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This is Big Sentiments: XL Happy Holidays Stamp Set & Dies + Love to Layer: Beaded Trim Die + Into the Blooms: Holiday Bouquet Dies + Merry Christmas Banner Press Plate & Coordinating Die + Merry Christmas Banner Stencil Collection + Framed in Flowers: Christmas Stamp Set & Dies + Framed In Flowers: Christmas Stencil Collection

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Sneak Peek Day 1

Penny here! We’ve officially kicked off Day 1 of our September Release countdown, and today’s lineup is bursting with classic Christmas magic. We are turning our focus to the heartfelt traditions that make the holidays so unforgettable, specifically lush winter florals, elegant letterpress banners, and bold, statement-making greetings.

 

If you love crafting show-stopping holiday cards packed with texture, rich color-blending, and timeless elegance, you are going to fall completely in love with today’s reveals. We’re showing you how to turn simple cardstock into grand holiday masterpieces that carry all the warmth and joy of the season.

 

Let’s dive into today’s merry new arrivals:

 

This is Big Sentiments: XL Happy Holidays Stamp Set & Dies

Make a grand statement with extra-large focal sentiments in two distinct styles, a bold shadowed block font and a sweeping calligraphic script. Mix and match with thoughtful secondary sentiments like “Wishing you all the little wonders that make the holidays feel magical.” With coordinating wafer-thin dies that cut precise mats for the main greetings, creating eye-catching Christmas centerpieces is effortless!

 

Love to Layer: Beaded Trim Die

Elevate your card panels with delicate vintage charm! This die set features nested oval frames accented with soft scalloped edges and intricate die-cut beaded detailing. Perfect for framing holiday focal images, oversized greetings, or lush florals, these versatile frames nest together to create custom layered backgrounds with instant elegance.

 

Into the Blooms: Holiday Bouquet Dies

Wrap up seasonal warmth with this comprehensive winter bouquet collection! Build rich, dimensional arrangements tucked inside a die-cut paper cone wrap using detailed pinecones, evergreen boughs, eucalyptus sprigs, berry branches, dried citrus slices, and a delicate string bow for instant cozy charm.

 

Merry Christmas Banner Press Plate & Coordinating Die

Create crisp letterpress impressions with this elegant press plate featuring a classic ribbon banner and bold “Merry Christmas” greeting. Use the matching die for effortless cutout matting, or pair it with coordinating stencils to add rich color blending to your centerpiece.

 

Merry Christmas Banner Stencil Collection

Bring your banner designs to life with brilliant color! Designed to align around the Merry Christmas Banner Press Plate, this multi-step layering stencil set lets you ink-blend a lush wreath of holly, pine sprigs, and winter berries to build a colorful seasonal crest in minutes.

 

Framed in Flowers: Christmas Stamp Set & Dies

Frame your holiday greetings in gorgeous seasonal botanicals! Features two detailed rectangular card panels—one with bold poinsettias and the other filled with holly and winter berries. Pair them with sweeping script sentiments like “Holiday Blessings” and “Seasons Greetings,” complete with coordinating dies for easy assembly.

 

Framed In Flowers: Christmas Stencil Collection

Add rich, vibrant color to your card panels with ease! Designed to align with the Framed in Flowers: Christmas stamp set, these multi-step stencils let you quickly blend detailed colors across the poinsettia and holly berry frames for a hand-painted finish.

 

Get ready to be inspired! Our talented design team has been crafting up a storm with these new products, and their Day 1 projects are pure Christmas magic. From lush winter floral frames to dimensional holiday bouquets, they are giving you a front-row look at all the ways to bring these sets to life!

 

Take a peek at the gorgeous project gallery below, and keep a pen handy to jot down your top picks for your September wishlist!

 

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, September 29th at 12 PM ET, when the complete September release officially lands in the shop. Set those reminders, and join us back here tomorrow morning as we reveal a whole new round of sneak peeks!

