Heart of Christmas – Festive Friends
Welcome to week 11 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2025. Each week until end of November, the talented ladies from the Art with Heart team are bringing you inspiration for your holiday craft projects.
Today I have a fun card using the Festive Friends Bundle. This is a slimline card and I’ve used the Santa and Elf images to replace the ‘O’ in ‘HO HO HO’.
I started with the Real Red card base and then dry embossed the strip of Basic White with the (retired) Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder. The strip was trimmed with a narrow border of Garden Green and I used the lighter side of the two-tone card stock.
I intended to use the Party Alphabet Dies and then found the letters were a bit too wide to fit comfortably. I resorted to the (retired) Large Letters Framelits for the ‘H’. The cute images from the Festive Friends stamp set were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured them with Stampin’ Blends Markers in traditional colours. They are quick and easy to colour and you can crop them with the coordinating dies. I decided to fussy cut them to achieve a narrow border. They are popped up next to the flat letters.
On the inside, I have kept the same styling as the front. The greeting from the Jolly Holly stamp set was stamped in Real Red ink in the centre. On the right I added the trees cropped from Granny Apple Green & Garden Green card stock. The die is from the Festive Friends Dies and I swapped their stems. A trio of Traditional Sparkling Sequins finishes it off.
I couldn’t resist adding some sparkle, so I used a glue pen to add (retired) Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to the trim on their hats and Santa suit. You can see it fairly well in the photo above. This is a quick card to create and adds a touch of fun to the festive season.
Project Details
- Stamps: Festive Friends, Jolly Holly
- Cardstock & Papers: Basic White, Real Red, Garden Green, Garden Green Two-Tone
- Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red
- Accessories: Traditional Sparkling Sequins, Dazzling Diamonds (retired)
- Tools: Festive Friends Dies, Large Numbers Framelits (retired), Stampin’ Cut n Emboss, Dimensionals, Stampin’ Blends (Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Light Basic Black, SU1000, Flirty Flamingo, Smoky Slate. Crumb Cake)
Now it’s time to click on the Next Button below, to head over to see the beautiful project that Sharon has created.
If something goes awry, you can find the full list of participants for this week over on Sharon’s blog.
Thanks for visiting today!
Your card is very cute Judy, great idea to use the characters as the O in Ho, Ho, Ho
Oh such a cute card Judy and brilliant idea to insert the festive characters.
For some reason I couldn’t see your card last night Judy, but I’m so glad I popped in this morning to take another look. Such a cute card! Your santas and elves put a big smile on my face.
A very festive and fun card, Judy with these images as the ‘O’. It made me smile with happiness!!!