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Friday, August 23, 2024

CHRISTMAS IN THE FOREST

In keeping with my self-imposed challenge to create a Christmas Card with every stamp set that I feature, today I have a Christmas Card for you using the Forever Forest Stamp Set & Dies.

Here in Michigan we associate Christmas with snow. So, for today's card I started by creating a snowy scene on Night of Navy cardstock by heat embossing with white embossing powder. The ground cover was made with a stamp from Art & Texture and the snowy sky was created with a large speckles stamp from Forever Forest.

The White Iridescent ribbon provides a transition between the ground and the sky. Next I die cut a large Night of Navy circle using a Deckled Circles die. This created a background to set off the white trees which were die cut with two of the detailed Forever Forest Dies.

To provide some Christmas sparkle, Iridescent Sequins were added around the trees. The sentiment is from a retired stamp set called Hope & Peace.

For the inside of the card I stamped a portion of the large tree grouping with Night of Navy ink and added a sentiment also from the retired Hope & Peace.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

NORTHERN LIGHTS OVER THE FOREST

Have you ever seen the beautiful Northern Lights? It's been many years since I experienced them in person, but all the recent photos I've seen inspired me to try to create a little of their beauty.

I used the Bouncing Brayer Technique to create my version of the Northern Lights. I know my sky isn't all that realistic of the "real" thing, but it was fun and, I love the way it turned out.

If you aren't familiar with the Bouncing Brayer Technique you can watch the replay of my August 15, 2025, Learning With Friends video.

My first experience with the Bouncing Brayer Technique was more like tiny rolls of the brayer rather than bouncing the brayer. I definitely like the bouncing technique better. It's very easy and makes really interesting backgrounds for your cards.

After making the "Northern Lights" sky, I used a Blending Brush to create some "grass" and then stamped the trees from Forever Forest along the skyline.

I had a little bit of an oops when I was creating the Northern Lights. (If you watch the video you'll know what I did.) But as all paper crafters know most "oops" can be fixed or hidden. I covered my oops with the two larger die cut trees.

I wrapped the scene with Copper Clay Linen Thread from the Natural Tones Linen Thread pack. This pack of Linen Thread will be available in the Fall Mini and includes the colors, Night of Navy, Garden Green and Copper Clay. My favorite thing about Linen Thread is that it is easy to tie and I love that this new offering gives us some colors.

The sentiment is from Layers of Beauty, and after die cutting it with a Layers of Beauty tag die, I tucked it under the Linen Thread.

I had a tiny strip that I trimmed off the bottom of my Technique sheet, so I used it along the bottom of the inside of the card. This "grounds" the stamped pine tree so that it doesn't look like it is floating in space.

Use this link to download a tutorial for today's card. The tutorial also includes a link to the Bouncing Brayer video so you will be able to easily find it when needed.

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Monday, August 19, 2024

FOREVER FOREST SYMPATHY CARD

This week I will be featuring the Forever Forest Stamp Set and Dies, and today's card is a simple Fun Fold.

There are different versions of the Side Step Fun Fold, but this has to be the easiest that I've found. Some require complicated cutting and scoring, but not this one. A big shout out to Connie Stewart from the Creativate Team for showing this simpler version.

I made it even quicker and easier by using the Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper (DSP). The only stamping was the sentiments.

Since the Forever Forest stamp set does not include sentiments, my sentiments are from the Unbounded Beauty Stamp Set from the current catalog. This set has quickly become my go-to sentiment set as it has a great variety of sentiments with coordinating ones for the front and inside of the cards. Check it out by clicking on the image in the Product List below.

This simple version of the Side-Step Fun Fold is actually made with two separate card "bases". For all the details, you can download a copy of my FREE TUTORIAL by using this link.

I know the Fresh Freesia Tree is a bit of a "unique" color for a pine tree but I liked the little pop of color it gave, so I figured "why not"? It's my card, and I can take creative liberties, right?

I made the tree using two layers of cardstock to give it a little extra support where the top extends above the side-step folds. Adhesive sheets are excellent when adhering detailed die cuts like this tree together. But, if you don't have adhesive sheets, you can always use a little sponge to apply Multi-Purpose Glue to one of the layers.

Since there is no "inside" to this card, the backside works great as a place to write your message. I used another strip of the DSP to add a bit of extra decoration, and again the sentiment is from Unbounded Beauty. The die cut tree on the card front adds a little more interest to the back as it is peeking above the fold.

The beautiful Thoughtful Journey DSP is one of the collections that is 15% off during August. This DSP is gorgeous and is wonderful to make quick and simple cards because the scenic designs do most of the work for you. I love it so much I bought a 2nd pack!