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?

Bear, Santa & Reindeer Gift Tags

Hello! Adding a handmade touch to holiday gifts makes them even more special! Today, I’m sharing a set of three Christmas gift tags I created using Spellbinders dies. The tags feature a bundled polar bear, a classic Santa, and a festive reindeer—all designed to coordinate with the gift wrap for presents I’ve prepared for my granddaughter. Whether you’re crafting for loved ones or adding a personal flair to your own gift-giving, these tags are sure to inspire!

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I used three sets from the Merry Mug & Circle Delights Collection, (introduced in 2023)—Festive Ornaments, Whimsical Winter Critters, and Santa’s Festive Circle Crew—to cut the pieces for the gift tags.

Polar Bear Gift Tag

Santa Gift Tag

Reindeer Gift Tag

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Spellbinders | Advent Calendar Day Six

Hello! Today I am sharing a holiday tag created with the Day Six surprise in the Crafty Advent Calendar from Spellbinders– a gnome die set. Follow along on the Spellbinders blog for daily inspiration. (I took Day Five off; the surprise was a peppermint-stripe embossing folder.)

Spellbinders | Advent Calendar Day Six

Spellbinders | Advent Calendar Day Six


Spellbinders | Christmas Delivery

Hello! Today I am sharing Christmas-themed projects created with the Spellbinders Christmas Delivery Printed Die Cuts, part of the Oh! What Fun Collection. The Christmas Delivery set includes sentiment banners and focal items including gift-givers with bodies and legs that can move. I created two tags and three A2-size cards with the die cuts.

Spellbinders | Christmas Delivery

I added textural interest to the backgrounds with embossing folders and a stencil. I used the Puff Dotty 3D Embossing Folder and the Faux Stitch Embossing Folder. For the snow, I used white embossing paste through the Layered Christmas Tree Stencil and sprinkled on Sparkle Dust Glitter.

Spellbinders | Christmas Delivery

I created hills for the tags and cards with a die in the Warm Wishes Camper set and with the Color Block Scenic Scape dies.

Spellbinders | Christmas Delivery

Additional snowflakes were cut with dies in the Let It Snowman, Chill Bear, and Holiday Decorations sets. I embellished the Christmas tree and the coats on the gift-givers with Poppy Pearl Dots.

Spellbinders | Christmas Delivery

I trimmed the sentiment banners with a die in the Holiday Sentiments Series 2 set.

Spellbinders | Christmas Delivery


Spellbinders | Holiday Cheer Enclosed

Hello! I am a guest on the Spellbinders blog with three projects featuring the Special Pet Delivery die set, part of the Holiday Cheer Enclosed Collection. Your cat- and dog-loving friends will be delighted to receive projects featuring these cute pets! For the blog post, I created a winter holiday card, a mini-slimline card, and gift tags, with products from the collection. I would love for you to head over and leave a comment.

Spellbinders | Holiday Cheer Enclosed