Spellbinders Oh Christmas Stitch Cards — JOY Ornament & Stitched Tree
Hello, crafty friends!
Today I am sharing two Christmas cards I made with Spellbinders’ Oh Christmas Stitch Collection. I love stitching on cards — it adds such a sweet, handmade texture. For these two cards, I used a bright and cheerful color palette of teal, red, and white, and both cards have lots of pretty stitched details and red gems.
JOY Ornament Card
- Background: I embossed a white cardstock panel with the “Vintage Ornaments” 3D Embossing Folder. The raised ornaments and snowflakes add soft texture, so the bright letters stand out nicely on top.
Focal Images:
For the JOY letters, I die-cut the letters from the foil cardstock in the Aquamarine Assorted Treasured Cardstock pack and used those pieces as a backdrop layer. Then I die-cut the letters again from Seaside cardstock, colored them with Pool ink in a soft ombré, and adhered them on top of the foil backdrop, slightly offset, so the shiny aquamarine foil peeks out behind them. For the letter O, I used a stitched ornament from October’s “Oh Joy!” Etched Stitching Dies.
I die-cut the ornament base from Poppy cardstock, and die-cut the shiny layer on top of it from the Ruby Assorted Treasured Cardstock pack. For the center, I die-cut a circle from white cardstock, colored just the edges with a little blue ink, and stitched it with Blue Topaz DMC Light Effects Embroidery Floss, a pretty metallic thread. I finished the center with a red gem from the Red Color Essentials Gems, and die-cut the ornament top from the silver metallic cardstock in the Silver Assorted Treasured Cardstock pack. For the pine bough at the top, I die-cut two boughs from Rainforest cardstock, added a little coloring to them, and adhered them across the top of the card.
Sentiment:
I hot-foiled “SEASON’S GREETINGS” in white on Poppy cardstock with the “Snowflake Kisses Sentiments” Press + Foil Plate & Die Set by Lisa Horton — the same way I made the tree card’s sentiment — die-cut it into a strip, and added it below the JOY letters.
Stitched Christmas Tree Card
- Background: I die-cut Breeze cardstock with October’s “Quilted Etched Dies” by Simon Hurley and then ink-blended the panel with dark Juniper Mist ink. Blending over the die-cut panel turned the soft Breeze color into this rich teal background, and the light blue tree pops so nicely on top of it.
Focal Images:
I die-cut the Christmas tree from October’s “Oh Christmas Stitch” Etched Dies using aqua blue glitter cardstock, and layered the scalloped pieces from top to bottom.
I stitched each white center with Blue Topaz DMC Light Effects Embroidery Floss — the same metallic thread I used on the JOY ornament — and added a red gem in the middle of each layer. For the tree trunk and the star on top, I stitched with gold thread.
- Sentiment:
- I hot-foiled “Season’s Greetings” in white on Poppy cardstock with the “Joyful Christmas Sentiments” Press + Foil Plate & Die Set by Simon Hurley, die-cut it with the coordinating die, and added it at the bottom of the card.
I love how these two cards look together — same stitched style, but one is clean and white and the other is rich and teal. Which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below!
Thank you so much for stopping by today.
Happy Crafting, Heejung
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