12 Cards of Christmas Card 9: Joy card

Here is the ninth of my 12 Cards for Christmas projects. I got the idea from a card I made during an online class with another demo, Emma Goodard – thanks, Emma. It uses various die-cuts but you can chop and change the elements to suit what you have in your stash.

If you do not have alphabet dies, you could trace the two letters and cut out your own templates.

I used retired stamp sets for the elements and sentiments. Use whatever you have in your stash!

To make this joy card you need (US cardstock sizes in brackets):

• Colour card base 10.5cm x 29.6cm scored at 14.8cm (11” x 4¼” scored at 5½”)
• Basic White inside panel 9.5cm x 13.8cm (3¾” x 5”)
• Scraps of DSP and Basic White for the letters
• Basic White approx 8cm square (3¼”) for the die-cut central circle
• Pieces of red and green and Basic White cardstock for the decorative elements
• Scrap of basic White or coloured cardstock for the sentiment
• Coordinating ink pad(s)
• White/coloured ribbon

You can also make this joy card with a Basic White (or Very Vanilla) card base and coloured cardstock panel.

Here are the pieces for my Craftalong DSP tag card:

The instructions are below and/or you can watch the video at the end of this post.

Instructions

Fold and burnish the base card.

Die-cut the largest Stylish Shapes circle from the Basic White piece

Cut a “J” and “Y” from both your DSP and from Basic White card. Stick the letters together with an overlap so that the Basic White becomes a shadow.

Attach the die-cut circle to the centre of the card then add the completed J and Y either side using dimensionals.

Stamp or die-cut whatever elements you want to decorate the centre circle. I used stamps and dies from two retired sets, Golden Greenery and Christmas Season.

I added some die-cut sprigs from Noel Tidings and a few die-cut red berries with some added Wink of Stella.

Then I added a ribbon bow using glue dots to complete my joy card.

I stamped a sentiment and decorative sprigs for the inside of the joy card in Peaceful Pine ink.

Don’t forget to decorate your envelope!

Here is the video of me making this joy card:

I hope you like this card and will have a go at making one – please show me what you come up with.

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