It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas!

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Happy Holidays!

Wow, the holidays are quickly approaching and I've been busy working on our Christmas cards for family and friends.

I make a set of cards for family and a different set of cards for friends so I will be sharing them in several posts instead of one because I feel each one is special and deserves their own spotlight.

The first card I am sharing with you today, is a card for a wonderful friend and her husband.  She loves crocheting and her husband is always there to help her untangle the yarn or support her when she's frustrated with a pattern.  We have been blessed to receive many of her beautiful creations especially crocheted angels that I proudly display.  So with that in mind, I was so excited to see a new product released from Concord & 9th - the Granny Square Turnabout stamp.

Here is the card I will be discussing below:


Since I will be needing four colors, one for each turn, I picked out Rhubarb and Cranberry for the red colors and Spring and Lucky for the green colors.  All of these inks are from the Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Pad line.

I used my Misti Stamping Tool along with Concord & 9th's All In One Turnabout Jig to set up the granny square stamp correctly.  Concord & 9th has instructions on how to set these up in the packaging as well as on their website and YouTube.

Here are the colors for each round:

  • 1st Round - Rhubarb
  • 2nd Round - Spring
  • 3rd Round - Cranberry
  • 4th Round - Lucky 
Once I finished the panel and loved how it turned out, I made another panel since I wasn't sure how many squares I would need as I was undecided what my final layout was going end up as.  Any extra, I can save for another card at a later date.

I then die cut each square out using the coordinating die that is sold separately from the turnabout stamp.  If you have a square die roughly the same size, you could use that instead.  But since I had the coordinating die, I decided to use that to cut them all out.

I then took a white panel measuring 5 1/2" by 4 1/4", the standard A2 card size, and began to lay the squares around the card.  When I finally liked the rough layout, I looked for a beautiful sentiment for the center of the card.  I found the Merry Christmas stamp from Gina K Designs from her Stamptember collaboration with Simon Says Stamp that fit perfect and would look beautiful on the card.  I placed the stamp onto the center of the card (not inking it though) so I know where to line up the squares.

I took extra care to align each square so that the distance between was somewhat exact.  After I got it as close as I could (a few are a little wonky but that's ok), I used low tack tape to tape the squares together so I can remove them safely from the panel yet keep them in place.  I adhered foam tape on the back of each square and lined them back up again onto the panel where I had them placed before and pressed down so the foam would adhere.  I gently removed the low tack tape from the squares.  I then repeated the steps for the other side of the card.

I trimmed off any excess and ended up using two of them back onto the card (the green ones along the sides).

I stamped the sentiment onto a separate white piece of cardstock and die cut that using the coordinating die.  I also die cut two more and glued them to the stamped die cut instead of using foam tape and adhered that to the card.  I then adhered the completed panel onto a a top folding A2 sized card base.

I finished off the card with a little clear shimmer Glitter Brush Marker from Scrapbook.com and five small gold embellishments cascading on the card.


This card is absolutely one of my favorites I've made.  I love making cards that have a direct correlation to the recipient as it adds that extra special touch and meaning to the cards.

This stamp is so versatile as it can be done in so many different colors.  I made many panels using the Color Cubes by Sarah Renae Clark as a guide to help me with color choices.  This would be a great card for a new baby or baby shower! Here is a picture of the panels:


I hope you enjoyed the card and leave a comment below if you know someone who would love receiving this type of card.

Thank you for stopping by!

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