We are speeding along to the holidays! Less than two months until Christmas! It’s time to start planning our holiday cards today. Today’s card is simple and so elegant.

I started with a piece of Mossy Meadow cardstock, cut to 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ with my Paper Trimmer, scored and folded at 4-1/4″ and burnished with my Bone Folder to make my card base. I cut a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock to 4″ x 5-1/4″ for my matte. From Season of Gold and Green 12″ x 12″ DSP, I cut a strip from the green background paper to 4-1/2″ x 2-1/4″. I cut a strip of the leaf image to 4-1/2″ x 1-1/4″. With a scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock, I die cut the 2-1/4″ circle from Spotlight on Nature die set using my Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine. I stamped “Season’s Greetings” from the Greetings of the Season stamp set with Mossy Meadow ink. Finally, I die cut some fir sprigs from the Season of Gold and Green DSP using the coordinating die set, Golden Greenery.

To assemble the card, I adhered the Very Vanilla matte to the card base using my favorite adhesive (Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Stampin’ Seal). I laid out the two DSP strips on the matte to determine the position. Left to right, I created even borders, and the top and bottom borders were about 3/8″, the wider strip on the left and narrower on the right. I adhered two of the die cut DSP fir sprigs on the left side strip, overlapping them slightly. Using Dimensionals, I adhered the circle with the greeting, hiding the stem ends of the sprig. As a finishing touch, I tied a bow with Gold Twisted Thread (a new online exclusive available November 5) and adhered it with a Mini Glue Dot to the circle above the greeting.

To finish the card, I glued a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Very Vanilla cardstock to the inside of the card after stamping my sentiment.

I hope you liked this card!

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