SPOILERS! 12 Days Of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 11 With Michelle Short

Welcome to day 11 of our 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 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 Michelle Short as she shares inspiration with the Day 11 surprise!

Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Kim Kesti; Day 2 with Jaycee Gaspar; Day 3 with Rebecca Keppel; Day 4 with Nichol Spohr; Day 5 with Tina Smith; Day 6 with Mindy Eggen; Day 7 with Carissa Wiley, Day 8 with Lisa Tilson, Day 9 with Suzanne Hue, Day 10 with Laura Bassen.

Hello there, and welcome to day 11 of 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025! It’s Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be sharing two cards with you today using the 12 Days of Stitchmas 2024 Advent Calendar.  What’s behind door 11? It’s an adorable bird!

Watch the video tutorial below or on our YouTube channel:

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For my first card, I am using just the 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar. I die-cut the bird from Cascade, Cosmic Sky, Raven, Classic White, Chiffon, and Poppy ColorWheel Cardstock.

I used DMC Light Gold Diamant Metallic Thread to stitch the wings and the tummy. He was then assembled using Bearly Art Glue.

I took a 4.25” x 5.25” panel of Cosmic Sky ColorWheel Cardstock and added ink blending around the edges with Nautical and Pitch Black Core Inks. It was adhered to an A2-sized white card base.

I die cut the FAL letters from Day 7 of the Advent Calendar from Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock three times for each letter. They were adhered to the card to read “FA LA LA”. I die cut the holly from Day 9, from Peridot ColorWheel Cardstock, and popped them behind the first ‘A’.

The bird was adhered at the bottom using foam squares. To finish, I embellished with Gold Mix Color Essentials Gems, adding one to the bird’s tummy and the others scattered around the card. I also added three Red Color Essentials Gems to act as berries with the holly.

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For my second card, I die cut the bird using the same colours, but this time, I used Windy ColorWheel Cardstock for the wings and tummy, instead of Cosmic Sky. For the stitching, I used three strands of DMC 803 Floss.

Before adhering the wing on the right down, I die cut the candy cane from Parcel & Post Christmas Decorations from Classic White and Poppy ColorWheel Cardstock. It was assembled and adhered, so it looks like the bird is holding it.

For the card base, I added ink blending to a 4.25” x 5.5” panel of Cosmic Sky ColorWheel Cardstock using the same Nautical and Pitch Black Core Inks as I did for the first card. It was adhered to a white A2-sized card base.

I hot foiled Mistletoe Greetings Press Plate onto Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock using Champagne Glimmer Hot Foil. It was die cut out using the coordinating die, and the ‘FA LA LA LA LA” one adhered to the card using foam squares.

I thought it would look good to add some foliage behind the bird, so I grabbed the Christmas Cracker Etched Dies and die cut the evergreen from Fern ColorWheel Cardstock and the holly from Rainforest ColorWheel Cardstock.

The bird was adhered on top, standing on the sentiment, using foam squares. To finish, I embellished with Gold Mix Color Essentials Gems.

I hope I have inspired you today for day 11 of the 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025. Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you have a great day and happy stitching!

Spellbinders Supplies:

Other Supplies

Hero Arts Nautical Core Ink, Hero Arts Pitch Black Core Ink, Hero Arts Extra Large Blending Brush, Hero Arts Medium Blending Brush.