Countdown to Christmas 2024 - Week 1

Yes, it’s that time of year already. It’s time for my Annual Countdown to Christmas series.

Every Saturday, from now until Christmas, I’ll be sharing a Christmas project. They will be projects you can either copy or use as inspiration for your own festive crafting.

To start the ball rolling, Countdown to Christmas 2024 – Week 1 is this Christmas Card.

The first thing you will notice is that it’s not in traditional reds and greens. It’s black and white to coordinate with the penguins.

It’s also a great project for batch making and one that children can join in with too.

With Basic Black and Basic White cardstock, a Tuxedo Black inkpad, the Choose Happy Stamp Set, something to colour in the stars, beaks and feet (I used Stampin’ Blends), a sentiment, a shape for the sentiment, ribbon and adhesive, you’ll be able to make a lot of these in no time at all.

All of the items I used to create this design are listed at the bottom of the page.

To begin, the penguin and star images from the Choose Happy Stamp Set are stamped across the background. You can also stamp a whole sheet of cardstock and then cut them up to create 4 cards for a quicker process.

Then, I’ve coloured the stars with a Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend and the beaks and feet with a Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blend.

For the sentiment, I used the ‘happy’ from the Stamp Set and ‘Christmas’ from the new Online Exclusives Greetings of the Season Stamp Set. You can, however, use any sentiment you like.

These are cut out and layered using the Circle Punches, also from the Online Exclusives range.

Another item from the Online Exclusives range, the Gold Trim creates a swoosh for the sentiment to sit on.

I’ve added a little touch of extra sparkle to the stars using Wink of Stella.