Good Afternoon Everyone
Today I'm taking part in the Stampin For Christmas blog hop, and I wasn't too sure I was going to make it this month. We have just had the Brand New Stampin Up catalogue released and I had ZERO Christmas themed sets, in fact I only got to carry over a handful of sets and nothing immediately jumped out at me as suitable. I did however see two sentiments in the Inspired Thoughts stamp set and the Starlit punch and my idea just kind of evolved from there.
Measurements
Shaded Spruce Card Stock
1pc - 4 1/8" x 11 3/4", scored at 5 7/8"
Basic White Card Stock
1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"
1pc - 3" x 4 1/2"
Cherry Cobbler Card Stock
1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"
Soft Suede Card Stock
1pc - 1/2" x 2 1/2"
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Take the Shaded Spruce card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base. Add the larger piece of Basic White to the inside.
Using Cherry Cobbler ink and the two sentiments from Inspired Thoughts, cover the whole piece of the Cherry Cobbler Card stock to create a tone on tone background. Layer this to the card front.
On the remaining piece of basic white, make a tiny mark half way across the 3" side. You will cut from this point down to corners to create your triangle shape. I place my card into my trimmer making sure the bottom corner and the mark are both in the channel of the track and cut a straight line, repeat the same process for the other side. You could draw a light pencil mark to help guide you if you wanted, and then rub out any of the line that is still there after the cut.
Now, take some of the solid images from Hello Beautiful stamp set, ink up in a selection of Greens and stamp all over the triangle to cover it. I used 1st and 2nd generation stamping (stamping off onto scrap first) to get lots of shades of green. Also stamping over some ink changes the colours slightly, so I overlapped some of my stamping.
The Soft Suede card stock strip will be the truck, so figure out how much you want of it to show at the bottom - add glue to the rest of the length making sure you don't get any on the bit that will be showing and secure behind the triangle. Add the tree to the card front.
Finally, cut out a star using the Starlit Punch and a scrap of Gold Foil and add to the top of the tree.
I hope you enjoyed my card today, Please take a look at the list below and continue through the hop to get some more Christmas themed inspiration
Here's a list of supplies I used in today's project, click on the images to head over to my online store
Product List
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See you soon
Vickie
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Such a lovely, modern card!
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DeleteVery creative things happen if you get out of your comfort zone. TFS!
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