Learn how to make Stampin’ Up! Christmas Everywhere Kit extra cards with the leftover pieces – get more for your money with this great kit!
You may be looking for this kit in one of the catalogues, but you won’t find it. This is kit, along with the other kits, are Online Exclusive products that Stampin’ Up! offers. I didn’t want you to miss out on this kit. And I REALLY didn’t want you to miss out on how to make Stampin’ Up! Christmas Everywhere Kit Extra cards with the leftover pieces! I LOVE stretching my crafting budget and when I see opportunities for people to get more from their stash, I share them!
Do you have a love one that lives in warmer areas or will be down south for Christmas? This kit has the traditional Christmas Trees, as well as Palm Trees and Cacti and would be perfect for them.
I started by laying out all of the pieces that comes with the Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422) and I found that there are a lot of pieces that are extra. I made the Christmas Everywhere Kit by following the instructions to the tee and I created 9 Christmas Cards quite quickly. This is what I had left over to create the alternative cards.
This is the sheet of Palm Trees and Cacti that are left over. There are actually 2 of these sheets.
Each card has a sentiment banner that comes in Granny Apple Green, Pretty Peacock or Real Red and as you can tell, there is one of each colour remaining to use on your alternative cards.
There will be 3 background layers with trees that left over.
For the alternative Christmas Everywhere Kit cards, I wanted to keep them simple for the purpose of this tutorial and use as little extra supplies that didn’t come with the kit to show you the value of this kit. You can go wild and use whatever products you have on hand to take your projects to the next level.
IMPORTANT: I didn’t have enough sentiment banners for 2 of my alternatives, so I made them myself. You’ll use one of the ones that come with the kit as a template, so you’ll need to make them before you attach the original ones to your cards. It is much easier this way.
The sentiment banner is flipped over in this photo. The Real Red Cardstock is 1-1/4” wide. The length is 6”, but that doesn’t matter, because you’ll be cutting it off.
Using Paper Snips (103579), you are going to trim the Real Red Cardstock to match the sentiment banner. You are going to turn the banner around and trim the other side. These sentiment banners were an odd size so it is hard to duplicate them exactly, but I think that they look good.
Now we are ready to create the alternative Christmas Everywhere Kit Cards (162422)
3 Cacti with Real Red Cardstock Base
SUPPLIES
Stamp:
Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Inks:
Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Spot included in Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Paper (including Cutting Dimensions):
Real Red Cardstock {CS} (102482) 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”
Accessories:
Bone Folder (102300)
Clear Block (The one that comes with the Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430) (Use the ones that came with the kit, if they are all gone order some from me.)
Basic White Medium Envelopes (159236)
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Fold the Real Red CS in half and crease it using the Bone Folder. The fold should be on the top.
- Stamp the Trees and Stars background layer using the Lost Lagoon and the Star Stamp that comes with the kit.
- Attach a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals to the backs of the Cacti and adhere to the Trees/Stars layer. Attach these 2 layers to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Ink up the “Warm Wishes” sentiment using the Lost Lagoon Ink and stamp it onto the Pretty Peacock sentiment banner that is left over from the Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422). Attach 3 Stampin’ Dimensionals to the lower back section and adhere it to the card front as shown.
2 Palm Trees with Granny Apple Green Cardstock Base
SUPPLIES
Stamp:
Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Inks:
Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Spot included in Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Paper (including Cutting Dimensions):
Granny Apple Green Cardstock {CS} (146990) 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”
Accessories:
Bone Folder (102300)
Clear Block (The one that comes with the Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430) (Use the ones that came with the kit, if they are all gone order some from me.)
Basic White Medium Envelopes (159236)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Fold the Granny Apple Green CS in half and crease it using the Bone Folder. The fold should be on the top.
- Stamp the Trees and Stars background layer using the Lost Lagoon and the Star Stamp that comes with the kit.
- Attach a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals to the backs of the Palm Trees and adhere to the Trees/Stars layer. Attach these 2 layers to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Ink up the “Warm Wishes” sentiment using the Lost Lagoon Ink and stamp it onto the Real Red sentiment banner that is left over from the Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422). Attach 3 Stampin’ Dimensionals to the lower back section and adhere it to the card front as shown.
1 Palm Tree and 2 Cacti with Pretty Peacock Cardstock Base
SUPPLIES
Stamp:
Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Inks:
Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Spot included in Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Paper (including Cutting Dimensions):
Pretty Peacock Cardstock {CS} (150880) 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”
Accessories:
Bone Folder (102300)
Clear Block (The one that comes with the Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430) (Use the ones that came with the kit, if they are all gone order some from me.)
