Christmas Elegance Card Class

The three cards below were the projects for my Easy Elegant Christmas Cards class.  Amuse Studio's Christmas Joy & Cheer die set is so versatile, it includes a branch (with leaves on it) and three different birds. For the card below I trimmed off all the leaves from the branch and cut the cardinal from our Cherry felt.

Stamps: Peaceful Forest

Ink: Eucalyptus 

Paper: Winter Sky

Dies: Christmas Joy & Cheer, Lg. Rectangles set

Schtuff: Cherry Felt

I love the amber color variations/hightlights within several of our French Roast buttons.  And the Toffee Natural Twine gives just the right "natural" touch to this card which was inspired by Kristine Vicente.

Stamps: Peaceful Forest

Ink: Fern, Mushroom

Paper: Fern, Vanilla

Schtuff: Gold Washi Tape, French Roast Buttons, Toffee Twine

And how could I have a Christmas Elegance Class without Gold Embossing?!  Our luscious Currant cardstock is just screaming for gold embossing and is complimented by a Shimmer Gold die cut Dasher & Harlequin background.

Stamps: Christmas Joy & Cheer, Harlequin Background

Ink: Blackberry, Versamark

Paper: Currant, Shimmer Gold

Dies: Dasher

Schtuff: Gold Embossing Powder & Heat Tool