Hello Friends!
When do you start your holiday craft planning? Seems like the holidays always sneak up on me. This year, I hope to be a little more ready when the holidays roll around with my crafty gift giving and Christmas cards. So, I’m starting early! I hope my card today inspires you to start your holiday crafting!
Have you had a chance to browse the 2020 Mini Catalog? There’s so much crafty goodness in there that I’d love to get my hands on! The Sweetest Time Bundle jumped right out at me, so my card today will feature this versatile group. You could use this bundle for creating everything from whimsy to elegant designs. My design today used a neat technique – I used gold embossing powder to heat emboss the candles and berries. Below are the measurements and details on this card – I hope it inspires you!
Supplies:
- Stamp Sets: Sweetest Time – 153436
- Inks: Night of Navy – 147110, Versamark – 102283
- Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White Thick – 140272, Whisper White – 100730, Night of Navy – 100867
- Stampin’ Blends: Night of Navy – 154891
- Miscellaneous: Sweetest Borders Dies – 153559, Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper – 152493, Gold Foil Sheets – 132622, Silver Foil Sheets – 132178, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder – 109129, Forever Greenery Combo Pack – 152475, Pearls Basic Jewels – 144219, Multipurpose Glue – 110755, Glue Dots – 103683, Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430, Whisper White Medium Envelopes – 107301, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine – 149653 (Available Sept. 1, 2020)
Measurements:
- Whisper White Thick – 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, Scored at 4 1/4
- Whisper White – 5 1/8 x 3 7/8, 4 3/4 x 3 1/4, 3 3/8 x 2 5/8, 3 x 2 1/2, 2 5/8 x 1/2, Scraps
- Night of Navy – 5 3/8 x 4 1/8, 5 1/4 x 4, 2 3/4 x 5/8
- Gold Foil Sheets- Scraps
- Silver Foil Sheets- 3 1/2 x 2 3/4, Scraps
- Forever Greenery Gold Trim: 47 inches
Instructions:
- Card Base: Score and fold at 4 1/4.
- Stamp the candles with versa mark ink onto a 3 x 2 1/2 inch piece of whisper white card stock . Heat emboss using Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Stamp the leaves onto a 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 whisper white card stock with versa mark ink and heat emboss using Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Stamp berries onto scraps of whisper white card stock using versa mark ink and heat emboss using Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder.
- Stamp ‘Bright & Peaceful’ sentiment using Night of Navy ink onto the 2 5/8 x 1/2 whisper white card stock.
- Stamp ‘all is calm’ sentiment and berries using Night of Navy ink onto the 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 whisper white card stock.
- Fussy cut candles. Temporarily position the embossed candles onto the 3 3/8 x 2 5/8 inch piece of whisper white card stock.
- Stamp the candle flames in versa mark ink onto the 3 3/8 x 2 5/8 inch piece of whisper white card stock. Heat emboss using Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder.
- Die cut 3 each of large and small leaves using scraps of Gold and Silver foil sheets.
- Die cut gold embossed berries.
- Wrap Forever Greenery Gold Trim around Night of Navy 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 card stock layer.
- Adhere layers as follows onto card base: Night of Navy – 5 3/8 x 4 1/8; Whisper White 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 and Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper Panel; Silver Foil Sheet 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 and 3 3/8 x 2 5/8 flame embossed whisper white card stock.
- Adhere embossed candles to flame embossed layer using stampin’ dimensional.
- Arrange the foil die cut leaves and berries. Adhere to candles using glue dots.
- Color the basic Pearl Jewels using the Dark Night of Navy Stampin’ Blends. Arrange on leaves as desired.
- Adhere the 2 3/4 x 5/8 piece of Night of Navy card stock and ‘Bright & Peaceful’ sentiment using multipurpose glue. Adhere to project using stampin’ dimensionals.
- Tie a small bow using Forever Greenery Gold Trim and attach using a glue dot.
- Inside: Adhere the 5 1/4 x 4 Night of Navy and stamped 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 whisper white layer using multipurpose glue.
- Stamp and emboss the envelope.
Friends, I hope I have inspired you today! Thank you for stopping by my blog. If you have any questions on this project or I can help you with anything, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. Have a blessed day!
