Friday, September 14, 2018

This Christmas card features the Winter Woods Bundle in the 2018 Holiday catalog from Stampin' Up!.  The card background is sponged with a combo of Pool Party and Balmy Blue inks nd then stamped with trees.  The sentiment and pine tree were stamped with Shaded Spruce ink and then the tree was die cut.  The card was finished by covering all with "snow".   This is an A2 size card.

Material List:
-Stamp Set: Winter Woods, Dotted Stamp for Snow*
-Sentiment Stamp Set:  Timeless Tidings
-Dies:  In the Woods Framelits
-Inks: Shaded Spruce, Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Soft Suede, Versamark
-Cardstock: Shaded Spruce, Whisper White
-Card Base:  Whisper White A2 Card (Folded Size 5-1/2" x 4-1/4")
-Shaded Spruce Bottom Base Mat:  (5-1/4" x 4")
-Whisper White Top Mat:  (5" x 3-3/4")
-Scrap of Whisper White for the Pine Tree
-Other:  White Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool
-Basics: Paper Trimmer, Adhesive Tape Runner, Tombow Glue,   Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Scissors,  Big Shot

Directions:
--Cut all pieces per list.
--Stamp the pine tree from Winter Woods with Shaded Spruce ink on scrap of Whisper White and die cut.
--Sponge the background of the WW top mat with a combination of Pool Party & Balmy Blue inks.
--Then stamp the WW mat with the tree set from Winter Woods with Soft Suede ink & the sentiment from Timeless Tidings with Shaded Spruce ink, as shown
--Apply powder from Embossing Buddy across card front.
-Stamp the "snow" using a dotted stamp* on the top mat & the Pine tree with Versamark ink.. (I also used a wavy stamp that I got in You Are My Anchor Paper Pumpkin kit on the tree - optional.)
--Apply White Embossing Powder and Use Heat Tool to melt the powder.
--Repeat the embossing process if you want additional snow or if you missed any spots.
--Attach White Mat to Shaded Spruce Bottom Mat & then both to the Card Base using tape runner.
--Pop-up the pine tree using dimensionals.

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