Spellbinders | Folk Art Inspired Christmas Cards with Winter Tales & Zsoka Marko. Video

Spellbinders | Folk Art Inspired Christmas Cards with Winter Tales & Zsoka Marko. Video

Hello crafters. My today’s video looks at a new die collection by my friend Zsoka Marko with Spellbinders called Winter Tales. I have several card ideas to share with you using my favorite dark, deep, rich colors for a lot of drama and wow.

The Winter Tales collection is inspired by Norwegian folk art. I am a big fan of Scandinavian Folk Art and whenever I see anything Folk Art inspired I am immediately drawn to it. It is very distinct, it is very bold, and very different.

Spellbinders | Folk Art Inspired Christmas Cards with Winter Tales & Zsoka Marko. Video

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VIDEO TUTORIAL

Watch the video below or on my Youtube channel.

Zsoka’s interpretation of Folk Art in her Winter Tales collection is simply amazing.

NORDIC ORNAMENTS

My favorite set from this collection is Nordic Ornaments. It features 2 large size ornaments, there’s an ornament shape piece, and a decorative insert along with several pieces to do the decorating. I love this set for ease of use – the ornaments are very larger and make a fantastic focal point for a card.

Spellbinders | Folk Art Inspired Christmas Cards with Winter Tales & Zsoka Marko. Video

When you create with these dies, you’ll want to do some inlay die cutting. I die cuts ornaments from 4 shades of blue cardstock from Spellbinders – Glacier, Raindrop, Partly Cloudy, and Indigo. Next, I used glue and adhered the detailed die cut onto a shadow ornament piece, I popped all of the die cuts pieces out, but I didn’t throw them away, I kept them to be able to inlay into the next ornament I was planning to make.

Spellbinders | Folk Art Inspired Christmas Cards with Winter Tales & Zsoka Marko. Video

You can combine several colors, you can go with different color combinations, I went very monochrome here, and you can see I just have various shades of blue, but I do bring in the contrasting red to add in the flowers and really make this die cut pop.

Spellbinders | Folk Art Inspired Christmas Cards with Winter Tales & Zsoka Marko. Video

Next, I dry embossed several panels using the embossing folder part of this collection called – Ski Lodge. I first foiled a sentiment in Matte Gold foil in the bottom part of the panel and then did partial embossing. The embossing folder design is absolutely spectacular, it is so gorgeous for the winter cards, it reminds me of a beautifully knit sweater that you’d wear during the cold winter months.

 

I wanted to add something else to these cards, as I felt like they needed something extra, so I die cut sentiments from Gold Mirror cardstock and black pop up foam from Spellbinders, I adhered the gold die cut onto the black fun foam and that created a dimensional sentiment die cut.

I added Fashion Gold dots onto the ornament themselves and then used the Gold mix gems to embellish the space around the ornaments to add movement to these cards.

NORDIC ORNAMENTS WITH A TWIST

The shape and the size of the ornament inspired me to try something different and fill the ornament shape with flowers. I used the Holiday Blooms die set and die-cut florals from various shades of blue and red to build a unique pattern inside the ornament. You can take this idea and expand it – you can use other images to fill your ornament in. You can also use the large ornament shape as a placeholder for the sentiment – perhaps you want to add a large foiled or a large die cut sentiment, you can use the ornament shape to house it and it is going to look spectacular.

Spellbinders | Folk Art Inspired Christmas Cards with Winter Tales & Zsoka Marko. Video

Once I had all of the florals added I trimmed any overhand to contain the pattern within the space of the ornament. This way it looked as if the pattern was a part of the ornament, and not like the ornament was decorated with florals.

I used the Circle Illusion 3D Embossing folder from Spellbinders for the background.

Spellbinders | Folk Art Inspired Christmas Cards with Winter Tales & Zsoka Marko. Video

Here you’ll notice I didn’t leave room for a sentiment, so I opted to make a tag with one instead. I foiled Merry Christmas in Matte gold foil on coordinating cardstock color and cut it out using a tag die. Next, I took gold thread and used it to add the tag onto the ornament, I tied it into a pretty bow.

Did I say how much I love the way these cards turned out? The whole collection is simply unique.

FOLK SONG & ENCHANTED GARDEN

Because I couldn’t stop at just one die set, I wanted to play with all of the dies in this collection, so I made additional cards. I used the Folk Song dies and the Enchanted Garden dies to make this patterned card.

Spellbinders | Folk Art Inspired Christmas Cards with Winter Tales & Zsoka Marko. Video

I have the colorful bird in the center, I did some inlaying to add pops of red and glue to the Glacier cut bird and next, I added the flowers all around the bird filling the background in.

I had gaps in the background and to tie everything together I used the Spellbinders Peppermint Sprinkles. These are not from this release, they were released earlier this year, and they make an amazing filler element! You get a ton in the bag and you can use these like I am using here, as embellishments or you can use them as shakers if you like shaker cards.

MAGICAL DEER

One last card I have for you featuring this collection is the one with the deer created using the Magical Deer dies.

Spellbinders | Folk Art Inspired Christmas Cards with Winter Tales & Zsoka Marko. Video

Here I wanted to try using different colors and I went with soft browns and beautiful pinks. I also embellished the deer antlers using the ornament die cuts, I added a tiny white flower onto each ornament to make it a bit more festive.

So this last card doesn’t really stick to the Nordic Folk Art colors, and perhaps not even style, but I wanted to show you that you can use other colors with these dies and you can make them your own.

Have fun crafting!

SUPPLIES

I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

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13 Comments

    1. Thanks for sharing your talent. These cards are just stunning with the color combo you used.

    1. The dark background makes the ornaments even more impactful. I really like the colors you chose for all the ornaments. Folk Art is one of my favorite styles for Christmas. Thanks for the inspiration. Be well.

    1. Really beautiful, intricate cards. I don’t usually consider creating with dies and itty bitty pieces, but these are pushing me over the edge. The video quality is just fine. I am continually amazed that you are able to produce such wonderful blog/video posts under such horribly devastating conditions. God Bless.

    1. Love these cards! I can’t wait to make them myself. Can you use these 3D embossing folders in the Sizzix Big Shot machine?

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