Winter Woods Pop & Twist Card

Winter Woods is such a versatile stamp set and today I used the stamp set with its coordinating framelits in a pop and twist card.

I had previously made all the components of this interactive card just waiting for an inspiration to finish it.  Today I finished it.

The Pop &Twist card is made using Garden Green card stock  All the DSP used is the Warmth & Cheer DSP, now retired.

The card front depicts a 2 layer dimensional tree against a plaid DSP.  The sentiment "Merry" is from the Merry Christmas Framelits  and is die cut using the Sparkle glimmer paper.

The card is kept closed using  a 1" Garden Green band, which is wrapped around the card and kept closed with tiny magnets.  This embellishment on the  front consists  of a 1 3/4" scallop circle layered with  a 1 1/2" glimmer paper circle and a 1 1/4" circle with the sentiment "Peace" stamped on it.  Some green rhinestones adds a bit of bling.

Opening the card reveals 4  pop up panels.

At the top is another Whisper White tree with a branch next to it. This image as do other images stand on snow in the form of Sparkle glimmer paper; at the bottom a large oval for the sentiment .

Some Frost White shimmer paint was lightly daubed over the trees and  directly onto the DSP.

On the two end panels I add a leafless tree die cut in Whisper White; the middle two I stamp the image of the birch trees multiple times with Crumb Cake on Whisper White.  For the left one I white emboss a sentiment on Garden Green and die cut it with the frame framelits found in the Merry Christmas framelit set.

On the other panel I adhere a wreath made with the single pine branch and a template using the Stamparatus.  After it was finished I die cut it using a circle framelit, added some real red berries with a marker, and added "Joy" in the middle with a strip notched at both ends.

The magic of this card is in the opening and closing.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Winter Woods, Holly Jolly Greetings (retired)

Inks:  Garden Green, Versa Mark, Real Red SU Marker, Crumb Cake

Papers:  Garden Green, Whisper White, Sparkle shimmer paper, Warmth & Cheer DSP (retired)

Accessories:  Merry Christmas Framelits, In the Woods Framelits, Frost White Shimmer paint, White embossing powder, Stamparatus, Circle framelits, Layering Oval Framelits, Dimensionals, punches (1 3/4" scallop circle, 1 1/2 and 1 1/4" circle)

Shimmery Trees and Joyeus Noel DSP - a case

I used the Frosty White sShimmer paint to create a shimmery Christmas card, one that I saw in this month's Stampin' Success (see below)

I did make a few changes as you can see in the above picture from the Success Magazine.   Instead of Pacific Point ink, I used  Balmy  Blue reinker and by varying the mixture of Frost White Shimmer paint and reinker I was able to get the ombre effect on the sentiment (from Merry Christmas thinlets). The paint was applied using an Aqua painter and when dry the sentiment was adhered to a piece of Vellum over the DSP.

The leaves were die cut from "Rooted from Nature".  Frost White Shimmer paint was added to the leaves with a sponge.  I also added some paint to the die cut tree.

The tree was added to the Joyous Noel DSP banner and the two leaf clusters above and below the Vellum over lay.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  

Ink: Balmy Blue Reinker

Papers: Balmy Blue, Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Joyous Noel DSP, Vellum

Accessories:  Frost White Shimmer Paint, Aqua painter,  ribbon, dimensionals, Merry Christmas Thinlet dies. Nature's Roots Thinlets

Winter Woods with Bokeh Dots

The weather has ben unusually warm for this time of year.  The rain from Hurricane Florence, which is pummelling the Carolinas has not yet reached here.

It's hard to concentrate on Christmas cards when the humidex is in the 30's (C) but I have a craft show coming up as well as an Open House, so I must continue on.

This card is a different take on a Christmas card, as the colors are not traditionally used for this season.

I start with a  card base of Sweet Sugarplum card stock, and layer this with a Whisper White layer upon which a Bokeh dots background had been created.  To do this, 4 different colors of markers were applied to the stamp (Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody, Sweet Sugarplum, and Highland Heather), the stamp was "huffed" and then applied to the Whisper White card stock.  Versa Mark was applied and the background embossed with clear embossing powder.

Two trees were die cut using the "In the Woods" dies.  The smaller tree with the ruffled branches was added to the base tree using small dimensionals, but not before the branches were curled up.  Dazzling diamonds was added along the edges and branches and the tree added to the card front as shown in the picture.

I die cut the word "Merry" using the "Merry Christmas Framelits" using Sparkle glitter paper, and adhered it above the tree,  The word "wishes" is from 

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Brokeh dots,

Inks:  Black Memento, Markers (Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody, Sweet Sugarplum, Highland Heather) Versa Mark

Papers:  Sugarplum, Whisper White, Sparkle glimmer paper

Accessories:  Clear embossing powder, In the Woods framelits, dimensionals, Dazzling diamonds, Merry Christmas Thinlet dies.

Merry Christmas in Winter Woods - Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge #167

This is my first time entering a challenge at Stamp, Ink, Paper.

The challenge this week is to use a large sentiment on my card.  Since I was making cards using the Winter Woods stamp set for a display board for my Open House, I used this card and added one of the new Merry Christmas Thinlet dies on it.

I used the color layering technique to color the trees and I just love the effect.  To do this the Stamparatus is required, as well as a number of different colors of green and brown SU markers. Thanks to Patty Bennett for showing me this technique.

Once the trees were colored, I die cut the word "Merry" from the Christmas Thinlet die collection in gold foil paper and adhered it over top of the trees.  The smaller word "Christmas" is from "Holly Jolly Greetings".  It was gold embossed  and  die cut using a framelit included with the Merry Christmas thinlets.

This 3 3/4 by 5" Whisper White art piece was adhered to a 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Gold Foil card stock, and then added to a Mossy Meadow base.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Winter Woods, Holly Jolly Greetings
Inks:  SU Markers:  Mint Macaron, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Versa Mark
Papers:  Mossy Meadow, Gold Foil, Whisper White
Accessories:  Stamparatus, Merry Christmas Thinlet dies, Gold Embossing Powder