Dazzle this holiday season with a handmade card that shimmers with glittery snowflakes and pops of red poinsettias and cardinals!
Nothing says Christmas quite like poinsettias and cardinals! Today our designer, Donna, paired them with a sparkling snowflake background to create a festive holiday card filled with Christmas charm. Follow along as Donna shows us how to recreate this classic look.
- To begin this card, I started by die-cutting lots of elements. First, I used the 5828D Snowflake Cover Die to die-cut one panel from white glitter cardstock and a second panel from plain white cardstock.
- Next, I die-cut the flowers using the 5822D Build A Bloom Poinsettia #4 Die from red cardstock and the leaves from green cardstock. To add depth and dimension, I inked the centers and edges of each piece before layering and adhering the flowers together.
- I die-cut the cardinals using the 5514-09D Winter Cardinals Die from red, black, and yellow cardstock. Once again, I inked the pieces with coordinating dye ink to create extra dimension before assembling the cardinals together.
- To break up the red and add more texture, I added greenery die-cut from two different shades of green cardstock using the 5823-03D Pine Bough Set and the leaves from the 5416-06D Holly #2 Die.
- For the sentiment, I die-cut the word using the 5515-06D Believe Word with Shadow Die from teal cardstock, then die-cut the shadow layer from white cardstock.
- Once all of the die-cutting, inking, and assembling was complete, all that was left to do was layer the elements onto a white card base. I used strong liquid adhesive and glue dots where needed to build dimension and keep everything securely in place.
