Winter - Right as Rain

Spellbinders | Celebrate the Season “Winter Welcome Sled”

Hello! I have more Christmas inspiration to share from the recent releases at Spellbinders with a card that showcases the adorable Winter Welcome Sled die set, part of the Celebrate the Season Collection.

Here’s how you can make this card:

Emboss a 4 x 5 1/4 inch Brushed Silver cardstock panel with the Stargazer folder. Add to textured, white, A2-size cardstock and attach to card base.
Cut sled from kraft and Brushed Silver cardstock; assemble. Decorate with ice skates, poinsettia, and foliage cut with dies in the Winter Welcome Sled and Parcel & Post Christmas Decorations sets; cut evergreen from Green Glitter Foam. Add sled assembly to card.
Foil Glitter Wishes sentiment in Silver on Snowdrift cardstock; cut with coordinating die and add to card.
To embellish, cut snowflakes with dies in the Holiday Decorations set from Snowdrift cardstock. Add to card.

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Spellbinders | Parcel and Post Collection

Hello! Christmas inspiration continues at Spellbinders, and today I am sharing a card to showcase the Parcel and Post Collection.

Here’s how you can make this card:

- Add snow to blue cardstock background with the Layered Christmas Tree stencil with Transfer Gel – DUO. Once dry, foil the panel (using the Glimmer Hot Foil System) with Opal Glimmer Foil.
- Cut mailbox with the Parcel & Post Mailbox from red and gold foil; assemble. (I couldn’t resist creating a red mailbox!)
- Foil the Christmas Mailbox Greetings sentiment in Gold on Snowdrift cardstock and cut with die in the Parcel & Post Mailbox set.
- Cut embellishments with dies in the Parcel & Post Mailbox and Parcel & Post Christmas Decorations sets from Brushed Gold, Green Glitter Foam, red foil, and Snowdrift cardstock. Add to slot in mailbox.

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Spellbinders | Celebrate the Season “Tweet Cardinal”

Hello! Fa la la, I am delighted to share a Christmas card today showcasing the Celebrate the Season Collection at Spellbinders, which includes the adorable Tweet Cardinal die set. Cue the holiday music!

To create snow, apply Trasfer Gel – Duo through the Layered Christmas Tree stencil on a dark-blue, min-slimline cardstock panel. Set aside to dry. When dry, use Glimmer Foil Machine to foil with Opal.
Foil the Glitter Wishes sentiment in Cobalt Blue on Snowdrift cardstock. Cut with Color Block Scenic Scape die set. Cut an additional snowbank with the Color Block Scenic Scape set. Add snowbanks to stenciled card background.
Cut Tweet Cardinal from cardstock and assemble.
Cut Build a Winter Birdhouse and Build a Summer Birdhouse (for birdhouse post). Use White Glitter Foam for snow.
Embellish birdhouse with poinsettia and foliage cut with dies in the Winter Welcome Sled, Parcel & Post Christmas Decorations, and Build a Winter Birdhouse sets.

While you are shopping, be sure to check out the Christmas in July Sale and the now available July Arrivals at Spellbinders.

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 128 – Christmas in July

Hello! Today, I am sharing a Christmas card that I created for the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 128 – Christmas in July. I enjoy house scenes and often create them. I particularly like the pairing of the large house with the small village border.

Create blue A2-size card base.
Stamp Simply Winter Sentiments sentiment on white cardstock and cut with the Little Town Border. Back house windows with yellow cardstock. Add to card base.
Cut house pieces with the Build-A-House and Christmas Add-On die sets. Add glitter glue to light pieces. Assemble when dry and add the decorated house to the card.
Embellish with snowflakes cut with dies in the Mini Snowflakes set.

Rubbernecker Die-cut Snowmen Card

Hello! Today, I am sharing a winter-themed, friendship card featuring Rubbernecker die-cut snowmen. Just because the holidays are over, it doesn’t mean that winter-themed craft dies and stamps have to be stored away with the decorations. Use them to brighten up someone’s day! Of course, you can use these same supplies to create a Christmas card with a red-and-green color scheme.

Create card background from patterned paper cut with the largest die in the Mini Slimline Nested with Stitch set, measuring 6 by 3 ½ inches.
Create a 6 by 3 inches rectangle from colored paper or cardstock. Cut with the Circles Stitch die in the center, using washi tape to secure the die to the paper. Trim ¼ inch from both sides (the larger original size provides more wiggle room).
Die-cut snowmen from various colors of paper and cardstock with the Winter Snowmen set and assemble.

•With white powder, heat-emboss the Snowmen with Presents sentiment on dark blue paper. Trim heat-embossed panel to a size slightly larger than the die-cut circles.
From the back of the paper rectangle with the die-cut circles, attach the sentiment to show in the center circle.
Create a 6 inch by 2 ½ inches strip from pink paper and attach to the back of the die-cut circle strip.
To highlight the circle frame, attach white cardstock strip measuring 6 by 2 3/4 inches to the back of the die-cut circle assembly. Adhere to card background ¼ inch from the left edge. The asymmetry creates visual interest.
Position the die-cut Winter Snowmen in the top and bottom circles and adhere. (Photo below shows the die-cut pieces before final assembly.)