Winter Woods in Vanilla and Gold - a case

There are a number of examples of this card design, using the Winter Woods stamp set and coordinating framelits, on Pinterest - some made using gold foil, some using silver foil. Personally, I find Vanilla and Gold an elegant combination and I'd like to thank Mary Fish for her lovely card, which I was able to case thanks to her wonderful tutorial.

Thick Very Vanilla card stock was used as the card base upon which I placed a layer of Gold card stock. In the center I adhered a smaller piece of regular weight Very Vanilla card stock, upon which  the rest of the card is built.

Two trees were die cut in Very Vanilla, using the coordinating framelits.  The second tree is slightly smaller and has 3D branches on it.  Once die cut I used a stylus to curl these branches out a bit.

After adhering the two trees together (next time I would use mini dimensionals) I applied clear Wink of Stella around the edges of the larger tree as well as the 3D branches of the smaller tree.

The sentiment was gold embossed and attached to the underside of the tree with a couple of dimensionals.

Using the curved die strip, I shaped a piece of Very Vanilla card stock which I had embossed with the Gently Falling embossing folder.  This was adhered to some Vellum, which was added to some Very Vanilla card stock cut slightly larger than the Very Vanilla card stock.

I tied a 3/8" gold edged ribbon around the Very Vanilla, & Vellum and tied it in a bow at the right edge.

Dimensionals were used to add the tree to the card front and the card is done.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Winter Wood

Ink: Versa Mark

Papers:  Thick Very Vanilla, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil, Vellum

Accessories:  3/8" gold edged ribbon, Gently Falling embossing folder, In the Woods Framelits, Clear Wink of Stella, Gold embossing powder, dimensionals.

Flying Miss Piggy - a sliding card

"She believed she could ...so she did"

Yes, pigs can fly - at least on my card!

Don't you love Miss Piggy in a tutu skirt?  Actually, its some retired ribbon, but its perfect for the occasion.
After coloring Miss Piggy, I cut her out, and placed the ribbon (skirt) around her.

Then I proceeded to make a sliding card using the Sliding Star framelit die, 2 pennies and dimensionals.

The pennies are adhered together using a dimensional, inserted into the slot, and Miss Piggy is adhered to that.

The slider aperture was made in Pool Party card stock embossed with the Gently Falling Embossing Folder.  Some clouds, die cut using the Up & Away Thinlet Die, were added to the card front as well. This is matted with Basic Black card stock and then adhered to a Pool Party card base.

Tip:  To make the slider work really well, use 3 or 4 dimensionals one on top of the other.  This gives the pennies plenty of room to slide.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: This Little Piggy
Inks: Black Memento, Blushing Bride, Smoky Slate
Papers: Pool Party, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories: Up & Away Thinlet Dies, Sliding Star Framelit Die, Gently falling embossing folder, Pennies (2) non SU, ruffled ribbon (retired), dazzling details, dimensionals.