Feliz Navidad Merry Christmas Happy Christmas Spellbinders Holly Motif

Hello bloggers I hope you enjoyed a good weekend.  Today's card is another Christmas one.

This card began as a 6" strip of green card stock that I cut and scored to make a 4x4 card blank.  Next I used white card stock and Spellbinders 'holly motifs' die set to die cut the topper.  Whilst still in the die I inked through with pine needles distress ink.  I then stamped the sentiment into the centre of the topper using pine needles distress ink and Justrite  'large merry Christmas sentiments' stamp set,  Next I added a faux pearl to each holly leaf with Cosmic Shimmer 'berry red PVA'.  Once dried the topper was adhered to the centre of the card.

The corners of the card were decorate with holly embellishments that I made using an off cut of the green card base and Spellbinders 'poinsettia frame' die set.  Whilst still in the die I inked the leaves with pine needles distress and and the berries with festive berries distress ink.  I then shaped them over a pen and added a foam pad under the berry to adhered them into each corner of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Holly Wreath Merry Christmas ~ Spellbinders Holly Twigs And Leaves

Hello bloggers I hope that you are well and had a good day yesterday.  Today I have another Christmas card although I did intend on making some thing else this card just seemed to get planted in my head so I had to make it.

This card began as an A4 sheet of white embossed card stock that I scored to make an A5 card blank.  Next using some music paper from my stash I covered the front of the card.  I then inked the edges with vintage photo distress ink.  Using some traditional Christmas patterned  paper I die cut a frame for the wreath using two of the die from Spellbinder 'grand squares' dies set.  The frame was then adhered to the top of the card using foam pads.

Next using some green paper from my stash I die cut lots of holly leaves with Spellbinder die d-lites 'holly twigs and leaves' die set.  Once die cut I adhered them into the square to form a wreath shape.  Once all the leaves were assembled I added some berries using Cosmic Shimmer PVA 'berry red'.

The sentiment was stamped onto some of the green paper used for the leaves.  The stamp set used was Justrite 'large merry Christmas sentiments' stamp set and pine needles distress ink.  It was then hand cut before being added to the bottom of the card with foam pads.  Finally I added a Cosmic Shimmer PVA 'berry red' faux pearl into each corner of the sentiment.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Merry Christmas ~ Red Poinsettia

Hello bloggers, I hope you are well and had a good day yesterday.  Today I have another poinsettia card but this time in red.

This card began as an off cut of red card stock that I scored to make a 18x13 cm card blank.  Next I took some red waxed textured paper from my stash and die cut the poinsettias using Spellbinders 'layered poinsettia' die set. I embossed and inked through the dies with black soot distress ink.  I  then die cut some holly leaves from green card stock with Spellbinders die d-lites 'holly twigs and leaves' die set.  Whilst still in the die I inked through with black soot distress ink.

Onto some centura pearl card stock I stamped the sentiment with black staz-on ink pad and Creative Expressions 'robins' stamp set.  The sentiment was then adhered near the bottom of the card.  Next I layered up a small poinsettia and added it to the sentiment strip.  The holly leaves were added to the top part of the card and then a larger and fuller poinsettia was layered up on top.  Finally I added a faux pearl to each flower using Cosmic Shimmer Berry red PVA.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel