Showing posts with label Winter Woods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winter Woods. Show all posts

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Birch-y Christmas

 I've had the Birch background stamp for months, but have not pulled it out yet.  Can you relate?  Have you ever just "had" to have a stamp/set and then it sits on your shelf for the longest time?  I hate it when that happens.

But today I had an image in my mind, and had to make it so:


And there it is!  Birch background!

This was so easy!  I stamped the Birch background on Whisper White using Early Espresso ink.  A piece of Heartwarming Hugs patterned paper adorns the bottom 1-1/2" of the front, wrapped in a pretty red bow.


And my favorite tree from Winter Woods, stamped and cut with two layers of the coordinating dies.  

Al I had to do was decorate the tree with some Red Rhinestone Jewels for a little pizzazz, and my card was done!


So glad I finally pulled out this beautiful stamp!


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Sunday, November 29, 2020

Moose in a Window

Is it officially the start of the holiday season?  I don't usually begin my Christmas planning until at least a week after Thanksgiving, but I've started early.  How about you?  I walked around my little neighborhood Thanksgiving night (after WAY overeating!), and was amazed (and delighted) to see how many of my friends have already put up Christmas lights and decorations.  I had to get started!   So I put up a wreath, some lights and placed some holiday things around inside the house, and it led me to this:


Creating with a holiday flair!  

I had an idea in my head, and had to make it happen.  So I created a living room (complete with wallpaper and wood floor) and put up a tree.  I even placed presents under the tree.

But that window...


I cut a square in the "wall" and created a window using the In Good Taste patterned paper and Layering Square dies.  I even put a Window Sheet in the window, making it look like glass!  And look who's taking a stroll in the snow!


I love the tree from Winter Woods, with the In the Woods dies - a second layer makes the tree come alive!  

And who doesn't love this greeting:


Ya gotta love Merry Moose!  


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Monday, November 23, 2020

Plaid Merry Monday

I love a little plaid at the holidays, don't you?  Somehow that warm, wooly blanket feel makes me all cozy.  So how about a little plaid for today's Merry Monday?


I don't know about you, but this screams "Christmas" to me!  ðŸ¤¶

So how did I get that plaid background?  Buffalo Check!  A large, background stamp, and my Stamparatus.  I started by inking up the stamp (mounted to my Stamparatus) with Cherry Cobbler ink; once stamped to my liking (I had to stamp a few times to fill in all those squares, but it's easy with the Stamparatus) I stamped it on a piece of Window Sheet.  Then I moved my stamped cardstock under the Window Sheet until my new color (Garden Green) was in the blank spots, and stamped again (and again) using the Garden Green.  It worked perfectly!


Next I used the new Curvy dies (coming in the January - June Mini Catalog, but available now in the Quite Curvy Bundle) to create the curved edges.  And stamped the greeting directly on the card base.


Isn't that tree fabulous?  It's from Winter Woods, and stamped twice with Garden Green ink.  Then I cut them both with the In The Woods dies, using both the outline die (for the bottom tree) and the detailed tree die for the one on top, which was stacked with Dimensionals for a 3D tree.  LOVE!

And look at the inside:


In keeping with the "curvy" look, I stamped the images (from Curvy Christmas, available now!) using Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler inks.  

Someone's going to receive a cozy, curvy Christmas card this year!  


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