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| Pink and blue handmade Christmas cards created with Spellbinders Shapeabilities “Christmas Joy” and “Christmas Blooms” dies. Pink and blue florals from the Christmas Blooms die are layered onto matted pink, white, and blue cardstock, resting on gold foiling created with the Spellbinders Stitched Joy Die against a flat blue background. Behind the Featured Card and More After loving the blue versions of these cards—which I shared in a previous post—I decided to try one in pink, and I loved it just as much. This time, however, I used the Spellbinders Stitched Joy Die to create the background. I purchased this die quite some time ago by accident and never used it, as hand stitching isn’t something I usually include in my cards.
It had been sitting in my “to sell” pile until I pulled it out again to experiment with foiling. I think it worked surprisingly well—perhaps not quite as striking as the “Christmas Joy” die—but I was glad I gave it a whirl. I may even die-cut it properly and create at least one stitched card before deciding whether to sell it |
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| The Santa Greetings Colorize Die Set by Tim Holtz for Sizzix creates such a gorgeous Santa. This time he’s dressed in blue, giving this bright and fun Christmas card a fresh twist as he stands out beautifully against festive Christmas tree patterned paper. See below for other cards in this series. |
Behind the Cards and More
This set of cards were designed to be bright, friendly, and joyful, using Christmas-themed patterned papers, bows, glitter, and shiny gold cardstock. The same Santa die feels fresh and playful just by changing the colour palette and background materials.
Santa’s wide-open arms are so inviting that I couldn’t resist pairing him with the sentiment:
“Santa Loves You This Much.”
Inside the card, the message continues with:“And so do we.”
For my daughters and grandchildren, I took it one step further and personalised the sentiment to read:
“Santa Loves You This Much,
But We Love You So Much More.”
It’s such a simple message, but it was very well received making people feel very special.
If you enjoy these Tim Holtz Santa Christmas cards, you can see how versatile
e this die set really is by exploring my other Colorize Santa projects—proof that one die can produce very different looks.
If you want to see more cards in this series, go to the links at the bottom of this post. The supplies and materials used are there too.
