Spellbinders | It’s a Christmas Season – Creating with Small Die Cuts. Video

Hello crafters. Today I have a die-cut Christmas card idea to share created small die cuts. I often like to take parts of a die set and use them differently. Today’s card is a great example of how you can use just a small part of a die set and create a completely different card.

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CARD DETAILS

My idea was to create a background covered with beautiful little gifts. I wanted to have a pretty foiled sentiment in the center of my card, so I started by foiling a sentiment – I foiled one that reads – Family & Friends Are the True Gifts of Christmas. My foiling was done on Spellbinders Specialty Glimmer cardstock – it foils like butter and I used regular Gold foil.

Next, I did all of my die-cutting. I first picked a color combo – I wanted to use pastel colors, so I went with Spellbinders Alabaster, Spellbinders Glacier, Hero Arts Peony, and Tonic Studios Rose Gold cardstock. I also used gold glitter paper from SSS.

I die cut the gifts from Alabaster, Glacier, and Peony, and used just Alabaster for the flowers. This die set comes with cute little flower dies and they make perfect embellishments for the gifts. I find I like to shape the flowers slightly by using a medium-size stylus and my Tool ‘n One.

The best part about this die set is the die to cut ribbon. It is so clever and it is what makes your little paper gifts look unique. You have one long skinny piece that works for every gift size and then you have the bow and the ends of the bow giving various assembly options for these dies cuts. It is one of those sets where you’ll need to use tools to assemble the pieces – I’m using my Crystal Katana tool and Tweezers to shape the leaves and adhere in place.

When it comes to the skinny ribbon piece – you can add it any way you want, any way you would tie a ribbon on the gift. I opted to adhere the gifts at a slight angle, and foam mounted them around the sentiment. The panel was cut to 4 x 5 1/4″. I also foam mounted the panel onto A2 white card base.

I added some pretty gems – I used Spellbinders silver gems and adhered those onto flower centers and also onto some of the gifts.

I encourage you to look at your die sets in a different way. See if there’s a smaller die without a bigger set that you could use all by itself to create a different type of card. Have fun die cutting!

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 Dies Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AMZ	Spellbinders Gifts of Christmas Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate Shop at: SSS | SC | SB	Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AMZ	Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AMZ
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Spellbinders Glacier Color Essentials Cardstock Shop at: SB	Spellbinders Alabaster Color Essentials Cardstock 8.5″ x 11″ Shop at: SB	Tonic Burnished Rose Mirror Card Satin Effect Cardstock Shop at: SSS | SC	Spellbinders Glimmer Specialty Cardstock 10 Sheet Pack Shop at: SSS | SC | SB
Hero Arts Hero Hues Premium Cardstock Peony Shop at: SSS | SC | CCC | AMZ	Spellbinders A2 White Card Bases – Side Fold – 25 pack Shop at: SB	Spellbinders Tool ‘n One Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AMZ	Spellbinders Stylus Tips for Tool N’ One Shop at: SSS | SB | AMZ
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