I’ll Be Home for Christmas…

Isn’t this the quintessential “I’ll be Home for Christmas” house? I would LOVE to live there! Sadly, I live in Southern California so this is as close to this type of Christmas as I’ll get:)

Measurements:

• Gray Granite Card Base 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″
• DSP Layer 5 1/4″ x 4″
• Cherry Cobbler Layer 4 3/4″ x 3 1/2″
• Stamped Layer 4 1/2″ x 3 1/4″

Details:

• I knew I wanted to color this image so I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink as that will not run when combined with alcohol markers
• Then I jumped in, so excited to color this pretty image! But my coloring attempt was pitiful. Broke out new cardstock, stamped again and colored again. Still pitiful. At that point I knew I needed help so I googled this stamp set and found a colored image that really appealed to me so I stamped another clean image and tried again. This coloring attempt was MUCH better with all of the shadows included. I’m still learning how to add depth to my stamped images!

• I layered this lovely Christmas house image onto Cherry Cobbler card stock, added a layer of white fun foam to the back to add dimension, and then layered THAT on to a lovely pattern from the Festive Farmhouse DSP.  I think the card base in Gray Granite really ties everything together.
• When stamping, I realized that I didn’t leave myself very much room for a sentiment (and the sentiment from this stamp set is AWESOME) so I dug through my stamp sets until I found this itty bitty sentiment in the Wishing You Well stamp set…perfect size!!
• I stamped snowflakes from the retired White Christmas stamp set in Versamark ink to add just a bit of ‘snow’ to my image and then added Wink of Stella to the snowflakes but it’s very hard to see here.
• I layered tiny banners and a Cherry Cobbler bakers twine bow to the right side of my card to add a bit of balance.

• A sentiment from the Merry Christmas to All stamp set was used on the inside of my card and the snowflakes on the envelope are a stamp from the Candy Cane Season stamp set.

Are YOU ready for the holiday? I’m definitely NOT, but I will be very soon!!

Thank you for stopping by today, Blessings!

Supplies:

Card Stock: Gray Granite and Cherry Cobbler by Stampin’ Up! Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink

DSP: Festive Farmhouse by Stampin’ Up!

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Gray Granite

Stamps: I’ll Be Home, Wishing You Well, White Christmas (R), Merry Christmas to All, Candy Cane Season by Stampin’ Up!

Dies:  Envelope Liner Die (R) by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: Stampin’ Trimmer by Stampin’ Up!

Embellishments: Cherry Cobbler Twine from the Festive Farmhouse Cotton Twine bundle by Stampin’ Up!; Wink of Stella

Other: Whisper White Envelope by Stampin’ Up!