Santa Claus Cards: A Crafting Round-Up

Ho ho ho! Santa Claus is the heart of Christmas magic, symbolizing joy, generosity, and the wonder of the season. In this round-up of handmade cards, Santa Claus takes center stage. While this post is coming a bit late for this year, it’s perfect for planning ahead—many of the featured supplies may be discounted now, making it the ideal time to stock up for next season’s crafting! Click on the card image to be taken to the original post for additional details.

A welcoming Santa takes center stage on this card, set in a Polaroid-style frame.

Santa Claus Cards: A Crafting Round-Up

This card showcases Santa with a bag of toys and a bell, standing on a snowbank. The dry-embossed snowy background and felt accents on Santa add rich texture.

Santa Claus Cards: A Crafting Round-Up

This card features an old-fashioned stamped Santa and vintage-style sentiment, paired with plaid patterned paper for a nostalgic holiday feel.

Santa Claus Cards: A Crafting Round-Up

This slimline card shows a pink-to-red ombré inked silhouette with Santa, children, and a sleigh, set against a teal background. Sequins create sparkling snowflakes, and a white-embossed sentiment completes the festive design.

Santa Claus Cards: A Crafting Round-Up

This slimline card pairs a light teal, dry-embossed peppermint stripe background with Santa’s face appearing as one of three whimsical ornaments.

Santa Claus Cards: A Crafting Round-Up

This tag shows a small Santa inside a snow globe. The stenciled white trees on kraft cardstock create a rustic, yet festive, background.

Santa Claus Cards: A Crafting Round-Up

This card depicts Santa’s workshop, crafted with dies from a shed set. The shed features doors adorned with a Santa sign and stockings. Santa’s sleigh, loaded with a few packages, sits outside—offering evidence of his hard work.

Santa Claus Cards: A Crafting Round-Up

These cards capture a variety of Santa-inspired designs, ranging from playful to nostalgic, to spark your holiday cardmaking creativity. Which Santa stamps or dies in your collection are your favorites? Do you have any Santa-themed products on your wish list?

Penguin Birthday Card Idea Using Winter Supplies

Hello! Winter-themed crafting products aren’t just for Christmas! Today, I’m sharing a playful winter birthday card featuring a penguin holding balloons, set against a snowy, dry-embossed sky. You can easily repurpose supplies designed for holiday cards, like snowflakes, snowy skies, and winter-themed focal die sets, to celebrate birthdays during the cold winter months. It’s a great way to stretch your crafting supplies. For more inspiration, I did something similar on this card. Spellbinders is holding a Big Holiday Wrap-Up sale, now until December 25, 2024, at 11:59 PST.

Penguin Birthday Card Idea Using Winter Supplies

Penguin Birthday Card Idea Using Winter Supplies

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Elegant Valentine Card with a Monster Twist

Hello! Following the design of my first Valentine’s Day card with the Spellbinders December 2024 Large Die Kit Club Monster Love Pop set, I’ve created a new version with this month’s Caboodle Bonus! This card showcases a playful monster in formal Valentine colors—gold, black, white, and red—holding a love letter in one hand and a heart on a stick in the other. This card combines sophistication with whimsy. Scroll for info on the Big Holiday Wrap-Up, available from December 17, 2024, to December 25, 2024, at 11:59 PST.

Elegant Valentine Card with a Monster Twist

Elegant Valentine Card with a Monster Twist

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Spellbinders | Winter Birthday Card

Hello! Winter birthdays offer a special kind of celebration, blending the magic of the holiday season without veering into full-on Christmas themes. Featuring a sweet mouse dressed in a cozy scarf and sweater, holding a balloon, this card combines winter magic with birthday joy. With a snowy ground and snowflakes in the sky, it’s perfect for anyone celebrating their special day during the colder months!

Spellbinders | Winter Birthday Card

    • Cover an A2-size card base with patterned paper.
    • Dry-emboss arch-shaped cardstock, cut with a die in the Essential Arches set, with the Floating Balloons folder.
    • Cut white-textured cardstock with a die in the Color Block Scenic Scape set and again with a die in the Essential Arches set. Add to the dry-embossed balloon arch; add assembly to the card base.
    • Stamp the Monster Birthday Sentiments on Chamomile cardstock and cut with a die in the Color Block Balloons set. Assemble and add to the card base.
    • Cut the mouse from a variety of cardstock colors with the Dancin’ & Giftin’ Mouse set. Assemble and add to the card base with foam square adhesive. This mouse die set was originally released with a Christmas collection. I gave it a fresh twist by adding a balloon from another set—showing how versatile Christmas-themed products can be with a few simple changes.
    • To reinforce the winter theme, embellish card with snowflakes cut with a die in the Christmas Wreath Add-Ons set.

Spellbinders | Winter Birthday Card


Cheers to Love: Spellbinders Valentine Card

Hello! Raise a glass to love with this trendy Valentine card! Created with the Love on the Rocks die set by Spellbinders, this design has everything you need to toast to romance—a highball tumbler, straw, stir stick, heart-shaped accents, and even ice cubes! Paired with the sweet “PS I Love You” sentiment and a patterned paper background, this card is perfect for celebrating love with friends, family, or a special someone.

Spellbinders Love on the Rocks

    • Cover an A2-size card base with pink cardstock.
    • Cut patterned paper (Echo Park Love Notes) with a die in the Essential Stylish Ovals set.
    • Cut textured white cardstock with the next largest oval die in the Essential Stylish Ovals set. Add patterned paper oval to white cardstock one; add assembly to the card base.
    • Cut pieces of the tumbler and accessories with dies in the Love on the Rocks set from a variety of cardstock colors. Assemble tumbler, straw, and skewer.
    • Cut the straw to create the illusion that the straw is in the drink and add to the tumbler. Back tumbler assembly with vellum (fussy-cut).
    • Glimmer foil the sentiment with a plate in the Mini Everyday Sentiments set in Red foil. Cut with the coordinating die and add to card.
    • Add tumbler to card with foam squares. Attach the heart skewer to the top of the tumbler with glue.

Spellbinders Love on the Rocks