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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 Days 12 + 14

Hello! Today, I am sharing card created with the Day 12 and Day 14 surprises – a bird die set and a pair of floral greenery (I used one of the two) – in the Crafty Advent Calendar from Spellbinders. Follow along on the Spellbinders blog for daily inspiration. I also used the solid heart die from Day 8.

Dry-emboss light blue cardstock with the December 2022 embossing folder; trim to 3 7/8-inch square. Add to 4 1/4-inch white cardstock card base.
Cut heart using the Advent Calendar Day 8 die from Vellum.
Glimmer foil the Be Bold sentiment on Snowdrift in Gold; cut with coordinating die.
Cut bird from Snowdrift, Onyx, Brushed Gold, and red cardstock; assemble.
Cut branch from Brushed Gold and Snowdrift cardstock; assemble.
Add heart, bird, branch, and sentiment to card; embellish with Gold Mix Gems.

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Spellbinders | Home Sweet Quilt Collection

Hello! I am delighted to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog sharing three projects created with the recently introduced Home Sweet Quilt Collection by Becca Feeken. I would appreciate you heading over to see the projects in full, read how I used color with the patterns, and leave a comment.

Spellbinders | Home Sweet Quilt Collection

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Spellbinders | Advent Calendar Day 10

Hello! Today, I am sharing card created with the Day Ten surprise – a set of flower and greenery dies – in the Crafty Advent Calendar from Spellbinders. Follow along on the Spellbinders blog for daily inspiration. I also used the solid heart die from Day 8.

Create a frame from Snowdrift cardstock with the Fluted Classics Squares dies. Back with light teal cardstock and add to card base. The card measures 4 1/2 inches square.
Glimmer foil Be Bold sentiment in Gold on Snowdrift and cut with the coordinating die.

With the Day Ten dies, cut flowers and greenery from colored and Snowdrift cardstock; assemble. (Additional leaves were fussy-cut from the leafy branch.) Add elements to heart cut from Vellum using one of the Day Eight dies.
Add heart, flowers and greenery, and sentiment to the card; embellish with Gold Mix Gems.

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