Hey everyone. It’s Day 3 of the Holiday Card Series. I am your host today. I hope you are enjoying the series so far and you are getting inspired by our guest designers. Today’s cards feature products from Concord and 9th. Concord and 9th is a company I adore. Their products are amazing and so creative. The owner Angie is one the sweetest people I know. I love her dedication to the crafting community and supporting crafters is genuine. Thank you Angie for supporting me again this year. Let’s get into the tutorial.
For my first card I used the Stocking Stuffers stamps and dies from Concord & 9th to make a cute stocking card with a colorful snowflake background. This card was super easy to pull together and I love the color combos on this one.
To tone down the brightness of my background panel I used a sheet of vellum.
For my second card I used the Merry Shapes stamp set and die. These stamp and die combo make very clean and simple cards that WOW your recipients. Keeping the card to just two colors really lets the image stand out. Repeating a pattern across a card is a simple way to mass produce your holiday cards. I stamped the image first with Versamark ink on navy card stock. I heat embossed the images with gold embossing powder. Next I die cut out image with the coordinating die. Setting these pieces aside I began to work on the sentiment.
Keeping with the clean and simple look I stamped the sentiment on navy card stock, heat embossed it in gold embossing powder and glued into onto a strip of gold foil paper. Now it was time to put my card together. Starting with a white card base, I layered on navy card stock. To bring in some gold I pulled out my neutral foil pack and used the gold paper so I could layer another piece of navy car stock on top. I adhered my die cut shapes across this panel with foam tape and trimmed down the extra bits hanging off the sides. For the sentiment, I popped it up with foam tape as well.
This panel was now ready to for the card base. To finish off the card I glued down a few flat back sequins on several of the open circle areas on the card. Super easy card to make multiples of. I’ve linked the products below that I used on these cards. Thanks for stopping by today. See you back here soon.
I couldn’t wait to come see the 2nd card you created for today. I love the navy and gold color combo – super classic and chic. I know it has been a hard year and I loved hearing more about why you are doing the holiday card series differently this year. YOU inspire me daily…not just with your awesome creativity but with your incredible spirit and positivity and JOY you spread. BIG hugs.
Love your stocking card! Great coloring on it.
Dana, both cards are lovely. I like the elegant look using just 2 colors brings to your second card. I am enjoying this card series.
Lovely cards. I love the stocking on the first one.
such great cards
The gold on the navy is very striking and I really like this card.
Great cards! Love the non traditional colour for the stocking and the gold and navy trees are stunning! Cheers,
The blue and gold palette is so elegant, and the first is so festive. Thanks for sharing the process video!
Pretty cards! I really love love that filled stocking!
Wonderful cards.
The stocking card is so sweet and charming while the navy tree card is so elegant and formal. Very nice!
The stocking is cute, and the blue and gold striking and elegant. Tyfs
Love both your cards, but that first one is so pretty with the teal and red combo colors and the use of vellum!
The card is beautiful.
I love both of these cards Dana, they gold and navy one is so elegant. I happen to have some chipboard stockings so I want to stamp them and add some goodies sticking out the top as you did. A great idea and a cute background on that one as well.
Hi Joy 🙂 How cute!!! I love the way you used the vellum overlay on your first card background and sentiment AND the pattern on the second card is delightful….reminds me of the pattern on the side of a Christmas soldier’s toy drum! Thanks for inspiring me 🙂
Love the triangle trees. The deep blue and the
gold go together so well. Beautiful card.
The stocking is darling. thanks for sharing
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I love the stocking and the gold and navy color combo! BEAUTIFUL!