Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Make Clean and Simple Snowflake Cards for Christmas

My favorite winter and Christmas cards are warm and cozy, but crisp and bright. It's sort of an oxymoron, isn't it? Today I have some snowflake cards to share with you featuring a crisp AND cozy AND very classic color combination for winter crafts. Red, white, black, and kraft is one of my go-to color palettes for Christmas crafts, decorating, and gift wrap. It never goes out of style, and I think you'll LOVE today's cards.

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For today's first card I used the  Cover Up Snowflake Die from Lil' Inker Designs. This die is SO cool. It creates a background that fills a card front. I stamped the sentiment from the Big Christmas Stamps onto vellum, which I die cut a banner flag from.  I finished off the card with some simple twine and a button. This card is pretty simple, but it packs a BIG bold punch with the colors and snowflake background. Using vellum allows the snowflakes to still show through, so we don't lose any of that great pattern.






Lil' Inker Designs Supplies:
Cover Up Die: Snowflakes
Big Christmas Stamps
Flags & Tags Dies

Looking for MORE Christmas inspiration in this crisp classic color palette?

The beauty of this next clean and simple card is that it's clean.and.simple. I diecut the sentiment, the snowflake, and the pinked circle (from corrugated stock) and assembled the card. It can't get much easier than this, my friends! Sometimes we make things too complicated - but not this simple beauty. The embossed background adds just the right amount of detail so it doesn't feel boring or bland.

And next, just a little more love for this classic Christmas color combination - and some more snowflakes! Crisp and cozy all rolled into one, isn't it? It makes me think of cozy logs in the fire, mixed with red wrapping paper and my all-time favorite combination of black and white (all year long, give me black and white!) 

For this card,  I wanted to get some BIG contrast so I paired the crisp white snowflakes with cozy black and red buffalo check paper on a kraft card base.

I hope these cards have inspired you to grab a classic color combination for Christmas, and you're ready to craft up some crisp, clean and simple holiday cards! I am feeling cozy and festive and ready for WINTER! 

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40 comments:

Nancy Ball said...

I love your bright, happy Christmas card. Love the snowflake cover.

PStanley said...

Welcome, Laura. Lovely card!

Julia Akinina said...

The card is simply gorgeous! Love the colours!)

Donna Cala said...

Gorgeous! A perfect card to mass produce. It has so much impact from the striking colors and large snowflakes. Love the banner and simple twine bow.

Lisa H. said...

beautiful! love the classic colors and the vellum with the twine. ADORABLE! so happy you are here.

Kristie Goulet said...

Congratulations on joining the Lil' Inker DT!!! That is awesome news. I love how you used that amazing snowflake cover up die. That is definitely on my must have list. :) I am a new follower.

Vankleeck6 said...

This card is just a big ole WOW! Love the snowflake background and that sentiment!

TracyM #6773 said...

FUN & CHEERY card Laura :)
LOVE your AWESOME snowflakes background and WOW, your sentiment looks FABULOUS on the vellum!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION!!!

cdoggett01@yahoo.com said...

Love your card...love the red and white!

TracyM #6773 said...

PS - I forgot to say CONGRATULATIONS on joining the Lil' Inker DT!!!
YOU are going to have SO MUCH FUN and I am sure we will have lots of fun being inspired by your work too :)

Beth H. said...

So pretty! Love that cover die. Must have!

Anonymous said...

Love the red. Putting the sentiment on the vellum so the background pops was a great idea.
thanks for sharing.

Crafty Math Chick said...

Congratulations on the new DT gig! What a FUN team to be a part of! Your card is lovely and easy to mass produce too! I never used to like the idea of black on a Christmas card, just seemed morbid and depressing at first, but now I am totally smitten with it in combinations with red & white! :)

AJ Bodine said...

Congratulations on becoming a DT member for Lil'Inkers! Your card is stunning! The crisp white snowflake die cut over that red, wow! Stamping on vellum adds so much, great entry!

Linda T said...

Just the most beautiful background. Love how it stands out against the red. Lovely card and great new releases.

Unknown said...

This card is sooo pretty! Love the bright background color and the tag!

Yuki said...

Such a lovely holiday card! Love the vellum and that beautiful background ♥

Lisa Petrella said...

Gorgeous holiday card!!! I am lovin' the looks of this new sentiment set and those snowflakes are fabulous!!!!

Thordis said...

Congrats on your new DT gig... Your Christmas card is amazing :)

lisa808 said...

Congrats! Love that snowflake die.

Connie G said...

Congratulations of joining the DT!! The snowflake is fabulous.

Lindsey said...

So pretty! I'm thrilled that you're joinin. The LID team!

stamper101 said...

i like your use of your color scheme on the card with the red background and black sentiment on white - great job!

Sue D said...

Congrats on being on the design team. wonderful card--love the snowflake background.

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

So beautiful! Love the colors!

Unknown said...

Very nice... I love how you finished it off with the twine and button.

Lea Lawson said...

This is so gorgeous!! I love the bold red mixed with the natural twine & the classic black sentiment!

Celeste Goff said...

Wow, this card is simply amazing! I love everything about it!

Bev Karolak said...

Love your card! It's just beautiful. :)

Eileen L. said...

Love the snowflake frame die, very pretty on your card.

Chrissy Larson said...

So so happy to be joining the team with you, Laura! I LOVE your style and this card is AMAZING!

Amy C. said...

This new Snowflake Coverup is gorgeous!

DoofyJEss2 said...

Great card for the holidays!

Loly Borda said...

Congratulations! Yay! I love what you did, love the sentiment on the first card. TFS

nancy carroll said...

Congrats on joining the DT. LOVE your card, using the vellum makes it soooo elegant!

Rubeena I. said...

congrats!!! :) love the card!

Carisa said...

Congrats, gorgeous card!

arlsmom aka Lynda said...

Great card!!!

Laura Pryor said...

This might be my favorite card of yours from the release! I love the use of the sentiment on vellum over your cover up snowflake panel. I didn't see you blog the card where you stitched the word dies and used the border builder die. Did I miss it? It's so great! You've got to share it!! It was so lovely I used it for one of our website's homepage graphics!

Denise Bryant said...

Awesome card! Love red and white and that pretty sentiment on the vellum!