Hello. I made 4 monochromatic cards for the August 2020 Christmas Stampathon challenge. I used Stampin' Up's Toile designer series paper (green side), designer paper (unknown from my stash (red), real red/garden green cardstock scraps for the sentiments, Greatest Part of Christmas stamp set, and the Wrapped in Christmas stamp set.
Until next time!
Hi and welcome to my new blog! I am excited to start crafting and to share with you all my creations. I guess as this is my first post I should tell you a little bit about myself. I am Cyndi, married to Mo for 34 years, live in Northern Ontario, Canada and have 1 daughter (Malika). I am a young retired government employee and a stem cell transplant survivor.
What do I like to do besides paper crafting? Well I like to keep busy doing puzzles, reading, and crocheting. However for the past 15 years, my life has been an endless roller coaster ride due to health issues. But my love for crafts remains strong and thanks to a friend I was introduced to Stampin’ Up. I debated for 2 years on becoming a demonstrator and in January I finally jumped at it. Since then I have been having a blast!
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Have fun and enjoy!
Cyndi
Materials:
12 x 12 white cardstock-for main backing (pg 144 annual catalog)
Cherry cobbler base 11 ½ x 11 ½ (pg 144 (12 x 12) annual catalog)
1 piece cherry cobbler 3 ¼ x 7 (from 8 ½ x11 pg 144 annual catalog)
2 pieces cherry cobbler 3 ¼ x 7
1 piece cherry cobbler 3” square
5 pieces shaded spruce cut at by 3 ½ square (8 ½ x11 pg 144 annual catalog)
2 pieces shaded spruce 3 ½ x 7 ¼
3 pieces whisper white 3 ¼ square (8 ½ x11 pg 144 annual catalog)
2 pieces whisper white 3 x 6 ¾
1 piece gold foil 4 ½ x 3 (from stash)
1 piece red foil 3 ¼ square (pg 22 mini catalog)
1 piece green foil 3 ¼ square (pg 22 mini catalog)
2 pieces early espresso cardstock for elk and Merry moose(from 8 1/2 x11 pg 144 annual catalog)
1 Forever Gold Laser Specialty pieces (pg 152 annual catalog)
2 pieces Tis The Season DSP 3” square (pg 31 mini catalog-used front & back))
Whisper white, cherry cobbler, shaded spruce and gold foil scraps
In The Pines stamp set (pg 43 mini catalog)
Poinsettia Petals stamp set (pg 16 mini catalog)
Merry Moose stamp set (pg 27 mini catalog)
Have a Hoot stamp set (pg 62 mini catalog)
Ornamental Envelopes stamp set (pg 40 mini catalog)
Poinsettia dies (pg 16 mini catalog)
North Pole Wonder dies (pg 32 mini catalog)
Sounds of The Season dies (pg 33 mini catalog)
1 7/8 stitched circle die (pg 183 annual catalog)
Plaid Builder dies (ph 174 annual catalog)
Poinsettia dies (pg 16 mini catalog)
Pine Woods dies (pg43 mini catalog)
large stitched rectangle die (pg 183 annual catalog)
Merry Christmas Thinlit dies retired
2” circle punch (pg 165 annual catalog)
Sprig punch (pg 166 annual catalog)
Merry Moose punch (pgb27 mini catalog)
Softly Falling embossing folder (retired)
Evergreen Forest embossing folder (pg 35 mini catalog)
Shaded spruce ink pg 142 annual catalog
Glue dots, dimensional s both mini and standard sizes pg 162 in annual catalog
Wonder of the Season gold ribbon (pg 31 mini catalog)
Red ribbon (retired)
Red cobbler, shaded spruce, dark & light soft suede blends (pg 142 annual catalog)
Gold sequins and rhinestones (pg 156-158 annual catalog)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Tip- make all blocks before adhering them down to cherry cobbler base at the end
Block 1:
Run whisper white 3 ¼ square through plaid builder dies
Run green 3 ¼ square foil piece through plaid builder (save little pieces for another project), and glue to back of white piece aligning it so green stripe slightly shows
Run red 3 1/4 square foil through plaid builder (save little pieces for another project) adhere on top of white square and adhere all on top of a 3 ½ shaded spruce square
Make poinsettia leaves by running green foil scrap through die cut machine with the poinsettia dies
Use remaining 3 ¼ red foil piece to cut out poinsettia flower using the poinsettia dies (tip-align dies in middle of square so you can use the remaining square for block 6)
Pop up poinsettia with dimensional onto bottom left of the plaid square and place green leaves under
Pop this square up on 3 ½ shaded spruce square using dimensionals
Block 2:
Emboss 3 ¼ square whisper white using softly falling embossing folder (retired)
