Christmas Spinning Puzzle Cards Part 2: Stars - Nativity scenes, batch making cards for Christmas - July 18 2023

 Today I am sharing the second of my Christmas Spinning Puzzle Cards Series focusing on star nesting dies to make interactive, elegant Christmas cards and some with a more cute or playful look. Today's video is more about ways you could batch make; making lots of cards for Christmas, get children involved in the making process, and using up scraps. I won't be focusing on the making process so much, so if you've never seen this type of card and want a full tutorial on how to make a Star Spinning Puzzle Card, please head to this video and check out the dinosaur card first:

https://youtu.be/_y_FiXloTKo

I show you how to use faster crafting styles to make many cards that are the same, but with variations. As usual I use different card making techniques throughout: pattern paper, stamping, die-cutting, colouring, heat embossing etc.

If you want to see more detail on how to hide your brad in the centre of your images, please check out the first video in my Christmas Spinning Puzzle series here:

https://youtu.be/4G6VILMbrhw

Keep scrolling for more pictures of the 6 cards I made in this video....

These are perfect makes for Christmas in July 2023, and for batch making closer to Christmas. They are brilliant for using up all the scraps you have, especially for the hidden liner pieces that you can tailor to suit your image with mirri card, coloured card or even using your colouring mediums. These are also perfect pattern paper stash busters.

Nativity Card - Use up all those old peel off/ outline stickers for really fast cards



Batch making cards with a stamping platform - vary your colours and repeat



Nativity scene - match your colours to your pattern paper and get the kids colouring




Nativity scene with silhouette stamps - add ombre layers with scraps of coloured paper




Cute Gnome card - colour your layer to match your image using the same mediums



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Skull and Cross Buns 'tis the season for believin' and 'merry christmas' stamps:

https://www.skullandcrossbuns.com/products/prod_5372654-Tis-the-Season-for-Believin-Rubber-Stamp.html

https://www.skullandcrossbuns.com/products/prod_5372639-Merry-Christmas-Rubber-Stamp.html

Indigo blue 'Baubles Flourish' stamp:

https://www.indigoblu.com/a6/baubles-flourish-a6-red-rubber-stamp

Affiliate links, please consider using affiliate links if you are shopping, it helps small creators buy more things to share, at no cost to you:

Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends:

https://tidd.ly/3Kqbfiv

Nesting Star dies similar to mine but without the stitch detail which may work better! (Mine are OLD, so not sure what brand!):

UK Craftstash:

https://www.craftstash.co.uk/creative-die-set-8in-x-8in-nested-stars-set-of-11-super-size-nestables.html?affiliate_code=xKmLu8j420&referring_service=link

US CraftStash:

https://www.craftstash.us/creative-die-set-8in-x-8in-nested-stars-set-of-11-super-size-nestables.html?affiliate_code=xKmLu8j420&referring_service=link

Tinsel Gold Embossing powder:

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Crop-a-dile Big Bite:

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Creative Stamping Magazine (the only magazine I subscribe to):

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Current copy and back issues still available:

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