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Christmas Card Roundup with Poinsettias & Wreaths

Hello! When it comes to handmade Christmas cards, two timeless botanical themes return year after year—poinsettias and wreaths. Both draw on the beauty of nature to capture the festive spirit, whether through bold blooms or evergreen boughs. In this roundup, I’m sharing cards from my blog archive where either poinsettias or wreaths are included. Click on the card image to be taken to the original post for additional details.

The first card features a graceful Christmas tree decorated with elegant white die-cut poinsettias.

A vivid mixed-media floral spray, die-cut with Tim Holtz’s Festive Bouquet set, takes center stage on a clean, neutral background.

Loose poinsettias and seasonal foliage, colored with Distress Inks, are arranged in a charming bucket with a sentiment tag.

This card uses the same die set as the bucket design, but here the poinsettias are arranged in a festive cluster atop a doily shape.

This elegant card pairs a kraft background with a gold heat embossed sentiment and a poinsettia spray cut from red, green, and gold foil cardstock.

This card showcases a large poinsettia image, brought to life with watercoloring. It’s the only watercolor design in the roundup.

I found fewer wreath-themed cards in my collection than I expected, and on the ones I found, the wreath most often appeared as a small adornment rather than the focal point. The first card, however, features a wreath constructed of snow-tipped boughs with a cheerful snowman in the center.

The following three cards all feature the same small Lawn Fawn die-cut wreath, shown on a festive barn, a cozy window, and a cheerful postbox—each offering a unique holiday scene.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this roundup of poinsettia and wreath-themed Christmas cards! Revisiting my older cards helps spark new inspiration, reminds me of the styles and details I enjoy most, and highlights products I already own before adding more to my stash. Do you use poinsettias and/or wreaths in your own cardmaking?

Spellbinders | Snowmen at the North Pole

Hello! Today I’m sharing a festive holiday card featuring two cheerful snowmen gathered at the North Pole created with Spellbinders dies, from the playful snowmen to the sentiments placed right on the pole. Snowy patterned paper background sets the wintry mood, and the arch shape helps frame the scene.

- Cover an A2-size card base with patterned paper. I used the colors in the patterned paper pad for color choices on the card.
- Cut an arch with snowy patterned paper from the same pad. Add to the prepared base.
- Cut Classic White cardstock with the same arch die and then with the hill die in the Landscape Edges set. Add the snowbank to the prepared base with foam adhesive.
- Cut the pole, signs, and snowmen with dies in the North Pole Sentiments set. Assemble.
- Add assembled elements to the prepared base with foam squares and glue.

Spellbinders | Santa Mug

Nothing says Christmas quite like Santa himself, and this handmade card brings him to life in the most festive way—a Santa-shaped mug created with the Cocoa Greetings die set (Spellbinders July 2025 Die of the Month kit). A Christmas-themed patterned paper background and a seasonal sentiment complete the design.

- Cut patterned paper with the Bow & Bell Scallop Frame set and add scalloped mat to an A2-size card base.
- Cut Santa with dies in the Cocoa Greetings set. Assemble.
- Press sentiment and cut with coordinating die.
- Add Santa and sentiment to prepared card base with foam.

You can see other cards created with the Cocoa Greetings die set HERE and HERE.

Spellbinders | City Holiday Collection

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a festive Christmas card created with Yana Smakula’s City Holiday Collection for Spellbinders. My inspiration began with one of the Spellbinders Holiday Color Deck cards. You can read more about the cards HERE. I used the same illustration and palette as on the barn card HERE. With those colors as my guide, I created a charming apartment dressed for the holidays and finished the scene with a hot-foiled BetterPress sentiment for an elegant touch.

- Dry-emboss a 5″ x 7″ Raven cardstock panel with the Sparkling Snow folder. Add to a card base.
- Cut the City Holiday building and snowbank from a variety of cardstock colors and assemble.
- Hot foil in gold the Christmas Cheer sentiment and cut with the coordinating die. I cut foam with the same die and glued to the back for stability and depth.
- Adhere the building, snowbank, and sentiment to the prepared base using glue and foam squares.

Hero Arts | Candy Cane Magic

Hello! I’m back with another holiday card featuring the new Candy Cane Collection from Hero Arts. This time, I used Distress Oxide to ink the solid candy cane shapes, then added snowfall paste through the striped stencil and sprinkled on dry glitter for extra holiday sparkle. It’s a fun and festive way to bring texture to a clean and simple card design. You can see my first designs with these products HERE.

- Apply Distress Oxide inks through one of the stencils in the Toss Up set on to white cardstock.
- Add Snowfall Grit paste through another stencil in the set and sprinkle with Dry Glitter. Set the panel aside to dry.
- Once dry, add to a Tutu cardstock panel and add the assembly to a brushed silver card base. I created a custom size base to accommodate the design.
- Stamp the Candy Cane Swag sentiment with silver ink on white cardstock. Cut with the coordinating die and add to the card base with foam adhesive.

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