3rd Thursdays Blog Hop - December 2020 | Last Minute Lucy

Thanks for visiting the December 2020 edition of the Third Thursdays Blog Hop!  So are you done with your Christmas shopping and/or preparation?!?  I much say that I'm not so today's blog hop is just perfect for what I'm still doing!  So sit back and enjoy the inspirations on today's blog hop for those of us who are needing some Last Minute Lucy ideas!!!  

Earlier this week, Sara Douglass shared on her Facebook Live some fun last minute ways to make boxes without glueing them (click here to view)!  Well, I had to give it a whirl and the 2 boxes I created along with her were the inspirations for today's cards!

These are my 1" and 1-3/4" boxes using the Brightly Gleaming DSP!  I just kinda modified them by turning over the edges into the boxes for a more finished look and used Glue Dots to help hold them down.  I hope that you will give these fun boxes a try as they are just that!  You might get a bit crazy, but who doesn't need boxes at this time of year?!?

The olive branch from the Dove of Hope stamp set (retiring soon) reminds me of the branch in the Brightly Gleaming DSP...  if you squint your eyes just right, I know you'll see the resemblance!

I used my Stamparatus to create these cards rather quickly... granted it took me awhile to set up the pattern and figure it out through several tries... but now that it's all set up.  You guessed it!  I'm the Christmas Card Stamping Queen!  

The stamped layers are all 4" square.  The card bases are 4-1/4" square.  The Stamparatus made it easy for the stamping as the branch was inked in Old Olive (refreshly inked with my reinker) and stamped.  Quarter turns were made all the around as the stamping was repeated.

Having marks on the grid paper made it easy to repeatedly line up each piece identically.  The stamping was done all at once after the cardstock had been cut to size.  The leaves and "berries" were colored with Dark Real Red and Old Olive Combo Stampin' Blends.  

No card is complete unless the inside has been completed... so the insides were stamped to compliment the front.  The dove was off-stamped twice before being stamped on the bottom of the cardbase or on the inside card layer.  The sentiment was stamped in Real Red.

I hope that my project has inspired you in some way today.  Please continue along the blog hop for additional inspiration!  

December 2020 Third Thursdays Blog Roll

Kimberley Morris

Tatiana Tobin

Susan Webster

Susan Legits
Jan Musselman
Angie McKenzie  YOU ARE HERE

Thanks for hopping by my little corner of the world and I'm looking forward to seeing ya'll again soon!!

Have a blessed day!

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Dove Of Hope Cling Stamp Set (English) [153406]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650]	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [144237]	Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes [107300]
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090]	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084]	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892]	Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154899]	Paper Trimmer [152392]
Stamparatus [146276]	Small Grid Paper [149621]	Bone Folder [102300]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper [150429]
Mini Glue Dots [103683]

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