Spellbinders Decorative Holly Frame and 5x7 Holly Frame

This is my first Christmas card for 2015, and it features the Spellbinders Decorative Holly Frame die set as well as the Spellbinders 5″x7″ Holly Frame die set. Yes, the names of the dies seem one in the same. However, they are two separate die sets, as you can see near the bottom of this post. I think the card is very attractive. What do you think?

The size of the Christmas card is 6″ x 6″ as the frame from the Spellbinders Decorative Holly Frame die set is too large to fit on a smaller sized card.

I think the Stampin’ Up! Soft Sky card stock is beautiful and the perfect color for this card. The splashes of red on the card make it pop! Do you agree? I used Stampin’ Up! Whisper White Card Stock for the Spellbinders Decorative Holly Frame cutout, and embossed it in several places with Stampin’ Up! Soft Sky ink. Notice the raised elements on the card in the following picture. To get some dimension on the card, I recut the die and created duplicate bells at the top and the ribbon at the bottom of the card.

Maybe you can see the raised elements better in the picture below.

I made the Soft Sky poinsettia with Spellbinders Shapeabilities Layered Poinsettia dies. I used the Spellbinders 5×7 Holly Frame die set to create the small red poinsettia at the bottom-right of the card. I also used this die set to create the holly vine that rests on top of the sentiment. In an attempt to create a shadow of the holly vine, I recut the holly vine using the Stampin’ Up! Sahara Sand Card Stock. I glued it underneath the Soft Sky holly vine, allowing 1/16″ of the Sahara Sand holly vine to show. The sentiment on the card front is from a retired Stampin’ Up! stamp set, Come to Bethlehem.

The inside of the card is embellished with another Soft Sky holly vine that I attached to the Whisper White Card Stock. The inside sentiment comes from the Stampin’ Up! Reason for the Season (139730) stamp set.