Creative Cardmaking Day 3: Christmas Cards from the Heart with Melissa Mann

The final day of our Creative Cardmaking series combines two of our favorite dies in the shop: the My Heart Metal Die and Layered Card Metal Die, and Melissa Mann is showing us how to create a lovely, layered card design, perfect for showing someone how much you care this holiday season!

Hello, friends! This is Melissa here with you today to share two new greeting cards that I created using the November add ons!

I really loved the My Heart Metal Die and My Heart Stamp that was released recently and wanted to incorporate that into my cards. I actually ended up using the “negative” and the “positive” of this heart die cut. I love being able to use up pieces of paper from a project!

Supplies | Document December Kit, Christmas Basics 6 x 8.5 Inch Paper StackFa La La 6 x 8.5 Inch Paper Stack, December Memories Stamp, My Heart Metal Die, Layered Card Metal Die, Labels Metal Die

For the first card, I used the new Layered Card Metal Die to cut out the blocks of patterned paper that I was using to build the base of my card from the Christmas Basics and Fa La La Paper Stacks. I used the My Heart Metal Die to cut out the stitched heart on the red card stock block. I measured out a piece of vellum and a piece of clear acetate that would fit behind the die cut heart and stitched them together while leaving the top unstitched. This allowed me to dump in some glitter and sequins before stitching the top closed.

I used the December Memories Stamp and Labels Metal Die to create the sentiment for my card. I had used gold sequins in my confetti pocket and decided to use a gold embossing powder to use on my stamped sentiment. Once all my pieces were cut out, I adhered everything together. I loved the touch of gold on this card!

For my second card, I wanted to carry on the gold embossed detail and created my own background using the round stamps “Joy” and “Magic” from the December Memories Stamp, using both gold and rose gold embossing powders. I layered a piece of vellum over the top and placed the striped square of patterned paper and the interior of the red die cut heart on top. I also embossed the “filled with joy” sentiment on the red heart with gold powder. 

The new Layered Card Metal Die really helped speed up the process of making these two cards, making them a super easy card to mass create for the holidays! You could speed the process up by simply completing the stamping with ink only!

 Thanks for stopping by the blog today and happy December!

Thanks for checking out all of our Creative Cardmaking posts! In case you missed them, check out Amanda-jayne and Candace’s posts from earlier this week, and share your holiday cards with us! You can post in our Elle’s Studio Facebook Group or on Instagram using the hashtag #EllesStudio!

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