On to my seventh Totally Lovin' Christmas card kit. I loved the Crumb Cake with the white embossing and layout of this sweet card, but I, of course, wanted it larger, and thought a bit more color, dimension, and texture would be good as well.
I checked out several Splitcoaststamper challenges to see what I could do to enter some of the challenges in trying to play challenge catch-up. One Featured Stamper challenge card confirmed more brown tones would probably work well. I added a Soft Suede cardbase and enlarged my card layers. I changed my sentiment layer ink to a darker brown shade and left off the tree panel's corner ribbon...I thought it was too much and liked it more simple!
I wasn't sure how Liz accomplished the snowfall, but I used a sponged-tipped make-up pen in Versamark w/ white embossing, a white gel pen for smaller snow, and added a bit of fine glitter to tree surface. I also thought the tree would be extra pretty if it was layered. I stamped and white embossed two additional trees, fussy cut them (lots of detailed cutting), and popped each layer up, one over the other, using large thick glue dots as I wanted the popping up to be more subtle than using dimensionals.
I was really happy with the layered tree popping...it added so much depth, plus I like the white gel pen and bit of glitter for more texture and sparkle. This was the perfect card to send to my niece in Bend, Oregon where they are sure to see a white Christmas. Take a peek below at my card finished inside and out.
Ingredients: Stampin' Up products-- Cardstock/ Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla. Stamps--Winter Wood (sentiment/ tree) (2019-20 Annual). Dies--Stitched Brightly (embossed boughs-2019 Holiday. Ink/ Soft Suede; Versamark Watermark. Embossing Powder/ White (tree + snow drops). White Gel pen. Punch/ Curvy Corners (retired). Other: Recollections Fine white glitter. Fussy-cutting. 1/2" glue dots (popping tree). Chatterbox verse. Size: 4-3/4 x 6 inches.
