Christmas die set, and created this sparkly, inky card.
The background was heat embossed in white, then inked over with Ranger’s Festive Berries Distress Ink. And I stitched my die cuts to the card for a different look.
A few beautiful Hero Arts Smooth Clear Gemstones finished the card off.
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Thanks for reading today, and thanks to Lucy for being our guest!
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I love music themed cards, and this one makes a lovely holiday card.
Gorgeous card!
Beautiful, gorgeous card!
So pretty!!
This is an absolutely stunning card!! Love everything about it!! TFS!
Love the music stamp and the color on the card. Great job!
This is a wonderful card! thanks for the inspiration.
So pretty, Lucy. Love that background!
Wonderful card! Love the colors and super background!~kim
Waow beautiful card!! I love red and silver !!
I love this color combo!
SO BEAUTIFUL!! I LOVE the Design!! =)
Love the shading on the ends of the paper.
very pretty.
thanks for sharing.
Such a stunning card, love the color palette!!!
Oh my gosh I LOVE this card!!! I almost got this die/stamp set but I put it back and now I am kicking myself for it.
Just adore the beautiful embossed background. Love the silver glitter. Beautiful card.
Love how the colour fades out and how you stitched the diecuts. Gorgeous quick card for the silly season. Hugz
beautiful card – love the soft colors.
Very pretty card. Like you I too often forget about some of my older supplies. You’ve inspired me to go see what I have hoarded away or just plain forgot. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful!
Beautiful card :-D
Oh, I do love that sparkle! TFS!
Very pretty, love
the glitter!
Carla from Utah
I love music backgrounds for anytime but especially for Christmas. Well done!
So classic! Love the sparkly “Merry Christmas.”
Great color combination. I love your design.
Love The card.
This is a beautiful card! I love the old & new combination in this card Thanks for sharing with us!
Great card! I love the design!!
Pretty card. I like how the red fades out at the top & bottom of the card to add more interest.
Such a lovely card! I have a music stamp I could do this technique with – thanks. ( if only I had the die cut words!). I follow the blog by email.
Beautiful card! Love the background and the silver!
I have that music background stamp, but am wondering what text stamp Lucy used. It’s a great card with all the texture & glitter.
That stamp is perfect for Christmas cards!
beautifully done… love seeing older stamps combined with new stamps!
Love this card so much, I think I’ll be CASEing it tomorrow! :)
This is a beautiful Christmas card and it would be easy to mass produce, if necessary, to mail out to all of your friends and family.
I am in love with this card. I love the white embossing with that beautiful red distress ink. Beautiful Lucy.
Gorgeous card! I love the background.
Gorgeous card! Love it!
I’ve been looking for a music background stamp…I think I’ve found it! Gorgeous card! Thank you for the inspiration!
~c
Wow! Gorgeous card! You paired them so well! I love your card! oh! I’ve been looking for a nice music background stamp! I think this is the one!
Really cute, i love this idea!
That was a new idea for me to sew across the die cut letters. I like inking over white embossing. Thanks for reminding me. I’ve been wanting to do this.
I love this card and I didn’t think the other I thought was tops just got beat. Lots of items out of stock will order later for next Christmas. TYFS
Beautiful card!
DELIGHTFUL card Lucy!!!
LOVE the background and ADORE your silver SPARKLE!!!
Lovey card. It’s always lovely to dive into the stash and ‘rediscover’ treasures :)
Stunning card, I really love combining old and new for a different look.
This is gorgeous, love how the ink fades out!