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

This is Big Sentiments: XL Happy Holidays Stamp Set & Dies + Love to Layer: Beaded Trim Die + Into the Blooms: Holiday Bouquet Dies + Merry Christmas Banner Press Plate & Coordinating Die + Merry Christmas Banner Stencil Collection

Featured design by Melody & Bobbi

Bobbi Lemanski

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: This is Big Sentiments: XL Happy Holidays
DIES: This is Big Sentiments: XL Happy Holidays, Into the Blooms: Holiday Bouquet
CARDSTOCK: Stampers’ Select White, Pinefeather, Ocean Tides, Orange Zest, Fine Linen, Spring Rain, Coastal Blue, Dark Chocolate, Limeade Ice, Classic Kraft
INK: True Black, Pinefeather
OTHER: White Ink, White Ink Pen, Foam Tabs, Copic Sketch Markers, Watercolor Paint, Fine-tip black Marker, Distress Oxide Ink, Bee Creative Precision Glue, Bitty Big Striped Pattern Paper, Pearl Gem Stickers

TIPS: 

  • Use foam tabs between the layers of the wrap to give realistic-looking dimension.
  • Add a little touch to the inside of the card for a coordinated surprise inside.
  • Use non-traditional holiday colors such as lavender and blue (berries) and Ocean Tide (evergreen) for a new twist on a festive look.
  • A 5″ X 7″ sized card allows this bouquet to be big and full of beautiful fruits, berries, and greenery.

Melody Rupple

SUPPLIES

DIES: Merry Christmas Banner Press Plate & Merry Christmas Banner Dies

INK: Blueberry Sky, Dark Indigo, Coastal Blue, Ocean Tides, Pinefeather, Cocoa Bean

CARDSTOCK: Stamper’s Select White, Ocean Tides, Pinefeather, Dark Indigo

OTHER: Merry Christmas Banner Stencil Collection, Holly Berries Stencil Collection, Silver Hot Foil, Clear Sequins, Silver Watercolor Paint, Blending Brushes

TIPS: 

  • Lightly splatter the background with silver paint and add clear sequins to add interest and texture.
  • Use a stencil to add a subtle background pattern for the card front.

Melody Rupple

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: This is Big Sentiments: XL Happy Holidays

DIES: Merry Christmas Banner Press Plate & Coordinating Die

INK: Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, Pinefeather, Fine Linen, True Black, Scarlet Jewel

CARDSTOCK: Vintage Cream, Classic Kraft, Scarlet Jewel, Bitty Big Collection: Scarlet Jewel

OTHER: Merry Christmas Banner Stencil Collection, Twine, Blending Brushes, Gold Jewels, Gold Hot Foil

TIPS: 

  • Lightly splatter the background with silver paint and add clear sequins to add interest and texture.
  • Use a stencil to add a subtle background pattern for the card front.

Liane Hodges

Melissa Phillips

Kailash Naidoo

MarDi Rembold

Brenda Noelke

Kailash Naidoo

MarDi Rembold

Shilo Miles

MarDi Rembold

Kelly Lunceford

Melissa Phillips

Kailash Naidoo

Betty Wright

Kassi Hulet

Catherine Cohen

Catherine Cohen

Framed in Flowers: Christmas Stamp Set & Dies + Framed In Flowers: Christmas Stencil Collection

Featured design by Kassi

Kassi Hulet

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Framed in Flowers: Christmas

TIPS: 

  • When painting watercolors, if you add wet paint onto wet paper, your paint will move more and give you soft blends (this is great for the first layer of color). When you put wet paint on dry paper, you get sharp details.
  • Add a little bit of water to acrylic paint to make an opaque white splatter.

Kassi Hulet

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Framed in Flowers: Christmas, This is Big Sentiments: XL Happy Holidays

DIES: Framed in Flowers: Christmas, This is Big Sentiments: XL Happy Holidays

TIPS: 

  • Die cut the Framed in Flowers stamp before coloring the frame- that way if you are slightly off in your die cutting, you can easily hide it with the coloring.
  • If your background is light (like my blue), you can paint the whole image in blue first and not worry about having to paint around anything. The darker colors of the leaves and berries will cover the light background.

Melissa Phillips

Brenda Noelke

Melody Rupple

Kelly Lunceford

Melody Rupple

MarDi Rembold

Liane Hodges

MarDi Rembold

Bobbi Lemanski

Betty Wright

Kailash Naidoo

Kailash Naidoo

Melissa Phillips

Shilo Miles

What a magical way to kickoff our September countdown! We are absolutely swooning over the bold holiday sentiments, lush bundled winter bouquets, elegant letterpress banners, and grand poinsettia frames debuting today. We cannot wait to see how you bring these festive treasures to life in your own craft spaces! ✨

 

Take your time soaking in all the incredible inspiration from our design team above, and drop a comment below to let us know which Day 1 reveal topped your wishlist!

