Countdown to Christmas 2017: Week 13

Week 13! On time for once haha! Today I've got a copy-cat version of the October 2017 Paper Pumpkin monthly craft kit subscription that Stampin' Up! offers. Here is what the kit makes, if you missed out this month or want to make a bunch more, don't worry. I'm here to show you how to make something very similar!

I've decided to make a similar card as the one with the Christmas ball hanging off the branch. It came pretty close! I didn't have any of the green and black plaid paper, but Stampin' Up! has something similar to that in the kit in the Holiday Catalogue!

Shake, shake, shake! I love a shaker card! I used Old Olive card stock for the base. For the top layer, I cut a circle out of Whisper White cardstock with my circle thinlits (you can use any circle cutter, punch, or trace something round if you don't have the dies and Big Shot). I stamped the branch from the Christmas Pines stamp set in Old Olive. The ornament top and hanger is from a retired set called To You And Yours Too, but it's easy enough to hand draw if you don't have something in your existing sets.

I cut a piece of plastic window sheet and glued that to the back. I stamped the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler (also from Christmas Pines) on a small square of Whisper White cardstock, just larger than the circle. On the backside of the larger white cardstock, I used foam adhesive strips around the back edge of the circle (make sure the pieces touch so that the shaker pieces don't fall out, there are YouTube videos out there if you need a better visual) and dimensionals around the rest of the back side. I added some shaker bits that I had leftover from previous projects (use up what you have laying around or use a small die or punch to cut some new small pieces) and laid the small square on the back side before flipping the whole thing over. I then stuck it down onto the Old Olive card base. Super easy!