Feels Like Frost Acetate Tent Card #2

Oh it had to be done! 

Back to my original idea... with the piece of Feels Like Frost paper that I wish I could just buy a whole 48 sheet pack of...

Just changed up the Mossy Meadow to Pretty Peacock for the stamping of this version... yum! 

Though interestingly virtually everyone - who saw the card in the flesh - thought that the previous version had been stamped in gold ( rather than  Mossy Meadow)

Oh and an In the Woods die cut snow curve at the top instead of the Seasonal Layers scallop top

Simply perfect!

More details on the card recipe etc here...

Feels Like Frost Acetate Tent Card for Fun & Fancy Fold Friday

Knew I had to create an Acetate Tent card the minute I saw the beautiful wintery scene papers in the Feels Like Frost paper pack...

Just don't know why it took me so long to get around to actually making it!!

And here is the original purple snowflake version Jill!!! Which I had to quickly remove as it appears that I just can't do with purple snowflakes... even though they co-ordinated beautifully....

And I did initially mean to use the other scenic piece of paper in the pack... but I had already used it!

Ooh... something else to share that I thought I had already!! Tomorrow then....

Lots of lovely Stampin Up ! products used in the making of this card... including Dashing Deer, Winter Woods and Greatest Part of Christmas stamps with Frosted Frames, Detailed Deer, Seasonal Layers and In The Woods dies... and Feels Like Frost papers (now out of stock in Europe!)

Merry Christmas to You and Yours...

I hope that you all have the loveliest of days... spent with the people most precious to you... doing things special to you all...

We for one will be "en famille complete"... brother over from the US... son back from university... and all of us over at my mum and dads...where I have to pretend that I do know how to operate their oven properly!!

Though I did learn years ago... to take everything for the meal over on trays and in pans etc so I don't need to spend hours searching amongst every cupboard in the house!!!

And I am REALLY hoping to be organised enough this year... and the timings right... for us younger ones to go out and get a lot of fresh air around the Harewood estate!!

So this is the Farmhouse Christmas Box Frame variant I have made for my mother... as she does prefer her neutrals...

Papers flipped to the Grey Granite stars side... And the addition of lots of red gemstones onto the large christmas fir tree at the front... wish I had thought of this detail for the rest... but hey better late than never...

Recipe and more information on the Tutorial for this make can be found here... 

Dashing Deer in the Winter Woods Snowglobe for 3D Thursday

So it appears that a lot of my class ladies love a snowglobe!

So one of these had to be made... 2 versions... one with stamped & die cut trees... the other just with die cut Whisper White trees...

Globe from Hobbycraft (though I can't now find online so maybe they had sold out this year!)... but everything is from Stampin' Up! as usual!

5 Winter Woods die cut trees. Optionally stamped in Mossy Meadow... Die cut...  then scored down the middle... and finally all stuck together on one tree half to form a 3D ( well 5D actually!) tree... finished off by lavishly covered with Tombow glue and glitter...

Tall Dashing Deer deer stuck to one side of the tree using Mini Dimensionals...

And then the short deer stuck to the back on the next side of the tree... virtually a perfect cover up! Couldn't have planned it better myself..

I designed a Tab Stand to stick into the tree whilst assembling... so that the tree could then be stuck onto a 2 1/4" punched circle...which was then stuck with tape to the Globe base (as I discovered that neither Tear & Tape or Cool Melt glue would do the trick on their own!)

And then we covered the top of the disc with Tombow glue and covered it with artificial snow...

And the base covered with 2 Farmhouse Christmas die-cut fences (plus one section from a 3rd fence to get the sizing right)... Simples! Oh and do note that the Farmhouse dies are well reduced ( by 20%) in the Year End Close Out Sale

And another group of very happy ladies! Next year we will attempt one with water!

Lovey Dovey Snowmen Couple In the Woods!

Had to be done whilst the Spirited Snowman were out and I was demonstrating another Bridge U Fold card in classes this week...

