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Sneak Peek Day 2

Penny here! Welcome back to Day 2 of our October Release Countdown!

Today, we’re showcasing designs that bring calm, balance, and effortless creativity to your holiday crafting. From versatile sentiment frames to peaceful evergreen layers, these new dies will help you create projects that feel timeless, meaningful, and beautifully refined. Let’s take a look! 🌲✨

 

Hold That Thought Dies

Say it with style! This set includes a variety of stitched banners, curved labels, and classic frames that make it easy to highlight your favorite sentiments or add subtle structure to any design. Whether you’re crafting elegant holiday cards or all-occasion creations, these dies add just the right finishing touch.

 

Serene Evergreens Dies

Capture the quiet beauty of winter with these graceful tree silhouettes. Each layer adds soft dimension and texture, letting you build peaceful outdoor scenes or keep things simple with a single, elegant focal point. Perfect for serene holiday greetings or year-round nature-inspired cards.

 

Below, you’ll find gorgeous inspiration from our design team. Each project highlights how effortlessly these dies blend into your seasonal crafting, from clean and minimal to richly layered and detailed.

 

And don’t forget, our new release goes live on Tuesday, October 28th at 12PM ET.

Set your reminders now!

💖 Want a chance to win a $50 gift card? 💖

It’s easy! Scroll through the sneak peeks and leave a comment at the bottom telling us which project is your favorite.

Hold That Thought Dies

Featured design by Brenda

Brenda Noelke

SUPPLIES

STAMPS:Trees ‘N Patterns

DIES:Hold That Thought, Cover Plate: Quilted, Into the Blooms: Swag, On the Edge: Scallops

STENCIL: Holly Berry

INK: Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, Limeade Ice

CARDSTOCK: Stamper’s Select White, Pure Poppy, Limeade Ice, Ripe Avocado

OTHER: Holiday Vintage Prints Pattern Paper, Moonshine Sequins, Gathered Twigs Distress Ink

TIPS: 

  • Use a cover plate die on a stenciled background to add texture.
  • Combine pattern paper from a paper pad for coordinating colors and patterns…scraps work great for this technique.
  • Add ink to the edges of each layer for a cohesive look.
Melissa Phillips

Betty Wright

Melody Rupple

Bobbi Lemanski

Kelly Lunceford

Liane Hodges

Serene Evergreens Dies

Featured designs by Kelly

Kelly Lunceford

SUPPLIES

DIES: Serene Evergreens, In Frames: Rectangles, Hold That Thought, Into the Blooms: Anemones, Bring Home the Holidays 
OTHER: white acrylic paint, Silent Night Hot Foil Plate, red foil, gold embossing folder, gold cardstock, Fossilized Amber distress spray, Ranger Glossy Accents, white gel pen, PTI Gems: Clear, Shimmer Spray Sparkle

Brenda Noelke

Betty Wright

Melissa Phillips

Bobbi Lemanski

Liane Hodges

Melody Rupple

We hope today’s sneak peeks have sparked fresh inspiration for your holiday creating! From peaceful evergreens to thoughtful sentiment layers, these new dies make it easy to craft cards that feel timeless, elegant, and full of heart. 🌲💫

 

Be sure to scroll down and tell us which project or product caught your eye in the comments, we love hearing from you and seeing what inspires your creativity!

 

The countdown continues tomorrow with Day 3 of our October Release Sneak Peeks, featuring more meaningful designs you won’t want to miss.

 

Click HERE to see our October 2025 Release Winners page!

Winners will be announced on October 28th at 3PM ET.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  14. I love how Betty made a rustic Christmas tree out of the die shapes with a music background! C’mon! So clever!!

  15. The Serene Evergreens dies are going to be keepers. Today I choose Betty Wright’s traditional red, green and gold card.

