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Hi there! I thought I’d share my post from the Pinkfresh Studio blog from today. I usually try to keep my holiday cards as clean and simple as possible for easy mailing, but sometimes more is better, right? I kept the color scheme fairly traditional, but with two completely different aesthetics. Let’s get started with all of the details!

For my first project, I used the darling new Skiing By stamps and dies. I began by stamping several of the images using some very pale ink on white Copic-friendly cardstock. I then used my Copic markers to color the images in.

Next, I die cut the mountains and snow drifts, cutting the snowy portions from white glitter cardstock to add a bit of glitz to the card front. (You can never have too many sparkles on a Christmas card, right?)

After I’d adhered all of the die cuts using liquid and foam adhesive, I used a blending brush to add some Sky Blue ink to add some sky to the card base. I also stamped a greeting from Skiing By on a strip of paper and added it to the card front using some more foam adhesive. Super cute, but still with a trendy graphic style that I think is darling!

For my second card, I did lots and lots of layering using several different standalone dies, all from non-holiday releases! I began by die cutting the Geo Floral background die from some beautiful red foil cardstock, which I layered on a white A2 card base. I also die cut an Essentials: Braided Tag from some heavyweight vellum.

Next, I die cut a Leafy Wreaths die from some bright green cardstock and layered it on top of the vellum tag. I then die cut a sparkling JOY from white glitter cardstock using the Adore Alpha die set. I layered the letters over the center of the wreath using liquid adhesive, then hid some foam adhesive on the back of the tag, adding it to the foiled card base. The final step was to add a red and white twine bow and some sparkling “berries.”

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!

Hi there! I have some super icy holiday inspiration using some new (and some old!) products from Pinkfresh Studio. I love the elegance of using white on white with pops of color for holiday cards, and it was so fun to pair this favorite monochromatic technique with these icy pastel colors for today’s projects. Let’s get started with the details!

For both projects, I created the backgrounds by layering white Folklore cover plate die cut and the Geo Floral cover plate die cut over some sparkling white glitter cardstock. This tone-on-tone background provides lots of texture, while also creating a sparkly and simple backdrop for the colorful focal points.

For the first card, I die cut PEACE from white cardstock using the Kelly Alpha Upper dies, then used Copic markers to add some ombre shading from navy blue to hyacinth purple. I also die cut some branches using the Leafy Branch die, again beginning with white cardstock and adding Copic coloring, this time in a pretty shade of mint green.

I adhered the PEACE die cuts to the center of the card front using foam adhesive, then added the leafy mint green branches beneath them. In hindsight, I wish that I’d used a bit deeper green for the branches, but I do like the subtlety of the mint; it allows the deep blue/purple of the greeting to really stand out. The final touch was to add some Essentials Jewels in pale pink as “berries.”

For my second card, I used the Share Cheer stamps and dies as my focal point. I began by stamping the main image and the bow on some plain white, Copic-friendly cardstock, then colored the image using that same blue/purple, mint, pale pink combination, adding in some touches of vanilla peach and teal.

I die cut the image and layered it on the sparkling tone-on-tone card front using foam adhesive for lots of extra dimension. The icy color scheme is the perfect pop of subtle color on the sparkling textured background!

Well, that’s all for me today. I hope your holiday cardmaking is going well, and if you haven’t started, I hope my projects have provided you with some inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!