Merry & Bright

Thanksgiving isn’t here yet — but who else is in a merry mood? Laura here with you today. While some of you are already putting up the tree and lights, others are saying ‘bah humbug’. I love working on my Christmas cards before the holiday season begins, and now is the time!

I wanted to make a snowflake Christmas card using white glitter paper and a couple of nontraditional colors — right on trend for the 2024 Christmas season — from cutcardstock.com. Silk Glitter Opulent Opal 12×12 Card Stock, which has glitter on one side and white on the back side; DCS Discount 8.5×11 Card Stock: Amaranth Pink, which has a matte finish; and DCS Discount Card Stock: Plum Purple 8.5×11 Discount Card Stock, which has a canvas texture on one side.

Starting with a few great dies that I bought from Stampin’ Up! years ago, I was excited to finally use them! They are a snowflake border and a lace border — very intricate die cuts that take a lot of patience and a thick shim in the Big Shot die-cut machine. At first, I was poking out the cut holes with my circuit tool, but then I remembered I had a piercing mat to help. The piercing mat “heals” after puncturing it. 

For the sentiment, I had two “merry” die cuts, and I tried them both out to see which one cut better. You can see which one is the winner.

I also used the negative space on the card stock, which would be covered by the purple and glitter-white layers. I love saving card stock that way.

The papers were cut to an A2 size, 4.25 x 5.50, and layered the card stock. I put dimensional adhesive dots between the glitter paper with the snowflakes and the purple paper with the lace trim. I did not glue down the snowflakes because I wanted to keep them raised like the base. 

Very happy with how this card came out, and I love a nontraditional color take on a holiday card. Let me know if you took the jump and used similar colors on your holiday projects!