March Christmas cards: Holiday Blocks

For this month's Christmas cards I had fun with dies, specifically the Holiday Blocks die set by Tim Holtz (Sizzix).

The die set has twenty-seven pieces; twenty-three of them cut out shapes, and the other four cut detail designs into the card stock. I chose four colors of card stock -- Coastal Cabana, Island Indigo, Gumball Green, and Poppy Parade (Stampin' Up!) -- cut each shape once from each color, and then started arranging the pieces. I challenged myself to use all the pieces, and I did -- no leftovers from this project!

Ultimately I assembled ten focal panels: six for A2-sized cards and four for note cards. In the process I discovered that I didn't like all four colors together, so I used three colors for each panel. I also used one or two of the detail pieces on each panel.

For the card bases I used Crumb Cake card stock splattered with Liquid White Snowflake Paper Splatter (Picket Fence Studios). (Two of the card bases are plain because I forgot to splatter them and didn't feel like getting the supplies back out again.) I stamped "holiday cheer" below the focal panel and finished each card with three clear sequins.

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