Hello everyone! Today, I’m sharing a card that kickstarted my personal holiday cardmaking of 2024 and which features several recently released holiday die sets.
There are several types of images that are kryptonite for me. I can never have enough of those, and every new set gets me excited. I’m sure many of you have a list of such. i.e. I have a soft spot and am always excited about feathers, sunflowers, poinsettias, fall leaves, and cardinals, to name a few. The latter (cardinal) is the element that plays the main role in the holiday card I’m sharing today.
CHEERFUL HOLIDAY CARD WITH ADORABLE CARDINALS
I used the Cardinal Love LayeringDie Set to create a couple of adorable cardinals for my set. Needless to say, I used the new Crafty Necessities Cardstock to die cut the elements for my holiday card. Specifically, I used the Sand Dunes, Crimson, Velvet, and Jet Black for the cardinals. Some cardinal elements have cool debossed design, which I brought out by blending Fresh Dye Inks in matching shades—Crimson and Velvet.
After die-cutting all the elements and adding shading, I assembled the birds by adhering their layers. It was both fun and easy, thanks to the Cardinal Love Die Set’s Key-Hole System, which makes layering the pieces a breeze.
I also made a branch using a die from the same set, die-cutting its elements out of Crafty Necessities Mocha and Dark Chocolate Cardstock and then gluing them together.
To decorate the branch and add more holiday vibes to the card, I also made a couple of berry branches using the Berry Branch Die Set and Crafty Necessities Crimson, Hunter Green, and Dark Chocolate Cardstock.
I added ink blending to the berry and leaves die-cuts the same way I did with cardinal layers, to highlight the debossed design. After that, I glued all the elements to assemble the branches.
With the background, I decided to go simple and just added some clouds to the top part of a white panel using the Cloud Scene Stencil and Sea Breeze Fresh Dye Ink.
I popped up the “main” branch onto the background panel and then decorated it with pieces of berry branches, which I cut into a couple of pieces each.
I often add splatters to my cards (probably more often than I care to admit, haha) and in this case it was almost obligatory to have some “snow” added to the scene. Which I did by splattering the Pure White Ink Spray onto the background and branches.
The background was foam-mounted onto a white card base using the Instant Dimension Foam Tape.
Next, I added the cardinals to the card. Followed by popping up the sentiment, which I die cut out of white and Crafty Necessities Velvet Cardstock using dies from the Timeless Sentiments Die Set: Holiday Edition.
To finish off this cheerful holiday card, I added several Emerald City Gem Sparkles.
SUPPLIES
If you’re curious about the supplies I used, you can find everything listed below.
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 Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting And Embossing Machine Click A Shop: SSS | AN | SC | SB |
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