Christmas - Right as Rain

Spellbinders All Aboard Christmas Kit 2021 Limited Edition

Hello! Over the next several days, I will be sharing holiday cards created with the Spellbinders All Aboard Christmas Kit that contains over 580 pieces with which you can create 25+ cards, 24+ tags, and much more. Today, I am showcasing the kit’s 13-piece die set, which includes dies to create a train, train cars, and goodies to fill the train cars.

To create the train, the background, the sentiment, and the embellishments, I used the kit’s solid cardstock, patterned paper, gold foil cardstock, sequins, and die-cut shapes.

The card measures 6 inches wide by 3 inches tall.

Other ideas for this die-set:

Use the packages, ornament, and tree shapes on a Christmas-themed tag or card without the train.
Use the train and packages on a birthday card, which is not Christmas-themed.

My second post with the kit is here.

Spellbinders Slimline Holiday Collection

Hello! I am delighted to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog featuring three Christmas Slimline cards that use dry embossing, glimmer foiling, and diecutting. I would be most appreciative if you would head over to read about my cards and leave a comment!

Spellbinders – Christmas Collection – Be Merry

Hello! Today, I am sharing an A2-sized Christmas card showcasing products from the just-released Be Merry Collection at Spellbinders.

I stenciled white paste through the Layered Christmas Tree stencil on to an A2-sized panel of red, velvet-textured cardstock.
I glimmer-foiled the Gifts of Christmas sentiment in gold on to navy cardstock.
After masking the sentiment, I stenciled white paste through the Layered Christmas Tree stencil. Once dry, I cut the sentiment with a 3 inch circle die.
I die-cut the snowy hills from glitter cardstock with the dies in the Color Block Scenic Scape set and cut them with the 3 inch circle die. I adhered the snow banks to the navy circle.
I die-cut the Chill Bear from Snowdrift cardstock and gold foil.
I die-cut the ornament top from gold foil with a die in the Circle Kaleidoscope Slimline die set. The ornament string was cut with a die in a previously-released Spellbinders Christmas die set.
I added the ornament and bear to the red background.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Spellbinders – ‘Tis the Season

Fa la la! Today I am sharing a slimline Christmas card featuring products from the just-released ‘Tis the Season Collection at Spellbinders. With this card, the Gifts of Christmas sentiment was the starting point – “Christmas Is Better When We Are Together.” I figured I needed several vehicles headed in the same direction to be together for the holidays!

I glimmer-foiled the Gifts of Christmas sentiment in silver on to a black cardstock panel.
After masking the sentiment, I stenciled silver paste through the Layered Christmas Tree stencil.
I die-cut the snowy hills from glitter cardstock with the dies in the Color Block Scenic Scape set. Once the background was dry, the snow banks were added.
I die-cut the vehicles with the Special Delivery die set; they were assembled with the inlay technique.
I added trees to the top of two of the vehicles created with the Bottle Brush Trees set and packages to the center car using the Shopping Spree set.

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Spellbinders Christmas 2021 – Open House Collection – Part Two

Hello! I am back sharing another Christmas card created with the just-released Open House Collection at Spellbinders. My first post with this release can be found here. (That post features the card shown on the right in the photo below.) Today, I am featuring the card shown on the left in the photo below.

For this card, I created an opening door to reveal a girl with a stack of packages.

I die-cut the door and side panels with the Open Door Base and Side Panel die sets from gray and Snowdrift cardstock. For the window panes, I die cut gold foil. I used two shades of red to make the welcome mat. Gray and red are a favorite winter color combination of mine.

To create the opening for the operable door, I cut the door out of an A2-size panel of patterned paper, backed with cardstock. The cardstock was adhered only on the edges (I will explain why in the next step).

I adhered the assembled exterior door to a hinge and backed it with another door (cut from the same patterned paper as the front, but not decorated with windows). I slipped the hinge between the patterned paper front and the cardstock adding glue to hold it.