Saturday, September 20, 2025

12 days of Christmas cards 2025

 Last year, Justine Hovey shared wonderful card making ideas in her 12 Days of Christmas cards.  I tried most of them and you can check out my post HERE.  She did it again this year, and here are the cards I made this time.  

I will share her inspiration card then my take on it. 

Day 1 - Justine's inspiration 

My card...  This one is a shaker card. 

  • Hobby Lobby paper
  • Poppystamps Joy die
  • Kraftin' Kimmie Nativity Sentiments "to the world"
  • Echo Park O Holy Night star die
  • Spellbinders sequins
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Day 2 - Justine's inspiration




My card...  This is so cool!  The card base is vellum!  The front is dry embossed.  It is given strength and stability by adding die cut shapes to all 4 surfaces of the card.  

  • Sizzix 3D Snowflakes embossing folder
  • Kat Scrappiness Wavy Wonky Stitched Rectangles
  • Echo Park O Holy Night
  • Echo Park Snowflake Ornament Trio
  • Snowflake punch
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Day 3 - Justine's inspiration



My card...  This is a fun hexagon card that stands up.  

  • Cuttlebug Heritage embossing folder
  • Poppystamps Adelaide Snowflakes
  • Spellbinders Snowflakes
  • Pink & Main Merry Christmas 
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Day 4 - Justine's inspiration


My cards... (matching the above cards from lower left going clockwise)
     #1 - I don't have ink sprays, so I put distress oxide ink on my glass mat, sprayed it with water, and smooshed the cardstock into it to make the backgrounds.  

  • Poppystamps Circling Frame cover plate (since the holes are large, I popped out several pieces then adhered it to another background.  
  • Poppystamps Adelaide Snowflakes
  • Cut Noel mini die (this doesn't have a frame die, so I traced the die with a pencil and cut a frame. Rather than do that with vellum, too, as Justine did, I added a couple of black layers to make the white sentiment stand out against the white. 
  • AND... I realized as I was glueing the front to the card that this sentiment, etc., was supposed to go on the embossed front.  Oops!  LOL 
     #2 - 
  • Cuttlebug Teresa Collins Timeless embossing folder
  • Alphabet from Cheapo Dies
  • Adhesive pearls
#3 - I love, love, love this one!!! 
  • Spellbinders Scenic Poinsettia 3D embossing folder
  • Hero Arts  Merry Stamp & Cut 
#4 - 
  • Darice LG snowflake. (It is silver though it looks brown in the pic.)
  • Pink & Main Merry Christmas 
  • Vellum
  • Adhesive pearls

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Day 5 - Justine's inspiration


My card...  This card showed me that I need new inks or some re-inkers!  I could not get the color any darker even though I tried 5 different greens! :P 


  • Various green inks blended using mint tape
  • Spellbinders Postage Squares
  • Poppystamps Grosgrain Ribbon
  • Colorado Craft Merry Everything sentiment
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Day 6 - Justine's inspiration



My card...  I do not like how this one turned out, and I debated about sharing it, but here it is.
 


  • Darice Snow Globe
  • These are from one of the very first sets I bought about 15 yrs ago when I started paper crafting, and I have no idea where I got them... probably a Joann clearance bin. LOL
  • TH Snowfall Grit Paste 
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Day 7 - Justine's inspiration


My card...  after multiple failed attempts to create a card like this one, I gave up. 

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Day 8 - Justine's inspiration


My card... same issue as last card.  All attempts at using a border die have failed. 

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Day 9 - Justine's inspiration


My card ...



  • Snowflakes from Gina K Tiny Wreath Builder Bundle
  • Echo Park Merry Christmas 
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Day 10 - Justine's inspiration


My card...

  • MFT O Christmas Tree stamps and dies
  • Concord & 9th Yuletide Ornaments sentiment
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Day 11 - Justine's inspiration


My card...

  • DCWV Hippie Chic glitter paper
  • Echo Park Christmas Lights 
  • Concerned & 9th Yuletide Ornaments sentiment
  • Poppystamps Little Bow and String
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Day 12 - Justine's inspiration


My card... I do not have any quad stencils, so no card based on this.  
I do like her cards and may attempt something like this by making my own stencils on my Circuit or by using stamps and/or dies with masking sheets. 

If you like what you see, check out "Justine Hovey's Crafty Card Corner" group on Facebook.  It's a great community of talented and encouraging crafters! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!! 


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