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Penny Black Winter Wishes

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS winter-themed card created with Penny Black supplies. Although, I used Christmas colors, the design could be created in non-Christmas colors for a winter friendship card. This design is similar to a card I made at the same time last year. What’s different with this version? Most notably, it’s A2-sized, and I used the 30-881 When Snow Falls sentiment and a die in the 51-717 Border Collection. By using the Border Collection edge, I eliminated the need to frame the card.

I heat-embossed the 30-881 When Snow Falls sentiment in Red Geranium on off-white cardstock and trimmed the panel.
I cut the 51-667 Winter Greens from green cardstock.
I cut the strip from the same green cardstock (to finish off the left-side edge of the 51-667 Winter Greens) using one of the 51-717 Border Collection dies.
I cut the birds from red cardstock with dies in the 51-657 Wildwood set.
I glued the Winter Greens/Border Collection assembly to the sentiment panel and added the birds with foam adhesive.
I added Stickles to the berries.

Spellbinders December 2021 Large Die Kit Club

Hello crafty friends! Happy December! I’m delighted to share two CAS cards created with the Spellbinders December 2021 Large Die of the Month “Layered Stitched Background.”

The versatile set includes six dies with which to create distinctive cards. While I created holiday cards, the set works for any season, simply change the floss colors and sentiment! (Find out more about this set here.)

My cards share the same design: a dry-embossed card base, centered stitched panel, and glimmer-foiled sentiment.

Dry-emboss card base with the Sun Rays folder.
Glimmer-foil Mini Christmas Sentiment Strips sentiment and cut with die in the set.
Die-cut the Large Die of the Month pieces and stitch the bottom layer. Assemble with top pieces and adhere to base.
Add sentiment with foam adhesive.

DMC Floss Colors: 700 (green), 728 (yellow), 321 (red), 815 (dark red)

DMC Floss Colors: 322 (medium blue), 3810 (teal), 700 (green), 726 (yellow), 824 (dark blue), 208 (purple), 603 (pink), 321 (red), 741 (orange)

Thanks for stopping by. May your December be filled with wonderful memories!

Tim Holtz Christmas Gentleman

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS Christmas card that features a festive gentleman, who looks as if he stepped out of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” The Christmas 2021 Vault Series die includes the gentleman, as well as the wreath and lamp post. (Emboldened supplies without links are available from multiple stores and are included in the supply list at the end of the post.)

To begin I stenciled the snowflakes, part of Mini Stencil Set Number 50, with white pigment ink on to a teal cardstock base. I did this twice to cover the area, letting it dry between the applications.
I die-cut the Christmas 2021 Vault Series from cardstock and assembled them, using Brushed Gold behind the lamppost.
I heat-embossed the Simple Sayings sentiment on white cardstock with gold embossing powder, trimmed the panel, and added it to the stenciled background.
I added the lamp post, gentleman, and wreath to the scene.

Tim Holtz Feathered Friends Christmas Tags

Hello! Today I am sharing Christmas tags created with Tim Holtz supplies featuring the Feathered Friends die set. I shared a card with this set here.

I heat-embossed the Festive Overlay sentiment on to kraft cardstock, once with Red Geranium and once with Green. I cut the cardstock using the Tag Collection die set.
I sponged white pigment ink through the Flurries stencil, masking the sentiment.
To create the small patches of snow, I stenciled embossing paste through a stencil in the Mini Set 38 and then sprinkled it with Rock Candy Glitter.
I die-cut the Feathered Friends birds from colored cardstock and black cardstock and assembled them; I placed white cardstock behind the wings and the bodies for greater visibility. I added the birds to the tags, as well as twine.

Spellbinders November 2021 Clubs Blog Hop

Hello! I am delighted to be participating in a blog hop sharing CAS slimline holiday cards created with the Spellbinders November 2021 Club Subscriptions. You should have reached me from the blog of Kathy Clement. (The entire list of participants is included at the end of my post.) For the hop, I created quick-to-make cards with this month’s Large Die of the Month kit “Christmas Foliage Strip & Borders.” I previously shared a card created with the same set here.

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on the Spellbinders blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, November 21st, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes. Please note: store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions; store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras, and regular releases.

For the first card, I die-cut the floral portion of the Large Die of the Month set three times and adhered the borders to a slimline card base from the same cardstock. I glimmer-foiled the Gifts of Christmas Sentiments sentiment in gold on a darker red cardstock. I die-cut the sentiment with a circle die and added an ornament holder (cut with a die in the Circle Kaleidoscope set).

On the second card, I combined dies in the Large Die of the Month set to cut Snowdrift cardstock. I die-cut a piece of Brushed Gold to back the detailed open area. I die-cut navy cardstock with another die in the set and added that piece to the top. I added the assembly to a Brushed Silver card base. I decorated the card with Santa and reindeer and a sentiment, cut with dies in the Silent Night set, adding a small Gold Gem to the nose of the lead reindeer.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Head next to the blog of Marie Heiderscheit. Scroll for full blog hop list.

There is a BIG sale at Spellbinders featuring clearance deals from just $1 and offering a HUGE assortment of products newly added to clearance. The offer is available through Wednesday 11/17/21.

Blog Hop List:
Spellbinders Blog
Tina Smith
Bibi Cameron
Yasmin Diaz
Jill Hilliard
Jennifer Kotas
Virginia Lu
Sandra Nagel
Kathy Clement
Jean Manis <—you are here
Marie Heiderscheit
Emily Leiphart
Jessica Vasher
Hussena Calcuttawala
Melody Rupple
Jennifer Snyder
Natasha Vacca
Alanna Moses
Martha Lucia Gomez
Tiffany Pryce Russom