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!!
