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