November was a crazy busy month, but I did find time to work with the “Reindeer Days” collection. For this particular card, the “Reindeer Days” DSP and the “Reindeer Fun” Dies did the majority of the heavy lifting. I believe I saw a very similar card on another blog that sparked my inspiration for this sample. My apologies to the original poster as I don’t remember where I viewed the post as it has been awhile.
The folded card base for this card is Real Red. The top “White” layer is thick white card stock. Thicker white card stock was used because of the intricate die that cut out the window. I stamped the greeting from the “Reindeer Fun” stamp set in Real Red. After die cutting the window, I used “Versamark” Ink to stamp the snowflake and dots around the top potion of the card. Then, I added “White Embossing” powder and heat set. After this step, I used a blending brush to add PoolParty ink on the upper portion of this panel. The ink “resists” the areas that were embossed in white. Basically, just wipe away any excess ink and the white areas “pop” out!
Behind this “open window” area, I placed a piece of DSP from the “Reindeer Days” DSP pack. Once I layered the pieces together, the card was complete. Honestly, this was a very simple card to create thanks to the DSP and dies that coordinate with this suite of products! I must say, a super cute and quite EASY card!
This was my first play session with the “Humble Home Bundle”. This bundle has been in and out of stock, but I believe it is due back in stock the week of December 2nd. I’ve had a very busy month of November with two (2) Vendor events and a Holiday Stamp Camp at my home. Basically for me, with Thanksgiving and my events, November has flown by! I made this card for my display board at all of my events.
You can find the “Humble Home Bundle” in the September – December Mini Catalog on p. 46. Punches are so much fun, especially the one in this particular bundle! I tried to keep this card fairly simple with some embossing, dies and the coordinating punch. My color palette was Real Red, Basic White and a touch of Crumb Cake.
I embossed the Basic White layer with the “Snowflake Sky” Embossing Folder, #162026. This item is currently not available, but should be back in stock soon. After stamping the house and punching it out, I used “Stampin’ Blends” to color. I added “Wink of Stella” to the white scalloped edges on the house and roofline for a subtle shimmer. The Real Red die cut circle is from the “Spotlight on Nature” Dies. The Stitched Circle is either from the “Stitched Shaped” Dies (retired) or possibly one of the “Stylish Shapes” Dies.
“Red & White Baker’s Twine” was added to give this card a bit of detail. I also colored several of the larger embossed snowflakes with “Wink of Stella” on the upper portion of the card. Overall, a fairly simple and cute card!
One of my favorite products in the September – December Mini Catalog is the “Winterly Tree Tops” Bundle! Not sure which is my favorite, the stamp set and matching dies, the DSP, or the “Birchwood Embossing Folder”. Plus there are two coordinating embellishments in this “Suite” of products, “Natural Tones Linen Thread” and “Earth Tones Shimmer Gems”.
I just absolutely love how beautiful this card turned out! Basically, this was a “copy and tweak” from an example shown in the September – December Mini Catalog on page 30. I changed base colors and used a different greeting from the stamp set. I decided to shift the layout slightly and added an additional piece of DSP from the “Nests of Winter” patterns.
The bird was actually die cut from one of the DSP patterns. This particular print has two different “bird” groups and there is a coordinating die to cut out both of them! My folded card base was Gray Granite and the other colors used were Pool Party, Shaded Spruce and Cherry Cobbler. One thing to note, I embossed the piece of “wood grain” looking DSP with the “Birchwood 3D Embossing Folder” for some additional texture.
To finish my card, I added three of the “Earth Tone Shimmer Gems” and a simple bow made with the “Cherry Cobbler & Gold 1/4″ Satin Ribbon” found on page 25 of the Mini Catalog. Such a super cute card with the “Winterly Tree Tops” Bundle!
As a friendly reminder to customers, NEW On-line Exclusivesare coming soon! So make sure you check out the Stampin’ Up! website on November 5th to see the NEW products. If you make a purchase, please remember to select me as your demonstrator as I greatly appreciate your business!
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