Christmas - Right as Rain

Holiday Greenery Card with Natural Elegance

Hello! Embrace the quiet elegance of nature with a card that feels like a festive visit to a garden nursery, featuring realistic poinsettias, evergreen, and berry boughs tucked into a flower bucket. Using Elizabeth Craft Designs die sets, I’ve crafted a serene design that’s perfect for spreading warm, understated holiday cheer.

- With the Flower Pot / Bucket die set, cut Soft Finish cardstock. Color with Distress inks and assemble.
- With the Florals 29, Holly Greenery, and Floral Greenery 1 die sets, cut Soft Finish cardstock. Color with Distress inks. Shape with flower tools if desired. (I have tools from Dress My Craft, Heartfelt Creations, and McGill.) Assemble. I used Dress My Craft Pollen for the centers of the two small white flowers.
- Create 5″ x 7″ card base and cover with Soft Finish cardstock. Add a 4 5/8″ x 6 5/8″ Evergreen Season Collection Solids 1 patterned paper panel.
- Stamp Holiday Snippets sentiment in brown ink on the smooth side of Soft Finish cardstock. Cut with small tag die (I used a die from a now-retired MFT tag set).
- Add assembled items and sentiment tag to the card front with foam and dot adhesive.

Looking for more inspiration? You can read this post where I used some of the same and similar products to create a holiday card.

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Watercolored Teacup with Holiday Greenery

Hello! Today I’m sharing a Christmas card that features the charming designs of Penny Black. This card highlights a watercolored teacup filled with festive greenery, perfect for spreading holiday cheer. The details and colors give the card a cozy yet elegant feel.

- Stamp Penny Black Brew-Tea-Ful image in VersaFine ink on Cold Press watercolor paper. Heat set. Color with watercolor mediums of choice. I used Distress ink. Once dry, fussy-cut image with its coordinating die.
- Stamp Season to Believe sentiment in black ink on Bristol cardstock. Apply Distress inks for the sky and ground. Trim panel and add to A2-size card base.
- Cut Festive Finesse foliage several times and color with Distress ink.
- Add teacup to card background with foam adhesive. Trim foliage and add to the inside of the teacup.

Die-cut Winter Bouquet Card

Hello! Today, I’m excited to share a Christmas card that brings the beauty of winter botanicals to life! Using Elizabeth Craft Designs stamps and dies, I crafted a floral spray featuring poinsettias, evergreen, and berry boughs. The realism of the elements makes this card a celebration of the season’s natural beauty.

When creating realistic blooms, I research the flower. Did you know that the poinsettia is the most popular flowering plant sold in the United States with more than 70 million sold nationwide each year? What we consider the petals are actually bracts, which are more like leaves than petals. The true flowers of poinsettias are the small clusters of yellow blooms in the center.

- With the Florals 29 and Holly Greenery die sets, cut Soft Finish cardstock. Color with Distress Inks. Shape with flower tools if desired. (I have tools from Dress My Craft, Heartfelt Creations, and McGill.) Assemble.
- Create 5″ square card base and cover with patterned paper. Cut doily shape with large die in the Joyous Ornament – Round set from white cardstock. With the circle die in the same set, cut another patterned paper. Add doily shape and circle to card base.
- Stamp Joyous Christmas sentiment in brown ink and cut with a die in the Layered Labels set.
- Add assembled floral items to card front. Add sentiment label with foam adhesive.

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Spellbinders | All Seasons Collection

Hello! I’m thrilled to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog sharing three cards created with the All Seasons Scrapbooking Collection, exclusive to Spellbinders. The BetterPress plates in the collection feature a timeless lowercase script font for sentiments that fit any season and a multitude of occasions. I’ve used three of the BetterPress sets and one of the die sets from the collection, along with other Spellbinders die sets, to design a fall card, a Christmas card, and an Easter card. Each card highlights the beauty and adaptability of this collection, bringing a touch of seasonal charm to your crafting projects.

Spellbinders | Christmas Time Gnome

Hello! Rev up your holiday cardmaking with this Christmas card featuring a whimsical gnome behind the wheel of a sports car, loaded with festive presents! Created with Spellbinders die sets, this card brings together playful charm and holiday spirit, making it a perfect choice for spreading cheer. Created with an exclusive BetterPress plate, the “Christmas time” sentiment adds the final touch to this joyful scene. Scroll for information on the BOGO sale at Spellbinders, now through August 25, 2024.

- Create A2-size card base with glitter cardstock.
- Cut Snowdrift cardstock with the largest die in the Emerald Cut Labels set and add to the card base.
- Cut Sea Glass cardstock with the Starshine Background die and then with the next largest die in the Emerald Cut Labels set. Use the same die in the set to cut white glitter cardstock and trim to create the snowbank. Add snowbank to Sea Glass panel, add assembly to the Emerald Cut Labels mat, and add to the card base.
- Cut gnome and sports car with dies in the Gnome Drive set from a variety of cardstock colors and textures. Cut packages with dies in the Delivering Joy Sleigh set. Assemble car, gnome, and packages as required and add entire assembly to the card with white foam adhesive.
- BetterPress the sentiment in gold metallic ink on Snowdrift cardstock with the All Seasons Winter Press Plate. Cut with coordinating die included with the set. Add sentiment to panel with white foam adhesive.
- Embellish with Gold Mix Gems.