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Christmas Theme & Giveaway Week- Day 2

Hi Everyone! It’s Melody here on the blog today. I have a soft, elegant Christmas card to share with you created with the Joy Shaker Die and the Winter Woodland Stamp Set.

When I saw the holly branch in the Winter Woodland Stamp Set I just thought it was so beautiful. For me, it allows me to take a cute animal stamp set and give my card a more elegant feel. And the Joy Shaker Die is one of my favorite dies from the newest release.

To create the background I cut a piece of watercolor paper for the card front. I used the solid snow stamp and stamped snow several times in a white pigment ink and then embossed with white embossing powder. Then I used a blending tool to add Oxide Ink to the paper. I misted the paper with water and splattered on white paint with a paint brush.

I colored the stamped images from the Winter Woodland Stamp Set with Copic Markers and die cut with the Winter Woodland Coordinating Dies. I splattered a little white paint on the branches too. I cut the Joy Shaker Die twice, once from a glittered cardstock and again from a light weight chipboard, and then glued the two layers together. This gives the die cut a little more dimension. Behind the die cut I add a circle of vellum.

The stamped sentiment and evergreen branches are from the Holiday Greetings Stamp Set and I die cut the edge with the Stitched Borders 2 Dies. My card is finished off with a confetti pieces from the Marshmallow Confetti Mix.

Today we have another fun giveaway as part of our giveaway week. We are giving away a 36 pack of Zig Clean Color markers! Leave a comment below sharing your favorite holiday song.

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Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to join us tomorrow for another day of inspiration and giveaways!

188 Comments

  1. Love this JOY die, it’s so versatile and pretty!
    My favorite Christmas songs are Mistletoe and Wine, and Driving home for Christmas :-) Thanks for the lovely giveaway week, and best of luck with the move, Paulina!

  3. The card is so beautiful and elegant! The Holly branches give it that special touch!

  4. Beautiful card!! I love the joy die cut! My favorite Christmas song is Silent Night!
    Thank you for the chance :)

  6. Thank you for using my favorite stamp set. It was a great way to use it with the shaker card.

  7. I love this card! So So pretty and colorful but not overdone (which is hard to do)! My favorite Christmas Song..Silver Bells…I know it’s an oldie..but when I hear this song it makes my Christmas Spirit come alive! Happy Holidays!

  8. Beautiful cards as always! I love PPP for the feminine and soft designs

  9. Dont have a fav holiday song! All the old classics that you can sing along to are great.

  11. Winter Wonderland! It’s not religious but it is catchy and wintery!

  12. Gorgeous card! Favourite Christmas Carol: Hark, the Herald Angels Sing and We Three Kings. Thanks you for the lovely inspiration and giveaway opportunity today!
    ~carol

  13. Favorite Holiday songs would have to be ‘Mary’s boy-child” by Boney M. lol

  15. My favourite Xmas song is “Hurry home for Christmas “ by Robert Goulet, .

  16. Oh Holy Night is my favorite Christmas Song… runner up: Christmas Cookies by Clint Black

  18. Beautiful!! I love the Joy shaker Die so much!! My favorite Hoilday song is Mariah Carey – ” All I want for Christmas is you” it always gets me in the holiday spirit 😀

  21. Mary Did You Know? This song is just beautiful in meaning and melody.

  22. That is a really tough question because I love Christmas music!!! So many different styles of music and different topics (Christ’s Birth, winter wonderland, etc). But I guess my favorite traditional song is “O Holy Night” and the two songs from recent years are “Mary, Did You Know?” and “A Baby Changes Everything.”
    Thanks for the fun giveaway!!! Merry Christmas!!

  24. Wow ! What a stunning card, love the colours of the background & the colour on your critters, so well put together. Thank you x
    My favourite holiday song is silly, it’s a Mickey Mouse Christmas album on it is a version of jingle bells, it makes me smile every time as you picture all the Disney critters singing along.
    A grown up one would be We wish you a Merry Christmas, its so bubbly & light, with a real cozy family feeling.

  26. What a lovely card. My favorite Christmas song is Santa Claus is Coming to Town, the Bruce Springsteen version.

  28. This is an absolutely beautiful card!!!! Loving EVERYTHING about it!

    My fave Christmas card is Hark the Herald Angels Sing :)

  29. I love all the cute critters Pretty Pink Posh has come out with lately – one of the many reasons I like your pretty card so much – the birdies and sweet fox! My favorite holiday song is Oh Holy Night and my favorite Christmas pop song is All I Want for Christmas is You! LOL!! Thanks for the chance to win, I have never tried the Zig markers, but they look cool. Thank you for the beautiful holiday inspiration!

  30. My favorite holiday song is ‘O Holy Night’.
    This card is stunning and elegant. And being a
    birdie lover … I adore it even more.