 

Be sure to join us back here tomorrow morning as we unwrap Day 2 of our September Release Countdown. We have so many more holiday surprises waiting for you! ❤️

 

Click HERE to see our September 2026 Release Winners page!

Winners will be announced on September 29th at 3PM ET.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Love Liane Hodges, so beautiful and unique. This would be the one I create. It’s completely different than what I usually do!

  2. Frames in flowers is beautiful! I’m obsessed with every one of the cards shown! I honestly can’t pick one.

  3. All the cards are lovely! My favorites are Kailash’s stunning card featuring the Into the Blooms Holiday Bouquet Dies and Melissa’s soft and pink card featuring the Framed in Flowers Christmas Stencil.

  5. Im a sucker for poinsettias. and I think
    Framed in Flowers: Christmas Stamp Set & Dies
    Framed In Flowers: Christmas Stencil Collection

    is calling my name especially with the stencil for fast card making when time is short!

  7. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING first sneak peek day!!! My favorites are Kailash’s GORGEOUS Into the Blooms Holiday Bouquet Dies and Melissa’s pink card with the pretty Framed in Flowers Christmas Stencil.

  8. Top of my wishlist is the Into the Blooms Holiday Bouquet dies. Especially love the pink Melissa Phillips version!

  9. I like Maradi Rembold’s card. The one that has the red foiling. It’s looks like something that I would like to make

  12. They are all so beautiful but I’m drawn to Kassi’s peace, love & joy card with the pinecones and orange slice arrangement.

  13. The two Bobbi’s knocked it out of the park today. Love Hart’s wrapped florals and Lemanski’s lovely gilded card.

  15. I love the Framed in Flowers care by Bobbi Lemanski. I love the contrast of ivory, red, gold and black. Very different for a holiday card!

  18. Gorgeous holiday creations! Liane’s shaker card with the beautiful holly design really caught my eye, but all of the cards are wonderful!

  19. So excited for all of the lovely holiday supplies in this release! I especially love the Into the Blooms: Holiday Bouquet Dies!

  20. Wow! So hard to choose today! All of the cards are stunning! I love how Liane’s bouquets look against the black background. And, Kassi’s watercolored flowers are amazing!

  21. Into the Blooms: Holiday Bouquet is my favorite new product! So many inspiring cards, but my favorites are Liane’s and Kelly’s in the first group!

  25. I absolutely love design #1 by Liane with the Into the Blooms: Holiday Bouquet Dies. Placing the bouquets on a black background really makes the colors of the paper cone and bouquet pop. It is simply very elegant!

  26. Oh my goodness! Each one of these are stunning! I love the three cards that MarDi created with the Merry Christmas sentiment. Such beautiful designs!

  30. Wow, I wasn’t expecting all of this today! All the projects are so pretty. Loving the stencils of flowers and the Into the Blooms: Holiday Bouquet!

  33. My favorite is the card made by MarDi Rembold. The one with the large Merry Christmas sentiment with leaves and florals. Such beautiful colors used. I love your releases. So much inspiration.

  35. Gorgeous images and designs for the holidays! Absolutely impossible to choose a favorite, as the cards are ALL so beautiful!

  38. So many lovely designs, especially the ones with the paper cones, Liane’s 3-cones card being my top pick.

  41. I love everything! It’s difficult to choose just one but I think Liane’s card using Into the Blooms Holiday Bouquet is my favorite.

  46. Betty Wright’s is my favorite for the texture and color story, but I’m also a fan of Bobbi Hart’s for the same reasons.

  50. Wow, fantastic first day sneak peek. I am loving the Into the Blooms, so many beautiful cards hard to pick just one, but i’m going with Kelly’s & Lianne’s Into the blooms cards.

  51. Oh, My!! MarDi Rembold’s cards really caught my eye. Her banner over the bouquet with a frame background is spectacular and I would love to CASE it. All the designers are just amazing!! I’m looking forward to watching the release on Monday!

  53. Wow! What a way to kick off this release! Incredibly talented DT who showcases your products beautifully and with so much creativity and imagination. Impossible to pick a favorite today.

  54. Love Melissa Phillips pink holiday blessings card. The different color combination would not be something I would normally choose.

  57. Lovely designs again, ladies!!! All are beautiful. My pick is Melissa Phillip’s card with the red, white and green and stamp die cut background. That Kraft banner is perfect on there. I am absolutely loving that banner die and stamp.

