I love Christmas, and I love making Christmas cards! My husband asked me, “Does it feel weird making Christmas cards in July?” I didn’t miss a beat. “Nope! It’s always a good time to make Christmas cards!” I’ve already made cards using the Lights Aglow Suite, so this time, I decided to play with the Sweetest Christmas Suite.

For this card, I die cut the candy canes from the Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper (DSP), then used three other patterns in the DSP on the card–seems like that is a LOT of different patterns, but they work so well together.

I also used the Scalloped Contour Dies and ribbon from the Red & Garden Green 3/8″ Ribbon Combo Pack.

The sentiment requires two stamps, so it is perfect for the Stampin’ Up! Stamparatus. This precision placement tool makes card making quick and easy when you have multiple items to stamp and the placements have to be in the correct place. Using the Christmas Banners stamp set, I put the banner on one of the Stamparatus plates, and the ‘Tis the Season sentiment stamp on the other plate. Then you just have to ink them up, swing the plate onto the paper, and apply gentle pressure.

Using the Stamparatus is fun, efficient, and quick. It is worth its weight in gold if you are making multiple cards of the same design.