Hello crafters, welcome back for another episode of the “It’s a Christmas Season Cardmaking Video Series” for 2021. Watch episode one HERE, episode two HERE.
In this video, I have a no-stamping slimline card with hot foiled accents and lots of die-cutting mixing various die sets from Spellbinders’ new Holiday 2021 collections.
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CARD DETAILS
I started working on this card by hot foiling snow! I wanted to create a scene – a light blue sky filled with falling snow, some snow hills in the foreground, a cute little girl holding a Holiday greeting, and some Christmas gifts at the bottom of the card to add interest.
I foiled the snow on Spellbinders Glacier cardstock using Twinkle Lights Glimmer Hot Foil Plate and Opal foil. This foil color gives a tone-on-tone look.
If you are new to hot foil stamping I encourage you to check out my Hot Foil Stamping playlist with videos on introduction to Hot Foil Stamping as well as loads of tips and suggestions to get perfect foiled results.
I also die-cut several hills from white cardstock using the Color Block Scenic Scape dies. These dies are evergreen. There are 3 dies in this set and they are designed to be used on all current popular card sized to create hills. There’s a PDF o the Spellbinders website with the configuration of the hills – it is super helpful when using these dies. I foiled Christmas Greetings in gold foil on the bottom block to work as a sub sentiment for my card.
The main sentiment reads Christmas is Better When We Are Together is foiled in gold foil on red cardstock. I cut it out using a circle die turned into a giant ornament for the girl to hold with the help of an ornament hanger die from Circle Kaleidoscope Slimline set. An ornament hanger die like this can be found in many other die sets, I did a quick search on the Spellbinders website and came across a bunch of other die sets that have a hanger like this, you might also already have a piece like this in your stash.
Next, I worked on assembling the die-cut pieces to make a girl. The girl comes from the Shopping Spree set and you have legs, a coat, gloves, and shoes to build the bottom part of the girl. You don’t have the top part because that is blocked by whatever the girl is holding and the way this die set is designed, she is holding a stack of gifts. I wanted the girl to hold a giant ornament, so she’ll be holding that on my card. You can also have her hold other things, maybe a Christmas Tree, a shopping bag, or even a giant teddy bear. She can also hold a big greeting card – you can just cut a rectangle from cardstock to resemble a large greeting card.
I foam mounted my light blue panel onto a slimline card base, it measures 3 3/4 x 8 1/2″ and I added the Scenic Scape pieces on top building the bottom part of the scene. I used glue for the top and middle hill and foam adhesive squares for the bottom hill to pop it up a bit and add dimension. This card ended up being quite dimensional, but that’s how I prefer my cards – I typically have several layers of dimension going on on a project.
Next, I added the bottom part of the girl placing it just a smidge above the bottom hill and I foam mounted the ornament. I pulled out my Tool ‘n One and stylus tips and I die cut a bunch of little flowers. I cupped each flower by pressing with my medium size stylus in the center. I used my Spellbinders tweezers and adhered one flower on top of the other and offset it to make one full flower for the card. I made a bunch of little flowers l and used them to embellish the ornament and the gifts.
Speaking of the gifts – the Shopping Spree die set comes with a die to cut various size rectangles and another die to fake ribbon and bow for the gifts. I am saying fake, because you can certainly add real ribbon to these little gifts, maybe use some fancy thread or something thin to embellish these. I really loved the idea of adding a die-cut ribbon piece and bow and so I cut some for this card from Rose Gold cardstock.
Lastly, I embellished this card with Spellbinders Crystal Mix Gems. Have fun crafting!
BLOG HOP
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GIVEAWAY!
