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Holly Jolly Branches Class in the Mail

Posted on October 9, 2026September 30, 2026 by Mo Rootes

The cards I am sharing were design as a class in the mail using the Holly Jolly Branches dies and the Magical Christmas Hot Foil Dies. I provided all the bases, layers, die cut trees and a selection of hot foiled Christmas sentiments.

Colours used to make these cards are:

Trio of Trees card

Gray Granite card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored on the long-side at 4⅛”
Gray Granite – 5⅝” by 3⅞” – embossed with Softly Woven 3D
Pool Party – 4⅞” by 3” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 4¾” by 2⅞” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Lemon Lolly, Bubble Bath, Crisp Cantaloupe, Gray Granite & Silver Foil

Adhere the embossed Gray Granite panel to the Gray Granite card front. Cover the whole panel with glue making sure to get right to the edges otherwise it will ruck up, not a great look…..

Handmade Christmas cards made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches dies, Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder and Magical Christmas Hot Foil dies – Class in the Mail

Glue the smaller Basic White panel to the Pool Party layer and add to the card front on Dimensionals.

Handmade Christmas cards made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches dies, Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder and Magical Christmas Hot Foil dies – Class in the Mail

Glue the three trees in position and add three silver stars.

Handmade Christmas cards made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches dies, Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder and Magical Christmas Hot Foil dies – Class in the Mail

Choose a sentiment from the hot foiled selection and add to the card front.

Four Tree Card

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored on the long-side at 4⅛otherwise it will pop up”
Gray Granite – 5⅛” by 3⅜” – embossed with Softly Woven 3D
Pool Party – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White – 4½” by 3”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia, Pool Party, Gray Granite & Silver Foil

Glue the embossed Pool Party panel to the Gray Granite layer then glue the whole piece to the Thick Basic White card front.

Handmade Christmas cards made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches dies, Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder and Magical Christmas Hot Foil dies – Class in the Mail

Add the four trees onto the card front on Dimensionals.

Add three silver stars.

Handmade Christmas cards made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches dies, Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder and Magical Christmas Hot Foil dies – Class in the Mail

Choose a sentiment from the hot foiled selection and add to the card front.

Five Tree Card

Bubble Bath card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored on the long-side at 4⅛”
Gray Granite – 5⅝” by 3⅞” – embossed with Softly Woven 3D
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Lemon Lolly, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party, Gray Granite & Silver Foil

Glue the embossed Basic White panel to the Gray Granite layer then glue the whole piece to the Bubble Bath card front.

Add the five trees onto the card front, some on Dimensionals and the others flat with glue.

Handmade Christmas cards made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches dies, Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder and Magical Christmas Hot Foil dies – Class in the Mail

Add three silver stars to the tops of the largest trees.

Handmade Christmas cards made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches dies, Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder and Magical Christmas Hot Foil dies – Class in the Mail

Choose a sentiment from the hot foiled selection and add to the card front on Dimensionals.

Handmade Christmas cards made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches dies, Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder and Magical Christmas Hot Foil dies – Class in the Mail

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Row of Christmas Trees card – Stamping With friends Blog Hop

Posted on October 3, 2026September 18, 2026 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are sharing something we have been working on. I have made a pretty Christmas card made using the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and some pretty, pastel colours.

Colours used to make this card are:

I created the row of Christmas trees card using the following supplies:

Hydrangea Hue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Basic White – 4⅛” by 3”
Silver Foil – 4⅛” by ⅜” x 2
Basic White – 2⅛” by ¼”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – one for the inside
Scrap Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Pool Party, Hydrangea Hue & Gray Granite

Using a Blending Brush I added Hydrangea Hue down the centre of the 4⅛” by 3” piece of Basic White card.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and dies and the Rejoice stamp set for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I added the strips of Silver Foil to the top and the bottom of the panel. I placed the panel onto the Hydrangea Hues card front to get an idea of positioning and stamped a row of stars along the top and bottom where they would be seen. The panel was then glued in position.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and dies and the Rejoice stamp set for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

From scrap Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Pool Party, Hydrangea Hue and Gray Granite card I die cut several of the medium and small trees.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and dies and the Rejoice stamp set for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The trees were arranged on the inked panel and glued in position with either Liquid Adhesive, Mini Glue Dots or Dimensionals.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and dies and the Rejoice stamp set for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The sentiment from the Rejoice stamp set was stamped on the ¼” strip of Basic White card with Hydrangea Hue ink and added it to the card front.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and dies and the Rejoice stamp set for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

A die cut Silver Foil star and a trio of 2026 – 2028 In Color Dots finished the card.

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Pastel Christmas Trees Card

Posted on September 20, 2026September 12, 2026 by Mo Rootes

I love a Christmas card made using non-traditional, pastel colours and have used the Holly Jolly Branches bundle to make this pretty card.

Colours used to make this card are:

I created the pastel Christmas trees card using the following supplies:

Bubble Bath base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side – Rounded upper left corner
Gray Granite – 5⅛” by 3⅜” – Rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 5” by 3¼” – Rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 2⅛” by ¼”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Bubble Bath, Pool Party, Gray Granite & Silver Foil

A length of Bubble Bath ribbon was wrapped around the Gray Granite panel, secured on the back with Sellotape and the piece was then adhered to the Bubble Bath card front.

A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches and Rejoice stamp sets

I stamped the ‘snowy’ image from the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set was stamped in 2^nd generation Pool Party in in the lower right corner of the 5” by 3¼” piece of Basic White card. The stamped panel was then adhered to the card front.

A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches and Rejoice stamp sets

From scrap Bubble Bath, Pool Party and Gray Granite card I die cut the three trees and added them to the card front on Dimensionals.

A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches and Rejoice stamp sets

The sentiment, from the Rejoice stamp set was then stamped on the ¼” strip of Basic White card. It was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches and Rejoice stamp sets

A star, die cut from scrap Silver Foil was added to the top of the largest tree, and a trio of Basic Rhinestones finished the card.

A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product and featuring the Holly Jolly Branches and Rejoice stamp sets

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Holly Jolly Branches Christmas Card

Posted on September 11, 2026September 2, 2026 by Mo Rootes

This Christmas card was made using the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and dies.

Colours used to make this card are:

Basic White

Pool Party

Peaceful Pine

I created the holly jolly branches card using the following supplies:

Peaceful Pine card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Pool Party – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White – 4½” by 2” x 2
Basic White – 4½” by 1”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White

Using a Blending Brush I swirled Pool Party ink on the top two thirds of the smaller panel of Basic White card.

A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and co-ordinating Dies.

Taking each 2” wide strip of Basic White card I tore down the top edge and used the same Blending Brush to add Pool Party to the torn edge. The 1” wide strip was then glued to one of the 2” strips. This piece was added to the inked panel with Dimensionals along the bottom edge. The excess card was the trimmed off on each side. I added Liquid Adhesive to the remaining torn strip and tucked it under the raised piece.

A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and co-ordinating Dies.

On scrap Basic White card, I stamped three trees from the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set with Peaceful Pine ink and die cut the trees using the co-ordinating dies. These were tucked under the torn ‘snowy’ layers.

A handmade Christmas card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set and co-ordinating Dies.

The sentiment was stamped with Peaceful Pine ink onto the ‘sky’. I masked off part of the sentiment each time so that I could stack the words. The ‘snow’ was stamped in the ‘sky’ using second generation Pool Party ink.