We created this card at the last Holiday Card Making workshop. It is cased from one of Amy Celona's holiday cards. I really liked the torn look and wanted to do a card using it and the Home for Christmas stamp set.

What may not be apparent is the use of clear embossing. The large tree is embossed and so are some of the elements in the image (the wreathe around the door, the small tree, the sled, the lantern, and the circle wreathe on the door).

Unlike the Home for Christmas tunnel card (http://heatherporto.blogspot.com/2008/10/home-for-christams-tunnel-card.html) which was watercolored, this card uses Stampin' Write markers to "color" the stamp image. So basically nothing is colored in, everything is outlined with color instead.

1. Home For Christmas stamp set
2. Lovely as a Tree stamp set
3. Noble Deer stamp set (retired)
4. Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, and Whisper White card stock.
5. Tearing tool.
6. Clear Embossing Powder
7. Heat Gun
8. Stampin' Write Markers
9. Old Olive Classic Ink and Craft Ink
10. SNAIL adhesive
11. Stampin' Dimensionals
12. Versa Mark Pen
    

1. Start with the Kiwi Kiss card. On the card front, stamp the small trees from the Noble Deer set in Old Olive. You can substitute by using the horizontal bunch of trees from the Lovely as a Tree set.
2. Stamp the large tree in Old Olive Craft ink. Cover with clear embossing powder. Shake off excess. Heat with a heat gun.
3. Use the same technique to stamp and create the greeting on Whisper White scrap paper. Then using the tearing tool, tear each side of the greeting scrap paper. Then adhere to a scrap piece of Riding Hood Red. Then tear all the edgets of the red paper (as shown in the image above) - so you have two layers of torn paper for the greeting. Set aside for now.
4. Using the desired Stampin' Write Markers, flip over the Home for Christmas main stamp (show above) and then literally color it with different colored markers -- greens for the wreathe and trees, mustard for the sled and lantern, etc.
5. When you have finished coloring the stamp, stamp on a larger scrap Whisper White piece of paper. Now using the Versa Mark pen, color over some of the image, like the wreathe around the door and small tree, lantern and sled. Then cover with clear embossing powder, shake off excess, and heat. Notice it really brings out the color and shines!
6. Then use the tearing tool to tear all the edges. Adhere to Riding Hood Red paper and again tear all the sides.
7. Adhere to the Kiwi Kiss card front.
8. Adhere the greeting now with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Labels: Cards, STAMPSET-Home for Christmas, STAMPSET-Lovely as a Tree, STAMPSET-Noble Deer, TECHNIQUE-Heat Embossing, TECHNIQUE: Markers

• Lovely as a Tree stamp set
• Noble Deer stamp set (retired, for the pine cones image in the corners)
• Linen background stamp (retired, in its place you can use Canvas)
• Happy Thanksgiving greeting (from a retired stampset, one of the All Year Cheer sets. Any greeting can be used.)
• Chocolate Chip cardstock
• Close to Cocoa cardstock
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• Chocolate Chip Classic Ink
• Chocolate Chip Craft Ink
• Close to Cocoa Classic Ink
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon
• Heat Gun
• SNAIL Adhesive
• Mini Glue Dots
• Stampin' Dimensionals

1. Cut standard card in Chocolate Chip.
2. Stamp horizontal trees stamp in Choc. Chip ink on the bottom of the card front.
3. Cut Very Vanilla as 3.25 x 4.5.
4. Then cut Close to Cocoa piece 1/8 inch shorter.
5. Use the Linen stamp in Close to Cocoa to cover the Close to Cocoa piece of paper.
6. Stamp tree images at the bottom of the Close to Cocoa cardstock, but in Chocolate Chip Classic Ink.
7. Stamp images of the pine cones in the upper corners, also in Chocolate Chip ink and on the piece of paper for the greeting.
8. Now, using Chocolate Chip Craft Ink, stamp 2 large pine trees and the greeting. Then cover in Clear Embossing powder and heat. It looks GREAT.
9. Tie and adhere bow in upper left corner and adhere with Mini Glue Dot.
10. Adhere and assemble the rest of the card with SNAIL adhesive and then with Stampin' Dimensionals on the greeting only.

Labels: Cards, STAMPSET-Lovely as a Tree, STAMPSET-Noble Deer, TECHNIQUE-Watercoloring

• Noble Deer
• Linen background stamp (now retired)

Paper

• Bravo Burgundy
• Watercolor paper
• Chocolate pieces of paper from the Afternoon Tea Designer Series Paper pack (Choc. Chip cardstock could be used instead)

Inks

• Chocolate Chip ink (for the greeting and background on Bravo Burgundy cardstock/card front)

Stampin' Up! Accessories

• Stampin’ Dimensionals
• SNAIL Adhesive
• Vintage Brads
• handheld 1/16” circle punch
• Aqua Painter
• Stampin’ Pastels
• Versa Mark Pad

Non Stampin' Up! Accessories

• Ribbon purchased from Michael’s.

Instructions

1. Stamp the deer/tree image in Versa Mark. Then stamp on Watercolor paper.
2. Use the sponge dauber in a brown color pastel (of your choice) over the deer image. Then use another dauber for greens (a dark green over the trees in the image, lighter green for the grass). Use another dauber for blue (for the clouds).
3. Using that same blue, use the Aqua Painter and literally dip it into the pastel to get some color and then paint on the Watercolor paper near the clouds.
4. You can also do the same with the brown colors for coloring the deer with the pastel with the Aqua Painter.
5. Shake off excess powder/chalk. You can use the eraser that comes with the Stampin’ Pastels if you wish to “clean up” any of the pastels that may have gone outside the “lines”.
6. Finish card with greeting and ribbon. Card Front has Linen stamped in Chocolate Chip over the Bravo Burgundy (very subtle).

Labels: Cards, STAMPSET-Noble Deer, TECHNIQUE-Poppin' Pastels