As I indicated yesterday one of the reasons I was immediately attracted to this Delicate Forest Bundle was because of the beautiful dies. Today's card uses the largest of the dies.
I created the die cut from a piece of the gorgeous Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper (DSP). Doesn't this die look like a trellis covered with pretty greenery? The beautiful scene on the other side of the trellis is also from the Meandering Meadows DSP. I think it looks like the perfect place for a picnic, doesn't it?
This stamp set also includes beautiful sentiments of encouragement, and the dies include dies that perfectly die cut the sentiments. This sentiment seems perfect for someone who has been going through a difficult time, but they are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
When you have designer series paper that is so pretty, you don't really need much else. The only embellishments I added were the little gold bow and a gold Blooming Pearl on the sentiment. This was an extremely quick and easy card to make, but I think it will make someone smile.
For the inside of the card I added a strip of the pretty scenic DSP that was leftover once I cut the piece for the card front. This leaves lots of room to either add a sentiment later or to write a personal note.
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Last week on Learning with Friends I shared the Technique on how to make this Braid Fun Fold. The fun fold is what provides the interest to today's Christmas card featuring the Regal Reindeer Bundle.
I mainly purchased this bundle because of these 3 trees. I was searching for a pine tree/Christmas tree in my stash of current stamp sets and discovered that I didn't really have any! But after playing with the Reindeer and other critters on Monday, I've really been having fun with those!
However, since I mainly purchased the bundle for the trees, I thought it was time to use them, and they, along with the little girl, fit perfectly on this fun fold.
The braided fold of the card is the eye catcher, so I wanted to keep the rest of the card relatively simple and it doesn't get much easier than stamping and die cutting with coordinating dies.
The Braid looks more difficult than it is. But also, some things are easier to show how to do than to explain in words, so I hope the video is helpful. If you missed Learning with Friends last week, you can always watch this replay on my YouTube Channel.
The background for the trees is Very Vanilla cardstock. I tore a couple of strips at the bottom to add some "snow drifts". After adhering them to the Very Vanilla, I used the Snowflake Sky 3D embossing folder to give it lots of texture. I had only glued down the bottom edges of the snow drifts, so after embossing it I used my finger nail to lift and rough up the edges.
I found some retired metallic star embellishments in my stash, so I added two of them to the top of two of the trees. The little girl is holding the 3rd one and ready to put it on the remaining tree.
To finish the inside, I added a strip of the same Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper (DSP) that I used for the trees to the bottom of the Very Vanilla cardstock. The sentiment is from Regal Reindeer stamp set.
You can also see that a piece of the same DSP was used to cover the envelop flap. No Naked envelopes!
A list of Products used is shown below. For more information on any items, just click on the image and it will take you to my Stampin' Up! store where you can see more details or purchase.
