Perfect Blend

A handmade greeting card in white and gold tones lies on a warm, wooden background with some greenery. The card is a large format 5" by 7". It has a thin gold foil matte and the warm white background is textured with snowflakes, pine branches and holly. The card features six mugs arranged in a 2 by 3 grid. Each mug is decorated by half a heart outlined in gold. On top of the bottom mugs, sits the sentiment on a banner. It reads "Holiday cheer" in a cross stitch font.
Closeup of a handmade greeting card in white and gold tones. It has a thin gold foil matte and the warm white background is textured with snowflakes, pine branches and holly. The card features six mugs arranged in a grid. Each mug is decorated by half a heart outlined in gold. The closeup focuses on the bottom two mugs and the sentiment. In this shot, we see that the white sentiment banner sits on top of a slightly-offset gold banner.
A handmade greeting card in white and gold tones stands on a warm, wooden background with some greenery, facing left. The card is a large format 5" by 7". It has a thin gold foil matte and the warm white background is textured with snowflakes, pine branches and holly. The card features six mugs arranged in a 2 by 3 grid. Each mug is decorated by half a heart outlined in gold. On top of the bottom mugs, sits the sentiment on a banner. It reads "Holiday cheer" in a gold cross stitch font.

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The products I’m going to use today are the Spellbinders Stitching Die of the Month for December 2025, A Perfect Blend, with a sentiment from Spellbinders Festive Press. It was the BetterPress Kit for July. And I’ll emboss my background with Spellbinders Holiday Flurry.

Background

I’m starting with the background. Here I have a piece of Recollections 110 lbs White Dove and I’m giving it a spritz of water before I put it inside the embossing folder. I’m creating a 5 by 7 card today. It’s such a pretty folder!

I’m cutting down the embossed panel to 6 ½” by 4 ½” with my Tim Holtz trimmer. Then I glue a piece of Accent Opaque that’s a quarter inch less in both directions behind it. Next I glue some thin foam from the Dollar Store to the back of the panel.

Here I have a piece of Recollections Gold Foil Cardstock that’s 6 ¾ by 4 ⅝”. I left it a little longer than it needs to be, so I can cut off the extra after I’ve glued it behind the embossed panel. It will be 6 ⅝ by 4 ⅝” on the finished card.

Now I can glue my panel to the cardbase. It’s a readymade Ohuhu base that I’ve added a piece of White Dove to.

Die Cut Mugs

Here are my die cuts. I cut twelve mugs from Spellbinders Perfect Blend: six with the handle on the left and six with it on the right. Then I doubled them up. I also cut the half hearts in the die set from White Dove and Gold Foil cardstock. I’m not sure yet what I want to use. But I know that I want a grid of six mugs.

I’m adding tape to the backs of my mugs. I’ve laid out my mugs in a grid. I want the bottoms and corners within ¾” from the edge of the card. So I’m holding the card, as well as my T-ruler, in place with magnets.

A handmade greeting card in white and gold tones stands on a warm, wooden background with some greenery, facing right. The card is a large format 5" by 7". It has a thin gold foil matte and the warm white background is textured with snowflakes, pine branches and holly. The card features six mugs arranged in a 2 by 3 grid. Each mug is decorated by half a heart outlined in gold. On top of the bottom mugs, sits the sentiment on a banner. It reads "Holiday cheer" in a gold cross stitch font.
Closeup of a handmade greeting card in white and gold tones. It has a thin gold foil matte and the warm white background is textured with snowflakes, pine branches and holly. The card features mugs arranged in a grid. Each mug is decorated by half a heart outlined in gold. The closeup focuses on one of the mugs. The many gold gems scattered across the surface of the card are highlighted by this crop.
Closeup of a handmade greeting card in white and gold tones. It's lying on a warm, wooden background with some greenery. The card is a large format 5" by 7". It has a thin gold foil matte and the warm white background is textured with snowflakes, pine branches and holly. The card features six mugs arranged in a 2 by 3 grid. Each mug is decorated by half a heart outlined in gold. On top of the bottom mugs, sits the sentiment on a banner. It reads "Holiday cheer" in a gold cross stitch font. The card has been photographed from the bottom left corner. The angle emphasizes the gold foiled sentiment.

First I’m gluing down the bottom left mug, then the bottom right one. Then I turn the card around and glue the top right and top left mug in place. Then I turn the card right side up again and place the two middle mugs.

Sentiment

For my sentiment I’m using Holiday Cheer from Spellbinders Festive Press BetterPress Kit. I have my White Dove cardstock ready with Matte Gold Foil and my Glimmer is warming up.

When the light turns green, I place the press plate on it and press the timer button. Then I run it through my Spellbinders Platinum 6 when it’s ready.

Here’s the result. I might want the negative instead, so I’m preparing for foiling that right away. Then I cut out both with the coordinating die.

Die Cut Hearts

I tried laying out my gold hearts but I felt that they took over. Instead I’m edging the White Dove hearts with embossing ink and heat embossing them with Ranger Super Fine Detail in Gold. Then I glue all the hearts to the mugs.

Finishing Up

I settled on the positive foiled sentiment with a slightly offset gold foil banner behind it. So I’m popping it up on foam tape on top of the bottom mugs. Then I added lots of Color Essential Gems in the color Spectrum AB. They’re very pretty with a gold toned iridescence.

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