Thanks to the lovely and talented Joanna Wragg for some brilliant inspiration... but more on that another day!

Spirited Snowmen comes in both Wood Mount and Clear Mount... and I am loving them!!! Who would have thought...  

Used with In the Woods dies for those "spindly trees" to the left and right...  both cut at the same time... which is a real treat to be able to do... then a sprinkling of Stampin Glitter to finish them off... 

Which co-ordinate with the lovely Winter Woods stamps that I have been using a lot... that also come in clear mount or wood mount...

Bridge U Fold Card tutorial here... And yes the card does fold totally flat to go in an envelope...

Really do think this must still be favourite card fold ever!! In all its versions...

Tranquil Winter Woods Trio #3

Rounding off the trio... another simple share..

So... same card recipe, products and background as per this share... with more product details on this earlier share...

This time I stamped & white embossed the greeting onto the Tranquil Tide mat...

And then hand cut the stamped and sponged glossy card under the trees...

But then I slipped as I stuck it down!! So please ignore this last minute"sticking it down straight issue I had".... I mean can you believe it! And even worse I didn't even realise until I had put everything away... but I know some of you like my "warts and all" shares... so I thought it still worth sharing...

Finished off with a line of Tombow plus Dazzling Diamonds glitter for my snow line....

And ... I have to laugh at myself... as this was meant to be a trio... but just as I was putting everything away... there was just one more thing I had to try!! Which worked really well... so I will be back with another part in the series sometime soon!!!

Tranquil Winter Woods Trio #2

An even simpler version of yesterday's card... so I can explain the background to you... Don't worry... it is only short & sweet!

I have used Glossy card for the white panel ... mainly because... well ... it was out! (as the Whisper White would work well enough... and the Shimmer Paper would be great too..)

I inked up the tree branches with my Tranquil Tide ink pad... and then went over the tree trunks with my Early Espresso marker pen... and then stamped...

As I had used Glossy card.... I then heated the panel with my Heat Gun to dry off the inks... as otherwise I would have ended up with a smudgy mess all over... 

I then masked off the bottom of my tree trunks on the panel... a simple hand cut curve on a piece of paper doing the job...

And lightly sponged Balmy Blue ink to create  my sky

Early Espresso stamped greeting... a bit of gluing and mounting... and the job was done...

Click here to get more information on the product's used... including product pictures and even a video...

And now you know how... do check out yesterday's card with some Dashing Deer to add to to the scene...

Just spot that I had a higher "snow bank" in the Dashing Deer version... which means that the wording is over the trees instead of above as in today's card... 

And I finished off yesterday's with a line of Tombow plus Dazzling Diamonds glitter for my snow line.... which I didn't do on today's to leave simple things as simple as can be! But you can!!

Card Recipe

Card Blank  - Sahara Sand 10.5cm Square Card Blank (US 4 1/4" Square)

Mat  - Tranquil Tide 9.5cm Square (US 3 3/4" Square)

Panel - Glossy White 9cm Square (US 3 1/2" Square)

Tranquil Winter Woods Trio #1

A few simple shares for a few days... with one of my favourite new Autumn Winter stamp sets... Winter Woods.... and one that has been selling really well through my Online Store... definitely my No. 1 Best Seller so far...

And thanks to all of you that mailed me birthday wishes yesterday... it was such a lovely surprise to hear from so many of my blog followers... thank you so much! You made my day all the more special...

So here are all the Winter Woods stamp set images... available in both Wood and Clear Mount

And here are the In The Woods dies...

All together as a bundle with 10% off.. both in Wood and Clear Mount

And here is a Stampin' Up! video on the Winter Woods bundle...

And today I have also used the Dashing Deer stamps and dies... Also available in wood and clear mount - bundled or in the 2 parts... Love this bundle so you will be seeing a lot more of it in the next few weeks and months ahead!

I will be back shortly with more details on how I created the background... but for today... spot the larger deer on the left... I subtly sponged the white die cut area around the antlers with Balmy Blue... and his bottom... so it merged better into that background...

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