Category Archives: Holiday Cards

Wishing You Joy

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Wishing You Joy

(Inside: Sending love & prayers for a blessed Christmas and a joyous new year)

This card features the cardinal from the “Layered Cardinal Stencil & Die Set” from Creek Bank Creations and some pretty patterned paper.

Gina K Designs Faded Brick, Cranberry Tart, Charcoal Brown, and Black inks were used along with pieces from sheet 3 from the “Christmas Memories 2 Card Kit” pack from Photo Play. The inside sentiment is from the “Christmas Blessings” set by Our Daily Bread. The greeting on the front is actually part of the pattern on the patterned paper.

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BetterPressed Merry Christmas

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BetterPressed Merry Christmas

(Inside: Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday season)

This simple card features the BetterPress “Chic Merry Christmas” press plate from Spellbinders and some 3mm crystals from Stamplistic. The stamped image is pressed into the cotton paper (instead of just sitting on top).

Versa Fine Clair “Rain Forest” ink was stamped/pressed onto watercolor paper, and red cardstock from the Recollections “Essentials” cardstock paper pack was embossed with SU Subtle embossing folder. Both were layered on a Recollections White Dove card base. The inside sentiment is from the “Joyful Wishes” set from Penny Black.

This also could have been foiled with the Glimmer Hot Foil System, and I may try that at some point.

I am still trying to decide if the BetterPress System from Spellbinders is worth the investment (for me). I LOVED this image, but I’d probably love it as much if it were a plain stamp. There are not that many BetterPress plates on the market at the moment. And while the BetterPress plates CAN be foiled with the Glimmer Hot Foil System, Spellbinders DOES NOT recommend using hot foil plates in the BetterPress System which makes the BetterPress System a bit limiting. Hmmm…

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Monstera Leaves for Father’s Day

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Monstera Leaves for Father’s Day

(inside:

This card features a few of the leaves from the “Monstera” 3D die set from Altenew and some handmade metallic paper.

I used “Foundry Bronze” Guilder’s Paste Wax on black card stock to create the metallic panel and added a touch of texture to the background and leaf layers with the Stampin’ Up “Subtle” embossing folder.

The greeting die was unbranded, and my “dots” were punched with my Fiskars “Bubbles Border Punch” (retired?). The black and kraft card stock were by Recollections.

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Mother’s Day Lemon Blocks

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Mother’s Day Lemon Blocks

(inside: sending you lots of love)

This card features paper from American Crafts (# 320492) and a simple layout that allowed the paper to shine! I used “Dark Blue Large Dot” paper from Core’ dinations and Yellow (#99248) from Recollections for the mats

The greeting was computer generated from a digital file by RedGumPrints that I purchased from Etsy. It was printed on Rustic Cream card stock from Papertrey Ink and cut with a 2 inch punch (and 2 1/4 inch punch for the mat – both from EK Tools). The inside sentiment is from the “Nurturing Blooms” set from Gina K Designs (retired).

I used the “6×6 Grid” embossing folder from Pink & Main to add some texture to the background and some gold cord for a bit of shine.

The squares are 2 inches with 2 1/4 inch mats, centered on a 5 1/2 inch square card. My “Straight and Steady Corner Tool” set from Creek Bank Creations made it easy to line everything up!

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