Pinecones

Lighted Christmas Wreath Card

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This lighted wreath card will brighten someone’s day. It was made with dies and stamps from Karen Burniston’s Fall releases and include the Pine Cones, Greeting Labels and Dog and Cat Playful Add-Ons die sets along with Christmas Wishes stamp set.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: Using a purchased A6 cardbase and envelope, adhere decorative paper to the card front. Save strips of decorative paper to decorate the card front and back.

Card Back

Lighted Wreath: Use a battery powered circle light to build the wreath onto. Cut 12-13 small pine branches from the Pine Cones die set from green cardstock. (I found that adding shims and using a metal die-cutting plate worked the best with my die-cutting machine to get crisp cuts.) Cut from light brown thin cardstock three of the small pine cone backs and three small pine cone fronts. Follow the video above for assembly suggestions and how to make a large red bow to cover the battery and push button using the Dog and Cat Playful Add-Ons set.

Sentiments: All the sentiments of “Merry Christmas” and “Wishing you twinkly lights and cozy nights” are part of the Christmas Wishes stamp set and cut out using the Greeting Labels set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A6 (4.75x 6.5-inches) size envelope.

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Disclaimer: Karen Burniston products are provided free of charge by the manufacturer for review and use. All other items were personally purchased. Compensated affiliate links used where or when possible, meaning I will receive a small percentage commission from these manufacturers at no cost to you. This will allow me to add more content to my YouTube channel and help out a lot. Thank you.

Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Textured Cardstock – Rain Forest
  • Graphic 45 – 8×8 Double-Sided Cardstock – Joy to the World – Hallelujah!
  • Light Brown, Red and White Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A6 Cardbase and Envelope – Ivory

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • Stamping Block
  • Scissors
  • Needle Nose Pliers
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • Pear Blossom Press – Halo Light Combo

A Snowy Pines Card

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It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s November 2025 Release of new dies and stamps.

Today’s card uses a new die and a new stamp set – Pine Cone and Quiet Forest. It also uses the previously release dies of Pattern Plate – Swirls and Snow Charms. The new dies and stamps will be available for pre-order starting November 24, 2025.

Cardbase: I cut an 8.5×11 sheet of white 65lb. cardstock in half to create two 5.5×8.5-inch rectangles that I fold in half to make side-fold A2 cardbases. Cut one cardbase into two 4.25×5.5 panels.

Swirls Background: Tape a white 4.25×5.5 panel of cardstock to the Pattern Plate – Swirls die and using the embossing sandwich for your die cutting machine, and emboss the pattern into the cardstock. Color the swirls with a glitter marker of icy blue. Trim panel down to 4×5.25-inches. Glue panel to card front.

Pine Cones: Watch the video above to see how I made the pine cones using Karen Burniston’s Pine Cone dies.

Skates and Snowflakes: The skates and snowflakes were cut out using the Snow Charms die set. The three skate dies were cut from white cardstock and colored with markers before gluing together. The snowflakes were cut from white gold shimmer cardstock.

Sentiments: All the sentiments come from the Quiet Forest stamp set and are cut out with the Greeting Labels die set.

Envelope: The card fits in an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) size envelope with a snowflake glued to the back flap.

Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Quiet Forest

Papers

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Rain Forest
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Shimmer Cardstock – White Gold
  • Brown and White Cardstock
  • A2 Envelope – White

Ink

  • American Crafts – Metallic Marker – Silver
  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Vintage Photo
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Scrapbook.com – Shimmer Glitter Brush Marker – Frosty Blue
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Chisel Tip – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Red

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Tweezers
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • Red & White Bakers Twine

Day 4 – Week of Good Cheer Christmas Cards

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This is Day 4 in the Week Of Good Cheer Christmas Card series featuring cups and mugs of winter cheer as beverages or as in today’s card, a floral arrangement using all Anna Griffin products. (GIVEAWAY opportunity near end of post.)

Watch the video below to see how the card was made.

Cardbase:  I started with an A7 sized (5×7-inches) cardbase and matching envelope from Anna Griffin’s Present Pop-Up Card Making Kit.

Card Front:  Embellishment pieces from Anna Griffin’s Favorite Tea Embellishments, Present Pop-Up Card Making Kit, Finishing School Carte Noel Craft Box, and Holiday Home Slider Card Making Kit were used to decorate the card front.

Teacup Pop-Up:  The tea cup’s six pieces were die cut using the Anna Griffin Tea Cup Pop- Up Dies. The dies have an embossing/stenciling feature which I used to color the floral embossings with a gold metallic marker. Watch the video above for the assembly of the piece. The cup is filled with embellishment pieces from the aforementioned kits above.

Sentiments:  The card front, envelope back flap and inside floral flag sentiments are from the aforementioned kits above. The red label inside has been heat embossed with “Merry Christmas” in gold.

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GIVEAWAY

I’m cleaning out my dies and stamps and will be giving away crafting bundles to 8 lucky crafters who follow, subscribe and comment on my Week of Good Cheer Christmas Cards posts on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and my website. (If you comment on all 4 platforms, each day, you have over 28 opportunities to be picked for a crafting bundle.)

Tell me why you like each cup or which is your favorite cup. Winners will be picked by September 2, 2025.

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Disclaimer: Karen Burniston products are provided free of charge by the manufacturer for review and use. All other items were personally purchased. Compensated affiliate links used where or when possible, meaning I will receive a small percentage commission from these manufacturers at no cost to you. This will allow me to add more content to my YouTube channel and help out a lot. Thank you.

Materials Used:

Dies

  • Anna Griffin – Metal Dies – Tea Cup Pop-Up Dies

Stamps

  • Anna Griffin – Clear Stamps – Treasury of Stamps and Dies

Papers

  • Anna Griffin – Favorite Tea Embellishments, Present Pop-Up Card Making Kit, Finishing School Carte Noel Craft Box, and Holiday Home Slider Card Making Kit
  • White Cardstock

Ink

  • Versamark – Watermark Stamp Pad
  • Cosmic Shimmer – Embossing Powder – New Gold Lustre
  • Crafter’s Square – Metallic Marker – .05in/1.2 mm Point – Gold

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Tweezers
  • Scissors
  • Heat Gun
  • Kat Scrappiness – Anti-Static Tool
  • Paper Masking Tape