Hello and welcome back for day 10 of my 25 Days of Holiday Cards.

As I mentioned yesterday, I am diving into my archives of holiday cards and sharing some creations that I haven't shared before.

This card features some 3D elements and embellishments from several Holiday Card kits. it really is a hodgepodge of fun!

I love the vintage image of the kids.

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25 Days of Holiday Cards Day 9

Hello friends and welcome back for day 9 of my 25 Days of Holiday cards.

I have been designing for Anna Griffin since 2010. Over the last 8 years, I have created a variety of Christmas cards that I haven't shared on my blog. So for the next couple of days, I am diving into my archives to share some of these cards. 

Today's card features Anna Griffin's poinsettia dies from 2016. I cut glitter cardstock along with vellum and layered them to create this beautiful focal point on my card.

I finished the card with a 3D sentiment. I find that most of my cards have several layers. I love to frame pattern paper with glitter paper and emboss pattern paper. These techniques really add something extra to my cards.

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25 Days of Holiday Cards Day 8

Hello friends! Welcome back to Day 8 of my 25 Days of Holiday cards! 

Today's card features Anna Griffin's Angelic card toppers.

I layered some holiday card layers and topped them with these beautiful 3D images. 

Simple and sweet! Sometimes you don't have to add that much to make a card come together quickly.

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25 Days of Holiday Cards Day 6

Hello friends and welcome back for day 6 of my 25 Days of Holiday Cards.

Today's card features a fun die set from Spellbinders called Truckin through the Seasons.

I signed up for their card and die subscription and have been having so much fun creating with my kits! I love that I could put the Christmas tree in the back of the pickup truck. The dies were really fun to create with.

If you're interested, you can see how to cut and put this cute truck together in this video by Spellbinders.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! See you tomorrow with another card!

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25 Days of Holiday Cards Day 5

Hello friends! It's Day 5 of my 25 Days of Holiday Cards.

Today's card is featuring the mini botanical dies by Anna Griffin. I paired them along with her Perfect  Pattern Christmas cards and Holiday Card toppers. I used glitter and foil paper for the dies to make them stand out.

I love those little bows. They are so cute and perfect for tags as well. 

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25 Days of Holiday Cards Day 4

Hello and welcome back for Day 4 of my 25 Days of Holiday cards.

For today's card, I started with a Perfect Pattern cards for Christmas card base, used an embossing folder on foiled cardstock and layered patterned cardstock along with an ornament die from Anna Griffin.

I finished the card off with a sentiment and bow die.

What's your go-to technique for card making? Are you a stamper only or do you like to use dies only? Do you like to use stamps and dies? 

I find I like to use both. When mass producing cards, I like to go for a simple design. I love to hear your thoughts. Leave me a comment below.

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25 Days of Holiday Cards Day 3

Hello friends and welcome back for Day 3 of my 25 Days of Holiday Cards!

For today's card, I made a masculine holiday card using Anna Griffins Christmas Sentiment Dies.

First I chose some pattern paper that was masculine and then cut the sentiment die and made it the focal point of the card. The two patterns really compliment each other well and these dies really are versatile and fun to create with!

I finished the card with the ornament top die and layered a twine bow. 

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25 Days of Holiday Cards Day 2

Hello friends! It's Day 2 of my 25 days of Holiday cards! 

Today's card features the mini Christmas stickers and sentiments. These are fun the layer on the card over the ornament die I used.

I used Therm-O-Web's 3D foam stickers to adhere the mini die cuts to the card base. I love using these foam squares to add dimension to all of my cards.

Another tip for making several cards at once is to die cut several of the ornament dies and pre-cut your layers. Then you sit down and assemble your cards quickly.

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25 Days of Holiday Cards Day 1

Hello friends! Welcome to another year of 25 Days of Holiday cards. For the next 25 days, I'll be sharing a variety of handmade card creations. I hope you will get some inspiration to make your own cards. 

Kicking off this year's 25 days is a card I created using Anna Griffin's new plaid pattern papers and the Christmas sentiment dies.

For this card, I also used Anna's glitter paper and adhesive from Therm-O-Web to create my shaker card.

I filled my shaker with gold sequins and Christmas trees from the shaker die collection.

Want to make your shaker cards really move? Add some microbeads. You can pick them up at any craft store. They really help the other items you fill your shaker cards with move more freely.

So that's it for today! 24 more cards to go! I hope you'll come back and check out the rest! 

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