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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:

Lawn Fawn | Welcome Winter

Hello and happy winter (for those in the Northern Hemisphere)! We have snow on the ground and cold temps here in the Pacific Northwest. I am sharing a winter-themed card featuring a combination of Lawn Fawn products – dies, stencil, and stamp set.

Apply stencil paste through the Snowy Sky stencil on light-blue cardstock, sprinkle on Rock Candy Glitter, and set aside to dry. Once dry, add to card base.
Cut Snow Flurries Backdrop from white cardstock. I previously shared a card using the Snow Flurries Backdrop here.
Cut Foxy Family from Black Licorice, white, pink, and red-brown cardstock; assemble. I shared another card with the Foxy Family here.
Cut trees from Noble Fir and white cardstock. Darken one small tree with Rustic Wilderness ink. Add white backs to green fronts.
Stamp Snowball Fight sentiment on Noble Fir cardstock and cut with die in the Everyday Sentiment Banner set.
Cut hillside from white flocked cardstock with die in the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders set; trim as necessary.
Attach hillside to stenciled background, adhere Snow Flurries Backdrop.
Add foxes and tuck two of the trees behind the foxes. Attach smaller tree with foam adhesive.
Attach sentiment.

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.