holly – The Write Stuff

Tag Archives holly

Joyful Holly

Posted on July 19, 2025 9:40 PM by Julie Comment

We’re having an Instagram Hop on 7/23/25 (w/ prizes) & you can get there via my account HERE.

Ready for Christmas in July? This beautiful holly set is perfect for holiday cards. It is such a joy to color and with the coordinating greetings and dies, it makes up really fast. Did I mention the gorgeous new holiday paper pads? So bright and lovely.

It’s my turn to host the Featured Stamper Challenge FS863, so a big congrats to Gail! She has such a sweet gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the red & white paper and the Christmas theme, but I used different images & dies, holly instead of a snowman and changed the layout from horizontal to vertical.

You will be able to see much more on our Instagram Hop on 7/23/25 & you can get there via my account HERE.

To make my card, I colored the holly image with Copics & die cut it w/ its matching die. The greeting was also die cut. After cutting a piece of the red & white snowflake paper, 3 snowflakes & a large white oval, I put it all together. Didn’t take long at all & this would be easy to make a bunch at once and even swap out the paper behind it. There’s a lot of patterned paper to choose from in these new paper pads. The holly, the greeting & the oval are popped up a bit & a little glitter glue was added to the centers of the snowflakes & the holly flower.

These 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 & Cheer set

Paper: Staples 110# white, dp Brass & Bliss: Boughs of Joy paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Holly & Cheer set, Snowflakes, Sm Stitch Ovals dies, Misti, stickles, Copic markers

Holly & Cheer set 37033	Holly & Cheer dies 37033D	Oval Sm. Stitch dies 5014D	Boughs of Joy paper pad 2304	Snowflake dies 5513-07D
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Stickles	MISTI

You might also like:

Jolly Reindeer

Posted on August 24, 2024 9:42 PM by Julie Comment

A fun little Christmas card with a couple of adorable little reindeer and stenciled holly background. I love using kraft colored paper and Prismas or Copics on it. The color of the paper was perfect for this reindeer and I didn’t have add much color to them.

A big congrats to sawyerbean, the newest Featured Stamper (FS916)! She has a fabulous gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the layout because I loved the narrow little framing & the animal outside the frame, but I used different images, colors, dies & stenciled my background.

I loved the look of her paper center, but i don’t have anything like that, so I decided to use a 3 part holly stencil. Then the idea came to me to try it on kraft. It looked good so that’s the direction I went. I used a couple of reds, a couple of greens & the darkest grey for the holly. The reindeer were also done on kraft. I used a combination of a few Copics & a few Prismacolor pencils to color them in, then die cut them w/ their coordinating dies. I used a bunch of rectangle dies to make the series of frames & center for my greeting. The frame, the center & the reindeer were all popped up to give it some dimension.

These are the Copics & Prismas I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

(LinkDeli is no longer going to be used, but you can go directly to the items by clicking the name under the pictures below.)

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Deer Friend set

Paper: Staples 110# white, kraft, red

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks sets #4, #10, #11 & #12

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Deer Friend set, Rectangles dies, Crossover II, Misti, Copic markers, Prismacolor Pencils

Deer Friend set 36040	Deer Friend dies 36040D	Rectangle dies 5003D	Holly & Berries Stencil 4213	Detail Blending Brushes
Color Fuse Ink set #4	Color Fuse Ink set #10	Color Fuse Ink set #11	Color Fuse Ink set #12	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	Copic Sketch Markers	Prismacolor Pencils	Memento Inks	MISTI

You might also like:

Christmas Wreath

Posted on November 18, 2023 10:08 PM by Julie Comment

An easy to make Christmas Wreath card featuring a large stamped wreath which is colored in using a 4 part stencil. There is also a matching die to cut it out, making it a really quick project. You can make a stack of these in almost no time at all.

It’s my turn to host the Featured Stamper Challenge, so a big congrats to Lisa! She has a marvelous gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the layout but used different images, dies & colors and made mine a Christmas card.

My large wreath was stamped & the colors were sponged in using a 4 pt stencil & some Color Fuse inks. There is a matching die for this, but I already had the 2 circles cut & decided to use them instead. I put the greeting on the smaller one & popped it up on top of the wreath & added some little red rhinestones.

I had the dk red strip but it was a little too long, so I cut it first w/ a mini slimline layer then used the pierced cover die on it before attaching my circles on top.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Winter Wreath set (retiring but available on clearance, individually or as as complete set)

Paper: Staples 110# white, dk red, dp (Rubbernecker Stamps: Off the Grid paper pad)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse ink set #4, set #10

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Narrow A2 Rectangles, Winter Wreath set, Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Circles, Background Cover #1 (retiring, but still a few on clearance) dies, MISTI, Crossover II, Rhinestones

RN Winter Wreath stamp, die & stencil bundle 36010	RN Winter Wreath 36010	RN Winter Wreath Stencil 36010S	RN Winter Wreath die 36010D	Circle Stitch Sm. dies 5012D
Narrow A2 Rectangle dies 5728D	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Background Cover #1 die 5620D	Off the Grid paper 2008	Color Fuse Ink set #4
Color Fuse Ink set #10	Staples 110# White Card Stock	MISTI	Scotch ATG	AC color card stock
Rhinestones