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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!

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.

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.

Tim Holtz | Mixed Media Holiday Card

Hello! Today, I am sharing a mixed-media holiday card created with a variety of Tim Holtz supplies.

For the card background, I cut textured green cardstock from the Botanical pack and added it to an A2 card base.
I stamped the Tiny Text Christmas sentiment on light-green cardstock, also from the Botanical pack.
I added Snowfall Distress Grit Paste through the Pinecones stencil on to the sentiment panel (masking the sentiment area before the application). Once dry, I trimmed the panel, matted it with Brushed Gold cardstock, and added it to the card base.
To create the alcohol ink background paper for the bird, I read this blog post by Stacy Hutchinson and watched the video contained in this blog post by Tim Holtz. I used Gold Mixative, Mineral Pearls, and Sienna alcohol inks as that is what I had on hand.
Once the alcohol ink background was dry, I cut the bird with a die in the Silhouette Birds set.
I cut the bough from the darker shade of textured green cardstock using a die in the Mini Holiday Greens set. I added Snowfall Distress Grit Paste to the pine needles and sprinkled on Dry Glitter – Clear Rock Candy.
I added the bird and bough to the card and embellished with Gold Mix Gems.