Take scrap whisper white cardstock, stamp trees from In The Pines using shaded spruce ink and cut using pine woods dies
Make a small snow bank out of a scrap white cardstock and adhere along bottom of embossed white square
Glue trees down on top and behind snow bank (saving the larger tree)
Pop large tree to left side of the white square with dimensionals
Wrap gold thread around bottom of white square and tie small bow (adhere down to base so it won’t slide-pg)
Glue all down to a 3 ½ shaded spruce square
Finish off with rhinestones
Block 3:
Take a 3 ¼ square Whisper white and glue down to a 3 ½ shaded spruce square
Take a 3” square of ‘Tis The Season DSP , using wet glue, place the Forever Gold laser-cut specialty paper circle in the middle of red square
Punch a 2” shaded spruce circle and adhere to middle of gold circle
Die cut a 1 7/8 whisper white circle using the stitched dies
Stamp owl holding present from Have a Hoot stamp set onto white circle
Color owl using red cobbler, shaded spruce, light and dark soft suede stampin blends
Pop up onto green circle using dimensionals
Block 4
Take 3 ¼ x 7 cherry cobbler piece and glue to 3 ½ x 7 ¼ shaded spruce rectangle
Take a piece of 3 x 6 ¾ white scrap and place the Envelope dies in middle and cut
On a scrap whisper white stamp the Ornamental Envelopes using shaded spruce ink
On a scrap cherry cobbler, stamp the Ornamental Envelopes using versamark and gold embossing powder-heat and cut using the Envelope dies
Cut Merry Christmas (save word Christmas for block 5)out of a cherry cobbler scrap using the thinlit dies
Take gold threads and tape on back of each of the holes of the white 3 x 6 ¾piece
Weave thread through each hole and bring to top and tape that end to back of white piece
Glue white top of the white piece down
Choose and pop ornaments with dimensionals into coordinating holes on top of the thread making it look like the ornaments are dangling
Angle and glue Merry across the top of the ornaments under the threads
Add gold sequins
Block 5
Using the stitched rectangles dies cut out a 4 x 2 ½ gold rectangle, emboss it with the Evergreen Forest embossing folder (position it so only ½ the trees are showing)
Take a 3 x 6 ¾ whisper white and glue it down on a 3 ¼ x 7 cherry cobbler rectangle and glue those to a 3 ½ x 7 ¼ shaded spruce rectangle
Stamp left top corner with Corner stamp from Ornamental Envelopes stamp set in shaded spruce
Die cut the elk from the North Pole Wonder dies in early espresso
Pop up elk using dimensionals onto the gold rectangle
Glue down the word Christmas across the white rectangle starting at left bottom corner
Add gold sequins
Block 6
Take remainder of the 3 ¼ red foil square used for block 1 and glue it to 3 ½ shaded spruce square
Glue a 3” square piece of DSP on top of the red foil piece
Die cut the small and medium ornaments from Sounds of the Season dies in gold foil scraps
Pop up ornaments on the DSP paper in bottom left corner using dimensional
Make small bows with red ribbon and glue down using glue dots on ornament tops
Add gold sequins
Block 7
Randomly stamp on a 3 ¼ piece of cherry cobbler a leaf from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set and glue down on 3 ½ shaded spruce square
Punch out 2 to cherry cobbler/shaded spruce piece
Punch out a 2” whisper white circle
Punch out 2 gold and 2 shaded spruce sprigs and attach by the base tips to back of white circle
Pop up white circle onto gold circle using dimensionals
Stamp a filled in Merry Moose using early espresso onto a piece of crumb cake and punch out using the Merry Moose punch
Pop up Merry Moose on the white circle
Now to assemble it all!
Glue down the 11 ½ x 11 ½ cherry cobbler base to white base attempting to leave a 1/2 “of white showing.
Glue down block 1 along top edge and ride side of cobbler base
Glue down block 3 to top and along left edge of the cobbler base
Glue down block 4 to bottom and along right edge of cobbler base
Glue down block 7 to bottom and along right edge
Glue block 2 in middle of blocks 1 & 3 trying to evenly place it along top edge of cobbler base
Glue block 5 between blocks 1 & 7 along right edge
Glue block 6 between blocks 4 & 7 along bottom edge
If in doubt and any of my directions don’t make sense, either look at picture or send me a message at craftingwithclm@gmai.com
Until next time!
