Posted by Spellbinders Team
on September 29, 2025
Welcome to day 7 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 Carissa Wiley as she shares inspiration with the Day 7 surprise!
For both of my cards today, I chose a retro-inspired theme and color palette. I’ll be using Spellbinders ColorWheel cardstock in
Blush
,
Dahlia
,
Tutu
,
Fern
,
and
Mint
,
and adding in some
gold
for a little shine. This bright and colorful palette was inspired by the whimsical nature of these dies.
Card one was created using only products from days 1-7 of the Advent calendar. Along with the day 7 dies, I also included small dies from days 1 and 3 for small accents.
I began with die-cutting my letters from various colors of cardstock. I added some simple cross stitching using an off-white thread to each of my letters. I love that the dies impress lines that guide your stitching along the dies. Once my stitching was completed, I adhered the stitched letters onto the shadow layers to add some shine. I positioned the stitched letters onto my card front using foam adhesive and finished the card off with a small Noel banner and some sparkles I created with the tree topper die from day 3.
Card two uses the day 7 dies along with some of my favorite Spellbinders products to create a stepped-up card. For this card, I decided to forego the stitching on the letters and just use the stitching holes and impressions to add texture to my die cuts. I mounted the letters onto a shadow layer of the same color to create a tone-on-tone effect. I also die cut a large disco ball from gold cardstock, using the
Disco Ball etched dies
from the Shine Bright collection. To give it a holiday spin, I also added an ornament topper, which I created using a small die from day 1 of the
Stitchmas Advent Calendar
.
To add some megawatt shine to this card, I created a hot foil background using the
Sparkle Background hot foil plate
and some
Champagne foil
. I topped off my arrangement with some holly leaves and berries from the
Candy Canes and Holly etched die set
and a hot foil sentiment I created with the
Mistletoe Greetings press plate and die set
. These are a couple of my favorite holiday products from Spellbinders.
Watch video tutorial below or on our
Youtube Channel
:
I hope you love these retro-inspired projects that I created using the
Spellbinders Stitchmas Advent Calendar
! I had a great time creating them! I hope you were inspired. And until next time, I hope you have a fabulous day!
XOXO
Carissa Wiley
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 .Hello everyone! It’s Carissa Wiley here with you today, sharing inspiration for Day 7 of the Spellbinders Stitchmas Advent Calendar . Day 7 features a fun a whimsical “Fa La” die set. I love that these can be used with or without stitching to create different looks.
For both of my cards today, I chose a retro-inspired theme and color palette. I’ll be using Spellbinders ColorWheel cardstock in
Blush
,
Dahlia
,
Tutu
,
Fern
,
and
Mint
,
and adding in some
gold
for a little shine. This bright and colorful palette was inspired by the whimsical nature of these dies.
Card one was created using only products from days 1-7 of the Advent calendar. Along with the day 7 dies, I also included small dies from days 1 and 3 for small accents.
I began with die-cutting my letters from various colors of cardstock. I added some simple cross stitching using an off-white thread to each of my letters. I love that the dies impress lines that guide your stitching along the dies. Once my stitching was completed, I adhered the stitched letters onto the shadow layers to add some shine. I positioned the stitched letters onto my card front using foam adhesive and finished the card off with a small Noel banner and some sparkles I created with the tree topper die from day 3.
Card two uses the day 7 dies along with some of my favorite Spellbinders products to create a stepped-up card. For this card, I decided to forego the stitching on the letters and just use the stitching holes and impressions to add texture to my die cuts. I mounted the letters onto a shadow layer of the same color to create a tone-on-tone effect. I also die cut a large disco ball from gold cardstock, using the
Disco Ball etched dies
from the Shine Bright collection. To give it a holiday spin, I also added an ornament topper, which I created using a small die from day 1 of the
Stitchmas Advent Calendar
.
To add some megawatt shine to this card, I created a hot foil background using the
Sparkle Background hot foil plate
and some
Champagne foil
. I topped off my arrangement with some holly leaves and berries from the
Candy Canes and Holly etched die set
and a hot foil sentiment I created with the
Mistletoe Greetings press plate and die set
. These are a couple of my favorite holiday products from Spellbinders.
Watch video tutorial below or on our
Youtube Channel
:
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