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Don’t Overlook Christmas Layers

September 3, 2020 Leave a Comment

With all the lovely products available in the Stampin’ Up! August to December Mini Catalogue it’s easy to overlook older products. So yesterday when I came across the Christmas Layers Dies I put them on my desk to remind me to use them. Little did I know that would be just the start. By the time I’d finished, I’d used two stamp sets and two sets of dies from the Annual Catalogue.

"Seasons greetings" with a colourful cardinal created using the Toile Christmas Stamp Set with coordinating Christmas Cardinal Dies and Christmas Layers Dies, all from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

CHRISTMAS LAYERS

As I said, this project all started with the Christmas Layers Dies. From the three larger dies in the set I chose the leafy one. Then I attached some Adhesive Sheet to the back of a piece of green foil from the Red & Green Foil Sheets. With that done I die-cut the foil and set it aside.

Next I spent a little while deciding on the background for my card. I tried various colours of cardstock but none of them seemed right. So instead I looked through my stash of Designer Series Paper (DSP). In the end I found the perfect subtle ‘watercolour wash’ background in the Snowflake Splendor pack.

I cut three pieces of the DSP starting with a 2-1/4″ x 6″ piece that I fixed to the flap of a Very Vanilla Medium Envelope with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow). Then with Paper Snips I trimmed the DSP using the edge of the flap as a guide.

The second piece I cut 3/4″ x 4″ and glued that along the bottom of a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Very Vanilla Card. My plan was to use this layer to line my card base.

Finally I cut one last piece of the DSP 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ to use as the background of my design.

Finally, before I finished with my Paper Trimmer, I cut a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Pool Party Card. I’d need this for underneath the background layer, but first I had to do some stamping.

WORDS AND IMAGES

It was at this point I decided to include the large bird from the Toile Christmas Stamp Set.

Using Merry Merlot ink I stamped the bird image onto Thick Very Vanilla Card. Then I cut it out using a coordinating die from the Christmas Cardinal Dies. After that I coloured in the image using Real Red and Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers.

While the Toile Christmas Stamp Set does have sentiments I had something simpler and larger in mind, and I knew exactly where to find it. I wanted the beautiful “Seasons greetings” sentiment from the Peaceful Boughs Stamp Set.

Using VersaMark ink I stamped the sentiment onto the DSP I’d cut for my background layer. Then I sprinkled it with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder and tapped off the excess. After removing some stray specks, I melted the rest of the powder using my Heat Tool set on 2 (high).

"Seasons greetings" with a colourful cardinal created using the Toile Christmas Stamp Set with coordinating Christmas Cardinal Dies and Christmas Layers Dies, all from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

LOVELY LAYERS

Finally I was ready to put all my prepared layers together.

Going back to my Paper Trimmer I began by cutting and scoring a piece of Thick Very Vanilla Card. Then I folded it along the scored line and sharpened the crease with a Bone Folder to create a card base.

Next I used liquid glue to mount the DSP background to the Pool Party cardstock layer. Then I peeled the backing off the Adhesive Sheet on the foil piece before pressing the foil firmly onto the background.

The cardinal came next, attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I attached the assembled layers to the card base with more Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Finally all I had left was to glue the prepared Very Vanilla layer to the inside of the card and my project was complete.

I really love how this project turned out. That delicate DSP background adds interest without overpowering everything else. Then the embossed sentiment and Christmas Layers die-cut piece add a touch of luxury to make this a very special card. I’m so glad I went back to products from the Annual Catalogue for this project.

For some other projects created using the Christmas Layers Dies see these earlier blog posts:

  • Itty Bitty Christmas Sentiments
  • Fun among the mistletoe

Oh, and in case you were wondering, Christmas Day is 16 weeks today.

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" Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Pool Party 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper
Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper
Red & Green Foil Sheets
Red & Green Foil Sheets
Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes
Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes
Toile Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En)
Toile Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En)
Peaceful Boughs Cling Stamp Set (En)
Peaceful Boughs Cling Stamp Set (En)
Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad
Merry Merlot Classic Stampin’ Pad
Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Real Red Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
Mango Melody Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
Versamark Pad
Versamark Pad
Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder
Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
Christmas Layers Dies
Christmas Layers Dies
Christmas Cardinal Dies
Christmas Cardinal Dies
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
Magnetic Cutting Plate
Magnetic Cutting Plate
Paper Snips
Paper Snips
Paper Trimmer
Paper Trimmer
Bone Folder
Bone Folder
Adhesive Sheets
Adhesive Sheets
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stampin’ Dimensionals

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Filed Under: Cards, Christmas Cards Tagged With: bird, Christmas, Christmas Cardinal Dies, Christmas Layers Dies, foil, heat emboss, markers, Peaceful Boughs, Snowflake Splendor DSP, Snowflake Splendor Suite, Stampin' Blends, Toile Christmas

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