Here’s this week’s canyoucaseit.com challenge…
…and here’s my project.
From the inspiration photo, I used the colors white, red, and gold, as well as the wood. I also used the small square gift and the pine cone.
This card looks more complicated than it is. Each of the elements – the tree, the gifts stacked up in front of the tree, the pinecone that has fallen to the floor, and the embossed sentiment – is really very simple to make.
The Winter Wishes stamp set has some striking images, mostly ways to get around in winter. For today’s card I chose the three other images from the set: pine bough, pine cone, and sentiment.
For the background, I used the Hardwood stamp on Crumb Cake card stock with Early Espresso ink.
For the tree, I stamped the pine bough many times in Whisper White Craft Ink to give the illusion of a Christmas tree. It was more translucent that I wanted, so I sprinkled on some White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat embossed it. Beautiful! It looks like one of those white Christmas trees with “snow” sprayed all over it.
I stamped the pine cone in Early Espresso on a scrap of Kraft card stock, then cut it out with my Paper Snips – the most amazing little paper scissors ever! While I like just the one pine cone that has haphazardly fallen on the floor, I think I’d like to go back and add more. I’d like to see them strewn around the floor and on top of the gifts.
I punched three 1″ squares from Red and Gold Foil Sheets, and attached Gold Cording bows with Glue Dots. (The lighting in the photo makes the two gold gifts look like they’re different colors, but they’re the same.)
I stamped the sentiment on Red Foil Sheet in Versamark ink, then heat embossed in white. It’s very important to use your Embossing buddy, since the powder really likes to cling to the foil sheet. I cut the notches at the ends with the 1″ Square Punch.
I attached all the elements to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I added “lights” to the tree with Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details.
I added layers of Red and Gold Foil Sheets, and adhered the whole thing to a Whisper White Thick Card Stock base. Done!
Here’s what I used. Click on the images below to get your own so you can make this festive card!
Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog
Candy – I love how you say “the card is really easy” and then follow that with “I stamped the teeny-tiny bought seven million times with craft ink”. 🙂 It’s a gorgeous effect – I really love it! You are so talented!
But it really is easy! Ink and stamp in no particular way, just making sure the edge is slanted like a tree. I be it took less than 30 seconds to stamp the tree.
This card is absolutely wonderful! Love how you did the tree–what a clever idea! This is definitely going into my “do not forget to try” stash!
Aw thanks! I’m so glad you like it!
Super cute!!
Beautiful card! I love how you made the tree. You really thought outside the box with that stamp set.
Gorgeous card Candy! Love the hard wood background and fabulous tree! All the foil elements look fantastic. Rochelle