Botanical Backdrop Die Focused Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm happy to be back with this bright and traditional holiday card showcasing the Botanical Backdrop die set, which was originally not a Christmas themed set, but the flower dies reminded me of poinsettias, so I thought it'd be fun to create a holiday card with that set.

I started off by cutting everything I needed to make the card base. I cut two Botanical Backdrop leafy panels: one out of dark green cardstock, and one out of a Polka Dot Parade green pattern paper. I mixed copic opaque white ink with water and used a slim brush to add splatters to both panels, and I did the same with liquid stardust for sparkles. Next I cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches dark kraft panel, placed it inside my Woodgrain embossing folder, applied brown ink inside the folder on the opposite side of the panel, closed the embossing folder and ran it through my die cutting machine to create a nice tone on tone brown woodgrain texture, mixed vintage photo distress ink with water to add brown splatters all over my panel, and then cut a dark brown frame using the Tropical Trees die set. Next I attached all those elements to my Woodgrain background. I cut both of the Botanical Backdrop panels in pieces, stuck one leafy element at each corner of my Woodgrain panel using 1mm foam squares, attached the dark brown frame on top using liquid glue, and then stuck my panel to a kraft card base.

I gold heat embossed "Merry Christmas" from Season's Greetings on white cardstock, cut it with the matching die, attached it right in the middle of my panel using 1mm foam squares, and then cut all the bits and pieces: the poinsettias pieces are from the Botanical Backdrop die set, and the branches and greenery are from the Winter Greenery die set. Cut all those pieces out of colored cardstock, gold mirror cardstock and vellum, added white splatters and liquid stardust splatters to the poinsettia elements, and white splatters only to the greenery pieces, and then assembled the poinsettias using 1mm foam squares to give them a lot of dimension. When it was done, I stuck the poinsettias and greenery to my card using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, and liquid glue as well. And finally, I gave my card a frosty winter look by applying white stencil paste on most of the elements. 

And that's it! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Botanical Backdrop Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodgrain Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Season's Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Season's Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Winter Greenery Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Trees Backdrop Shop at: Sunny Studio

Snowman Kisses Card with Tina

Hi there crafty friends, Tina here with a Christmas card featuring one of the adorable cuties from the Snowman Kisses stamp and die set.

After creating a white card base, I cut a slightly smaller white panel with the outer die of the Frilly Frames Chevron set and added texture to this piece using the Dotted Diamond Portrait die.

Next, I worked on creating an oval frame from white card stock, I used the largest of the Scalloped Oval Mat 1 dies and a smaller oval from Stiched Ovals 2. The middle part of the frame will be my focal point, but I needed to cut an extra oval to create the two snowbanks. I was going for that winter frosty look, so the sky portion of my panel was inked up with Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide.

After selecting a cutie from the Snowman Kisses stamp, I colored him with my Copics, adding white details with a gel pen. Before assembling the scene, I needed to stamp the sentiment (Festive Greetings) directly to the focal panel with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

To assemble the card, I glued the rectangle and oval frame directly to the card base. Next, I inlayed the sky oval and mounted the snow border with foam tape, so I could tuck in the snowman. A trio of light blue snowflakes (Snowflake Circle Frame) were added in a triangle shape around the snowman. Each of them got embellished with a Champagne Clear Jewel. To finish this card I added a few branches (Winter Greenery dies) and a bow (Sweater Vest) to the top of the oval.

I loved combining all these amazing products and I hope you got inspired by this sweet scene. Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Frilly Frames Chevron Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowflake Circle Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Greenery Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Snowman Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowman Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sweater Vest Die Focused Card with Tina

Hi there crafty friends, Tina here and you know I love the holiday season! But there was still one thing on my wish list, you guessed it … a cute Christmas vest! Today I made just that with the versatile Sweater Vest dies. This set offers a bunch of design options and I went for a more girly look in the classic red, teal and pink colors.

The base vest was cut from two red papers (one gingham, the other snowflakes, Joyful Holiday pack). I went with a V-neck, extra white trim and a pink collar. The same white and pink accents were repeated along the border. I used liquid glue to assemble the vest.

My focal point is a mini wreath which I made with the small branches from the Winter Greenery dies. I cut a bunch of these from teal, pink and light blue papers. To get that wreath shape, I cut a circle frame using two dies from the Nesting Circles Infinity set. Now all you have to do is glue the branches to this base, alternating between the three colors while you layer them.

Of course I had to add a cute critter, and the Roly Poly Penguins were the perfect size for this wreath. I used my Copics for the coloring and added white highlights with my gel pen.

