Friday, December 5, 2025

A Nutcracker Kisses and Christmas Wishes Card!

A Nutcracker Kisses and Christmas Wishes Card!

Hello everyone! December has arrived and we are so excited. We have been a bit busy but we are ready for the Holidays and spending time with Family and Friends! We are so glad you stopped by! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow!

Let the crafting continue... I am joining the Double Trouble and Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenges. We hope you will check out the challenges and join us! Links to both challenges and a few others I am joining are near the end of this blog post! We won a Pink and Main Instagram giveaway and we got some new stamps, dies and papers from Pink and Main that we both really wanted to try! We loved their new Christmas release! So many cute things! This card used their new Nutcracker Kisses Stamp and Die set!

Here is the card:

Products I used:

  • Pink and Main Nutcracker Kisses Stamp and Die Set
  • Simon Says Stamp Black Ink Pad
  • Simon Says Stamp Graceful Holly Embossing Folder
  • Tim Holtz Lumber Jack Plaid Distress Ink
  • LaLa Land Double Stitched Arch Dies
  • Various colored cardstock, ribbons, and embellishments from personal crafting stash
  • Various colored pencils (Soucolor) and fine-line markers

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details and the products I used to create this card:









Here is the Try A Sketch on Tuesday Sketch & Double Trouble Recipe:

My Card's recipe: 
3 Colors: Green, Red, and Yellow-Gold
2 Layers: Card base, Embossed layer, and background arches!
1 Image: The Nutcracker & Sentiment
Twisted Sister: Added green ribbon
Also did the sketch



......and that's it! 

Happy crafting to you all! We hope you feel inspired to create something and try something new! 

 

I am joining the following challenge(s):

Double Trouble Paper Crafting Challenge: #205 3-2-1 Recipe "Tie One On Day"

Try A Sketch on Tuesday Challenge: Challenge #684

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Use Dies in DieCember®, featuring Simon Says Stamp Products

Simon Says Stamp Wednsday Challenge: Use Dies in DieCember® featuring Simon Says Stamp!

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge: Dazzling Die Cuts

Pink and Main Monthly Card Challenge: #11 Christmas

We hope you will join us!

 

"A toy is never truly happy until it is loved by a child." - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

 

As always you can check out Our social Media pages and YouTube channel for more projects and ideas! Links on our blog home page under our bio!

 

See you on the next post!  

Sabra & Holly
The Crafting Duo

16 comments:

  1. So colorful! A fun holiday card with that gorgeous embossing. Thank you for joining the challenge at TSOT.

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  2. Eeeep! How sweet is you little solider man! Thanks again for sharing with us at TSOT!

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  3. Such a cute little nutcracker - love the arch pieces for the background. Thanks for sharing with us at TSOT and Double Trouble :)

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  4. What a fun little image, great festive papers with him! Thank you for sharing with us at Double Trouble.

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  5. This is beautiful and enchanting! Warm greetings from Montreal, Canada.

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  6. Wonderful card and love the embossing folder and fun papers as well as the cute little nutcracker! Thanks for sharing with us at TSOT!

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    1. Thank you so much Polly! We appreciate your kindness!

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  7. So cute. Love that holly embossing folder. Thanks for sharing at Double Trouble.

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    1. Thank you so much Larelyn! We love that embossing folder too!

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  8. Another adorable stamp set and again nice texture with the embossed background. Adorable and fun card and love your placement of the silver ribbon. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble and TSOT.

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