SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas Advent Calendar 2024 | Day 1 with Suzanne Hue

Welcome to day 1 of our 12 Days of Stitchmas 2024 Advent Calendar class! Join us and stitch your way through the season! We invited 12 guest artists to share inspiration with the 12 stitching surprises. Let’s welcome Suzanne Hue as she shares inspiration with the Day 1 surprise!

Hello Crafters! This is Suzanne Hue from A Creative Muse. I am delighted to be here on the Spellbinders blog. It is time to get your Christmas cards, handmade ornaments, and projects underway with the amazing 12 Days of Stitchmas Advent Calendar! This beautiful box of 12 holiday themed stitching dies is back. Follow the blog each day to see a new designer and get 12 days of inspiration!

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I have the pleasure of sharing Day One with you! There’s both written and video instructions for each day at Spellbinders. I decided to go with a non-traditional palette for my cards. I love to use different colors for Christmas. But at the same time, I adore traditional colors.

For my first card, I used the 12 Days of Stitchmas Stitch Along Add-On Kit to make my card. I cut 3 snowmen out of Snowdrift cardstock. For one snowman (the center), I added the stitch insert dies for both his tummy and hat. I used a double layer of Snowdrift cardstock to make my diecut sturdy before stitching on it. I stitched both diecuts with the mint-colored DMC floss from the stitch along kit. For the hats and the scarves on the snowmen, I used Teal Topaz, Pink Sand and Dahlia cardstock from the stitch along kit as well.

I then trimmed a card panel to 3.75 X 5 inch in Waterfall cardstock. I stamped the sentiment “Let It Snow” from the exclusive stamp in the stitch along kit with black pigment ink centered on the bottom of the panel. I used Spellbinders Foam Strips to pop up this panel on my A2, top folding cardbase. Then I used Spellbinders 1mm & 2mm foam squares to adhere my snowmen to the panels with the stitched snowman in the center.

I first adhered the stitched snowman dressed in Teal Topaz cardstock accessories with a combination of Spellbinders foam adhesives. A combined 1mm and 2mm foam squares to make my center snowman 3mm high. I then adhered him above the stamped sentiment on the lower middle panel. Next, I adhered a non-stitched snowman dressed in Pink Sand cardstock accessories with 1mm foam to the right side of the card panel. Lastly, I adhered another non-stitched snowman dressed in Dahlia cardstock accessories with 2mm foam to the left side of the card panel. The final result is a cluster featuring a snowman trio! The middle snowman will the highest die-cut in the trio. I then added white pearls from the kit on each snowman’s nose and on the corners of the card panel.

For my second card, I stitched a snowman on Pop-Up White Glitter Foam with DMC black metallic thread. I then stitched a black hat with DMC red floss. I added a red scarf using Poppy Field cardstock. Then I added a graphite gem for the snowman’s nose. I also adhered the arms to the back of the snowman’s body as set it aside.

Next, I assembled the right-facing candy cane from the Candy Canes and Holly Dies using Pomegranate and Snowdrift cardstock. I added Christmas florals from the Parcel & Post Christmas Decorations Dies. I used both Pomegranate and Forest cardstock for these florals. I also stamped, heat embossed and fussy cut a sentiment from the stitch along kit stamp on Onyx cardstock with white embossing powder and set it aside.

I then created my shaped A2 cardbase. I die cut two A2 scalloped panels from the largest die in the Make A Wish Arch Labels Dies using Forest cardstock. Then I scored one of the arched panels ½ inch down from the top and adhered the cardbase to the top panel from the back using Bearly Art Glue. This created a top-folding A2 card.

Next, I diecut a matting layer using Sage cardstock from the same die set. I glimmered this smaller arched panel using the Sprinkled Confetti Press Plate with Opaque White hot foil roll. After glimmering that panel, I inked the edges with some spruce ink to match the Forest cardstock and set it aside.

Next, I created a layer for the inside of the card by die-cutting a piece of Snowdrift cardstock with a smaller arched die from Make A Wish Arch Labels Dies. I stamped sentiments from the exclusive stamp and added a bow along with pine with berry diecuts from the Parcel & Post Christmas Decorations Dies.

Now unto assembling the card. First, I glued the inside arch with the sentiment inside the cardbase. Next, I worked on the front of the card. On my shaped A2 cardbase, I added the glimmered matting layer. Then I adhered the candy cane to the lower right side of the card, snipped off the excess and decorated that right corner with holly and berry diecuts. Next, I adhered the stitched snowman right above the candy cane to look as if he’s riding on it. Finally, I added the embossed sentiment. I tucked some winter florals behind the top portion of the sentiment. And popped it up with dimensional foam squares.

This brings me to the end of my cards. I hope you like these fun holiday cards! If you would like to see more of my cards, I would love to have you join me on my YouTube channel, A Creative Muse and Instagram. In the meantime, thank you so much for joining me here on the blog today. I hope that you have a wonderful time stitching with the wonderful Stitchmas Advent Calendar!

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OTHER SUPPLIES

Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110lb cardstock, Double-Sided Tape, VersaFine Clair Pigment Ink, Altenew white embossing powder, and Altenew Fresh Dye Ink