This is the third project we made at the September Stamp Club gathering. I CASEd this card from Sarah Poulton, a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in the UK. It’s a classic easel card, but with a little something extra: there’s a fire in the fireplace.

The sentiment is from the Cozy Christmas stamp set.

The rest of the images are from the Festive Fireplace stamp set, which is available in a Bundle (save 15%!!!) with the Festive Fireside Framelits Dies.

I usually make the standard 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ size card, but this card is 4-1/2″ x 6″ to better accommodate all the different elements. Cut the Cherry Cobbler card base to 4-1/2″ x 12″, and score along the long side at 3″ and 6″. You can create a custom size envelope with the Envelope Punch Board and Neutrals Envelope Paper.

Stamp the brick fireplace surround on Watercolor Paper, color with a Blender Pen and Cajun Craze ink, and cut out with scissors. Cut off the hearth and flip it around – you will use it upside down from the way it looks in the above picture. Lay it on the Crumb Cake layer, trace around the inside, and cut the hole in the Crumb Cake. Now do the same on the bottom half of the front of the Cherry Cobbler card base. Be sure 1) the holes line up, and 2) the holes do not extend up past the fold. We had to cut a little off the top of the fireplace to make sure the inside didn’t extend above the fold in the card base.

Stamp the logs and fire on Vellum Card Stock with Black Staz-on ink (or with Archival Basic Black ink, then set with your Heat Tool.) Color the image with Stampin’ Write Markers. Allow this to dry, or set the ink with the Heat Tool. Be careful just to dry the ink and don’t get the vellum too hot or it can buckle. I hold it at an angle so the light reflects, so I can tell then it’s no longer shiny/wet.

Adhere the vellum to the back of the Crumb Cake layer, with the fire showing in the cut out. Then Adhere the bottom part of this layer to the card base.

For the garland, stamp and cut two extra wreaths, then cut them in half, so you have four pieces. Glue to the top of the Crumb Cake layer, and trim any excess with Craft Scissors or Paper Snips.

Here’s a close up of the fireplace with the card closed. You can barely see the sentiment peeking through the vellum.

Stamp the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive (color the stamp with Stampin’ Write Markers) on Very Vanilla CS, then cut with the Ovals Collections Framelits. Cut a piece of Cherry Cobbler CS with a larger die from the same set. Glue the two pieces together, then attach to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. This provides a stop for the easel.

Now for the piece de resistance. The reason we used vellum inside the fireplace is so we can see the fire. Open the card, tuck the front behind the “rug” to stand it up, and slide a tea light inside.

TIP: We used battery powered tea lights with a flickering amber yellow light, so it would more closely emulate a fire. They’re easy to find – I got these at Amazon.com.

Here’s what we used:

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