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Create a festive Christmas card featuring a stitched felt tree, dimensional gold bow, BetterPress sentiment, and layered holiday colors. In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to die-cut felt, stitch decorative details, assemble layered embellishments, and turn a felt ornament design into a beautiful handmade greeting card. This project is perfect for crafters who are new to stitching on felt and want to create a...

Create a hilarious holiday card featuring an exhausted penguin, a spilled glass of wine, and the all-too-relatable sentiment "Merry & Barely Holding It Together." In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to assemble layered die-cut characters, create a dramatic winter sky with ink blending, add embossed sentiments, and finish the design with snowy splatter effects. This project is perfect for cardmakers who enjoy humorous Christmas...

Create a festive Christmas card featuring a stitched ornament, elegant layered die cuts, shimmering gold accents, and an embossed snowflake background. In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to stitch directly onto cardstock, create dimensional die-cut embellishments, add heat-embossed sentiments, and assemble a polished holiday card. This project is perfect for cardmakers who would like to try stitching on cardstock for the first time. The...

Introduction Create a festive Christmas snow globe card featuring a holiday truck, decorated presents, snowy trees, dimensional layers, and a textured winter background. In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to build an intricate die-cut scene, assemble layered holiday elements, create depth with foam adhesive, and use embossing for added texture. This project is perfect for cardmakers who enjoy scene building and layered die-cut designs....

Create a festive winter card featuring ice skaters, glowing city buildings, snowy trees, and a dramatic moonlit sky inside a snow globe. In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to build a layered snow globe scene using die cuts, create a blended nighttime sky, add dimension with layered elements, and finish the card with snowy details. This project is perfect for cardmakers who enjoy scene...

Handmade felt ornaments add warmth, texture, and a nostalgic touch to Christmas decorating. In this detailed tutorial, you’ll learn how to die cut, stitch, assemble, and embellish a vintage-style Santa using wool felt and embroidery floss. The project can be finished with classic stitched details and holly or dressed up with beads and sparkling embellishments. The Vintage Santa Etched Dies cut the individual felt layers...

Introduction Create a playful Christmas card featuring Chompster enjoying festive holiday treats. In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to assemble layered die-cut characters, create dimensional holiday embellishments, stamp coordinating sentiments, and build a card with a fun surprise hidden inside. This project is perfect for cardmakers who enjoy character-based die-cut designs and whimsical holiday cards. The Merry Munchies Etched Dies pair perfectly with Chompster...