Joy to You and Me

Hi everyone! It's just over a week until Christmas. My kids are so excited. My son keeps asking if it's Christmas--every day for the past few weeks. ;)

I'm up on the Glitz blog today.

I made a hybrid Christmas card:

For the background, the light grey woodgrain in the background is from the Raven collection (yes, a Halloween collection). I lowered the opacity to add just a little texture. The sentiment is from Merry Greetings.

For the stars, I resized and printed papers from the Hello December Paper Pack and Element Pack #2. For the papers on the green and white stars, I made my own design by stamping two of the digital brushes in the Element Pack #1.

After die-cutting the papers and some vellum, I stitched through them. I added a couple of sentiment strips from the Hello December Element Pack #1, sequins, and die-cut glitterstock stars. Here's a close-up:

I originally had the stars falling from largest to smallest, but the card seemed unbalanced. My friend Wida suggested mixing up the sizes of the stars--great tip! (Thanks, Wida!)

If you get a chance, swing by the Glitz blog to see the other projects.

Have a great week! Thank you so much for stopping by!


Supplies
Cardstock: (white) PTI; (vellum) Hobby Lobby
Digital elements: (grey woodgrain from the Raven Paper Pack; other papers and word strips from the Hello December collection) Glitz Design at Jessicasprague.com 
Digital stamps: (herringbone and triangle brushes from Hello December Element Pack #1) Glitz Design
Clear stamps: (sentiment from Merry Greetings) Mama Elephant
Dies: (large stars) Lifestyle Crafts; (smaller stars from Holiday Shapes) Simon Says Stamp
Ink: (Versafine Onyx) Tsukineko; (Granny Apple) Maya Mists; (Opaque White and pink Mr. Huey's) Studio Calico
Sequins: Cartwright's