Stampin’ Up! Rustic Retreat Birthday Cabin

Happy Tuesday and happy October!  WOWZA – can you even believe that??

This is a big day because, in the world of Stampin’ Up! – like the government! – this is the start of a new year for us!  I want to thank you ALL for such a wonderful 2018-2019!!  Y’all have made so many things possible for me – like a trip to Greece and Maui next summer!! – and helped my little SU! business grow in more ways than I could have imagined – and…I want to thank you for all of that!!  You.  Guys.  Are.  AWESOME!! And we’re going to celebrate some this month! Yes – that was a little foreshadowing! 🙂

Now – my card today is a celebration of….birthdays!  I used the beautiful Rustic Retreat stamp set and some Wrapped in Plaid DSP.  It was a little challenge keeping it from being a Christmas Card.  Take a look-see:

Yeah.  I see it.  Change up that sentiment and….Christmas!  You’re welcome – multi-use card! 😉

The layout for this one is from this week’s CAS(E) This Sketch challenge.

I started with some of the wonderful Wrapped In Plaid DSP and matted it on Shaded Spruce for the card front.

The art is from the Rustic Retreat stamp set and is stamped on Very Vanilla in Early Espresso Ink.  Then I used my Blender Pen to color the image – using ink from the lids of my Shaded Spruce (trees), Soft Suede (log siding), Gray Granite (fireplace), Pool Party (sky), Crumb Cake (ground) and Silvery Shimmer Delicata Ink (roof).

I cut the image with an Ovals Layering Die and adhered it to the card front with Liquid Glue.  Using a Stitched Shapes oval die and a smooth-sided Ovals Layering Die, I made an Early Espresso frame and adhered it – also with Liquid Glue.

My pine elements are from the Beautiful Boughs Die set, cut from Shaded Spruce.  I adhered them to the card front with Liquid Glue – letting them spill off the edge of the card front just a smidge!

I adhered a Tags & Feathers Element tag with Liquid Glue.

Next to the tag is a Linen Thread double-loop bow.  TIP: this bow is only wrapped twice around four fingers and twice around two fingers.  My usual double-loop bows are wrapped four times… 🙂  I adhered the bow with some Liquid Glue.

The sentiment, from Rustic Retreat, is stamped on a strip of Very Vanilla in Cherry Cobbler.  I snipped banner ends and added some Early Espresso faux stitches with a Stampin’ Write Marker.

I added a Shaded Spruce gem from the Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels and the card front was done!

On the inside, I added some Rustic Retreat pine boughs in Shaded Spruce on a Very Vanilla panel, then added a Cherry Cobbler Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewel.

I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Shaded Spruce mat and into my Early Espresso card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got more Rustic Retreat pine boughs on the front….I’m not sure how this card is going to go out, so I didn’t add a jewel yet (if you’re going to hand deliver or put it in a package with a gift, then…by all means – I would absolutely add a Cherry Cobbler Holiday Rhinestone!)…

…and I added more of the Wrapped In Plaid DSP to the envelope flap!

Et Voila!  Plaid.  Cabin.  Pines.  Yup – Rustic Retreat paired with Wrapped In Plaid is a perfect match!  I love this – and love that it can be NOT-Christmas!  I hope you like!

TTFN

M

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Card Cuts Used in This Project:  

Early Espresso Card Stock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card base, scored and folded at 4 1/4″); 3 1/4″ Stitched Shapes oval with 2 3/4″ Layering Oval Die cut from middle (frame)

Shaded Spruce Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); Beautiful Boughs die cuts

Very Vanilla Card Stock: 3 1/4″ Layering Oval die cut (art); 5/8″ x 2 5/8″ (sentiment); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner);

Wrapped in Plaid DSP: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front); envelope flap

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