  58. I especially like MarDi’s three cards that are kind of the same but different with the Merry Christmas banner and traditional Christmas colors 🙂

  60. Love all three of MarDi’s Merry Christmas cards! They are elegant and have an old-world feel to them.

  62. Another gorgeous release! Love the beautiful cards that Kassi created. Her watercoloring skills are amazing!

  69. It’s hard to choose each one is unique and represents different styles. I’m a sucker for Kelly Lunceford and Melissa Phillips style myself but if I had to choose one, Kelly Lunceford is my favorite.

  70. It is hard to choose…I love how Melissa Phillips created doily look to frame the berries so sweet and simple!

  72. I love the one by Melissa Phillips which incorporates a music sheet as the flower holder. I am a musician and this design inspires me!

  76. I love both Bobbi’s & Kailash’s cards because they encompass all the Holidays. If I had to choose one, I’d go with Bobbi’s first card.

  77. I like Betty Wright’s card. The simplicity, color choices and the holly leaves appealed to me as a more traditional card.

  79. I love Brenda’s card because of her color choice of blue and red. It really stands out. Plus it’s mailable! YAY!

  80. I love the vintage look of Kassi’s happy holiday card and the large Merry Christmas banner is just gorgeous. I think I need that banner!

  84. Melissa Phillips is always a rock star! Always! I absolutely LOVE her pink poinsettia card. Absolutely stunning!

  87. I love Bobbi’s designs. The color choices are sophisticated and really highlight the new release.

  92. I love Mardi Rembold’s card with the,wrapped bouquet of roses. Roses are always a treat to receive. They bring joy to anyone who receives them! With the prices of flowers today, not many people get to experience that joy. This card would definitely make someone’s day.

  93. They are all beautiful, but my favorite would be Melissa Phillips’ frosted pink Holiday Blessings card. It truly shows off the versatility of that set!

  94. I absolutely love how Mardi created three different vintage-inspired cards using the Holiday Bouquet Die Set! Each one is so beautiful, and I love seeing how differently the same set can be used.

    The team did such an amazing job with this release—so much holiday inspiration!

  97. I love Kelly Lunceford’s gray and red design card using the Into the Blooms: Holiday Bouquet Die set. The silver foil border frames the card front nicely.

  98. All of them are beautiful but I pick Melody’s Merry Christmas Banner done in blue and also in red. Love the framed poinsettia cards also.

  99. Liane Hodges for the win! I love those orange slices and it is at the top of my list for this release… I also like Melody Ruggle’s Blue berries !!! I don’t make a lot of Christmas cards but those are so pretty!

  106. Papertrey Ink you nailed it again! All of the card samples are beautiful! My favorite is the one made by Melissa Phillips. I love her style. It matches up with what I like to create.

  111. Liane Hodges card is my favorite. I love cards that are on black cardstock. The colors just pop. She really made an amazing card.

  114. This is going to be a difficult release to decide what product I want most. I love making Christmas cards. I never gets boring. There will be a lot of these things to mix and match to make a lovely card.

  115. All are so beauifully desiged, I have to say I love the winter bouquet created by Bobbi Lemanski. It pops off of the card, really like the background paper selection as it coordinates with the dotted floral wrap. the layers of foliage are lovely and the big sentiment is a perfect statement!

  117. I can tell that this is going to be a GREAT release! My absolute favorite from Day 1 sneak peeks are the Holiday Bouquet Dies. Love that it includes citrus slices and the outside wrap for the flowers. The inspiration is beautiful and my favorite is card #28 by Kelly. Can’t wait to see more!

  118. I love the pointsettias, but I’m always looking for something new and different. The Into the Blooms set fits that bill perfectly. I love the card that Melissa Phillips crafted. Such a perfect fit for the holidays. Papertry Ink never fails to amaze me!

  119. I love the pointsettias, but I’m always looking for something new and different. The Into the Blooms set fits that bill perfectly. I love the card that Melissa Phillips crafted. Such a perfect fit for the holidays. Papertry Ink never fails to amaze me in the unique department!

  123. Liane’s card immediately caught my attention. I was a docent at a Victorian home. This reminded me of the decorations we made for the house for holiday tours.

  126. Beautifully Festive! Really puts you in the Fa La La La Mood! I adore Liane’s beautiful Into The Blooms Holiday Bouquet card–GORGEOUS!!!

  128. Such stunning projects. So hard to choose just one. Love Lianne and Kelly’s bouquet cards but love MarDi’s too!

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