So excited to share this adorable and bright card! There is a lot of texture on this card thanks to the 3D embossing folder from Altenew called, “Ribbon Waves 3D” and an old onion bag! “What?” you say. “An old onion bag?” Yes, you heard that right. I cut up an onion bag and ran it through my die cutting machine with some white cardstock. That’s how the “cross-hatch” texture was added to the hello panel on the card.

The adorable images are from a pack of 77 die cut shapes from Doodlebug Design Inc. called, “Love Notes” #6601. The greeting was created with a word die. The gold border is a metallic washi tape.

The adorable little birdies needed some glitter, so I used my glitter gel pens in black, yellow and orange to go over their eyes, beaks, and legs! Finally, I added some crystal nuvo drops in sugared almond for the flower centers, in morning dew for the hearts, and some Scrapbook.com pops of color in rose gold for the center of the rose. I love Scrapbook.com. They almost always have a FREE item with purchase. That’s how I got the adorable Love Notes Odds & Ends die cut shapes you see above.

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Doodlebug Design Love Notes Odds & Ends and other items: https://shrsl.com/36xom

Altanew Ribbon Waves 3D Embossing Folder: https://shrsl.com/36xon

Crystal Nuvo Drops Morning Dew: https://shrsl.com/36xot

Crystal Nuvo Drops Gloss Sugared Almond: currently unavailable

Pops of Color Rose Gold: https://shrsl.com/36xoz

Tombow Mono Liquid Adhesive: https://shrsl.com/36xp0 Or https://amzn.to/37DhjRI

Gold Washi Tape: https://amzn.to/3BkJQYA

Scrapbook.com – Decorative Die Set – Thank You Sentiments: https://shrsl.com/36xso

Gel Pens: https://amzn.to/3loQnMt

For my final foray into embellishing commercial greeting cards, I decided to purchase these Christmas cards from Dayspring. DaySpring Christmas Shop Now Open! Free Shipping on U.S. Orders with Code CHRISTMAS through 10/11.

My idea to embellish this card stems from my desire to draw attention to the focal image on the card. It occurred to me to frame the baby Jesus. I tried lots of ways to do this (which you can see in my YouTube video below): die cutting the image out and popping it up with dimensional adhesive with a background of gold shimmer paper or mesh ribbon, using gold photo corners, and nesting square dies to create a square frame of gold shimmer paper.

Of course, I also wanted to add some sparkle and bling so I used my gold and silver Unibal gel pens to trace some of the light rays emanating from Jesus and added some dots to the word adore. In addition, I placed some clear gems above the light rays on one card, some Crystal Nuvo drops on another, and some pearls on a third. I hope you enjoy the video above.

Here is a link to the supplies I used on these cards. They are my affiliate links, which are free to you and will earn me a small percentage of anything you purchase using them. Thank you for your support.

Affiliate Links

Dayspring Christmas Card Little Inspirations – O Come Let Us Adore Him – 16 Christmas Boxed Cards, KJV: https://shrsl.com/36qtz

Adhesive

Foam Adhesive Roll: https://shrsl.com/36kig

Tombow Mono Liquid Adhesive: https://amzn.to/37DhjRI

Dies

Spellbinders Nestabilities Square Dies: https://amzn.to/2IrBGUS
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 661597, Holiday Greens, Mini by Tim Holtz https://amzn.to/2DoY26p

Gems

Self adhesive clear gems in various sizes: https://amzn.to/2StLqpO

Pens

Unibal Signo Gel Pens in Silver, Gold, and White: https://amzn.to/367m59I

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens:
https://amzn.to/3bKg1VO

Tools/Other

EK Success Craft Tweezers (reverse): https://amzn.to/3tFzPBS

Rhinestone Picker/aka Crystal Katana: https://amzn.to/3i8CIqY

Westcott Sewing Titanium Bonded Fine Cut Scissors, 2.5″: https://amzn.to/3cQ1hqw

Nuvo Drops in Bright Gold: https://amzn.to/3y5lGjg

Gold Classic Photo Corner Stickers by The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby

Hello crafty friends! I am back today with two more ways to embellish commercial greeting cards (links below). You can view the first post with more ideas here: https://greetingstar.wordpress.com/2021/09/30/dayspring-christmas-card-embellishing/.

• The first way is an old school way of dry embossing using a stencil and embossing stylus with a light board. There are two things I love about this technique: you can pick and choose which image(s) you want instead of using the entire stencil and you can put them anywhere on your project! This technique can be used on any project, not just commercial greeting cards.
• The second way to embellish is adding an image or element from a die cut to the front of the card. Of course, you can add it to the inside of the card as well. If you are not a fan of altering the front of a commercial greeting card, then jazzing up the inside might be the thing for you :0) Now, you don’t have to use an entire die cut, you can cut out the part of the die cut that you want to use, which is what I’ve done here. I cut out the stable with Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus and left the rest of the die cut for another project.
• I used my alcohol ink markers from Spectrum Noir to add some matching color to the die cut as well as the Wink of Stella glitter brush marker to add some sparkle and shine…after all Jesus is the light of the world!

The cards I’m using today are the In a Moment…Everything Changed J1479 Christmas cards from DaySpring.com. They are lovely and the folded card size measures 5 1/16″ x 7 3/4″. The message on the inside reads:

Jesus Christ—
He made each star and galaxy.
His birth fulfilled each prophecy.
His power made the blind to see.
His sacrifice set people free.
His resurrection proved to be the turning point of history.

The link for them is below the video. Enjoy!

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(I receive a portion of the sale on any purchase you make using the Amazon and Share a Sale links below at no extra cost to you!)

Adhesive /Tape*
Tombow Mono Liquid Adhesive: https://amzn.to/37DhjRI
Scrapbook.com Mint Tape: https://shrsl.com/36suu

Christmas Cards *
DaySpring Chrsitmas Cards “In a Moment” 18 cards and envelopes: https://shrsl.com/36kj0
DaySpring Chrsitmas Cards “In a Moment” 50 cards and envelopes https://shrsl.com/36kj6

Get 25% off on all Christmas cards with code “CHRISTMAS” until Monday, October 11, 2021

Dies*
Echo Park nativity Silhouette Die AIM191041: https://shrsl.com/36sni

Light Board *
LITENERGY Portable A4 Tracing LED Copy Board Light Box: https://amzn.to/3iwUjbY

Markers *
Spectrum Noir Alcohol Marker TB4

Wink of Stella Glitter Brush: https://amzn.to/3opeHvQ

Stencils *
Hero Arts Stars Pattern Stencil SA019: https://amzn.to/2WmZaoa

Tools *
EK Success Craft Tweezers (reverse): https://amzn.to/3tFzPBS

Martha Stewart Embossing Stylus set: unavailable, but here’s an alternative: https://shrsl.com/36spu

Hello Fellow Crafters. I made a couple of digital images for you to celebrate World Cardmaking Day! For those of you who love to color, this is a great image because there are so many areas to color. Below is the floral image and you can use it in your personal crafting. Please do not use it in your commercial endeavors. Enjoy and check out the video below for a demonstration on how to make a simple flower using Inkscape-a FREE professional quality vector graphics software. You can download it at http://www.inkscape.org.