Non Traditional Christmas Card

It has been a long time since I've posted as I have been working very hard trying to get all my gifts made. This is my non-traditional Christmas Card using the Frosty Days DS paper. I wasn't quite sure about it in the beginning, but it seems to have grown on me.

This was also the first time I have made an origami tree and decided to teach this at my Hostess Appreciation Nite. The card was a hit!

I cut the top note in Very Vanilla. I stamped the skaters from the Winter Post Stamp set. Watercolour and then masked the skaters and stamped the trees in the background. As I did not have my Lovely as a Tree Stamp set so Iused another tree stamp (I believe it was PSX) I had that was similar. I inked the tree up in Garden Green and then using my Chocolate Chip marker, I drew in the trunk. Gave it a huff and stamped it a few times to give the effect that these trees were further back.

Now to make the origami tree, you need four squares, cut to size as follows:

Folded Tree Directions

You'll need 4 pieces of DSP cut 1 of each size

3"x 3", 2 1/2" x 2 1/2", 2" x 2", 1 1/2" x 1 1/2", and 1" x 1"

Fold them all as follows: Fold in 1/2 open up fold diagonal open fold diagonal other way open up lay flat - now fold in the sides so you have what looks like a triangle fold left and right sides of the triangle in towards the middle -- repeat with other pieces. Stack on top of each other to form the tree.

I then tied a bow at the top.

This is just a close up of the tree.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: PSX Tree, Winter Post
Paper: Tangy Orange cs, Very Vanilla cs, Wild Wasabi textured cs
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Garden Green
Other: Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon, Top Note Die Cut

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful Sunday evening!

~Pat

Lovely as a Tree - Christmas

Yesterday, I did a workshop and I demoed how versatile the Lovely as a Tree stamp set is and made three cards, the make and take being this lovely vintage Christmas card, a masculine birthday card and a feminine birthday card. Did I mention that this was one of my favourite stamp set! I absolutely love it!

See below for the other cards.

I borrowed this card idea and the masculine card from another fellow stamper.

I started with stamping the snowflakes all over the base card in chocolate chip and then added the striped ribbon to the middle of the card.

I stamped the skaters from the Winter Post first using chocolate chip onto Very Vanilla cut with the Top Notch sizzix die. I then stamped the skaters again onto a post it note and cut it out. I placed it over top my skaters to masked it and then stamped my group of trees in chocolate chip over top of the skaters. I then lightly sponged chocolate chip all over as well as edge the top notch piece with chocolate chip. This was then mounted on the riding hood red cs with pop ups.

I stamped the sentiment from Holidays and Wishes stamp set onto a Very Vanilla scrap of cs and punched out using the Key Tag punch, edged it and sponged with chocolate chip, mounted with pop ups.

See below for my other two cards.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Winter Post
Paper: Riding Hood Red cs, Very Vanilla cs,
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Other: striped ribbon, Key Tag punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Lovely as a Tree - His

This is my masculine version using Lovely as a Tree .

I stamped my group of trees in Garden Green onto whisper white and then layered using Prestwick DS. I then sponged the sky with bashful blue to soften the look.

Using the corner punch, I punched all four corners and mounted it onto Night of Navy cs with pop ups. I added silver brads in each corner.

I stamped the birthday sentiment from It's Your Birthday stamp set(retired), in Night of Navy, and then punched it out using the large oval punch. I also punched out garden green oval and layered it with the sentiment and then tied a piece of linen thread around and then mounted the sentiment using pop ups.

Lastly, I layered the night of navy panel onto bashful blue.


Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, It's Your Birthday (retired)
Paper: Whisper White cs, Night ofr Navy cs, Garden Green cs, Brocade Blue cs Prestwick DS
Ink: Night of Navy, Garden Green
Other: silver brads, linen thread

Check out my feminine card below.

Lovely as a Tree - Hers

Here is a feminine card made with my once again favourite stamp set, Lovely as a Tree. Using the group of trees, I stamped in Riding Hood Red onto whisper white. Although you may not be able to see it, I sponged Pink Pirouette around the trees just to take the brightness off and to create a pink sky.

I ripped a piece of ds paper (non SU) - one edge larger than the other and mounted the large one on the bottom and the smaller piece at top.

I then mounted the maine piece onto a Riding Hood Red cs. Tied a knot in the ribbon and wrapped it around the back. I stamped the sentiment onto a little punch in Riding Hood Red and then overstamped it with a leaf in Pink Pirouette. Using a silver cord, I tied it onto the rbibbon.

I then mounted the piece with pop-ups and mounted it on Pink Pirouette, and voila, here is your feminine card!

Enjoy and hope you have a wonderful Sunday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Fancy Expressive Phrases
Papert: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, DS paper (non SU)
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red
Other: silver cord, ribbon (non SU)

~Pat

Winter Post - His

Here is my "His" colour blocking card using Winter Post and Lovely as a Tree.

Using the colours River Rock and Brocade Blue and Les Jardins DS paper, you can totally change the look.

Rather than adding a ribbon to bottom right corner, I stamped the tag and punched out and adhered it to the Brocade Blue piece.

I absolutely love both of these cards!

I'm going to challenge you all to take a stamp set and make a his and hers card. Link your cards to mine, so I can see what you've done!

That is it for me! It's time for bed and have a wonderful evening!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Winter Post

Paper: River Rock cs, Brocade Blue cs, Les Jardins DS

Ink: River Rock, Brocade Blue

Have a wonderful Friday evening and thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat

Winter Post - Hers

This has got to be one of my newest favourite stamps. I have been holding off on purchasing it, but finally gave in when I've seen all the beautiful cards made with it.

Colour blocking is a great way to make monochromatic cards.

I decided to challenge myself by making a his and hers card using the same stamp set but changing the colours. You'll see in my other post the masculine card.

I started out by measuring the middle piece with the group of trees from Lovely as a Tree.

The middle piece actually meaures 2" x 4". I started with the skaters from Winter Post and stamped it in Riding Hood Red Ink. Stamped the skaters again on a post-it note, cut it out and masked the skaters. I then stamped the group of trees using the Pink Pirouette ink. This way, you don't stamp trees over top of your skaters.

Next you cut your pieces for the top and the bottom. The dimensions will depend on where you want to place your middle piece. Using the Pink Pirouette ink, I stamped the reindeer on the top corner right piece and the snowflake on the left corner piece.

I tied a piece of pink taffeta ribbon around the piece on the bottom right corner.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Winter Post
Paper: Pink Pirouette cs, Riding Hood Red cs, Holiday Harmony DS (retired)
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red
Other: Pink Taffetta Ribbon
Have a wonderful Friday evening and thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat

Encouragement

Here is a card I made for a friend who was going through a very rough time in her life and needed a bit of cheering up and encouragement.

I brayered the sky and ground separately and used my favourite stamp set "Lovely as a Tree" and using the mirrored image technique.

The saying was printed on the printer on vellum.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree
Paper: Whisper White CS; Vellum CS
Ink: Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue, Marigold, Yellow
Other: Brads, Brayer, computer generated verse

Thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat