Christmas Preview #6

#stampinup  Here's the last of 6 cards we'll be making at the October and November Christmas card-making class. You'll have to come to the sessions to know which ones we'll be making at each session. This Saturday's session is going to be a "no Big Shot" session. I know! Two "no Big Shot" sessions! How did I do that?!

This card is a CASE of a card I received at the #StampinUp #InspireCreateShare #Convention2015 from Jan Reid. Jan's card used the "Circle of Spring" wreath and was done in Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler. My card uses the "Peaceful Wreath" stamp set and I switched out the Crumb Cake and used Whisper White instead.

I started with a Whisper White Thick card stock base, added an Old Olive mat, and a Cherry Cobbler panel embossed with the Brick Wall Embossing Folder. I stamped the wreath in Mossy Meadow onto Whisper White card stock and cut it out with the matching Wonderful Wreath Framelits. I colored in the leaves with an Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker and the berries with a Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Marker and attached the wreath to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I stamped a sentiment from the "Versatile Christmas" set in Cherry Cobbler onto a 1" strip of Whisper White and flagged the end with the Banner Triple Punch. I added this to a 1.5" strip of Merry Moments Designer Series paper that I also flagged with the Banner Triple Punch. The sentiment assembly was adhered to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Finally, I stamped the bow from the "Peaceful Wreath" set in Basic Black Archival Ink onto a Cherry Cobbler scrap and cut it out with the matching framelit from the Wonderful Wreath collection. I adhered the bow to the wreath with a glue dot.

tams# 4609

Product List

Peaceful Wreath Photopolymer Stamp Set [139794] $16.00	Versatile Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140392] $19.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [133645] $6.50	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [126966] $6.50
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $7.00	Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker [100079] $3.50	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Marker [119681] $3.50	Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies [135851] $25.00
Banner Triple Punch [138292] $23.00	Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [138288] $8.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.00	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100702] $7.00
Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119685] $7.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $8.50	Merry Moments Designer Series Paper [138450] $11.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Glue Dots [103683] $5.25

Christmas Preview #5

#stampinup   Today's card uses the holly and pine spray from the "Peaceful Wreath" stamp set. (Stay tuned for Monday's blog post for a card made with the wreath from this set.)

I started with a 2.5" x 4-3/8" piece of Whisper White card stock. I stamped the holly spray onto this in Mossy Meadow. I used a Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Marker to color the berries and an Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker to color in the holly leaves.

Next, I aligned the three stamps that make up the "Wishing you peace at Christmas" sentiment onto one acrylic block. I removed the "peace" stamp and stamped the two parts of the sentiment in Mossy Meadow. Then I attached the "peace" stamp to another acrylic block and stamped it in Cherry Cobbler.

I adhered the Whisper White panel onto a slightly larger Mossy Meadow Panel and tied a length of Cherry Cobbler Thick Bakers Twine at the top. Then I cut a 3-5/8" x 4-7/8" piece of plaid Merry Moments Designer Series Paper and adhered it to a 3-7/8" x 5" piece of Cherry Cobbler. I layered the pieces together onto a Whisper White Thick Card Stock card base.

I think this card is stunning with the all the Whisper White accents.

 

tams# 4476

Product List

Peaceful Wreath Photopolymer Stamp Set [139794] $16.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [133645] $6.50	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [126966] $6.50	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Marker [119681] $3.50
Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker [100079] $3.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.00	Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119685] $7.00	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676] $7.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $8.50	Cherry Cobbler Thick Baker’S Twine [138414] $3.50	Merry Moments Designer Series Paper [138450] $11.00

Christmas Card Preview #4

#stampinup  I've got to admit that the "Dove of Peace" stamp was not on my original "gotta have it" list. I had another set on my list, but I ended up not getting it--and getting "Dove of Peace" instead. The reason is that the dove looks beautiful as just a line drawing as in today's card and simply stunning when colored. I thought that coloring the intricate design would be too much for a stamp-a-stack where my guests would be making a total of 12 cards, so I opted just to use the line drawing for this card.

I did a little rubber surgery on my stamp--I cut the sentiment off the dove, so that I can now stamp each element separately.

For this card, I stamped the dove in Island Indigo onto a Whisper White panel. I adhered a 1" x 4" strip of Bohemian Designer Series Paper to the bottom of the panel and then adhered it to a Island Indigo mat. I tied a length of Whisper White 1/4" Cotton around the DSP and then adhered everything to a Soft Sky card base.

I stamped the "peace" sentiment from the "Peaceful Wreath" set in Island Indigo onto a Whisper White scrap and punched it out with the Large Oval Punch. I adhered this to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I stamped the sentiment from the "Dove of Peace" set inside the card in Island Indigo.

tams# 4475

Product List

Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Large Oval Punch [119855] $16.00	Whisper White 1/4" Cotton Ribbon [134567] $6.00	Bohemian Designer Series Paper [138446] $11.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $8.50	Island Indigo 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122923] $7.00	Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131203] $7.00	Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad [126986] $6.50
Peaceful Wreath Photopolymer Stamp Set [139794] $16.00	Dove Of Peace Wood-Mount Stamp [139800] $14.00