Christmas Wishes

Here's another card we made at the special weSTAMP Team Founder's Circle.  So simple yet elegant at the same time.
 
The base is Brushed Silver (100712) cut at 4 1/2" x 11" then layered with (oh gosh, either Real Red or Cherry Cobbler).  My cards are on display at the office and I can't tell from the picture!  Either color would be great, just be sure to make the candle the matching color.  :)
 

 
The tops of the candles are punched with the Bird Builder Punch - the under side of the wing with the dip to it.  The flame is also from the Bird Builder Punch (117191).

Place a piece of copy paper or a piece of a large post-it note across the bottom of the front piece of card stock.  Carefully stamp the pine branch from Ornamental Pine onto the post-it and onto the card stock.  Don't worry if the line comes out crooked, you'll be covering it with your Christmas Wishes banner.

Add some bling from Frosted Sequins (135835) a pretty silver bow and you're all set!

Thanks again to my fabulous upline Lorri Heiling for this card kit and for a great day at her house!

Thank you for looking in today.  Have you started making your Christmas Cards yet?

~ Donna

Christmas Wishes

I've been so anxious to get my hands on this stamp set and now I have it, so expect to see a lot of it!  Isn't it a great set - Ornamental Pine (w - 135104 / c - 135107)

 

Actually, this may be the last post for a little bit while I attend to long hours at the office, but I'll still be around, just no time for blogging - at least with my eyes open!

 

The base of this card is Cherry Cobbler, then Early Espresso.  A layer of Whisper White embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder (127821).

 



The stamped layer is 3" x 4 1/2" and matted with Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler - each 1/8" wider than the previous layer.

 

 
I carefully inked just the pine needles with Almost Artichoke and then inked the branch with Early Espresso.  Stamp onto the upper corner, re-ink a bit of the needles and stamp them again coming up from the bottom.

Stamp the pinecone in Early Espresso and then fussy cut with your paper snips to give them some shape and dimension.  Attach to the branch with Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

 
Using a two-way glue pen (100425) I marked a few places on the pinecones and pine needles and sprinkled them with Dazzling Diamonds (133751).

Under the pine layer are two strips from Trim the Tree DSP Stack (135824) from the Holiday Catalog.  Each strip is 1" x 5 3/8" and then matted with a strip 1/8" bigger.

 

Thank you for looking in today.  Watch on Tuesday for the Weekly Specials!  They are always available on my blog - just click on the top bar where it says Weekly Specials.

 

Don't forget to VOTE on Tuesday!!

 

~ Donna