Playing with the Evergreens Again

 Hello my friends!  It sure doesn't look like winter here yet.  Not that I'm complaining or anything.  The weather's up to 58 degrees today, but the heavy rains coming down make it feel much chillier.  These temps will be staying around for a few more days, but unfortunately so will the rain.  Guess I'll just stay inside for a while and get some more stamping done.

Yesterday when I was stamping, I had the Peaceful Evergreens out again and was concocting a card design and playing around with color combinations.   It was fun to see how color can change the two cards so much.  I have to admit that the color difference is much more noticeable in person.  But it was fun, and I'll have to try this idea again.

Here are the two cards.  So similar looking until you start noticing the colors on the 2nd card.  Definitely not traditional colors!  I started by making the card on the top with the traditional Real Red and Garden Green color combo.  

The card started with a base of Real Red cardstock that measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" that is scored and folded in half.  Next is the Garden Green layer that measures 5 1/4" x 4".  Then comes a layer of Basic White cardstock.  This measures 5 1/8" x 3 7/8" so there will be just a skinny bit of the Garden Green frame showing when put together.  

Next, the Basic White layer was embossed using the Painted Trees 3D Embossing Folder.  The cardstock was positioned so I could get the tops of all three of the trees to show.  After embossing, this layer was attached to the Garden Green layer using "green glue".  Then both layers were attached to the folded Real Red card base using Dimensionals.

Next, the smallest single evergreen in the Peaceful Evergreens stamp set was stamped on a scrap of Basic White cardstock.  Garden Green ink was used.  I love how these simple trees have so much depth and detail in them just by inking them up!  It does all the work for you!

After stamping, the coordinating die was used to cut it out and it was ready to use.

The 'Christmas' comes from the Peaceful Season die set.  I used a 1 1/4" strip of Real Red cardstock. Then backed it with some of the Adhesive Sheets before cutting.  This makes it so much easier to attach the letters to the card without trying to get glue on the small areas.

The 'merry' comes from the Greetings of the Season set.  It's stamped on a 1/2" strip of Basic White using Real Red ink.  The ends were trimmed and flagged.

Putting it together was easy.  I put the wording on first to get the placement, then added the tree and little label using Dimensionals to attach them both.  

I was happy with the look of the tiny White Snowflake Loose Embellishments that were added to the card.  Five of the larger ones were added.  They're attached with Micro Glue Dots.  Now on to the non-traditional card.

 I was getting a little played out with the traditional Christmas cards I was making.  Thought I'd go retro on this combo.  The green is Shy Shamrock and the 'red' is Berry Burst.  Whew!  What a change, but it sort of grew on me and now I love it!  I know, crazy!

The measurements of the layers are all the same, just different colors.  The tree was stamped with Shy Shamrock and die-cut.  

The 'Christmas' sentiment was cut from the Berry Burst, Old Olive, and White Shimmer Paper pack.  The strip of Berry Burst was backed with the same Adhesive Sheets as before.  I tried to angle a picture to show the glimmer on the paper, but none of the pictures really showed it at all.  The 'merry' was stamped with Berry Burst ink.  The strip was trimmed and flagged before attaching to the card front with Dimensionals.  This time the sentiment was put on at an angle to see which I liked better.

For this card, the Iridescent Faceted Gems seemed to be the favorite choice.  The facets really enhanced the colors already on the card.

The inside of both the cards was done the same except for the color choices.  The row of tiny trees in the Peaceful Evergreens set was stamped on the bottom edge of the cards using the coordinating green ink for the cards.  The sentiments were added with either the Real Red or Berry Burst colors.

So which one do you like?  Are you more of a traditional girl?  Or do you like to stir things up a bit with something bold and different?  I'm thinking I just might try the Shy Shamrock color with a paler pink and see how that works out!  Or maybe an Old Olive with Cherry Cobbler combo.  What do you think?

Thank you for stopping by today to see what's been going on here.  I'm almost finished with my cards and getting ready to move on to something else.  Well, maybe just a few more Christmas cards.  They are fun to make.  I'll just have to add a few more people to my list so I can use them all.  😂

Happy stamping and creating,

Sharon