  31. Silver Bells – I know it is old fashioned but it brings me back to magical childhood!

  33. I have several favorite songs but I’ll go with O Holy Night. I adore today’s card! Very creative and inspirational!

  34. I absolutely love this card … just makes me smile! Such a great giveaway today also!

  38. My favorite song is Little Drummer boy, my son played drums when he was younger. Cute shaker card, love the little birdie

  39. Your cards are beautiful! My favorite Christmas song is This Christmas by Donny Hathaway! My dad used to listen to it all the time when i was a child. Brings back wonderful memories!

  40. Y favorite song is Little Drummer Boy, my so. Played drums when he was younger. Love the shaker card with cute little birdie.

  41. My favorite holiday song is Merry Christmas Darling by the Carpenters.

  42. My favorite holiday song is “All I Want For Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey. I love listening to all kinds of Christmas music while decorating the tree and making cookies. It really puts me in the spirit of the season.
    This card is so Adorable! I really like those cute little birds…

  43. My favorite Christmas song is Mary did you know. Thank you for the chance to win.

  44. Such a pretty card with adorable birds!! I also love the paint splatter snow and the softness that the vellum layer adds!

    1. Oops, forgot to mention my fave holiday song! Right now it has to be White Christmas – we live in Colorado, and believe it or not, we don’t always have snow on Christmas day!

  47. The song “Silver Bells” gives me the warm fuzzies whenever I hear it. Visions of the NYC Rockefeller tree and the Christmas decorations hung on streetlights immediately fill me with nostalgia. Merry Christmas, have a wonderful holiday!

  48. This is the sweetest card. Colours make it look calm and serene.

  50. Thank you for giving us the option to win a great prize. My favorite holiday song is by Donny Hathaway, This Christmas!

  51. I love a shaker card. The animals are so cute. Especially the birds. The Winter Woodland stamp set is beautiful. Love the little holly leaves and berries.

    My favorite holiday song is “Mary Did You Know”.

  53. I love O Holy Night.

    Love your pretty little birds and background!

  55. Oh wow, what a sweet and oh so pretty card. Everything about it is awesome!

  58. From all the birds on branches I’ve seen this season,this one is my favorite.Its just perfect and looks perfect here.

  59. Beautiful card. The Winter Woodland set is no nice. My favorite Christmas song is Silver Bells. It was my mom’s favorite, and every time I hear it it reminds me of her and brings back such happy memories.

  61. My favorite Christmas song is Walking in a Winter Wood Land Wonderland – I made that up using the name of the stamp which is one of my favs and I love it.

  64. I would so love to win these markers. What lovely shakers you’ve made today.

  65. What a beautiful stamp set. I just love birds. Love the beautiful background color. Love the Joy die. My favorite word for Christmas cards. My favourite Christmas song has always been Silent Night.

  67. I love everything about this card. The animals are adorable, the background is very cool, everything!!!!

  68. Beautiful!! Love the soft background you created. And what a fabulous idea to use vellum instead of clear acetate in the shaker window. It keeps with the soft feel of the gently falling snow you created in the background. I’m going to have to remember that!

    1. And I forgot to mention , my favourite holiday song is O Holy Night!! Love it!!

  70. Love the Chipmunks and their Christmas songs.
    They take me back to fun days.
    thanks for sharing a beautiful card.
    Love the cardinals.

  73. White Christmas ! I love all the Christmas songs, but White Christmas is always the first one coming to my mind when I’m starting working on my Christmas cards or decorating my flat !
    Beautiful card ! I love the soft colors of the background, making the critters pop-up !

  77. Thank you for this AMAZING giveaway!! I’m a beginner to coloring and Zig markers would be super awesome to start! Would love to win :)

  78. Beautiful creative work of art…Love the “snowy” background…CAS , design, coloring. Favorite hoiiday song Dreaming Of A White Christmas (Bing Crosby version) and Mary Did You Know by Pentonix..

  79. Scarlet Ribbons – is a beautiful song that speaks to love and faith. It is my favorite this time of year.

  82. The Little Drummer Boy is my favorite, I can’t make it through the song without tearing up.

  83. Such a beautiful card!! I love the pretty background and stamp/die set too! My favorite holiday song would be Jingle Bells!

  85. Love these sweet birds on the holly branch, and this Joy shaker die is one of my faves too. I think my favorite holiday song at this moment is Silent Night.

  88. Love your beautiful card. Difficult to choose a favorite Christmas song but one of my very favorites is Little Drummer Boy.

  90. Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your techniques. My favourite holiday song is Silent Night.

  94. Like lots of Christmas songs. Like Faith Hill Where are you Christmas.

  96. My favorite holiday song is Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.

  99. Fabulous card! I love how you layered the sentiment with the branches and birds!! Fav song is White Christmas!

  101. My favorite holiday song is “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”. Today’s post is adorable, such great cards!

  103. Great card! I love how you grounded your animal on a stitched base. So simple, but solves some of my constant struggles :D

  104. Such a beautiful card! The die cut is really cool and you highlighted it perfectly. I’ve been wanting to try these brush markers so much – crossing fingers!

