Good morning, y’all! Welcome to another edition of the Amy’s Inkin’ Krew Blog Hop – this week’s theme is Elegant Christmas. Amy left that wide-open for us to interpret any way we like. So all the projects should be gorgeous – please do check out all the ladies’ blogs when you get done here!
And – send Happy Birthday thoughts to my mom today! Happy Birthday, Mom! 🙂
For me, anything for and at Christmas is better with pine boughs. I love going to Costco and garden centers at Christmas just to smell the pine. I even bought those Glade air freshener thingys that are pine scented – and plugged them in in my hotel room when I was away in Arizona at the beginning of the year. So when I walked into my room in the evening…I was met with “Christmas”! 🙂
So when I saw “Elegant Christmas”, I knew I was going to have pine boughs. And Elegant sort of immediately made me think of the Annual Catalog set – Embellished Ornaments and the Delicate Ornament Thinlits. Take a look-see:
I started with a panel of Whisper White card stock which I ran thru the Pine Bough TIEF – twice. I moved the panel in the TIEF so that I’d have pretty pine boughs all over the card front. Then I SNAILd it to a Copper Foil mat.
The ornament is two pieces, both cut with the Delicate Ornament Thinlits. The backer is cut with the solid ornament die from Copper Foil. The more intricate top piece is cut from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper. I used Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue to adhere them together. I also cut a Copper Foil ornament top and the small center piece. I used Liquid Glue to adhere them – and I left it to dry while I made dinner. Cuz of how difficult it can be to adhere to Glimmer Paper! When I got back to it, I added a few Pearl Basic Jewels to the center.
I cut a few Garden Green boughs using the Pretty Pines Thinlits and uses a Sponge Dauber to brush them lightly with Whisper White Kraft Ink. I also added some “snow” with a white Gel Pen.
I adhered the longer pine bough to the card front with Liquid Glue, then popped the ornament over that with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added the last two pine boughs with Liquid Glue. Using Glue Dots, I added two Mini Pinecones, and a bow tied with three pieces of Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine.
My sentiment is three die cuts from the Christmas Greetings Thinlits – I cut two in Cherry Cobbler and one in Garden Green and built it up with Liquid Glue, then added it to the card front. And the card front was done! 🙂
On the inside, I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to add the sentiment from Embellished Ornaments in Cherry Cobbler to a Whisper White panel. Then I dry embossed the panel in the Pine Bough TIEF – twice. Using a Sponge Dauber, I brushed the boughs with Garden Green ink.
I SNAILd the panel to a Copper Foil mat and then into my Garden Green card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
For my Whisper White Medium Envelope, I inked the ornament from Embellished Ornaments in Versamark and stamped it on the envelope front, then heat embossed it with Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder…
…and then I embossed the envelope flap in the Pine Bough TIEF and brushed it with Garden Green ink.
Et Voila! Elegant Christmas. On a card! Hope you like!
Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the goodies you need to make this one for yourself!
Now that you’ve seen my project, please take a little time to visit all the Happy Stampers Team blogs today!
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Jari Francis
Amy Koenders
Enjoy the Hop and I’ll see you tomorrow!
Mary
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Stitched Shapes Framelits Die Set and Matching Stamp Set Sale
These are new Circles, Ovals and Squares Framelits – 12 dies in all – that cut your shapes while simultaneously creating a hand-stitched look for your card-making projects! These will be “officially released” in the 2017-2018 annual catalog, but we get to buy them right now!
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Details:
- Stitched Shapes Framelits available beginning today! (will continue to be available through the 2017-18 Annual Catalog!)
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FYI, here are the measurements for the full cutout pieces for the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies:
- Circles:
1-3/8”
1-7/8”
2-3/8”
2-7/8”
- Squares:
1-3/16”
1-5/8”
2-1/8”
2-5/8”
- Ovals:
1-3/4” x 13/16”
2-1/4” x 1-5/16”
2-3/4” x 1-13/16”
3-1/4” x 2-5/16”
The stitched embossing is approximately 1/16” from the edge of the cutout. So the dimensions are approximately 1/8” smaller than the cutouts.
STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:
CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:
Garden Green Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and fold at 5 1/2″); Pretty Pines die cuts; Christmas Greetings die cuts
Copper Foil: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); Delicate Ornaments die cuts
Whisper White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front and inner liner)
Cherry Cobbler Card Stock: Christmas Greetings die cuts
Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper: Delicate Ornaments die cuts
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Now that’s a beauty!! I can almost smell the the pine:-). Happy birthday Mary’s mom – hope your day is special!
Thanks very much, Elisha! 🙂
Oh my goodness Mary, how pretty! I love the sparkly ornament and the copper touches are just perfect! 🙂
Thanks so much, Amy! 🙂
So pretty! Love the treatment to the pine boughs and the extra embossing. Wow, nice. The copper foil is a n elegant accent to the ornament! Happy Birthday, Mary’s Mom😀
Thank you thank you, Jari! 🙂
Thank you so much for the trick to adhering to the foil. I have so much trouble with that. This card is just beautiful. Textures and colors are wonderful!
It can be a bit tricky – it’s the price we pay for the glittery-prettiness of the paper! Thank you very much for the kind words! 🙂
Lovely card, Mary!
And thank you for the birthday wishes! 😃
You’re welcome! Thanks, Mom! 🙂
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, “MOM”…….and many more! Great card this morning…….makes me think that I had better get-in-gear…….the Holidays are sneaking up & will be here before we know it!!
Thanks much, Karen! And yes – amazingly, it’s practically next week! Yikes! 🙂
Mary, another beautiful, elegant card. Happy Birthday and Best Wishes to your Mom. I can tell you get your clever sense of humor from her. Have a great day, you two! – Ellie
Thanks so much, Ellie! And you have a great day, too! 🙂
Thank you all!
That ornament is so elegant!!! And the embossed paper behind it just adds to the effect. So pretty!
Thank you, Jaimie! 🙂