Hello friends. Ready for a pretty Frosted Pinecones card with crisp, clean lines? Very simple, but elegant in my opinion. I've made a few Frosted Pinecones cards, but they all seemed to get fussier as I went along. So this time, I decided to stay simple with lots of white when making this card. Let me know what you think.
This is a top-fold card with the focal images taking over the center of it. Start with an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Basic White Thick cardstock. This is scored at 4 1/4". Then there is a cut from the bottom of the front up to the score line on each side. The cuts are made 1" in from each side. Both of these side sections were glued flat to the inside of the card so only the center flap opens.
Next the Basic White cardstock layers are cut. You need two at 7/8" x 4 1/8" for the sides. And one at 3 3/8" x 4 1/8" for the center section.
These three sections are lined up inside the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder, so the lines match up, then embossed. Next each section is attached to the card front. I used Tombow Liquid Glue (green glue) for this to hold the embossed sections securely.
Next several of the images from the Frosted Pinecones dies were used. Pecan Pie cardstock was used to die-cut the larger open detail pinecone. I love the airy look of just using the detailed portion by itself.
Two different pine needle dies from the set were used to cut Mossy Meadow cardstock for the greenery.
Both the pinecone and two sets of pine needles were arranged onto the card front. Little dabs of "green glue" were used to hold them in place.
The sentiment is also from the Frosted Pinecones set. It's stamped with Real Red ink onto a Basic White strip of cardstock. The strip was trimmed to measure 5/8" x 3 1/2".
There is a 1" x 3 1/2" strip of Real Red cardstock attached behind the sentiment strip to really make the words pop. The layers are attached at the bottom of the card opening by using Dimensionals.
The inside sentiment is also from the Frosted Pinecones set. It's stamped with Real Red ink to match the front.
A couple partial pine branches were stamped at the bottom. This stamp is from the Noel Tidings stamp set. They were stamped with Mossy Meadow ink that was off-stamped to be a little lighter.
Just a couple more items to finish of my card. Three of the small Basic Rhinestone Jewels were colored with Real Red Dark Stampin' Blends. I liked the red accents better than the clear for this design.
A double tiny bow using the retired White & Gold Bakers Twine was a nice finishing touch. It was attached with a rolled Mini Glue Dot. It never hurts to have just a tiny accent of gold on your project.
Hope you like this clean and crisp winter card. It went together fairly quickly once I had the plan in mind. It wouldn't be too hard to make up a whole bundle of these cards for Christmas if you liked. Let me know what you think of this fun fold idea.
Thanks for sharing some of your time with me today. Hope to hear what you think and hurry back for the next installment of many new Christmas card ideas.
Happy stamping and creating,
Sharon
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