12 Days of Christmas: Day 4

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Prima's embellishments and Christmas Cards are a match made in heaven! It only takes one perfect touch to make your hand-made cards gorgeous! Try adding flair buttons, wood icons, or our shaped brads on your creation for an extra special touch this holiday season.

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We welcome you to play along.

1. Just make a Prima-based card or tag inspired by one of our 12 Days of Christmas Cards. Pick anything you want that inspires you: the product, a technique, layout of card, or a color scheme.

2. Add your project to that day's post (blue button at the bottom.)

3. After the features are over we will pick 12 lucky winners to get a Prima prize in December!

(Open to all countries. Void where prohibited by law.)

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How about a little bit of inspiration?

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Christmas Card

by Educator Trina McClune

Trina created this gorgeous card using a variety of fun embellishments, that really pop out against the crisp white background. This card is a great example of how can use non-themed products to make a spectacular holiday project.

The flair and brad embellishments add the finishing touch to this card. The little details make a big impact and tie it all together.

Prima Supplies:

846466 – Holiday Jubilee North Pole
950903 – Delight Brads
950934 – Delight Flair Buttons
564964 – Wood Buttons
563868 – Wood icons in a box – leaves and mushrooms
950880-Wood icons – Delight frames and feathers
891046 - Prima chalk edger Rose red
539108 – Love Story kissing red
547530 – Lovely Fabric leaves

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Christmas Window Cards

by Educator Sharon Laakkonen

Sharon used circle punches to create these cute (and FAST) window cards! You can keep them simple or add special touches. The options are truly endless with these fabulous embellishments. Each 12x12 sheet of paper will make two cards, with left-overs for added accents!

Directions:

Cut paper 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
Score and fold to create a 5.5 (length) x 4.25 (width) card as shown.
Slide top of card front into circle punch. Center the punch (push paper in as far as it will go.) Punch hole. The tree card used a larger circle punch to fit the embellishment.
Decorate card as desired making sure to add a Prima flair button, resin, or wood icon on the circle frame.

A simple paper banner topped with a snowy Prima flower adds texture and dimension to any card!

Stitching and fringed paper add pizazz to this festive card!

Use Prima's pine cone resin as a tree instead! Just touch with gold and brown inks for more dimension. Add paper scraps underneath for a tree skirt. (Notice the little girl decorating her tree too?)

Prima Supplies:

846459, 846435, 846428-Holiday Jubilee papers

570569-Holiday Jubilee Flair Buttons

570583-Holiday Jubilee Wood Icons

571313-Olivia Flower

571900-Florella Leaves

569967-Prima Resins

Chalk Edgers: bark, white

Other: foam squares, blue and pink circle punches by Marvy, Star Punch by Fiskars, Christmas Word Die by Simon Says Stamp, gold ink, pinking shears, thread

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Happy Holidays Cards

by Magda Bolinska

Magda created this gorgeous winter card using a variety of embellishments for a unique handmade look! The oversized snowflake surrounded by wooden buttons, stamped stitching and twine is the perfect combination.

Prima Products:

Holiday Jubilee Christmas Morning #846435

Holiday Jubilee Christmas Angel #846459

Distressing Tool by Ingvild Bolme #890940

Cling stamps Lines #570514

Cling stamps Circles #570491

Wood buttons #559298 #554421

Holiday Jubilee To: Santa #846480

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Holly Jolly Flip Card

By Educator Cari Fennell

This card has a fun flip feature, using the Tim Holtz Sizzix ornamental die along with Prima's Holiday Jubilee papers. Run the die through the machine, leaving the fold just below the top of the die. Everything is cut out except for the folded area.

Here is a peek of the inside of the card. It's ready for a sentiment or special handwritten message!

Use a variety of leaves for added color and interest to your embellishment clusters. Alter your flowers by adding the Holiday Jubilee flair buttons for a unique flower center. ~Cari

Prima Products:

846459-Holiday Jubilee-Christmas Angel

846480-Holiday Jubilee-To Santa

846442-Holiday Jubilee-Nostalgia

846466-Holiday Jubilee-North Pole

846435-Holiday Jubilee-Christmas Morning

846411-Holiday Jubilee-Chilly

570569-Holiday Jubilee Flair Buttons

570545-Holiday Jubilee Brads

960698-12x12 Black Canvas Resist Music Notes

561659-Soprano White

553562-Splendor Maple