Can you believe four months from today is Christmas? I thought it only appropriate that I make my first Christmas card of the season, Traditions of Christmas Bouquet Card, for my blog post today! My box of Holiday Mini Catalog preorder goodies arrived just the other day so it was time to make a Christmas card. The Holiday Mini Catalog goes live on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 so you only have about another week to wait!
When you get to see the September – December 2025 Mini Catalog online or in person, if you like traditional Christmas colors and designs, you will probably gravitate toward the Traditions of Christmas Suite Collection! I can’t link to it yet, but it is beautiful! It is a very large Suite, so you can buy it ALL with just one number on your order, or you can pick and choose which products you want and still make beautiful cards even if you don’t have everything!
This card, of course, doesn’t do the whole Suite justice, but it does give you an idea of how pretty the designer series paper will be! I got the idea for this card from the Mini Catalog on page 24 but changed it up a little bit. The paper I used is the Traditions of Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper. It is called “Specialty” because it has gold foil accents. The paper is made up of poinsettias and other Christmas flowers plus generic patterns on “the other sides” of the pretty floral papers. And one surprising, but fun color, in the package is the new In Color, Secret Sea! You wouldn’t think that deep blue color would be for Christmas cards in these traditional red and green colors, but it really is stunning.
The card base is Real Red with a layer of this Olive Green striped and dotted paper. The “other side” has the pretty flowers that I used for the focal point of the card. The bouquet may be able to be cut with a die in the Christmas Greenery Dies in the Suite or you can stamp a bouquet just like this one and color and cut out. My bouquet is fussy-cut so I’m not positive if the die fits it, but I think it might. The Basic White background is cut at 3″ x 4″ with a Real Red layer of 3 1/4″ x 4 1/4″. There are many bouquets on that designer paper page with flowers of varying colors. The bouquet is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals on this card, then a greeting is placed across the stems
The greeting in the catalog sample is stamped and gold embossed, but for my card I chose a greeting in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. It is on page 15 up at the top of the Mini Catalog. The greetings are all in gold foil and are diecut and adhesive-backed! Just peel off the release paper on the back and stick the greeting to your card or project. I adhered mine to a strip of Old Olive cardstock to help it stand out and flagged the ends. You may barely notice a strip of Gold Foil 4″ x 3/4″ going across the card under the popped up center piece but lined up underneath the greeting. The gold foil is glued flat on the card. The greeting is glued flat where it intersects the bouquet, but it’s probably a good idea to add a Dimensional on each end of the greeting to make it sturdier going across the popped up bouquet.
For some embellishment and sparkle, I added three of the gold Traditional Sparkling Sequins. You will want these for sure for your holiday projects. They look like gems but are nearly flat so will be good for mailing. They come in three different sizes in Real Red, Old Olive, Pool Party, and gold.
This beautiful Traditions Of Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper will be wonderful for scrapbook pages and other projects, even giftwrap, not just for cards! Although you don’t have your new holiday products today, just for fun, to celebrate 4 months until Christmas, get out some paper from your stash and make a Christmas card! And mark your calendar for September 3 when there will be the new September-December Mini Catalog (Holiday Mini!), new Kits in the Kits Collection, and new Online Exclusives!
This beautiful Traditions Of Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper will be wonderful for scrapbook pages and other projects, even giftwrap, not just for cards! Although you don’t have your new holiday products today, just for fun, to celebrate 4 months until Christmas, get out some paper from your stash and make a Christmas card! And mark your calendar for September 3 when there will be the new September-December Mini Catalog (Holiday Mini!), new Kits in the Kits Collection, and new Online Exclusives!