The Write Stuff – Creative Ideas from Just Write Designs

Stacks of Joy

Posted on November 6, 2026 9:32 PM by Julie Comment

This is a Christmas card for that avid reader in your circle of family and friends. The graduated heart borders make a fun point of interest surrounding the greeting. Just a sliver of candy cane paper around the edges make it festive. Color the images to match whatever color scheme you’re using. I went with traditional green & red with a little yellow to brighten it up.

It’s my turn to host the Inspiration Challenge IC1092, and we are visiting the Lone Fox & their Pinterest Board. THIS stack of books was my inspiration.

To make my card, I first colored & die cut the books & cups. I die cut a some hearts out of a metallic red & metallic green then played around with the arrangement until I liked it. I ended up using only one solid heart, the center red one. The other green & red had the insides cut out to make frames, leaving a little white space between them. The stacked hearts & frames reinforce the stacked books & stacked greeting. The hearts were attached to a large white panel & then to a piece of the candy stripe paper. The books, cups & greeting were all popped up.

Here are the Copics I used: (that’s an R46 on the bottom left)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Winter Stack Books set

Paper: Staples 110# white, metallic red & green,, Brass & Bliss: Home for the Holidays paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Winter Stack Books set, Rectangles, Nested Hearts dies, Copic markers

Winter Stacked Books set 37036	Winter Stacked Books dies 37036D	Nested Hearts dies 5925D	Rectangle dies 5003D	Home for the Holidays paper 2406
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Stardream Paper	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Scotch ATG

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Autumn Blessings

Posted on October 24, 2026 9:39 PM by Julie Comment

A colorful fall card, perfect to send to family and friends to wish them a Happy Thanksgiving. Change out the greeting and make it for a fall birthday.

For the Featured Stamper Challenge FS1029, a big congrats to Joan! She has a sweet little gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the navy & white so I kept that, but I used stamped fall images instead of Christmas ornaments & turned mine horizontal instead of vertical.

To make my autumn card, I did it a little backwards: I picked colors & paper before I actually colored anything. I knew I wanted to use this piece of pretty paper w/ the tiny blue flowers on it & I wanted to use the leaf cover die. So I die cut it out of navy blue & backed it with white. The printed paper was cut w/ one of the smaller 5×7 Marquee dies & popped it up. Then I colored & die cut the pumpkins, leaves, & vase of flowers. I made sure to add some blue in the images to go with the paper & background. I did a little scissor surgery on the images to better fit 2 different ones together.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Thankful Thoughts set

Paper: Staples 110# white, navy, Brass & Bliss: Rustic Heirloom paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Thankful Thoughts, Leaf Medley Cover, 5×7 Marquee dies, Misti, Copic markers

Thankful Thoughts set 38045	Thankful Thoughts dies 38045D	Leaf Medley Cover die 5943-01D	5×7 Marquee dies 5941-06D	Rustic Heirloom paper 2409
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Memento Inks	MISTI	Copic Sketch Markers

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Cardinal Tag

Posted on October 23, 2026 10:10 PM by Julie Comment

x6!
Today I have a large (5×7) Christmas tag, which could also be used as a card front. It features a lovely cardinal and poinsettia image on a set of graduated sizes of the tag die set. You could also use just the smallest tag to attach to a special gift or put on an A2 card. The possibilities are endless!

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1090, we are visiting Smile Mercantile Craft Co & their Pinterest Boards. THIS picture was my inspiration.

To make my tag, I colored & die cut the images with their matching dies. I die cut the smallest & largest tags out of white and the middle tag out a piece of green striped paper. For the largest pine green layer behind the striped layer, I cut it just slightly larger than the tag, then cut off the corners to match the smaller tag. I did the same for the smaller pine green layer, but only used a little more than half of it. The greeting was added to the lower right of the smallest tag, then the images were arranged, with the cardinal popped up 1 layer & the poinsettia 2 layers. A little glitter glue was added to the berries & the center of the poinsettia.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Holly & Cardinal set, Let it Snow set

Paper: Staples 110# white, pine green,, Brass & Bliss: Home for the Holidays paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Cardinal & Holly set, 5×7 Tags dies, Stickles, Copic markers

Holly & Cardinals 38039″	Holly & Cardinals dies 38039D	Let it Snow set 36045	5×7 Tag dies 5941-08D	Home for the Holidays paper 2406
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Scotch ATG
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