Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection
on July 16, 2025

Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection

Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and today I’m thrilled to create this elegant Christmas card step-by-step with you, made with the new Wonderland Collection from Spellbinders. With cute die sets, gorgeous sentiments, and versatile BetterPress plates, this collection is perfect for creating fun holiday cards or even a custom calendar.  Today, I chose to focus on the beautiful Three Magi Stamp & Die Set and add a fun background for this simple card with tons of impact. Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 Die-cut the robes of the magi out of yellow, teal, and red cardstocks using the Three Magi Stamp & Die Set. Here I chose a light, medium, and dark tone from each color family to add depth and interest to the clothing. Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 Die-cut the hands, hair, and faces out of three different combinations of skin tones and hair colors.  The variety of skin tones and hair colors helps add interest to an otherwise simple card. Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 Die-cut the stars and crowns out of Mirror Gold Cardstock and the gifts out of Brushed Gold Cardstock. Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 Assemble the three magi with liquid glue. When assembling tiny pieces like these, Reverse Tweezers can be a big help in holding pieces as I apply glue! Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 To create the background, start by cutting white cardstock using the largest die from the Perfect Touch Rectangles Die Set. Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 Using a blending brush, apply Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink to the upper right corner of the panel. Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 Lightly blend Tumbled Glass Distress Ink around the yellow ink. Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 Blend Salty Ocean Distress Ink even further out on the panel, pulling the inking from the upper right corner to the lower left corner. Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 Finally, heavily blend Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink around the edges and left side of the panel until it resembles a night sky with light emanating from the top right corner. Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 Tap Sparkle Splatter all over the inked panel to create stars.  I like to hold the brush about six inches above my piece and tap pretty hard to get a nice distribution of smaller splatters. Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 Stamp a sentiment from the stamp set in the Three Magi Stamp & Die Set in Versamark Ink onto a scrap of white card stock, add gold embossing powder, and melt with a heat tool.  Trim the sentiment into a small strip with scissors or a paper trimmer. Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 Adhere the background panel to a top-folding A2-sized white card base with tape runner and add the gold star in the top right corner with a foam square. Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 Pop the wise men and sentiment up on top of the card front with more foam squares.  Overlap the magi slightly to create a cluster, balanced by the star and the sentiment on the opposite side of the card. Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection, SDS-214, S5-647 If you want to embellish further, add a few gems or sequins for more sparkle!

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Other supplies

Heavyweight white cardstock, Versamark Ink, Squeezed Lemonade, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink I hope you enjoyed this simple and pretty holiday card project and thanks so much for stopping by today.  You can find more inspiration over at my blog AnnieBWills.com or on Instagram.

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paige leavitt,

Stunning. Thank you!


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