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Let’s make some EASY Holly Jolly Christmas Cards

Holly Jolly cards with layering stencils and heat embossing

Today I am sharing these fun Holly Jolly Christmas Cards. They were super quick and easy to make and they are beautiful!

To make this project you will need some sort of background stamp with a coordinating stencil. I will be using the Winter Foliage set from Pinkfresh Studio. You will also need some inks and blending brushes. The ink colors that I have selected are all from Pinkfresh: Misty Coast, Rocky Slope, Slumber, Stargazer and Coral Reef. You will also need some sort of bold sentiment to get a similar look. I used the Bold Tidings 3 stamp set from Tim Holtz.

Holly Jolly card featuring Tim Holtz and Pinkfresh Studio products

I started my project by stamping out the background stamp and the sentiment using versamark ink so that I could heat emboss it with metallic embossing powder. I decided to make 2 cards, so I repeated this process with both silver and gold embossing powders.

Next, I used the coordinating stencils to add color to the stamped image. For the leaves, I started with a lighter shade and then used a smaller brush to add interest by adding a deeper shade near the bottoms of the leaves. I decided to use the grey inks for one leaf stencil and some blue/navy shades for the other leaves. I added coral ink to all of the berries.

Next I trimmed down my card panel to 4×5.25 inches and mounted it to an A2 size card base using some foam tape. I also used my paper trimmer to trim out the sentiment and added it with more foam tape.

Here is the version with the silver embossing powder!

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Falalalala! An easy handmade Christmas card featuring scrapbook.com exclusives!

Hey Crafty Friends! Today I am sharing this easy Christmas card that features a fun layering stamp set. When I saw this Christmas trees stamp set from scrapbook.com, I knew I needed to treat myself to it. Ok, let’s get started…

Falalalala card featuring the Christmas trees stamp set from scrapbook.com

I started this card by stamping the large tree shadow using the in the park ink from Catherine Pooler using my Misti. This allowed me to ensure that I got a perfect impression as it gave me the option to double stamp. Next, I added in the detailed layer from the stamp set using the mardi gras ink pad. I added on the star using limoncello ink and also stamped in a tree trunk as well. Once my stamping was complete, I trimmed down my A2 panel to 3.75×5 inches.

Next, I trimmed down a few cardstock strips to 3/8″ from the cools cardstock pad. I adhered these to my card base on an angle and trimmed off the excess. For my sentiment, I used the falalala word die and trimmed out the sentiment using the same two greens from the cools cardstock pad and the yellow from the sherbet paper pad. I adhered the sentiments together using liquid glue, slightly offsetting them to show off all the colors.

Layered Chrstmas Tree stamp set was embellished with gold glitter pops of color!

At this point, all that was left to do is pop up my panel on some foam tape and embellish with some gold glitter pops of color. This card is a winner and would be a fun one to mass produce. It would also be fun to try out in some other color combos!

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Easy Christmas cards with Violet Studio Nutcracker Banner Kit

Hi Crafty Friends! Welcome back to the blog for another crafty project. Now that November is here, I feel like it is officially time to start sharing some fun holiday projects. Today I have three very easy, beginner friendly card projects to share with you. I would also like to thank scrapbook.com for sending me these cute items from Violet Studio to test out.

Violet Studio – tis the season to be jolly card

Of the three cards that I made, the most difficult one that I made is this first one with the dancing sugar plum fairy on it. And honestly, it’s still very simple. The only challenging bit for this one is I did include some fun gold heat embossing. To make this card, I started with an A2 size card base. I then trimmed down a piece of navy paper (that is actually from a 6×6 card) in this Nutcracker Collection Christmas Card making kit. I trimmed the paper down to about 3.75×5 inches to leave a nice 1/4 inch border around the front. I heat embossed the sentiment and some trios of dots from the home for the Christmas Collection card making and stamping bundle. All that was left to do is add on the image from this Christmas Banner kit. I was really impressed with this banner kit. I plan on hanging the “Merry Christmas” up in my craft space, but using all the images on cards as they fill a card front perfectly.

Tis the season card – featuring Violet studio card kit and banner kit

This second card came together very quickly as instead of doing any stamping or heat embossing, I used a sentiment from the Nutcracker card making kit. I once again trimmed out a navy panel from one of the cards in the kit. All that was left to do is add this beautiful tree from the Nutcracker Collection Banner kit with some foam tape for some fun dimension.

Nutcracker card – featuring the Nutcracker Collection from Violet Studio

This last card definitely came together the quickest. Rather than use one of the premade cards in the kit as intended, I trimmed off the back of a card base and adhered it to a 6×6 card base to make a solid navy card. I then just added on these adorable nutcrackers from the Nutcracker Collection Banner Kit and the sentiment from the card kit with some foam tape,.. and voila this card was done!

Thank you so very much to scrapbook.com for providing me the Violet Studio items used in these projects. I had a blast playing with the kits. I love that these kits can be used on their own with very little basic supplies needed or that you can get creative with them if you would like! I was also impressed with their reasonable price points… perfect for those that would like to dabble in card making for the holidays!

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