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There’s something truly magical about Christmas crafting when clean and simple design meets a touch of festive sparkle. Today I’m sharing a beautifully elegant Christmas card featuring sparkly red poinsettias, crisp white space, and just the right hint of gold with a hot foiled background full of flourishes. It’s classic, timeless, and surprisingly easy to create and mass produce.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creation.

The Inspiration

This hot foil plate set is designed to create envelopes but I wanted to use this to create a fun Christmas card instead. Adding a gold postage edge base creates the feeling of an envelope and as a postage stamp. Adding some gold highlights and some sparkle with red poinsettias and berries brought this card together. And this card was so quick and easy to make when time is starting to run out…

The Design

🌺 Creating the Sparkly Poinsettias

For the focal point, I used red glitter cardstock to die-cut the poinsettias. The sparkle catches the light in the most beautiful way, making the flowers look festive without the mess of loose glitter. Layering the petals adds texture, and a small gold centre brings everything together.

✨ Adding Touches of Gold

Gold pairs effortlessly with both red and white, so it’s the perfect choice for accents. I used a gold-foiled sentiment with a corner flourish, some die cut flourishes and gold holly leaves on a gold postage edge card to lift the card for a luxurious finish.

🌟 Keeping It Clean & Simple

The hot foiled design on the background is key—it gives the design breathing room and sets the them of the card. Keep embellishments minimal, and leave plenty of white space. A simple postage edge shaped card is enough to add interest without shifting the design away from CAS.

💡 Perfect for Mass Production

This is a great card design if you’re creating your Christmas cards in batches. Once the poinsettias are die-cut, and the background is hot foiled assembly is quick and easy. The result is a card that feels thoughtful and elegant, but doesn’t require hours of intricate detail work.

🎁 Final Thoughts

If you’re looking for a Christmas card idea that’s clean, modern, and festive with just the right amount of sparkle, this red, white, and gold poinsettia card is a perfect choice. It’s timeless, elegant, and guaranteed to make someone smile when it arrives in their mailbox.

Share the Joy

I’d love to know — do you love this colour combination?

And don’t forget to pin this project for later inspiration — you’ll definitely want to revisit it when the Christmas card-making mood hits! 🎄

✂️ Supplies I Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

S5-540 Postage Edge Rectangles

GLP-124 Hollyday Stationary and Envelope Corner Hot Foil Plate

Die of the Month – November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh

S4-1240 Winter Label Motif

S4-1239 Holiday Label Motif

Other Products Used:

Craft Perfect Mirror Cardstock – Honey Satin

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White – 80 Ib cardstock

Hammermill Cardstock

American Crafts Glitter Cardstock – Red

Spellbinders Hot Foil – Aura

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Bearly Art Glue

Small foam squares

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Happy Crafting

Patricia