  105. Favorite Christmas song – ‘O Come All Ye Faithful” and almost any beautiful carol!

  114. I LOVE the Joy die and cute card you made with it!!! Silent Night is my fav:)

  116. Cute card! My favorite Christmas song is Baby It’s Cold Outside!

  117. Beautiful card love the layout and your color choices are fabulous too!

  118. I just bought the same blending tool in the photos. I am so excited to try it now. I also love those little birds. Might need to get that set to add to my collection. What a beautiful creation!

  120. I might have to go to the craft room and make “your” card. It’s very cute. My favorite song is “Angels we have heard on high” and “Away in a Manger” Thanks for the chance to win.

  122. Such a pretty card! And so fitting since my favorite Christmas carol is Joy to the World! Thanks for the chance!

  124. This card is so beautiful. May have to try to copy it. My favorite song is “O, Holy Night”.

    1. My all time favorite Christmas song has to be Silent Night. Memories of candlelight Christmas eve services at church. <3

  130. I have lots of favorite Christmas songs! Two of my favorites are Silent Night and O Holy Night.

  131. Such a pretty Card, love the the joy ornament/shaker. My favorite Christmas song is Candlelight Carol sung by Aled Jones. Thanks for the chance to win.

  132. I love the aqua color with little pops of red! The best color combinations!

  133. Stunning card…love the cute images. Silent Night and White Christmas are my favourite songs.

  134. DELIGHTFUL card!
    My favourite Christmas song is White Christmas … being sung by Bing Crosby or Elvis, they both warm my heart :)

  137. My favourite Holiday song is Jingle Bells sung by very young children just learning it. So adorable!

  138. Little Drummer Boy is my favorite show and Song for the Holiday season.

  139. My favourite Christmas song is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
    Beautiful card. Love the colours of the ink blended background. The critterscare adorable and the stacked joy shaker die cut just pops. Love it.

  140. HI, Fav. song is I’ll be home for Christmas. Also, love that card so beautiful and would love to win those markers have never had a chance to try them I always use copics. Thanks for the chance.

  141. My favorite Christmas song is Silent Night! Love the Joy shaker card!

  148. Love the little scene on this card! My favorite Christmas song is It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.

  150. That’s a wonderful card !! And my favourite holiday song this year, is Sia’s « Santa is coming ». That’s such a joyful song ! margessw@icloud.com

  151. “Mary Did You Know” is my favorite… especially when sung by my daughter!

  152. Fabulous card. Love how the white paint splatter adds just the right finishing touch.
    My favorite holiday song is white Christmas.

  153. Happy Holidays! I have so many favorite Christmas songs! My favorite is All I Want for Christmas is You, by John Waite, and Please Come Home for Christmas by The Eagles, to very non-traditional songs!

  154. Oooooooh Melody, I LOVE the Joy Shaker die and your card IS elegant. So very beautiful and wouldn’t shaker tags/ornaments be gorgeous using this DIE?????
    My fave Christmas song of all time is Silent Night, so beautiful and moving…

  155. Such a pretty card. One of my favourite Christmas songs is ‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas’. It’s a song I’m humming quite a lot when I’m creating Christmas cards all year long.

  156. What a darling card!!! Love it!!!
    My favorite holiday song is Jingle Bells.

  158. Those little animals never get old. This card is gorgeous. My favorite song for the holiday would have to be Walking in a winter wonderland.

  160. It just snowed so “Walking in a Winter Wonder Land” has been going through my head!

  162. oh, fun question – I love ‘Go Tell it on the Mountain’ …
    You have such an eye for color combos – love coming here for inspiration. great gift by the way! Thank you for the fun.

  163. Gosh, I’d have to say my favorite Christmas song is White Christmas or Silent Night. 🎄🦌❄️

  167. I love the Woodland Critters and Melody’s adorable card!! My favorite holiday song is the Carol of the Birds.

  168. This is just so pretty with the woodland animals. I love shaker cards and this is just lovely. My all time favourite carol is O Holy Night. Merry Christmas – it’s only 9 days away now.

  170. The contrast between the white joy and the colored woodland creatures makes this card so elegant. Really like it!

  174. Gorgeous background, adorable stamps, beautiful die! LOVE your card! My wish list keeps growing! As for my favorite holiday song, it would have to be Must be Santa by Mitch Miller!

  177. What an amazing prize! It made me gasp when I saw it! I have always wanted to try these pens! Your card is adorable! It is another must replicate card! I love, love, love your background! My favorite holiday song is Mary Did You Know! Thanks for the inspiration and for the opportunity to win!

  178. Absolutely AWESOME shaker card! Lovely design and coloring! My favorite Christmas song is “Mary Did You Know”.

  180. Thanks for sharing your amazing christmas card!
    My farvorite christmas song is the danish version of Silent Night, in danish called ‘Glade jule, dejlige jul’

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