I hadn't made my Christmas Challenge Card for this week yet with my featured Textured Floral stamp set & dies, and admittedly I was a bit "stumped". The flowers and images in the stamp set just weren't giving me a Christmas vibe, so I turned to the dies.
This die set includes dies that coordinate with all the stamp images, but it also includes 3 dies that create different branches and stems. One of them looked like it might make a perfect Christmas Swag.
To decorate my front door for Christmas I most often use a swag rather than a wreath because it seems to fit my door better. So that's when the lightbulb went off, and I thought I'd create a swag for my Christmas Card.
I chose a couple of different Mossy Meadow patterns from the Season of Green & Gold Designer Series Paper (DSP) and die cut three branches. Then I just adhered them together at the top leaving the rest of the branch floating free.
I felt my swag needed to be set off somehow, so I die cut a window with a Deckled Rectangle Die in another piece of DSP from the same Season of Green & Gold DSP and hung my swag in the window.
To finish the inside of the card I added a strip of Gold Foil matted with Mossy Meadow cardstock. The inside sentiment is from the Very Best Occasions stamp set. If includes a little holly and pine branch to which I added some Old Olive color with my Stampin' Blends.
Use this link to download a tutorial for today's card.
I feel it is good for us to stretch our stamps and dies further and try to use them in a non-expected way -- like making a Christmas card with stamps and dies that definitely were not made for Christmas.
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2024 Fall Mini Item
Reindeer Fun Stamp Set, Item #164167
