“Why make Christmas cards now?” my grandson asked. I told him how much fun it is to play with sets like this ahead of when they are wanted or needed. Makes creating more fun than a “have to do it now” job.

The Stitching Die of the Month is stunning! Often I uses stitching dies without the stitching but this one called for the whole process. Using some DMC metallic thread it was easy to do, especially breaking it down in a few blocks at a time. TIP: This helps to keep the thread from tangling and makes for a smoother end result. I also die cut the card base by overlapping the die above the fold. This way the front and back were still attached. I cut another piece of white glitter paper behind and popped up the teal card front. This helped the glitter to show and sparkle.

The Small Die of the Month has such cute figures…make a handle and you have a Christmas mug. The background used the 3D Embossing folder of the Month on some brown reflecting paper with my Santa mug topped in whipped cream and steam coming out of his head (vellum). Ready for your cup?

Next came the Stencil of the Month and Large Die of the Month. Two layers of the stencil were used for the background. The large die cuts create a warm set of mitten hands holding warm cocoa. Can’t you just feel the warmth on a cold winter day?

The Glimmer Set of the Month creates wonderful snowflakes. I didn’t know how it would look with red glimmer foil over red paper but I really like the results. Silver glitter snowflakes popped up on top make for an easy, quick card. The second card with green foil and red snowflakes shows traditional Christmas colors.

This was a fun card to do…I used a lot of left over pieces on this 5×7 card. The background is the Embossing Folder of the Month on Silver metallic paper. I mounted it on a green background by offsetting it slightly, adding strips of the foiled red paper to make a partial frame. Then I cut out red and green glitter snowflakes and used an extra silver snowflake to embellish the card front. The Merry Christmas sentiment is from a past glimmer of the month kit.

These were fun cards to make and came together quickly. Mixing and matching with Club kits is so easy. I like to challenge myself to see how can I make it different than other people. Clubs are available from the 6th of the month to the 27th. Get started now with your Christmas cards!

Thanks for visiting, Penny

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My husband has a beautiful red brick home with a small post by the driveway. It’s cute and quaint. I thought it would be fun to take inspiration from it to create this card.

Here are steps to create using the Large Die of the Month from Spellbinders.

Don’t you just love getting fun mail? This month’s Clubs at Spellbinders really adds to the fun!

Card One

This card uses the Stencil of the Month, the Wax Seal of the Month, and Clear Stamp and Die of the month. Colors used were teal and Lisa Horton metallic ink. The card front is popped up with foam tape for dimension. On a plain piece of white cardstock I rubbed the Lisa Horton ink pad directly to paper to bring out the purple shine. This was also done for the shadow of the sentiment.

Card Two

This is a Shaker Card! I used the Clear Stamp and Die set of the Month. First I stamped all the images, then cut out a few. The key getting the depressed cutouts in the right spot is to lay it all flat and then glue down the images you want depressed. I added a piece of acetate on the back of the front then put two layers of foam tape along all edges. From my stash I added some colored sequins. Then carefully added the card front over the background matching holes with the depressed pieces. I glued it to the card base, added the sentiment and a few of the sequins to tie it all together.

This months Stencil of the month is a great example of using stencils with a twist off their normal.  As they are created and used together on their own, they make great designs.  Here I’m sharing some different ways to use them.

For this first card I used the stencil on the left, that is the smallest flower. Generally this would be the center of the flower set of stencils.  I used it in the usual way by laying it over my paper and coloring it, using a blending brush and Distress Honey Mustard ink. 

Here’s where I change it up…

Using the same stencil, I picked one of the flowers and place it over the already colored flower then ROTATED it. It will create an eight pedal flower.  I do this for each of the flowers on the card front.  Voila – it looks like sunflowers.