Good Morning! My son reminded me we have 10 days until Christmas! 🤪 I need more time. lol. With the anticipation, I still try to carve out an hour down in the craft room to relax and play with paper. This card design is inspired from the archives of 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. I chose May 2025 colors Red and Green (52CCT2025-18), and used the sketch from July 2021 (52CCT25-21) For the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, the “SPARKLE” is the red glitter embossing powder, and the “SHINE” is the red and gold foil. 52 Christmas Card Throwdown To make this card, I used the Kristina Werner and Concord and 9th collaboration stamp and die set Called “Merry Trees.” The letters did not fit vertically, so I rotated the sketch to make a top folding horizontal card. The letters were built up using two white die cuts and 1 plaid to add more dimension. The negative was used as a guide for letter placement. I centered it over the red strip, and glued into ...
I’m glad you stopped by! I have always enjoyed art, and was introduced to card making about 12 years ago. From there, the ability to create a variety of styles provides a therapeutic outlet to each day. You will find several card challenges, and themes which might inspire you to try something new. Enjoy!