Hi, Crafty Friend!

A handmade holiday card does more than deliver a greeting. It gives someone a little piece of your creativity to display, enjoy, and remember. And whether you’re creating for everyone on your holiday card list or making a few extra-special projects for the people you love, Christmas 2026 is here to help you make it meaningful.

From Berry & Bright and its mix-and-match possibilities, to Cozy Christmas and four-at-once creating, to Trim the Tree designs that can become cards, tags, ornaments, garlands, and more, you get to choose how you make the holidays handmade.

Today, the TE Creative Team is sharing plenty of ideas to get that creativity flowing. Look for unexpected ways to stretch your supplies, color combinations to make your own, and projects that might just inspire what you create next!

Christmas 2026 comes with a little something extra! Now through October 6, or while supplies last, you can receive exclusive Piece of Winter products FREE with qualifying purchases:

❄️ $100+ purchase: FREE Piece of Winter Layering Stencil
❄️ $200+ purchase: FREE Piece of Winter Cutting Plate Die

Use these exclusive designs to bring even more wintry pattern and texture to the cards and projects you’re creating this season. Just remember, both gifts are available only while supplies last, so don’t wait if they’re on your wish list!

So Many Ways to Make the Holidays Handmade! 🎄

Now comes one of our favorite parts: seeing just how many directions you can take the new release!

The TE Creative Team has been busy mixing, matching, layering, and adding their own creative twists to Christmas 2026. From playful holiday characters and colorful ornaments to completely unexpected color palettes, their projects are packed with ideas you can borrow for your own holiday crafting.

Take a closer look, find an idea that sparks your creativity, and then make it completely your own!

Who says fall has to stick to orange and brown? TE Creative Team member Emily Mydlowski reaches for vibrant, unexpected color to show just how versatile Autumn Splendor can be. Her bold Petal Pusher 2 florals and rainbow of delicate Nature’s Lace leaves put a playful spin on seasonal creating while still leaving plenty of room for heartfelt gratitude.

Ready to make holiday colors completely your own? TE Creative Team member Jill Hawkins reaches for pink, aqua, purple, and touches of gold to give familiar holiday images a bright and playful personality. From presents and candy canes to a soft blue JOY design, her projects show how dramatically a fresh color palette can transform the look of your favorite Christmas 2026 products.

Traditional holiday colors meet Tpffee cardstock in TE Designer Heather Nichols‘ warm and wonderfully handmade projects! She turns colorful geometric designs into ornaments you could use beyond the card, then carries that same classic palette into her festive card designs. Her projects are full of ideas for mixing stenciling, die cuts, dimensional details, and a few perfectly placed snowflakes.

TE Creative Team member Amy Kolling shows just how much personality you can create by changing the focal point. Her colorful ornament design pairs geometric details with plenty of sparkle, while Santa and his penguin friend bring a playful feel to a warm neutral background. Look closely at how Amy uses bows, ornament hangers, and layered details to make those die cuts pop!

If you’re looking for ideas to stretch your holiday supplies, Melody Rupple has plenty! She combines the Cozy Christmas designs with different backgrounds, layouts, and embellishments to give each card its own look, then shifts into an elegant JOY design accented with greenery and a dimensional poinsettia. Her projects show how easily the release can move from playful and colorful to rich and sophisticated simply by changing the supporting details.

TE Designer Lori Craig is mixing old-fashioned holiday charm with plenty of playful details! One project turns a geometric design into a sparkling ornament focal point, while another builds a whole collection of tiny holiday icons into a cheerful grid. Her projects are a great reason to look at every little die in your collection and imagine how several small elements could come together to create one big idea.

Holiday cards don’t have to be red and green! TE Creative Team member, Alicia Ekermans creates a beautifully wintry look using layers of blue, tone-on-tone stamping, splattered details, sparkle, and simple embellishments. Her monochromatic approach lets the bold NOEL and JOY designs take center stage while offering plenty of inspiration for trying an unexpected holiday color palette.

How cute would these faces be peeking out from someone’s holiday display? TE Creative Team member Mindy Eggen turns the ornament designs into playful focal points, pairing a sweet reindeer with a bold red bow on one card and grouping a snowman, penguin, and Santa together on another. Her projects are a great reminder that you can use these festive designs individually or mix and match your favorites to create an entire holiday crew.

Four Cards? Taylor Found a Way to Make FIVE! 🎄✨

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When your holiday card list is long, getting more from one crafty session is always a win! Join Taylor LIVE today at 10 AM CT as she creates with the new Create-in-Quads Layering Stencil – Cozy Christmas and shows how a little creative cutting can turn four stenciled designs into five finished holiday cards!

Taylor will show you how to:

🎨 Use the Create-in-Quads Layering Stencil – Cozy Christmas to create four coordinating designs at once
✂️ Strategically cut and rearrange your stenciled panels to stretch them even further
🎄 Turn those pieces into five distinct holiday cards, giving each one its own personality

By the end, you’ll have a clever new way to get even more from your Create-in-Quads designs and turn one crafty session into five cards ready to spread a little handmade holiday joy. 💌