It’s day four of our 12 Days of Holiday Giving event—our merriest of the year! Today we’re getting a special treat from Latisha Yoast as she reminds us that handmade cards deliver the spirit of the season to someone special, and we think that you’ll just love the beautiful trio of card designs that she is sharing! Don’t forget to check out today’s wonderful partner giveaways at the end of the post, too! One lucky winner will get two extra-special gifts under their tree this year!

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Happy Holidays to all of you, our readers! It’s Latisha Yoast here with you to share a few cards that I created using products from our friends over at Concord & 9th!

Supplies | Cardstock: Concord & 9th cranberry, white, evergreen, dove; Patterned Paper: Concord & 9th Be Merry; Stamps: Concord & 9th Plaid Turnabout, Mix & Match Holiday Sentiments; Dies: Concord & 9th Nordic Noel, Mix & Match Holiday Sentiments, Fresh Cut Florals #4; Ink: Concord & 9th cranberry & mushroom; Specialty Paper: Concord & 9th glitter cardstock; Stickers: Concord & 9th Nordic Noel Enamel Shapes; Adhesive: Concord & 9th glue, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D foam squares

I created my first card using dies, a trimmer, and adhesive. Because there is no stamping or a heavy layer of patterned paper to create depth. I added depth by using different widths of foam adhesive and glue. The Nordic Noel die with the greenery from Fresh Cut Floral #4 are the perfect pair. The sparkle from the holly berries and the outline of the “Noel” die cut gives the card extra shimmer and shine that screams classic Christmas. 

What is so fun about the Nordic Noel die is that it is a multi-use die. There are enamel stickers that coordinate, too. Instead of inserting paper or die cuts into the negative spaces, you can add the enamel stickers. I adhered the “Noel” die cut with foam adhesive to the stamped plaid panel, which I created by stamping the Plaid Turnabout stamp in mushroom ink on dove cardstock. This stamp creates custom plaid backgrounds with up to four different colors of ink. It’s so cool!

I love a large stamp and die combo that gives you a multitude of choices for sentiments. I stamped once with cranberry ink, then die cut using the coordinating die. I created sentiments to mix and match. What a perfect name for this stamp set: Mix & Match Holiday Sentiments. 

Once the card base was trimmed and scored, I adhered patterned paper to the front of the card. I added Greenery to the right side of the card front, then I adhered the sentiments over the greenery using foam adhesive. To help center the sentiment, I added holly berries as well. 

Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope you are inspired to head to your craft table and create a few special holiday cards!

Find more of Latisha’s work here: Instagram | Facebook

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How beautiful were Latisha’s cards? It’s hard to choose a favorite! Let’s take a look at today’s giveaways, and if you love the products that Latisha used, you’ll love the first one!

GIVEAWAY #01

Shop your wish list with a $50 gift card to Concord & 9th! We’re wishing you a very merry holiday season and can’t wait to experience more color and crafting with you in the new year!

GIVEAWAY #02

Share your very merry memories with all the decorative products in the Seasonal Sightings collection from Creative Memories! This Christmas scrapbooking kit includes a designer paper pack and complementing tone-on-tone paper pack, a variety mat pack, laser-cut borders, foiled embellishments, and stickers. You’ll fa-la-la-la-love these products for all your Christmastime memories!

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Another wonderful day of this event, and we have so much more to share with you! To enter to win today’s prizes, leave a comment on this post telling us your favourite Christmas destination—is it home, or somewhere else?—by midnight on Wednesday, December 21st! A randomly selected winner will be announced here on the blog on Friday, December 23rd

Join us tomorrow as we explore a holiday traveler’s notebook project with Nathalie DeSousa! We’ll see you then!