Santa Greetings Series Post 4 | Handmade Christmas Cards using Tim Holtz Colorize Dies and a Splash of Turquoise and Blue.

Christmas card using the Tim Holtz Colorize Santa Die by Sizzix. A festive cherry-red Santa pops against plain blue cardstock, finished with gold stars, a candy cane, and blue bows.

Behind These Cards and More

I created this series of Christmas cards using the Tim Holtz Colorize Santa Die by Sizzix, and I absolutely love how the cherry-red Santa pops against the turquoise cardstock. Red and turquoise is one of my favourite Christmas colour combinations—it always feels fresh, cheerful, and a little bit fun.

Nestled on a bed of delicate snowflakes, Santa is finished with two candy canes that add just the right touch of festive charm and colour.

If you’d like to see more Santa cards made with this die, please take a look at my other adjacent posts—he’s clearly become a bit of a favourite around here! As always, all of the materials used for this card are listed at the end of the post for easy reference.

Cherry-red Santa pops against turquoise cardstock in this Christmas card, created with the Tim Holtz Colorize Santa Die by Sizzix. Finished with candy canes, bows, and a string of charms and bells — I love hearing him jingle.

Ruby-red Santa pops against turquoise cardstock in this Christmas card, created with the Tim Holtz Colorize Santa Die by Sizzix, nestled on a bed of snowflakes and finished with two candy canes

Links to other cards in this series.

http://www.jennygarlick.com/2025/12/blog-post_66.htm

http://www.jennygarlick.com/2025/12/blog-post_47.html

http://www.jennygarlick.com/2025/12/blog-post_81.html

http://www.jennygarlick.com/2025/12/blog-post_71.html

 

Products used in the cards:

'Santa Greetings Colorise Die Set' by time Holtz for Sizzix.

'Waffle Flower Snowflake Cluster Die' by Waffle Flower.

Snowflakes and Candy Canes from Temu.

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Santa Greetings Series Post 3 | Handmade Christmas Cards using Tim Holtz Colorize Dies, the Fun and Sparkly Way

Featured Card

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. 

 

Links to other cards in this series.

http://www.jennygarlick.com/2025/12/blog-post_66.htm

http://www.jennygarlick.com/2025/12/blog-post_47.html

http://www.jennygarlick.com/2025/12/blog-post_81.html

http://www.jennygarlick.com/2025/12/blog-post_71.html

 

Products used in the cards:

Cards 1-4 

'Santa Greetings Colorize Die Set' by Sizzix and Tim Holtz.

Card 3

Sizzix - Tim Holtz -Thinlit Dies - Layered Plaid

Card 4

Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Christmas - Thinlits Dies - Layered Stripes 

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Santa Greetings Series Post 1 | Hand made Christmas Cards using 'Santa Greetings Colorize Die Set' by Sizzix and Tim Holtz

Featured Cards

An arty Christmas card featuring a funky Santa created with the 'Santa Greetings Colorize Die Set' by Tim Holtz for Sizzix. I had fun building a layered mixed-media background using Distress Spray Inks, an embossing folder, and even dusting off my old Martha Stewart snowflake punches for wonderful chunky snowflakes,

This arty Christmas card came together around a funky Santa made with the Santa Greetings Colorize Die Set by Tim Holtz for Sizzix. I experimented with Distress Spray Inks and an embossing folder to create a textured mixed-media background, loving how the embossed lines fan out from Santa. Shiny gold snowflakes, cut using the Snowflake Season Border Die by Concord & 9th, add a touch of festive sparkle. You’ll find more details below.

Behind the Featured Cards and More

If you love layered Christmas card making, with a slightly arty takes on classic designs, the 'Santa Greetings Colorize Die Set' by Tim Holtz from Sizzix is wonderful. I finally bought this set—years after its release—and honestly, I don’t know why I waited so long.

I love the Tim Holtz Colorize range for its depth, artiness and nice use of lines, and Santa looks great in these.

Santa is made up of 22 individual die-cut pieces, including: two shades of white, three shades of red, two shades of pink and two shades of your chosen glove colour. A lot, yes! but definitely worth it for me.

For these cards, I took a slightly arty approach to Santa. All the die-cut pieces were inked using Walnut Stain Distress Ink, my go-to colour for distressing, the backgrounds were embossed and then layered with Distress Sprays and Distress Inks. And of course Santa featured on top.

These cards are part of a series. Links to the rest of the series, along with the materials and supplies used, can be found at the end of this post.

Links to other cards in this series.

http://www.jennygarlick.com/2025/12/blog-post_66.htm

http://www.jennygarlick.com/2025/12/blog-post_47.html

http://www.jennygarlick.com/2025/12/blog-post_81.html

http://www.jennygarlick.com/2025/12/blog-post_71.html

Supplies Used:

Cards 1 and 3

Santa Greetings Colorize Die Set' by Sizzix and Tim Holtz

Poppy Crafts Pine Needle Embossing Folder

Walnut Distress Stain by Ranger and Tim Holtz

Distress ink sprays: Peeled paint and forest Moss

Martha Stewart punches for snowflakes

Ranger Princess Gold Embossing Powder

Sundry Star Stamp

Cards 2 and 4

Santa Greetings Colorize Die Set' by Sizzix and Tim Holtz

Tim Holtz embossing Folder

Walnut Distress Stain by Ranger and Tim Holtz

Distress ink sprays: Gathered Twigs and Walnut Stain

Concord and 9th Snowflake Season Border die

Spellbinders gold cardstock

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