Basic White Medium Envelopes (159236)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Fold the Pretty Peacock CS in half and crease it using the Bone Folder. The fold should be on the top.
- Stamp the Trees and Stars background layer using the Lost Lagoon and the Star Stamp that comes with the kit.
- Attach a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals to the backs of the Palm Tree and the Cacti. Adhere them to the Trees/Stars layer. Attach these 2 layers to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Ink up the “Warm Wishes” sentiment using the Lost Lagoon Ink and stamp it onto the Granny Apple Green sentiment banner that is left over from the Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422). Attach 3 Stampin’ Dimensionals to the lower back section and adhere it to the card front as shown.
Stamped Lost Lagoon Trees and Stars with Real Red Cardstock Base
SUPPLIES
Stamp:
Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Inks:
Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Spot included in Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Paper (including Cutting Dimensions):
Real Red Cardstock {CS} (102482) 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”
Granny Apple Green {CS} (146990) 1-1/4” x 4”
Basic White Cardstock {CS} (159276) 3” x 5” & 1” x 2”
Accessories:
Bone Folder (102300)
Clear Block (The one that comes with the Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Paper Snips (103579)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430) (Use the ones that came with the kit, if they are all gone order some from me.)
Stampin’ Seal+ (149699)
Basic White Medium Envelopes (159236)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Fold the Real Red CS in half and crease it using the Bone Folder. The fold should be on the top.
- At this point I have used all of the Trees and Stars background layers, so I am going to make my own background. Cut a piece of Basic White CS. Ink up the Trees and the Stars from the Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422), using the Lost Lagoon Ink and the Stamps that comes with the kit. Stamp them randomly over the Basic White CS. Make sure that you re-ink after each time that you stamp.
- Adhere the Trees/Stars layer to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- There are no sentiment banners left, so hopefully you created a couple before you attached the ones that came with the kit. Check out the instructions above to create this sentiment banner. Ink up the “Merry Christmas” sentiment using the Lost Lagoon Ink and stamp it onto the smaller Basic White CS. Adhere the Basic White CS to the Granny Apple Green sentiment banner using Stampin’ Seal+. Attach 3 Stampin’ Dimensionals to the lower back section and adhere it to the card front as shown.
Vertical 2 Palm Trees and Stars with Granny Apple Green Cardstock Base
SUPPLIES
Stamp:
Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Inks:
Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Spot included in Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Paper (including Cutting Dimensions):
Granny Apple Green {CS} (146990) 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”
Real Red Cardstock {CS} (102482) 1-1/4” x 4”
Basic White Cardstock {CS} (159276) 3” x 5” & 1” x 2”
Accessories:
Bone Folder (102300)
Clear Block (The one that comes with the Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422)
Paper Snips (103579)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430) (Use the ones that came with the kit, if they are all gone order some from me.)
Stampin’ Seal+ (149699)
Basic White Medium Envelopes (159236)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Fold the Granny Apple Green CS in half and crease it using the Bone Folder. The fold should be on the left hand side.
- At this point I have used all of the Trees and Stars background layers, so I am going to make my own background. Cut a piece of Basic White CS. Ink up the Stars from the Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422), using the Lost Lagoon Ink and the Star Stamp that comes with the kit. Stamp them randomly over the Basic White CS. Make sure that you re-ink after each time that you stamp.
- Adhere the Palm Trees to the stamped Basic White layer using Stampin’ Dimensionals and then adhere to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- There are no sentiment banners left, so hopefully you created a couple before you attached the ones that came with the kit. Check out the instructions above to create this sentiment banner. Ink up the “Warm Wishes” sentiment using the Lost Lagoon Ink and stamp it onto the smaller Basic White CS. Adhere the stamped Basic White CS to the Real Red sentiment banner using Stampin’ Seal+. Attach 5 Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back and adhere it to the card front as shown.
If you would like to see all of the details of any of the products use in this project, you can click on the product photo in the Product List below. This will take you to my Online Stampin’ Up! Store.
Product List
I don’t show you how to assemble the featured cards in the Christmas Everywhere Kit, but you can click on this link to see Stampin’ Up! video to assemble the Christmas Everywhere Kit.
The Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422) contains the supplies for 9 cards and 9 envelopes. As you can see there is a lot you can do with the Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422). You could even stretch it further by only putting 1 Palm Tree or 1 Cactus on each card. All you need is some extra Cardstock, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Seal+ and Basic White Medium Envelopes to make more Christmas Everywhere Kit alternatives. I hope that you learned how to get the most out of your Christmas Everywhere Kit.
The added bonus is the Stamps that come with the Christmas Everywhere Kit (162422) can be used with any Christmas project and is not limited to these Stampin’ Up! Christmas Everywhere Kit extra cards!
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