Christmas in July - Evergreen Elegance - a Simple Card with Video

 Christmas in July! I know this is a popular concept, but this year I could not get my head around this celebration,  when the thermometer outside is hovering around 31 degrees C. 

However, once I started making Christmas cards, that feeling changed and I began to enjoy myself. And, I ended up making 3 Christmas cards!

I used the stamp set "Evergreen Elegance" which is in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue. It has an Evergreen border punch that goes with it but I did not use it for this card.

This is a simple card and great for the beginning stamper. The hardest part was making the rectangle in which the tree is stamped - and stamping the sentiment on the inside straight.

To make the rectangle back ground, I created a template on a piece of Crumb Cake card stock using  a Stitched Rectangle die. You can make it any size you want but I made mine 2 1/4 by 3 1/2".

I taped the template onto a piece of Basic White card stock. Using a Stampin' Blender brush, and Crumb Cake ink, colour was added inside the die cut area.

Using the Stamparatus the larger of the 3 trees was stamped inside the rectangle using Evergreen Evening ink.  The sentiment was stamped using Cherry Cobbler ink below the art piece.

Check out the video below. You can also watch it on You Tube here

Measurements:

• Cherry Cobbler  5 1/2 by 4 1/4"  - Card Base
• Basic White - 3 3/4 by 5" (top layer)
• Basic White 4 by 5 1/4" -on inside

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Evergreen Elegance

Inks:  Evening Evergreen,  Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler

Papers:  Cherry Cobbler Basic White

Accessories:   Stitched Rectangle Die, Blender Brush, Stamparatus

Here are three other cards I made using this stamp set:

A Magnolia Christmas

It's scary to think that it's time to start making Christmas cards.  This is only my second card, and I used the Magnolia Lane DSP to do so.

The Magnolia flowers in the DSP were coloured with  both the light and drak Poppy Parade blendabilities.  This makes the flowers look almost like Poinsettias. After trimming the DSP to 4 1/4 by 3 1/2", Versa Mark was applied the entire surface, heat and stick powder applied, followed by Dazzling Diamonds. The picture does not do the glitter effect justice.

The DSP was matted with Basic Black card stock, and then added to a layer of Seaside Spray card stock embossed with the Stripes embossing folder.  This is turn was added to a Basic Black layer and then onto a Poppy Parade card base.

The sentiment, from "Blended Seasons" was embossed with Black Embossing powder on a strip of Whisper White that extends across the entire front in the middle.  This was also matted with Basic Black card stock.

Before adding to the card front, some leaves/stems die cut from the Flourishing dies in gold foil was adhered above and below the sentiment strip.  Some gold thread was also added.

To finish the card, some gold faceted glitter gems were added on both sides of the sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Blended Seasons (R)

Inks:  Versa Mark, Poppy Parade blends (light and dark)

Papers:  Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Seaside Spray, Magnolia Lane DSP, gold foil

Accessories:  Black embossing powder, Gold thread, Heat and stick powder, Dazzling diamonds, Gold faceted glitter gems, Black embossing powder, Flourishing dies