New Winterly Tree Tops Bundle is Gorgeous!

 Hello Friends!  I just have to give you a sneak peek to a lovely stamp and die bundle along with the gorgeous new DSP that coordinates with it!!  This will get you in the mood for Christmas, but that's not the only season it covers.  The images and sentiments are generic enough to work all year long.  This is a new collection that will be coming in the fall mini catalog soon.  Demonstrators were able to create with these this month to get a feel for them and come up with ideas.  The name of the bundle is called Winterly Tree Top, and the DSP is called Nests of Winter.  You can use all these items together, but they work just as well separately.  Stampin'Up! gave us instructions to make several projects and today I want to focus on one of them.  First, I'll share what my version of the first project was, then share the original project.  I think you'll love both versions!  On to the new Winterly Tree Tops!

Here is my version of the project.  This one has a Christmas feel to it with the Cherry Cobbler colors and the evergreen branches added to the design.  This layout is the same as the original project and is a good one to use anytime.  The dimensions are:

Cherry Cobbler - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", folded in half

Gray Granite - 3 1/4" x 4"

Basic White - 3/4" x 3 3/4"

The main focal point of the birds come from one of the sheets of the Nests of Winter DSP that have birds that can be die-cut using the coordinating dies in the bundle.  Don't you love it when you've got these beautiful images you can use, and you don't even have to fussy cut them out!!  I know there are some of you that hate fussy cutting anything, so this is made for you.  How exciting, and it makes the creating so much faster.

After die-cutting the birds, I used another die from the set to cut four of the pine branches from Mossy Meadow cardstock as an accent for the card.

All of the design pieces would be built up of the Gray Granite cardstock piece, so I was using that to measure the placement of the pine branches.  They are attached behind the birds and attached with multiple Mini Glue Dots to hold in place.  When they were positioned how I liked, multiple Mini Dimensionals were added behind to hold everything in place and raise it up from the Gray Granite layer.

The sentiment is from the Winterly Tree Tops stamp set.  I love this sentiment and I've been using it on other projects already.  (Check back to one of the pear cards that it was used on.)  The sentiment is stamped with Cherry Cobbler to match.  Then the label is attached to the top of the Gray Granite layer overlapping on each end of the label.  It's attached with adhesive.

The Gray Granite layer is attached to the folded Cherry Cobbler card base using Dimensionals.  I was going to attach it flat, but it looks so much better with the Dimensionals.

The gems added to the design are from the Cherry Cobbler & Pearl Adhesive-backed Berries that are part of this collection.  Can you see the Cherry Cobbler dots are added to the berries?  The semi-clear dots are then added to the background.  The clear dots have just a hint of the Cherry Cobbler color to them which is a nice touch.

OK, that's my version of the original card that was part of the projects.  Let's see the differences.

The card base is Blackberry Bliss with the next layer of Crumb Cake.  Don't these changes already make a huge difference in the overall look?  This card makes me think more of fall with the warmer colors.

The birds and a few 'pussywillow' type branches are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Basic White cardstock.  The images are colored with Stampin' Blends.

Birds - Ivory Blends with Color Lifter to add highlights

Branches and beaks - Bronze Blends

Berries - Cherry Cobbler Blends with Color Lifter at the top of the berries

For this card, the sentiment is stamped with Mossy Meadow ink.  The strip of Basic White cardstock is about 5/8" wide.  

The card is put together the same with the sentiment on flat, the birds popped up with Dimensionals, and the whole Crumb Cake layer is popped up with Dimensionals also.

The gems were a surprise to me.  I know you can color rhinestones and pearls, but I never thought to color the Flat Adhesive-backed Pearls.  They have a lovely iridescent look to them that I never thought to try coloring.  These pearls are colored with the Bronze Blends and this gives the pearls a wonderful warm look to them.  Perfect for this card.  I'll have to remember this idea.

Well, there you have two ideas to get you started when you get the new Winterly Tree Tops Bundle in September.  It's definitely worth the wait and you're going to love the possibilities.

Thanks for checking in today.  Hope you like these two versions of basically the same card.  This is a great way plan your cardmaking when you're in a creative slump, and we all have them!  Find a layout you like and see how you can do your new version of it.  I've already got some ideas for this layout using the Cheerful Daisies and also the Magnolia Mood sets.  We'll have to see how they turn out.

Bonus Days are still going on through the end of July.  For every $50 you spend, Stampin' Up! will send you a coupon code for $5 off to use in August.  Don't you love those sales?!

Happy stamping and creating,

Sharon