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Christmas in July

July 11, 2018 2 Comments

Next week in my regular monthly papercraft class our theme will be Christmas In July and I’ve been putting together some new designs using old, but still available, Stampin’ Up! products.

The first set I grabbed was the Snowflake Sentiments Stamp Set, which has some lovely large sentiments as well as smaller sentiments that could be used on the inside of a card.  It also has some great coordinating images.

One particular sentiment “Wrapped in the warmth of Christmas’ caught my eye and from there the card seemed to design itself.

Christmas card featuring a heavily embossed Cable Knit background, pretty pines die-cut pieces and a sentiment from the Snowflake Sentiments Stamp Set from Stampin' Up!

With the sentiment chosen I stamped it onto a piece of Very Vanilla Card using Merry Merlot ink.  I took it over to my Big Shot and Magnetic Platform and cut it out using the #3 plain-edged die from the Layering Ovals Framelits (counting from the smallest up).  Then I cut a piece of Gold Foil Sheet using the #4 plain-edged die from the same set and set these pieces aside.

Christmas always makes me think of pines swags so I grabbed my Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies.  From Garden Green Card I cut out 2 small and 2 large pine branches, and from Early Espresso Card one of the more solid pinecones with the triangle shaped cutouts.

I assembled the focal piece for my card by attaching the 4 pine branches to the front of the gold foil oval with Mini Glue Dots, trimming the pine branches down with Paper Snips where needed.  The pine cone came next and then the sentiment was added over the top with Stampin’ Dimensionals  On the back of the gold foil oval I attached a folded piece of Night of Navy 1/2″ Gingham Ribbon with a couple of Mini Glue Dots and then set the piece aside.

The word ‘warmth’ in the sentiment immediately made me think of cozy sweaters and of course that meant the Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  I took a layer of Merry Merlot Card and lightly sprayed it with clean water from my Stampin’ Spritzer, placed it inside the embossing folder and ran it through my Big Shot twice on the multipurpose platform with all the tabs open and a single cutting plate (on top of the folder).  I removed the card from the folder and then set it aside to dry while I prepared the card base.

EMBOSSING FOLDER TECHNIQUE

I filmed this short video showing you the differences between the standard and Dynamic embossing folders sold by Stampin’ Up! with some tips and tricks to get the best results from them and prevent the card from cracking.

In the video I use different embossing folders to the Cable Knit embossing folder used on today’s project but the technique is the same.

Back to today’s project…

I cut and scored a piece of Thick Very Vanilla Card, folded it along the scored line and sharpened the crease with a Bone Folder to create my card base.

On a separate layer of Very Vanilla Card I used Merry Merlot ink to stamp the triple snowflake image from the Snowflake Sentiments Stamp Set in the centre towards the top.  This layer was then fixed inside the card base with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow).

To create a coordinating set, the same triple snowflake image was stamped onto the centre of the flap on a Very Vanilla Medium Envelope.

Now that the embossed Merry Merlot layer was no longer damp I used liquid glue to attach it to the front of the card base and fixed the assembled sentiment on top with Stampin’ Dimensionals.  The first sample for my Christmas in July class was done.

 

Close up of Christmas card featuring a heavily embossed Cable Knit background, pretty pines die-cut pieces and a sentiment from the Snowflake Sentiments Stamp Set from Stampin' Up!

Oh my goodness, I’d forgotten how much I love that Cable Kit embossing folder.  It was the very first Dynamic folder I’d purchased and I think it was the first Dynamic design ever sold by Stampin’ Up!  I’m never failed to be amazed by the texture it gives to a plain piece of card.  The combination of the embossing and the rich Merry Merlot color really does give this card a feeling of warmth don’t you think?

Oh and just in case you were wondering, it’s 166 days to Christmas.

Product List

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Garden Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Merry Merlot 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Gold Foil Sheets

Gold Foil Sheets

Medium Very Vanilla Envelopes

Medium Very Vanilla Envelopes

Night Of Navy 1/2" Gingham Ribbon

Night Of Navy 1/2″ Gingham Ribbon

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin’ Pad

Snowflake Sentiments Wood-Mount Stamp Set

Snowflake Sentiments Wood-Mount Stamp Set

Snowflake Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Snowflake Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Big Shot

Big Shot

Big Shot Magnetic Platform

Big Shot Magnetic Platform

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Stampin' Spritzer

Stampin’ Spritzer

Paper Snips Scissors

Paper Snips Scissors

Stampin' Trimmer

Stampin’ Trimmer

Bone Folder

Bone Folder

Glue Dots

Glue Dots

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

Stampin' Dimensionals

Stampin’ Dimensionals

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  1. Geraldine Homenchuk says

    July 11, 2018 at 9:24 am

    Oh how exciting! I’ve been thinking about Christmas cards lately too … and that Merry Merlot c/s looks just great (I only have the ink pad so far) … love both of those (former) “bundles” you’ve worked with too; finding it difficult to even imagine SU coming up with something equally as good with the upcoming holiday catalogue but expect they will too!!! They seem to do it every year, don’t they?!! Your sentiment label (and focal point) looks just perfect against the “knitted” Dynamic embossing folder background. Another fave! Oh, by the way, referencing yesterday’s card project, would it surprise you much at all if I told you that Granny Smiths are my favourite apples? (just had to add that in) — too funny, eh?

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    • Tracy Elsom says

      July 12, 2018 at 8:57 am

      Thank you Geraldine, I do like the Merry Merlot Card. It’s funny after I made the project I looked at it and thought ‘that card colour reminds me of red wine’. Duh!

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