Merry Christmas 2025

Merry Christmas! I want to wish each of you a wonderful day! I hope your day if filled with joy and happiness surrounded by those you love! I'm happy to be here today to share the last Christmas card of the year! This one is similar to my Thanksgiving card, but with a few tweaks! I used a wood veneer cardstock for that card and when I purchased it, I noticed there was another variety as well. I went ahead and bought it thinking I would be using it all season long, but obviously that didn't happen! ha ha! This particular variety is White Birch and I just love it! I also paired it with the Tinaldo Wood Grain cardstock that Betsy used during the Christmas Gallerie release!

Now, all of this embossing reminded me how I used to emboss on velvet paper YEARS ago, back when embossing folders first came out. It has fallen out of my memory because velvet paper became hard to find, but I'm SO glad I remembered it, because it is now EASY to find! ha ha! I was especially happy to find some with an adhesive backing because it's used for the inside of jewelry boxes. You can find the paper I used HERE, but I also bought THIS variety for other projects. 

To begin, I die cut the outer portion from that white birch paper using the Shortbread Shapes: Snowflakes Die and the star center. Of course, you KNOW I HAD to save the precious scrap, so stay tuned for something made with that! ha ha! Now, I had originally planned on having the next layer be cut from the velvet layer, which I DID, but didn't end up using, SO....that means another scrap that will NEED to be used as well! Instead, I cut it from the woodgrain paper I linked at the beginning of the post.  

The outer frame is embossed using the Shortbread Shapes: Snowflakes Embossing Folder and then the inner portion is embossed using the Rosemal Reflections Embossing Folder. Once the embossing was done, I used Walnut Stain Distress Oxide ink with a sponge dauber to add the color to the raised areas.

I forgot to mention that it is best to adhere the wood veneer paper to a piece of cardstock before die cutting. It is thin and has a tendency to curl, so this eliminates that problem. I also took the adhesive back off the velvet paper and adhered it to cardstock as well. I cut it using the Capsule Basics Die and then embossed it with the same Rosemal Reflections embossing folder. I was thrilled to find that the Capsule Filigree Borders glued to the velvet paper worked great; I was worried it might be finicky.  I had originally planned on tucking this layer under the outer frame, but ended up not wanting to cover up ANY of the velvet! It is added over the top using foam squares.

During full reveals of the Christmas Gallerie Collection, I mentioned I made a BUNCH of the Bigger Holiday Botanicals. I still have a bunch left, so I added one of the holly varieties and the wax flower using foam squares. I can't seem to stop with the label/sentiment combo, so that is what I did again for this card. 

I heat embossed the label using the Little Linked Labels Stamp Set and then cut it using the Little Linked Labels Die. Once that was done, I dry embossed it using the Little Linked Labels Embossing Folder . I adhered it over the stems of the holly and wax flower using foam squares. 

It's a little bit hard to see in the photo because of the lighting, but I heat embossed the Merry Christmas sentiment on the same veneer paper using the Capsule Quick Tags Stamp Set. I added it over the top of the label using additional foam squares.

I added a bow that was cut from white and then inked up with Pure Poppy ink. I also added the "hardware" that was cut using the Hang It Up Die from Antique Gold cardstock.

I created a shaped base using the same shortbread die and glued it with liquid glue. I didn't dare add ANY glitter for fear of it sticking to the velvet paper. I will probably experiment when I have more time, but for now, I didn't dare risk it! I had so much fun creating this card! Thanks for fluttering by!