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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.

Lawn Fawn | Christmas Build-A-Barn

Hello! Today I am sharing a Christmas card featuring the Lawn Fawn Build-A-Barn decorated for the holidays! This scene is partially inspired by the barn in one of my favorite holiday movies – “White Christmas.” I shared a Halloween scene with the Build-A-Barn in this post.

Apply white stencil paste through the Snowy Sky stencil on an A2-size Blue Jay cardstock and set aside to dry.
Cut Build-A-Barn pieces from cardstock including Barn Red; assemble.
Cut Mini Wreath from Noble Fir twice and glue together. Cut bow from red foil cardstock; assemble and add to wreath. Glue wreath on to barn.
Cut trees from Noble Fir and white cardstock with dies in the Forest Backdrop set; assemble.
Stamp Simply Winter Sentiments sentiment and cut with one of the Everyday Sentiment Banners dies.
Add stenciled background to card base and add a white flocked cardstock strip to the bottom as the snow. Attach barn with foam adhesive and adhere the trees to the sides. Attach sentiment banner and embellish with snowflakes cut with dies in the Mini Snowflakes set.

Spellbinders | Advent Calendar Day 7

Hello! Today I am sharing card created with the surprise for Day Seven in the Crafty Advent Calendar from Spellbinders. Follow along on the Spellbinders blog for daily inspiration.

Day Seven was a three-piece stencil set with which I made a Christmas card. I used the same design as the one for Day Three.

I applied Slippery When Wet, Later Gator, and Bee Sting Lunar Paste through the stencils to Snowdrift cardstock, allowing dry time between the three applications.
Once the panel was dry, I cut with the tree die in the Blooming Tree set.
I glimmer-foiled in Gold the Mini Christmas Sentiments sentiment on a dark-red cardstock panel.
I cut the foiled panel with the largest Essential Arches die.
I adhered the arch panel to a Snowdrift cardstock A2-size base.
I embellished the tree with a star cut from Brushed Gold with a die in the Holiday Decorations set and the panel with Gold Mix Gems.

Lawn Fawn | Build-A-Snowman Snow Flurries

Hello! Today I am sharing a holiday-themed card featuring the Lawn Fawn Build-A-Snowman die set. I previously shared a card showcasing this die set here.

Cut Snowflake Flurries Backdrop from white cardstock.
Cut A2-size panel of Mermaid cardstock, attach to card base.
Cut snowbank from flocked cardstock with one of the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders dies. Trim and add to card base.
Cut snowmen (or snowwomen?) from glitter cardstock. Cut accessories from various colored cardstocks. Cut arms from Light Brown Woodgrain cardstock. Assemble.
Stamp Simply Winter Sentiments on Lipstick Red cardstock and cut with Everyday Sentiment Banner die.
Add Snowflake Flurries Backdrop to card base without securing the inner edges. Add snowmen to scene, placing their mittened hands outside the border. Embellish with Mini Snowflakes.

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.)

Die-cut Raindrop cardstock with the Create a Decorative Tag die and dry-emboss with the Flurry of Snowflakes folder.
Die-cut glitter with die in the Color Block Scenic Scape set and Create a Decorative Tag die. Add to tag.
Die-cut gnome from Onyx, Lipstick Red, Snowdrift, and Cosmic Sky cardstock.
Stamp Let’s Celebrate sentiment on Snowdrift cardstock and cut with die in the Assorted Tags set.
Add gnome to tag with foam adhesive. Glue silver bell in gnome’s hand. Attach sentiment tag with Peppermint Cord.