Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich
Posted by Spellbinders Team on August 14, 2019

Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

Hello! This is Svitlana from Craft Walks. I’m so excited to be a guest here on the Spellbinders blog today. I want to share three holiday cards showcasing Holiday 2019 collection.

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

I firmly believe that it is never too early to start making Holiday cards and I was happy to get an opportunity to make several for this post.

CHRISTMAS RACCOON

For my first card I used two die sets - Christmas Bandit and Joy. The raccoon head from the Christmas Bandit Die Set fits perfectly in the space for letter O in the JOY word of the Joy Die Set.

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

This card took a million die-cuts to make, but it was totally worth it. Look at this cute raccoon!!! First I die-cut the base JOY die out of a brown cardstock. Then, I die-cut small details out of green (pine branches and holly leaves), red (poinsettias and berries) and white for letters. I adhered all elements onto the brown die-cut.

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

Next, I die-cut parts of the raccoon head out of kraft, brown and white cardstock. Also I made die-cuts for its hat and scarf using red and white cardstock.

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

I assembled the raccoon head and popped it onto the JOY die-cut in place of the letter O. I made a card base out of a light blue cardstock and white embossed a snowfall background onto it.

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

Lastly I adhered the JOY die-cut onto the card.

Spellbinders Supplies:

Other supplies

White, Red, Green, Light Blue, Brown, Kraft Cardstock, Snowfall Background Stamp, White Embossing Powder, Clear Embossing Ink, Liquid Adhesive

CHRISTMAS DOG

For my next card I used the Merry Hugs Die Set.

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

I started by embossing a white panel with the Cozy Knit Embossing Folder. After that I foam mounted it onto a white card base.

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

I die-cut the dog from the set out of white and black cardstock and assembled the bland and white dog by adhering its parts onto a piece of scrap cardstock smaller than the dog die. After that I popped the dog onto the card.

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

I die-cut the glasses out of red cardstock and adhered onto the dog. And I stamped a red Gingham background and die-cut a bow out of it. Which I then adhered onto the card.

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

Lastly I die-cut the sentiment out of a red cardstock and adhered it below the dog.

Spellbinders Supplies:

Other supplies

White, Red Cardstock, Gingham Background Stamp, Red Dye Ink, Liquid Adhesive, Foam Adhesive

SNOWBALL

For my last card I used the Santa’s Workshop Die Set to make a snowball card featuring a cozy winter scene.

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

First I made a card base out of a light blue cardstock. Then I die-cut the snowball’s inside part of of the same cardstock. After that I blended light blue ink onto this piece to make it a bit different from the card base.

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

I die-cut the elements for my scene out of white, red, green, brown and black cardstock and assembled a winter scene inside of the snowball. Which I foam mounted onto the light blue card base.

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

I die-cut the sentiment out of a red cardstock using dies from the Merry Hugs Die Set and adhered them below the snowball. Which finished off my card.

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Clever Holiday Cards with Svitlana Shayevich

Spellbinders Supplies:

Other supplies

White, Red, Green, Brown, Black, Light Blue Cardstock, Liquid Adhesive, Foam Adhesive I hope you liked the ideas of holiday cards I shared today. I had so much playing with die-sets from the Holiday 2019 collection. There is so much potential in them. Also I want to note that such cards is a good chance to use all those colored cardstock leftovers we save”for later”. I have a lot that I’ve been storing for years. And working with such die sets I use up quite a lot of them. Thank you so much for visiting! Come back again to find more inspiration and ideas. I would be thrilled if you visited my blog at craftwalks.com or Instagram. Have an amazing day!

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The dog is precious!

Sharon Gullikson,

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