Mornin’, y’all – welcome to another edition of the Happy Stampers Blog Hop. It’s color week, and since we’ve opened up to using other challenges to help us with our designs, I bet we’re going to see a lot of fun projects. Be sure to check out all the offerings of the Ladies-Who-Hop!
Check out the colors….
And I found a fun sketch at Sugar Pea Designs! 🙂
Now – before I get to the card, I’ll give you a little peek at what Mr. Finn’s been up to. Just a taste….
…he was hot! I’ll have some more for you tomorrow! 🙂
So, the color scheme really drove me towards the Presents & Pinecones DSP. I know I’ve been using it a lot, but…it’s just so pretty (and it’s part of the buy-three-get-one-free sale)! When I combined it with a sentiment or two from Tin of Tags, and some pine boughs from the Pretty Pines Thinlits, this is what I came up with. Take a look-see:
I started with an Early Espresso card base to compliment the pine cones in the DSP. The first thing I did was to run my panel thru the Holly TIEF, to emboss the actual front of the card base. It added some texture to the card front – and even looks cool from the inside!
The next thing was to SNAIL two panels of the Presents & Pinecones DSP to Cherry Cobbler mats, and then to the card front.
My sentiment, from Tin of Tags, is stamped in Cherry Cobbler on Whisper White. Then I cut it with a Circles Layering Framelits die. I matted the sentiment circle on an Emerald Envy and Mint Macaron scalloped circle mats.
The largest mat under the sentiment is a Delicate White Doily. First I colored it in Cherry Cobbler with a Sponge Brayer – then I cut the Doily with another of the scalloped dies in the Circles Layering Framelits. I SNAILd all the pieces and parts together, and then to the card front.
My embellishment is a couple of Emerald Envy pine boughs cut with the Pretty Pines Thinlits. I also added a shorter Mint Macaron bough and a couple of Cherry Cobbler berries. I used Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue to adhere them to the card front. To finish it off, I added a little bow tied with 3 lengths of Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine. I used Glue Dots to adhere two Mini Pinecones, then topped them with the Cherry Cobbler bow. And that was it for the card front!
On the inside, I stamped a second sentiment from Tin of Tags in Cherry Cobbler on a Whisper White panel. Then, in the bottom corner, I used the berry die from Pretty Pines.
Then I SNAILd the panel to a Cherry Cobbler mat – and the berries got their color! Finally, I SNAILd it into the Early Espresso card base and the card was done.
For my Whisper White Medium Envelope, to compliment the stars in the inside sentiment, I went with the stars image in the Christmas Pines stamp set, stamping it in Cherry Cobbler on the front…
…and added some more Presents & Pinecones DSP to the flap.
Et Voila! This is one of my favorite color combinations for Christmas – and I kind of love how my Doily turned out! Hope you like!
Be sure to check out Tin of Tags if you haven’t – it’s a really great set of sentiments.
Now that you’ve seen my card, please take a little time to visit all the Happy Stampers Team blogs today!
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Have fun on the Hop!
TTFN
Mary
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CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Early Espresso Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
Cherry Cobbler Card Stock: 1 7/8″ x 5 1/4″ (x 2 – mats for front DSP panels); 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for inner liner); Pretty Pines thinlit die cuts
Emerald Envy Card Stock: 2 1/4″ scallop circle (mat for sentiment); Pretty Pines thinlit die cuts
Mint Macaron Card Stock: 2 1/4″ scallop circle (mat for sentiment); Pretty Pines thinlit die cuts
Presents & Pinecones DSP: 1 3/4″ x 5 1/8″ (x 2 – front panels); envelope flap
Whisper White Card Stock: 1 7/8″ scallop circle (front sentiment); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/4″ (inner liner)
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beautiful card Mary, I love that designer paper and Thinlit set and you are making it sing!…
Thanks much, Sandi – it’s one of my very favorite things! 🙂
Oh, love the layering under your sentiment! I was trying to figure out where you got that pretty Cherry Cobbler die cut…brilliant to use a doily and add a little color to it! Pretty, pretty, pretty! And I agree with Finn, enough of this hot weather. I wanted to put my head in the fridge yesterday too! 😉
Tomorrow! The weather man said so, so it’s got to be true! 🙂 Thanks, Amy! 🙂
Mary, I love how you brayered the doily. I kept trying to figure out what it was until I kept on reading! Beautiful layers and of course the pine boughs are my favorites! 🙂
Thanks so much, Jari! 🙂
Beautiful card! I love the doily! You had me stumped there-wasn’t sure how you did it:-) Lol! And Finn is certainly making himself at home!! Cute!!
It was too big and I pondered it for a long time. Then my brain finally kicked in and the Circles Die came to the rescue! Thanks, Elisha! 🙂
Very pretty card.
I think, given my experience with a very smart dog, I might hesitate to point out the fridge to Finn! Just sayin’. 😕
He found it all by himself. Since he “helps” with every single thing! 🙂
Hi Mary, love the sentiment in the center of the card set off by all of your circles. It really pops and makes it feel to festive. Super cute!
Thanks, Kristi – had a bit of a party with the Circles Framelits! 🙂
So pretty, all that layering is gorgeous!
Thanks much, Jaimie! 🙂
Mary, your card is just beautiful. I look forward to your blog every day. – Ellie
I sure do appreciate that, Ellie! Thanks so much! 🙂
Beautiful! Love the pp and colors…heck the overall design is fantastic.
Thanks very much, Jennifer! 🙂