Before adhering the wreath to the vest, I wanted to tone done the red of the background by adding a circle of vellum (cut with the largest of the Nesting Circles Infinity dies I had used before). I glued the vellum to the back of the wreath and glued the whole piece to the gingham vest. Next, I selected a sentiment from the Victorian Christmas set and stamped it with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto a small white banner. Finally, I used foam tape to mount the penguin and sentiment strip to the vest. To add some festive Christmas bling, I opted to glue several Pink Spinel Jewels to the buttons and border. 

I am looking forward to see all the beautiful designs you will create with this amazing die set! Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Sweater Vest Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Victorian Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Greenery Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Roly Poly Penguin Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Roly Poly Penguin Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Moroccan Circle Embossing Folder Christmas Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some Christmas cards featuring our Moroccan Circle Embossing Folder.

For my cards today, I was having fun experimenting with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Glazes. I started by inking up a 6x6 white cardstock panel with Peacock Feathers Distress Inks before running the panel through my die-cutting machine with the Moroccan Circle Embossing Folder. I then pressed my Versamark Ink Pad directly to the surface, trying to coat the entire panel, before sprinkling it with Evergreen Bough distress embossing glaze. When I created the panel, I wasn't sure how I was going to use it, and I wanted to be able to crop it around any mistakes I might make. I love how the speckled glossy embossed background invokes the feeling of real handmade Moroccan tiles!

I thought red would look so good against the teal green background, so I embellished my card with three layered Pristine Poinsettia Dies. Each flower is comprised of three stacked layers, twisted to show 9 petals in all. I used a paper piercer to poke a hole down the center and inserted a small red brad to hold the layers together tightly, before using a craft hammer to completely flatten the head of the brad. This gave me a smooth surface to adhere groupings of Red Zicron Jewels adhered with Multi Matte Medium, which dries clear. Our Winter Greenery Dies cut from a couple different shades of green cardstock were used as filler around the poinsettia flowers. I completed my card by heat embossing the "Enjoy the Beauty of the Season" sentiment from our Inside Greetings Christmas Stamps on a black pennant cut with the Notebook Photo Corners Dies.

For my second card, I started with the leftover embossed strip cut off the first card using the Moroccan Circle Embossing Folder. I decided to experiment some more by adding a second layer of Versamark Ink and another coat of Evergreen Bough Distress Embossing Glaze. This second pass filled in some low spots and made the surface even more glossy and smooth. The additional layer also deepened the rich green color of the glaze over the original peacock feathers inked cardstock. On my second pass there were a few low spots I couldn't see that I had missed with the Versamark Ink pad, so going back with the VersaMark Pen was the perfect way to touch things up and make those misses almost entirely invisible. I really struggled to get good crisp photos of this beauty of the glaze since my camera wanted to focus on the wreath, but it's stunning in person!

I used our Winter Wreaths Stamps for the focal point of my card, embellishing it with the bow, mini layered poinsettias, berries, and extra bough image. I chose to stamp my wreath and evergreen sprigs onto green cardstock to help the die-cut images fill out and blend with the stamped images for a tone-on-tone look. I heat-embossed a simple "noel" greeting in the center of my wreath from the Classy Christmas Stamps and added a scalloped lace border from the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies. Lastly, I added some more mini Red Zicron Jewels to the center of each poinsettia for an extra touch of holiday shine.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out the Prestine Poinsettia Dies, Winter Wreath Stamps, and Moroccan Circles Embossing Folder in our online shop, which are all currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image so there are lots of ideas to scroll through there organized by set.

Supplies Used: 

Pristine Poinsettia Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Greenery DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Wreaths Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Wreaths Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings-Christmas Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Moroccan Circles Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Red Zircon Jewels Shop at: Sunny Studio	Multi Medium Matte Shop at: Sunny Studio

Winter Greenery Card with Alma

Hello everyone, Alma here. Today I’m showing you a card filled with lots of die-cut elements. 

At the center of my card is the Wood Barrel Die, which I colored using Distress Oxide Inks. I filled the Wood Barrel with die cuts from the Winter Greenery Dies, also colored with Distress Oxide Inks.

For my sentiment, I used the word "Holiday" from the Holiday Hugs Stamps set and die-cut the word "greetings" using the Greetings Word Die. For the background, I used the Dotted Diamond Portrait Die.

And just like that, my holiday greeting card is complete! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Greetings Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Greenery DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wood Barrel Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio