BIRDHOUSE DECORATED FOR CHRISTMAS

Today my two cardinal friends, Carter and Callie, are busy decorating their house for Christmas.

They have added some colorful Christmas Lights from the Reindeer Fun Bundle and decorated their porch with greenery from Season of Gold and Green Designer Series Paper (DSP).

Carter and Callie said that they wanted a unique background for their house, so I obliged by giving them a Faux Leather background.  

This is a fun and interesting technique that after a bit of research I learned can be made many different ways.

I mixed and matched various steps from several different videos I watched to create my own version of the technique.  I think it made a warm and moody faux leather for Carter & Callie's house.

To see how I did it, you can watch the following Learning with Friends video.

Today's card has very little stamping.  The only stamping on the card were the birdhouse and the two sentiments from Peaceful Season.   Carter and Callie and their friend Dee, who is visiting inside of the "house", all came from the Nests of Winter DSP.

The materials to build their house and it's trim are from the Country Woods DSP.

If you would like a detailed tutorial with step-by-step directions use this link to download a PDF.

All the Stampin' Up! products used are listed below.

Product List

Country Birdhouse Bundle (English) [163401]	Peaceful Season Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [164145]	Reindeer Fun Dies [164043]	Golden Greenery Dies [164116]
Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119685]	Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163393]
Nests Of Winter 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [164183]	Season Of Green & Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [164324]	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116]	Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [161665]
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114]	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083]	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [161696]	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [161699]
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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WHITE POINSETTIAS FOR CHRISTMAS

What are your favorite color Poinsettias?  I think when it comes to Poinsettias, I am a bit of a traditionalist so red is still probably my favorite.  But I also gravitate to the white ones.  The red ones may be more traditional, but the white ones are so elegant!

So for my card today, I opted to go with the white ones.  The Season of Elegance Specialty Paper is also, as its name states, very elegant.  I chose to use the Basic Beige version of the Specialty Paper for my card's background, but since it was a Christmas card, I couldn't resist adding a little strip of the Cherry Cobbler version of the Season of Elegance.

This paper is so beautiful that it really was difficult to choose which ones to use.  There are also other color variations.  Click on the image in the Product List below to see them all.

I decided to put my White Poinsetties in a white crate trimmed with gold.  Can you every have too much gold?.  Well, OK, you probably can, but I really like how the little gold brackets dress up my "rustic" crate.

The Poinsettia image was heat embossed with Gold Embossing Power and then only the leaves were colored with Stampin' Blends.  A gold Pastel Sequin was added to the center of each flower.

The sentiment is from the new Peaceful Season stamp set.  This sentiment stamp set is designed so that you can mix and match many of the sentiments to create the message you want.  Check it out in the Product List below.  It's awesome!

I used another sentiment from Peaceful Season for the inside of the card.  A strip of the Season of Elegance Specialty Paper carries the "elegance" from the front into the inside.

Use this link to download a tutorial with all the details.  By using designer series paper and keeping coloring to a minimum (just the leaves), this becomes a quick and easy card.

Reference the Product List below for more details on any item of interest.

Product List

Rustic Crate Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [162265]	Peaceful Season Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [164145]	Rustic Crate Dies [162267]	Unbounded Love Dies [163383]
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953]	Basic Beige 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [164511]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119685]
Season Of Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [164144]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083]
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892]	Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins [160387]	Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [165678]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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