Design Team member Kate here, back this week sharing some inspiration for BIG icon cards. These cards all have a BIG focal point and use basic supplies for BIG results. Pull out your basic dies and some cardstock and use these ideas or see what you can come up with on your own. 

Here's three handmade holiday card ideas

For the jack-o-lantern card, I used one of my oval dies to trace the top of the pumpkin from an A2 sized panel of orange cardstock (4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches). 

I used triangle dies to cut some eyes and a nose (I made the nose a bit smaller by trimming off the top of the triangle).

 I used an oval cut in half to make two "mouths" and free handed some fun "smiles". The stem is hand trimmed and the pumpkin "vine" is a confetti die from my stash.

This would be a great project for kids and would look even better in some specialty foil and glitter cardstock! 

Jack-o-lantern card supplies:

• Bazzill Smoothies in Circus Peanuts
• Encore Textured in Blue Jeans
• Sirio Ultra Black 104C
• Triangle dies from Spellbinders, Oval dies from Hero Arts 

For the tree card, I took a piece of cardstock sized 4 x 6 inches and cut it diagonally to create two "trees". I stamped the light strings before attaching to the card front. Don't have this stamp set? Just decorate with glitter "ornaments" cut from small circle dies.

This tree card would be great for mass-producing, since you get two every time you cut the tree part.

Christmas Tree Card Supplies:

• Encore Textured Cardstock in Forest Moss and Blue Jeans
• Glitter Luxe Cardstock scraps
• Encore Gold Foil Cardstock
• Stamp set from MFT stamps
• Star die from Hero Arts

As I was creating these cards, I realized that the possibilities are endless. You just need to think of a holiday icon and make it BIG.

Easter Card Supplies:

• Glitter Luxe in Oasis, Summer Sun, Tangerine, Diva Pink and Ballerina Pink
• Bazzill Smoothies in Ocean Breeze 
• Bazzill Card Shoppe in Spearmint Stick
• Wavy Dies from Brutus Monroe, Oval die from Hero Arts

What BIG cards can you dream up? 

-Kate

Here's another cool handmade card design using basic dies!