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SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Spellbinders Shopping Spree Etched Dies Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 Spellbinders Gifts of Christmas Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate Shop at: SSS | SC | SB |
 Spellbinders Color Block Scenic Scape Dies Shop at: SSS | SC | SB |
 Spellbinders Twinkle Lights Glimmer Hot Foil Plate Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 Spellbinders Mini Christmas Sentiment Strips Glimmer Hot Foil & Die Set Shop at: SSS | SC | SB |
 Spellbinders Circle Kaleidoscope Slimline Etched Dies Shop at: SSS | SC | SB |
 Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 Spellbinders Tool ‘n One Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 Spellbinders Stylus Tips for Tool N’ One Shop at: SSS | SB | AZ |
 Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Opal Shop at: SC | SB |
 Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 Spellbinders Detail Tweezers Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 Simon Says Stamp White Cardstock 120LB Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Tonic Burnished Rose Mirror Card Satin Effect Cardstock Shop at: SSS | SC |
 Simon Says Stamp Lipstick Red Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Green Apple Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Hero Hues Premium Cardstock Peony Shop at: SSS | SC | AN/HA | AZ |
 Spellbinders Alabaster Color Essentials Cardstock 8.5″ x 11″ Shop at: SB |
 Spellbinders Glacier Color Essentials Cardstock Shop at: SB |
 Bearly Art Mini Precision Craft Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | AZ |
 White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 Spellbinders Crystal Mix Color Essential Gems Shop at: SSS | SC | SB |
OMG! She’s adorable! Cute card!
Wow! I love all of the beautiful details on your card! So pretty!
Love this fun and sweet card! Thank you for the detailed instructions and video. You do beautiful work, thanks for sharing your inspiration
Such soft, cool colors with that bright pop of red.
Such an adorable card – gorgeous design!
I love the gifts at her feet. It’s like she is carrying so much she fumbled a bit.
Lovely card! Love that little “girl” holding the big ornament. Thanks for sharing your foiling with us, once again. It’s so amazing.
Such a fun card, Yana!! I love this adorable Christmas cutie!!
Adorable cards; love the gnome and the “hidden” girl is so cute. Thanks for sharing.
I love your idea of having her hold the ornaments.
I always love your cards. Even if I don'[t get quite as detailed as you do, I have learned so much and I’m willing to give some of it a try.
Adorable. Thank you.
I love the shopping spree die. And also the way you combined the different elements. Sweet cad!
Yana – I always love your newsletters and videos. Wonderfully done! You inspired me to start to look at the debossed side of my embossing folder. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
Totally in love with this beautiful card!!
Just love this card especially the large Christmas ornament you used to cover her face.
I love this so much, I love how big the ornament is!!
LOVE those litte legs and buttons LOL
I love the bright red ornament, so clever! Thank you for sharing your beautiful ideas.
That card is so cute.
Cute!
Love this die. It’s so cute!
This card is so adorable, and all the possibilities of different ways to use the die set are so fun to think up!
Beautiful card!!! I love the soft colors and then the pop of red! I’ll be watching your video about hot foiling also
Love theses dies and your cards!
She’s super Sweet!!! Beautiful card!!!
Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards.
Darling little scene! I LOVE the presents!
Great gnome cards for Christmas!!
Awesome card–I’m in love with this little girl holding all the presents! What a fun hop!
Super cute card!
I’ve never done that foiling, but it looks really neat.
Such sweet cards! Love the color combinations!
This is sooo adorable! I swore I wasn’t going to by any more Christmas stamps or dies, but I may have to change my mind!
Too cute. Thanks.
Great card, so festive.
Very cute, love all the thought you put into this.
So cute! Love how you changed up the ornament and made a slimline card. Great job!
Your card is adorable!
Adorable and unique card! Who wouldn’t smile when receiving that? What a wonderful release.
What a cute idea! That little girl needs some help with her burden.
So so sweet!
I love this adorable card! The colors are fantastic.
This little girl is absolutely the cutest. Such a sweet card.
Love the Christmas girl with the big ornament! Sweet card!
This is the cutest set! Love that you used the ornament.
These are super cute cards!
I have long admired your style, and this is no exception. The card is a cute as the buttons on the girl’s coat. Clever idea to use the ornament and all the other food for thought. Thanks!
Really liking the Shopping Spree set. Thank you for sharing your cute rendition using it!
Beautiful card. Love this release and thanks for the inspiration.
I love this set!! I really love the way you layer the card out with the scattered packages.