How are your handmade Holiday cards coming along? I’ve started mine but really need to find more time to spend working on them! Normally I create cards that are more on the cute side for Christmas but this year I’m trying something different and going for a more elegant look with gold foiling and pretty winter florals and botanicals. So I thought today’s would be a great day to share some inspiration for classy Christmas cards.
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Bobbi’s beautiful card is shaped like a book, it’s even dimensional like one too because it’s a gift card holder! Her design looks like a vintage copy of the Night Before Christmas with a stamped and layered die cut title, heat embossed gold flourishes, die cut greenery and lots of gold accents. Find all the details at the Papertrey Ink blog.
Jennifer used an ombre’ of blue inks and lots of gold heat embossing for her pretty design. She ink blended the ornament and used the same 3 different inks to ink and stamp the large star background. Find more info at the Hero Arts blog.
Heather H. used new products from Tim Holtz for her wonderful Poinsettia card. She stamped a trendy faux postcard on the kraft background, inked and stamped the flower in red and green inks, die cut it and tied a rustic twine around. The splatter adds a nice snowy look too. Take a closer look at the Simon Says Stamp blog.
Marianne created a couple of beautiful snowflake cards! She die cut them from watercolor paper, adding color with Distress Inks and then heat embossing over the top. A few gems and sentiments finish off the designs perfectly. I came across them on the Whimsy Stamps Instagram page.
Nothing says elegant quite like foiling! Jeanne used a multi tonal red foil for an all over background on her lovely card. She wrapped bakers twine around the middle and added a foiled and die cut red and white sentiment over top. I spotted her idea on the Pink and Main Instagram page.
This wonderful die cut snowman has so much class and style! She’s got matching pink gloves and scarf, blue buttons and a top hat decorated with plaid fabric and Holly. Bobbie die cut and inked this dapper fellow and placed him over a printed background scene. Learn more at the Honey Bee stamps blog.
Arjita’s stunning card features stamped and water colored holiday florals and botanicals with a gold heat embossed sentiment. I love the pop of trendy teal she included with the traditional green and red! I came across her card idea at the Gina K. Designs Instagram page.
Gaylynn has a cool technique to share using a stamp, heat embossing and foiling. She used this technique on the large snowflake and sentiment with amazing results! I love the round pearls and touches of white splatter she added for an even snowier look. Learn about this method at the Unity Stamps blog.
Chari’s classy Christmas cake card looks so yummy! She used dies to create the design using glitter papers and glitter glue to add lots of sparkle and shine along with plaid and striped pattern papers, it’s such a cozy card. Take a closer peek at the Lawn Fawn blog.
Silvia’s Special Delivery card is so sophisticated with a custom marbled background. She created it with ink blending, stamping and heat embossing. The envelope is inked, splattered and stenciled in a green that really pops on the red and there’s stamped sentiments too. Find all the details at the LDRS Creative blog.
Marie’s nighttime card is so clean, simple and sophisticated. The die cut snowy house are cut from white cardstock with red doors sitting in snowy drifts with a dark blue ink blended and splattered sky. But this card holds a secret, when pressed one of the houses lights up! Learn more at the Spellbinders blog.
And last but certainly not least is this exquisite card from Carissa! It’s a see through shaker card with die cut glittery snowflakes and heat embossed sentiment on the front acetate panel with a soft peach ink blended frame. She’s sharing a video tutorial on the Sprinkled with Glitter blog.
I hope you’ve been inspired to add a touch of elegance to your handmade Holidays cards this year!
-Heather
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