Hello friends! I've been busy creating some lovely Christmas cards. I just love this time of year and making cards to send to family and friends to let them know they are loved and thought of often. It gives me a wonderful feeling of closeness to friends as I think of them while I'm designing cards. You wouldn't believe how many one-of-a-kind cards I make for Christmas. It's kind of ridiculous when you stop and think about it. But it makes me happy, so why not?
You know those gray, misty days of winter? That was the feel I was trying to recreate with today's card idea. I think I did ok with this. Now I need to know what you think. Did I nail the concept?
I love how cool and frosty the card looks. This was so much fun using the Delicate Pines stamps and dies to design and create this soft and misty looking card. I still have a few left-over die-cut pine branches in both the Cloud Cover and Silver Foil to play with later. When you create, do you die-cut more than you think you will need and in extra colors because you never know what you'll end up needing? I do. There are always lots of little bits and pieces sitting there when I'm done. Of course, that just gives me a head start when I sit down to create again. Let me give you the rundown on making this lovely card.
Start with a Thick Basic White piece of cardstock that measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" for the base of the card. It's scored and folded in half. Next is a layer of Cloud Cover that measures 5 1/4" x 4". Then a layer of Basic White is cut at 5" x 3 3/4". This is the piece that we'll be creating on.
The first step is using Cloud Cover ink with a Blending Brush and add ink to the cardstock piece. I added it a little darker on the right side and gently eased off until there really wasn't any ink on the left edge.
Next, the sentiment from the Delicate Pines set was stamped along the bottom left edge. It's stamped with Secret Sea ink.
The largest sized snowflake from the set was stamped on the right side with Cloud Cover ink. There was a medium sized snowflake stamped on a scrap piece of Basic White also using Cloud Cover ink. The smaller pine snowflake was stamped on white using Secret Sea ink that had been off-stamped before stamping to get a lighter color. Lastly, the tiny snowflake was stamped with full strength Secret Sea ink.
At this time, the three extra snowflakes were die-cut with the coordinating dies. Then two of the larger double pine branches were die-cut from Cloud Cover cardstock and three of the single pine branches were cut from Silver Foil paper. Now it's time to put this pretty snowflake together.
Starting with the smaller pine snowflake, add adhesive to the backside and add the silver pine branches. Add one, then add more adhesive and crisscross another one on this. Add more adhesive and add the third silver branch. These are all centered and peeking out behind the snowflake.
Add extra adhesive and layer this to the center of the medium die-cut snowflake. Add adhesive to the back of the tiny snowflake and attach to the center of the pine snowflake so it sits on top.
There was one more step before starting to add this to the card. Using the Cloud Cover Dark Stampin' Blends, a spatter of ink was added to the card front. This is quite pale, but I think it adds so much to the frosty, snowy look of the background. Give this a minute or two to dry. Then attach this layer to the Cloud Cover layer with adhesive and then add them to the folded white card base.
I used three Dimensionals under the center of the snowflake stack and attached this to the center of the snowflake already stamped onto the card front. It's important the Dimensionals are kept in the center so there's room to tuck in the pine branches in the next step.
Cut the large pine branches in half at the center of each. Adding a little adhesive to the stem of a branch, it was tucked in under the snowflake, so it fit onto the card. The other two branches were also tucked under in the same way.
For the added bling on the card, a larger Basic Rhinestone Jewel was attached to the center of the tiny snowflake. Then another three tiny Basic Rhinestone Jewels were scattered on the card front for a little extra sparkle.
I hope you like this version of the Delicate Pines stamp and die set. This is such an interesting set to create with because of the many little pieces that work together so nicely. I can hardly wait to play with this again!
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Thanks for spending some time with me today. Enjoy a little time creating your masterpieces, and yes, someone will appreciate finding your special card in their mailbox!
Happy stamping and creating,
Sharon
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