Welcome to Day 3 of my Nutcracker series using a variety of stamps and die sets to make some nutcracker themed cards. My card today uses products by Trinity Stamps – Nutcracker Cup Character, Take-Out Coffee Cup Shaped Card and Sundae Swirl Alphabet dies sets and Hero Arts’ A Little Nuts stamp set.

Watch the process video below to learn how this card was made.
Cardbase: Using the large die from the Take-Out Coffee Cup Shaped Card, cut out a card base from a 7.5×5.5-inch piece of black cardstock.


Nutcracker Front: Referring to the image of the nutcracker on the packaging for the Nutcracker Cup Character die set, cut out all the pieces using your own color scheme. (I used black for the eyes, teeth, hat bill/visor and belt, flesh color hands and nose, blue for sleeves, gold for belt buckle, sleeve cuffs, epaulets and button cording, red for jacket and hat, copper brown for hair, eyebrows and mustache, and yellow for the feather in hat.) Cut a white square to fit the back of the teeth. Cut from Flesh color, a cup holder using the die in the Take-Out Coffee Cup Shaped Card set to use as the face. Assemble as shown in video.

Sentiments: Using the Sundae Swirl Alphabet die set, cut from red the words “Happy Holidays” and glue together as directed in the video above. Cut from white a cup holder using the die in the Take-Out Coffee Cup Shaped Card set.

Envelope: The panel card fits into an A2 size envelope with a nutcracker and “Nutcracker is my favorite season” on the envelope back using the Hero Arts’ A Little Nuts stamp set.
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Materials Used:
Dies
- Trinity Stamps – Dies – Nutcracker Cup Character
- Trinity Stamps – Dies – Sundae Swirl Alphabet
- Trinity Stamps – Dies – Take-Out Coffee Cup Shaped Card
Stamps
- Hero Arts – Clear Stamps & Dies- A Little Nuts
Papers
- Park Lane – 8.5×11 80 lb. Shimmer Sheets – Gold
- Recollections – 8.5×11 100 lb. Cardstock – Flesh
- Recollections – 8.5×11 80 lb. Cardstock – White
- Stampin’ Up – 8.5×11 80 lb. Cardstock – Copper Clay
- Black, Blue, Red and Yellow Cardstock
- Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth
Ink
- Catherine Pooler – Premium Dye Ink – Rouge
- Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
- Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
Adhesives
Tools
- Die Cutting Machine
- Paper Trimmer
- Stamping Platform
- Stamping Block
- Blending Brush
- Pencil
- Tweezers
- Riley and Company – Pick & Poke Tool
- We R Memories – QuickStick
Miscellaneous
- Trinity Stamps – Sparkle Spots Embellishments – Sampler














