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Spellbinders | Advent Calendar Day 24 + Clearance Sale

Hello! Today, I am sharing a Christmas card created with the Spellbinders Crafty Advent Calendar Day 24 surprise – a pickup truck with presents. Today is the final window on the calendar. Check out the Spellbinders blog for more inspiration. Scroll down for information about the Christmas Clearance Sale that runs until 12/26/2022 Midnight MST.

Dry emboss Snowdrift cardstock with Flurry of Snowflakes 3D folder, trim, and add to card base.
Apply stencil paste through the Layered Christmas Tree stencil on Cosmic Sky cardstock, sprinkle on Sparkle Dust Glitter, and set aside to dry. Once dry, cut with arch in the Essential Arches set.
Glimmer foil Glitter Wishes sentiment on Snowdrift in Gold. Cut panel with arch in the Essential Arches set and Color Block Scenic Scape die. Add snowbank to stenciled sky and attach to card base.
Cut truck and presents, assemble, and add to scene.
Embellish with snowflakes. I grabbed some off my worktable!

Merry Christmas!

Spellbinders | Holiday Birds + A Christmas Clearance Sale

Hello. I am sharing a wrap-up post featuring holiday cards created with Spellbinders bird dies AND to let you know about the Christmas Clearance Sale that runs until 12/26/2022 Midnight MST!

As I look over the cards that I have made over the past eleven years, I can see that I am drawn to using birds as a focal item. Here are four I have created this year; click on the photo to go to the original post:

Christmas Trend – Snowmen

Hello! Today I am sharing a wrap-up of cards created in the past several months featuring snowmen (snow people) die sets, which were introduced this past fall. I used snowmen more than any other holiday motif (focal item) this year.

Did you identify any strong Christmas cardmaking themes or trends? The farmhouse Christmas trend – Buffalo check and the red pickup truck – is still holding on, along with gnomes and poinsettias; however, I did not see anything new arrive on the scene this year. I spoke to the seasonal buyer at our grocery store about Christmas trends, (they carry an amazing number of seasonal items, as it is an independent store), and we speculated that the pandemic, and its uncertainty for retail, impacted the creation of a new trend (which would have had to have been created a year ago for this season).

My snowmen cards for Christmas 2022 – click on the photo for the original post.

Spellbinders | Advent Calendar Days 12 + 14

Hello! Today, I am sharing card created with the Day 12 and Day 14 surprises – a bird die set and a pair of floral greenery (I used one of the two) – in the Crafty Advent Calendar from Spellbinders. Follow along on the Spellbinders blog for daily inspiration. I also used the solid heart die from Day 8.

Dry-emboss light blue cardstock with the December 2022 embossing folder; trim to 3 7/8-inch square. Add to 4 1/4-inch white cardstock card base.
Cut heart using the Advent Calendar Day 8 die from Vellum.
Glimmer foil the Be Bold sentiment on Snowdrift in Gold; cut with coordinating die.
Cut bird from Snowdrift, Onyx, Brushed Gold, and red cardstock; assemble.
Cut branch from Brushed Gold and Snowdrift cardstock; assemble.
Add heart, bird, branch, and sentiment to card; embellish with Gold Mix Gems.

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Spellbinders | Home Sweet Quilt Collection

Hello! I am delighted to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog sharing three projects created with the recently introduced Home Sweet Quilt Collection by Becca Feeken. I would appreciate you heading over to see the projects in full, read how I used color with the patterns, and leave a comment.

Spellbinders | Home Sweet Quilt Collection

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