Welcome to day nine of our highly-popular 12 Projects of Christmas series! On the ninth day of crafty Christmas, Rebecca is bringing us this exquisite night sky background card, complete with delicate poinsettias and a statement sentiment across the centre. Rebecca has chosen the Winter Wonderland collection for the main emphasis on this timeless design Read on for full instructions on how to make this dramatic Christmas card.

As with every tutorial in this series, we've created FREE project sheets and you will find the link to today's PDF download sheet at the bottom of the instructions below.

What you'll need:

Die and stamp sets – Wonderland Poinsettia and Handwritten Merry Christmas
Photopolymer stamp set – Starry Accents
8x8” patterned paper pad – Santa’s Workshop
Foiled acetate – Festive Foliage
Luxury pearl paper – Lapis Lazuli
Luxury pearl card – Lapis Lazuli
A4 white cardstock
Silver mirror card
Sparkelicious glitter – Sleigh Bells
WOW! embossing powder – Opaque Bright White and Silver Dollar
Sparklers – 10mm and 12mm
Bling Box – Everyday Essentials
Self-adhesive Sparkles – Beautiful Blues
WOW! clear embossing inkpad
Foam pads on a roll
Chisel-tip glue pen
Pinflair 3D glue gel
Art Glitter dries-clear glue with a fine-tip applicator
8x8” white straight-edged card blank
WOW! heat tool
Die-cutting machine

How to make:

1 Trim a sheet of silver mirror card to 7¾” square and affix to the card blank using dries-clear glue. Trim Lapis Lazuli pearl card to 7½” square and affix to the card using foam pads. Trim white cardstock to 7” square, edge with a thin line of dries-clear glue, cover in Sleigh Bells Sparkelicious glitter, then affix to the card using foam pads. Create a square panel of patterned paper and affix to the card using dries-clear glue.

2 Cut a strip of silver mirror card and affix to the card. Cut a strip from white card and stamp out some of the starry accents at either side of the panel using a clear embossing inkpad. Heat-emboss using Silver Dollar embossing powder. Adhere to the card using foam pads. Add a few dots of dries-clear glue to the starry accents and cover in Sleigh Bells Sparkelicious glitter. Add on a few self-adhesive sparkles.

3 Stamp out four large and four medium wonderland Poinsettia onto Lapis Lazuli pearl paper and heat-emboss using Opaque Bright White embossing powder. Die-cut using the coordinating dies and shape the leaves by curling them. Layer together and apply dots of dries-clear glue to the centre, then cover in sleigh bells Sparkelicious glitter. Add a sparkler to the centre.

4 Cut out some of the foiled foliage and apply dries-clear glue to the back. Cover in Sleigh Bells Sparkelicious glitter. Once dry, tuck in behind the foliage using 3D glue gel.

5 Stamp out the ‘Merry Christmas’ onto Lapis Lazuli pearl card using a clear embossing inkpad. Heat-emboss using Opaque Bright white embossing powder. Die-cut using the coordinating die, then affix to the card using foam pads to finish.

We hope that you enjoyed Rebecca's beautiful Christmas card and that it's one that you'll like to try yourself. We would love to see your take on this and any other of your Chloe's Creative Cards creations, so be sure to share your makes in our Facebook group!