A Card a Day in December--Christmas Blessings

Hello friends! Today I wanted to share holiday card that was inspired by the Handmade for You catalogue. These cards were actually a customer order for my sister-in-law and are a great way to use up scraps of designer series paper!

This is my 3rd card share in this series! I hope to inspire you all month long with a variety of holiday cards and projects!

The base of my card is Real Red but each of the strips of card stock or Heartwarming Hugs Designer Paper are glued to a Whisper White base.

I found using Tombow glue a lifesaver in positioning these strips.

My sister-in-law really loved the sentiment, Christmas Blessings, and you can find it in the Wrapped in Christmas stamp set. I stamped and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder and then used the largest die from the Hippo & Friends die set to cut it out. I also flicked my Old Olive marker across the front to take away a bit of the whiteness.

Adding some of the Real Red Sheer ribbon behind the sentiment added a touch of elegance. And I really wanted to play off the gold accents so I cut some poinsettia flowers from the Wreath Builder dies. You can find this die set in the Annual Catalogue. And of course, I could not resist using some of the retired gold metallic thread. I am hoarding quite a few spools but I won’t lie, I will be pretty sad when they are finally gone.

I am so happy with the end result of these cards and while they took much longer than I anticipated to create (we all have those projects) I do know my sister-in-law loves them and is excited to give them out!