Rococo Rose and Forever Flourishing Christmas

As you've probably noticed with some of my previous posts, I'm enjoying making cards that are non-traditional, regarding color, for Christmas this year. I went a bit further with this card, using the Forever Flourishing Dies for my tree. I chose Rococo Rose solely based on the fact that I LOVE THIS COLOR, but have not used it much at all.  Reason? Unknown. With that, with just starting a project with a color that I hadn't had much experience with, it seemed to open up an avenue of creativity that was very liberating. 

Once I landed on Rococo Rose I decided to go rogue with my Christmas tree and I chose a leaf design from the Forever Flourishing Dies. I cut several sets of leaves and then cut and glued to get my desired full tree. The color for my tree (Mossy Meadow), although fairly traditional, was chosen because of the great color coordination between it and the rose. This particular set of leaves leant the opportunity to add some gold "garland" with the Gold Metallic Trim that is part of a combo pack, Forever Greenery. Of course, after adding the garland I then needed to add some spectacular Christmas balls. What better way to do this, but to use the Gilded Gems (that are GOLD!)?! To accent the tree, in all its glory, I took my Rococo Rose Background, cut it with my Stitched Rectangle Die and then embossed it with my Old World Paper Embossing Folder. I used my new Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, which is absolutely amazing. If you don't have your own die cutting, embossing machine, you should definitely check this one out! It's quiet, precise, and cuts like butter! 

The final touches for my card were the Stitched Oval base for the tree. I stamped on with Early Espresso ink on Soft Suede Cardstock, using the feather stamp in Cherish the Season and a Christmas cardinal flying in to land in my tree of leaves. My sentiment, Thinking of You This Season, is from Winter Woods, stamped in Early Espresso and cut, again, using my Stitched Rectangle Dies.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my project. Have a wonderful day and an even better Holiday Season!

~Tammie

 

Evergreen Forest and Pine Woods are Beautiful Together

 

My recipe for this card is as follows:

Stamps-Curvy Christmas

Card Stock- Sahara Sand- 1 pc. 5 ½” X 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”; 1 pc. 4” X 5 ¼”; 1 pc. 3 ¾” X 1 ½” (cut this pc. with the Stitched Rectangle die measuring approx. 3 3/8” X 1 ¼”.

-  Cherry Cobbler- 1 pc. 4 1/8” X 5 3/8”; 1 pc. 1 3/8” 3 3/8”.

-  Mossy Meadow- 1 pc. 3 ½” X 5” for cutting 3 trees.

Ink- Craft White Ink Pad and Craft White Ink Refill; Cherry Cobbler Ink Pad.

Embossing Folder- Evergreen Forest

Dies- Pine Woods

Embossing Paste- Shimmery White

Palette Knives

Red Rhinestones

Water Painters (or Aqua Painters)

Clear Block to use for ink to splatter

Adhesive- Tombow Multipurpose Glue and Stampin’ Dimensionals (Mini and Regular)

Emboss the 4” X 5 ¼” piece of Sahara Sand Card Stock through your Stamp and Emboss machine using the Evergreen Forest Embossing Folder.

Cut the 3 ¾” X 1 ½” piece of Sahara Sand Card Stock with stitched rectangle die.

Cut the 3 pine trees using the Pine Woods Die.

Using the Craft White ink pad run the above 2 pieces through the ink to get your desired look of a “snowstorm”.

Apply a small squirt (about ¼” glob) of White Craft Ink to stamp block and dilute, slightly, with water from your water/aqua painter.

This next part can get messy so move anything you do not want to have white paint splattered on it. Then, splatter all the above pieces with the diluted paint and water/aqua painter until the desired look is accomplished.

Set all these pieces aside to dry completely. Once dried, using the smallest palette apply the Shimmery White Embossing Paste in small snow-like globs onto the die cut trees. Set aside to dry completely.

Once all pieces are dry stamp the sentiment from Curvy Christmas onto the Sahara Sand “label”. Adhere this piece to the Cherry Cobbler piece.

Layer the embossed Sahara Sand Card Stock onto the Cherry Cobbler Card Stock mat and then apply to card base.

Adhere the 3 trees to the front of card. You can use the mini Stampin’ Dimensionals or Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue or a combination of both.

Layer the sentiment label onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Apply the Red Rhinestones to the trees (when I created this card, I imagined the rhinestones as cardinals sitting among the branches of the pine trees). Then accent your sentiment with a couple more Red Rhinestones.