Hello everyone! I hope that the past few days have found you happy and surrounded by love! I created a few last minute cards and want to share with you even though the season is past. The layout and design could easily be converted into whatever type card you might want to make…including getting started on next year’s holiday cards!!
Measurements:
- Crumb Cake Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
- Everything else is a die cut!!
Details:
- CASE (copy and share everything). We’ve talked about this recently, it’s perfect for inspiration because, if you are like me, the moment there is any pressure on me, my creativity flies right out of the window! So I save photos of cards I like for future reference and today’s project is based on one of those saved photos!
- I intended to copy this lovely card exactly, but when reading the details of the card’s creation, realized that although the embossed cardstock behind the deer appears to be a soft green (which is what caught my eye), it is actually Very Vanilla. I prefer to create with other neutral colors so I switched gears and just used her lovely card as a jumping off point for mine!
- I used the upcoming rectangles dies to create all of my layers again! I LOVE having rectangle dies! (and ones that are so different from anything else out there on the market)
- Here’s a close up of the large die used for the DSP, the smaller size for the vellum, and the long and skinny one used for the sentiment. They look lovely layered together!
- I inked up a sentiment from the Bring on the Presents stamp set with Versamark Ink and added gold embossing powder and then heat set it with my Heat Tool. Such a classic font!
- I’m enjoying working with patterns that I initially find overwhelmingly busy such as this pattern from the All is Bright DSP pack. I loved how my inspiration card exposed just a bit of it, adding layers really tones it down. I chose to use vellum rather than cover the pattern up completely. I think that all of the gold accents really showcase the beauty of the design.
- A few strategically placed Artisan Pearls and some gorgeous gold metallic twine finish it off perfectly.
- Note: I adhered the vellum to the DSP using glue dots placed underneath the deer so they wouldn’t been seen. I trimmed Stampin’ Dimensionals down and placed them behind the die cut deer to adhere him to the vellum as well as trimmed down Stampin’ Dimensionals behind the greeting to adhere that die cut to the card.
No photo of the inside of the card today as I used simple undecorated white card stock and chose to include a personal message rather than a stamped sentiment.
Thank you for stopping by today! I would love to hear from you and how you celebrated (or not) the holidays!
Blessings!
Supplies (all Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted):
Card Stock: Crumb Cake and Vellum
DSP: All is Bright
Ink: Versamark
Stamps: Bring on the Presents
Dies: Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies, Detailed Deer Thinlits Dies
Tools: Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool Big Shot
Embellishments: Artisan Pearls & retired gold metallic twine
Other: Whisper White Envelope