  16. Bobbi’s green card is sheer perfection! Hold that Thought … lots of options & what a clever idea!

  18. Kelly Lunceford’s card is choice today. All of these cards have so much detail. This is a great design team

  20. I love Melissa’s pretty pink candy cane card! Pink & green is one of my fave color combos for Christmas.

  26. Love Betty Wright festive red, geen and gold tree. The layerd gold music makes the card po. Love it!

  27. Again, each and every one of these cards is beautiful and creative and lots to look forward to in the new release. I particularly like Melody’s Angel and music background. The floral on the Angel and that sentiment in light green stood out to me. I could gush on each one of these cards. Bravo to all!

  28. Brenda’s card. Reminds me of decking the halls for the holidays. Good way to use up scraps or ribbon bits.

  33. So much gorgeousness today it’s hard to pick a favorite. The DT has used these products in so many unique ways. Melody’s Angel stands out, Betty’s “scrap” music tree, Melissa’s candy canes and of course, both of Kelly’s cards. Hard to pick a favorite, but I’m going with the North Pole card of Kelly’s!

  37. So many beautiful cards to look at! Betty’s card with the tree made of sentiments really caught my eye!

  38. My favorite pick today is Melissa’s candy cane card. So cute and literally “sweet” looking! Love it

  44. All gorgeous cards! From a mass producing aspect, Betty Wrights card is easy Peasy!

    Kelly’s tree card is sublime!

  46. I love the Serene Evergreens Dies/Featured designs by Kelly Lunceford. The layers, the colors used and all the elements work together perfectly.

  48. I really love the way that Kelly combined almost all of the new must have products: the music background, the Christmas rose, the tree, the sentiment banner, greenery & snowflakes in ONE beautiful card!!!

  49. All the cards are great but my favorite is Kelly’s red card with the Serene Evergreens dies.

  50. Bobbi’s Silent Night is wonderful. And she used a phrase that always makes me think.

  51. Every single one is stunning! Melissa’s is such a cute design and I also love bobbi’s silent night.

  55. Oh this was hard to choose they are all so beautiful but I was really drawn to Betty’s tree card. It is simple and speaks calmness to me.

  56. I love all the patterned ribbons on Brenda’s design- so fun and festive! I also love the rustic look of Melissa’s Season’s Greetings card!

  58. Serene Evergreens die by Kelly is stunning. A card worth framing!
    I love the colors and the details.

  59. Look at all the ideas for that evergreen tree! Liane Hodges’s card creates a quiet elegance, but all the designs are beautiful.

  64. I love them all! However, I love the contrast between the white of the flower and the red background in Kelly’s card. Love the tradition color scheme and especially love the foil plate background!! Great design and layers for days, love it!! 😍

  69. So many fabulous cards, but Betty’s clever Christmas tree made with the Hold That Thought dies is my favorite today.

  70. Lian Hodges’ aqua card with white trees is so serene. I can think of the silence as show falls. TFS

  75. U enjoyed seeing all the cards and wide variety of designs. I will choose Milissa’s card because of the soft, cozy colors.

  79. Bobbi’s for me stood out in elegance and design. Betty’s card was very clever and for me a close second! All had beautifully showcased and executed design color and creativity. Congratulations!

  81. I like melody’s silent night card – love the music background and how she used the angel.

  84. So hard to choose from all of the beautiful cards but I really liked Bobbi’s silent night card.

  85. I love how Brenda used a variety of patterned paper to create the strips that are hanging down on her cards. Such a nice touch to a beautiful card.

  86. Once again….difficult to pick a favorite. Betty Wright’s card is calling to me. I love the richness and depth of color and the musical background.

  90. I would pick Joy to the world card created by Kelly. I love the red color and all the layerings. Perfection!!

  97. What fantastic designs…. all of them! Betty Wright’s banner Christmas tree is brilliant!

  99. I like Melody Rupple’s Tree card. It has all the traditional elements that make a great Christmas card, but looks like it will be easy to mass produce.

  101. Melissa’s Serene Evergreens card is my favorite, they are all absolutely stunning though!

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