Good Monday morning, y’all! Another week begins! We got our Christmas tree…half way down this weekend. Too cold to get the big tree box out of the garage store room. So it sits in white-lighted splendor. Nekkid but for the lights. I wish I had room to leave it up all year – I love the lights so much!!
I’ve mentioned that it’s cold. By which I mean ridiculously cold. Unless you’re an Australian Shepherd.
I invited him back in three times. He politely declined! Just sittin’ in the sun, enjoying the day. While mom freezes her hindquarters off (I wish!) trying to get him back in.
“Me. It’s all about me! Even have a picture frame that says so. They love me so much…”
He did finally come in – even a fur-ball finally gets a little chilly!
So ever since our non-snow-lots-of-ice event of 2017, I’ve been thinking on this picture I took.
I wanted to make a card inspired by this icy branch, so…I pulled out the Falling in Love DSP and used the design that is a…well – icy branch! And I embellished it with some Copper embossed Avant Garden (free in the Sale-A-Bration flyer) flowers and a couple of sentiments from Banners for You. Take a look-see:
I used the Freshly Made Sketches challenge for my layout inspiration.
To begin, I cut a small panel of Vellum card stock for my artwork. I rubbed it a bit with my Embossing Buddy, then stamped the Avant Garden flower twice in Versamark. I sprinkled it with Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat embossed the image. I lightly colored the flowers with my Sweet Sugarplum Stampin’ Write Marker, and the leaves with Pear Pizzazz.
I adhered the embossed panel to a piece of Falling In Love DSP – using Liquid Glue only behind the embossed image to hide it. Then I wrapped a piece of Very Vanilla 1/4″ Satin Ribbon around the panel – being sure that the edge of the Vellum was trapped under it. Next came a piece of Blushing Bride 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, with a piece of Very Vanilla 1/2″ Lace Trim over the top, wrapped around the panel and secured in the back with scotch tape.
I SNAILd the whole thing to a mat of Blushing Bride card stock.
My sentiment is from the Banners For You stamp set, stamped in Sweet Sugarplum on a piece of Very Vanilla and cut with a die from the Bunch of Banners Framelits set. I used my Blushing Bride Stampin’ Write Marker to edge the banner, and secured it to the card front with Liquid Glue.
I embellished the sentiment with a Classy Designer Button, adhered with Liquid Glue, and a small bow from Blushing Bride Solid Baker’s Twine. To finish the card front, I added a few Pearl Basic Jewels.
On the inside, I added a second sentiment from Banners for You in Sweet Sugarplum to a Very Vanilla panel. Across the bottom, I stamped a couple of images from the Delicate Details stamp set (also a free Sale-A-Bration item!) in Blushing Bride and Sahara Sand.
I SNAILd the panel to a Blushing Bride mat and into my Sahara Sand card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals, and the card was done!
For my Very Vanilla Medium Envelope, I stamped two more Avant Garden flowers in Sahara Sand on the front. Then I used my Blender Pens to color the flowers with Sweet Sugarplum and Blushing Bride ink, and the leaves with Pear Pizzazz…
…and I added more of the Falling in Love DSP to the envelope flap.
Et Voila! We’ve got some very very pretty stamp sets in the Sale-A-Bration flyer this time, don’t you think? I love the flowers in the Avant Garden set and they go so nicely on the Falling in Love DSP. Hope you like!
Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the products you’ll need to make this one for yourself!
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Tomorrow is another edition of the Amy’s Inkin’ Krew blog hop – this month we’re bringing you projects from the new Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalog! We go live at 8am Eastern – so a little later than normal. 🙂
See y’all tomorrow!
TTFN
Mary
STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:
CARD CUTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:
Sahara Sand Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
Blushing Bride Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)
Very Vanilla Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 4 1/8″ (sentiment panel on front); 5″ x 8″ (inner liner – with Balloon Pop-Up die cut)
Vellum Card Stock: 2 7/8″ x 4 1/8″ (art panel on front)
Falling in Love DSP: 3 7/8″ x 4 1/8″ (card front); envelope flap
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