Stencil Fun IG Hop - December 25 - Christmas

Happy again friends; I am back to share my last card of the year for the Stencil Fun IG Hop organised by my lovely friend Jane. We a group of crafters who are determined to use their forgotten and neglected stencils. I'm definitely guilty of this; I have so many stencils but usually forget to reach for them so this hop is perfect for me. The theme is always anything goes but we will have an optional theme to use if we want to. This month's optional theme is 'Christmas', which I'm sure will be very popular, and I'm excited to see what everyone has made.

I got this holly stencil recently from a friend's de-stash sale and have been dying to use it so of course it had to be the one I chose for today's card.  I went a bit mad with the embellishments but I love how it turned out.  I hope you like it too.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 6" and used the holly stencil with spruce ink cubes.  I was lazy with my stencilling and went over the berries with the green knowing that I was going to cover them with some form of embellishment.  I trimmed the panel to 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and added red sequins over every berry with liquid glue.  I took a white panel 4 x 5 1/4" and swiped the ink cube around the edges so that I would having coordinating card for my layer.  Once both layers were dry I adhered them with liquid glue.  I stamped and white heat embossed my sentiment onto red card and used the coordinating die to cut it out.  I also die cut some holly leaves from card that I again blended with the spruce ink cubes.  Whilst I was die cutting I cut extra holly leaves from white card and also the sentiment so that I could stack them up using liquid glue.  To break up the background a little I decided to die cut a stitched circle from vellum to ground my die cuts.  I added the sentiment to the circle with liquid glue and then placed foam squares behind to attach to my card panel.  The holly leaves were adhered with foam squares and the berries with liquid glue.  I added some scrap white card behind my panel for stability and dimension and this was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut the same panels from white card and again created my matching card for layering.  I had a strip of the stencilled panel left over so I adhered that the bottom with liquid glue and also added a thin strip of the blended piece just above with liquid glue.  I die cut another set of holly leaves and berries and added them in the bottom left corner with liquid glue.  I decided to colour the couple of berries on the strip with a red Promarker.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with red ink and then adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  The card is a bit busy with all the sequins but it looks gorgeous in real life.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - Christmas

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - Christmas sparkle

Classic Design challenge - make it merry

CRAFT challenge - Christmas/ATG

Die Cut Divas challenge - Christmas/winter (must use a die cut)

Inkspirational challenge - use stencils optional twist snowflakes

Stencil Fun challenge - all about stencils optional winter related

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - anything Christmas (entry #3)

We hope you will be inspired by our Stencil Fun Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous cards along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #stencilfundecember2025 and we will find you. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

Lots of love

card supplies:

echo park paper - jolly holly 6x6 stencil - no longer available 

Spellbinders - Christmas bird poinsettia die set (for holly & berries)

Spellbinders - color essentials sequins: scarlet smooth disc

Stampin' Up! - card stock vellum - no longer available 

Wow! - opaque bright white super fine embossing powder

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

poppy Promarker

Gina K Designs - ink cubes - light, medium & dark spruce, white pigment 

Gina K Designs - under the mistletoe stamp (for outside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 3 (for stitched circle die)

Simon Says Stamp/Gina K Designs Stamptember 22 stamp (for inside greeting) - no longer available

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Thank you x