This is probably my favorite this year --- the beautiful holiday house seen, with a punched window and scalloped roof! Of course it was probably took the longest time to make (LOL).

I colored the stamp with different inks, then used the Versa Mark pen to highlight certain areas, such as the trim around the door, the tree, and the sled, then added Clear Embossing powder and heated. It darkened, highlighted and glossed those areas. Then I embossed the Lovely as a Tree "tree".

I punched the window with the smaller square punch and made the gray frame for the window using both punches. I also stamped the tree on the inside of the card - to show on the inside of the window!

Lastly, the roof was created with several pieces of paper, punched with the Scallop Edge punch.

I can't remember where I purchased this Santa Face from several years ago, but I use it every year. This gift card holder is from Stampin' Up! - it comes pre-scored and punched to hold the card!

Again the Santa Face was used here with the Lovely As A Tree stampset, and the French Script background stamp. Sponging and embossing were also used!

This chocolate nugget box was for another kids craft class! The loved wrapping each of the cholocates with Stampin' Up!'s designer series paper, and coloring the santa card. I wrapped the bow for them (LOL).

Last but not least...this card is simply but elegant. It is done in all Chocolate Chip Craft Ink and embossed. Glitter was added to many parts of the card as well. The technique "Masking" was also used on the center panel to place the baby right above the swirled bottom of the frame. Just be careful with the Craft Ink when creating this card since so much of it was used - it can bet messy (LOL).

Happy stamping and I hope you enjoyed all the holiday sample left-overs!

Labels: Cards, STAMPSET-Baroque Motifs, STAMPSET-Frosty, STAMPSET-Holy Triptych, STAMPSET-Home for Christmas, STAMPSET-Lovely as a Tree, TECHNIQUE-Heat Embossing, TECHNIQUE-Masking, TECHNIQUE-Sponging

• Lovely as a Tree
• Baroque Motifs
• French Script
• Old Olive Craft Ink
• Chocolate Chip Craft Ink
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Heat Gun
• Kiwi Kiss, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Sky Blue, Gold Classic Inks
• Carousel Note
• Large oval punch, small oval punch
• Brayer tool
• Whisper White cardstock
• Chocolate Chip cardstock
• Stampin' Dimensionals
• SNAIL Adhesive

Techniques Used

• Sponging
• Masking
• Heat Embossing

Non-SU Product Used

• Gold Sheer Ribbon

Instructions

1. First you cover the entire Whisper White cardstock with Sky Blue using the Brayer tool.
2. Then roll the Brayer tool in Kiwi Kiss and add a little bit of green to the background as well.
3. Then place the Carousel Note towards the left side of the card where you desire.
4. Then, use Close to Cocoa on a background stamp, I used French Script. And stamp it on the paper....where the Carousel Note is "masking" a good portion of the card (the background will not appear there).
5. Then, with the mask still in place, use Close to Cocoa and sponge around the edges of the Carousel Note.
6. Then I lifted the Carousel Note (no more mask), and stamped Baroque Motif's large swirl in Chocolate Chip ink. Also added a few of the small flowers in the set.
7. In Kiwi Kiss stamped the horizontal layout of trees from Lovely as a Tree along the bottom of the card front.
8. Then stamped the large tree in Kiwi Kiss (see image above for placement).
9. Then again stamped the large tree in Old Olive CRAFT ink. Cover with Clear Embossing Powder and heat.
10. I then stamped "Christmas" in Chocolate Chip CRAFT ink. Cover with Clear Embossing Powder and heat.
11. Then, using the small oval punch, punch a scrap piece of Whisper White. Use the brayer tool with Sky Blue and Kiwi Kiss as described above.
12. Stamp "Merry" in Chocolate Chip CRAFT ink. Cover with Clear Embossing Powder and heat. Then adhere to large oval (punched in Chocolate Chip cardstock/scrap).
13. Adhere greeting to card front using Stampin' Dimensionals.
14. Add gold ink to desired locations - I added it to the "Merry" greeting, towards the top corner, towards the bottom left corner as well.
15. Wrap sheer ribbon around the card front and tie in a knot.
16. Adhere to card using SNAIL adhesive.
17. You're done :)

Happy stampin' and thanks for visiting!

Labels: STAMPSET-Baroque Motifs, STAMPSET-Lovely as a Tree, TECHNIQUE-Brayer, TECHNIQUE-Heat Embossing, TECHNIQUE-Masking, TECHNIQUE-Sponging

• Happy Blessings

• Chocolate Chip Classic
• Riding Hood Red
• Kiwi Kiss
• More Mustard
• Pumpkin Pie
• Really Rust

• Chocolate Chip
• Watercolor paper
• Close to Cocoa
• Brushed Copper

• YoYo Yellow Stampin' Write Marker

1. Stamp with Chocolate Chip ink on the Close to Cocoa cardstock with the pumpkins/stalks stamp.
2. Stamp a greeting in Chocolate Chip on the scrap Watercolor Paper.
3. Stamp two pumpkins in Chocolate Chip on the Watercolor paper. Then stamp two of the same pumpkins on scrap paper and cut them out to use for Masking.
4. Now put the cut-out pumpkins over the stamped pumpkins - this will protect them from other stamped images.
5. Now take the stamp with the pumpkins/stalks and stamp across the paper (at least twice) in Chocolate Chip.
6. Now remove the pieces of scrap. Those pumpkins now appear in "front."
7. Now you can start "coloring" with ink pads and blender pens using Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, and More Mustard.
8. Then use the YoYo Yellow marker to color the sunflowers.
9. Adhere the watercolor main paper on the copper, then adhere to the chocolate.
10. Adhere that panel to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
11. Stamp a sunflower and vine on the greetin as well, and color.
12. Adhere the greeting with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Labels: Cards, STAMPSET-Happy Blessing, TECHNIQUE-Masking, TECHNIQUE-Watercoloring

• Fresh Cut Stamp Set
• Fresh Cut Notes
• Baja Breeze Classic Ink Pad
• White Craft Ink
• Baja Breeze Textured Card Stock
• Baja Breeze Prints Designer Series Paper
• Whisper White Card Stock
• Rhinestone Square Brads (Ice)
• 5-Petal Punch
• Scallop Edge Punch
• Crafter's Kit (piercing tool)
• SNAIL Adhesive

Instructions

1. Cut a piece of textured Baja Breeze card stock for the back (3-1/2 x 4-1/2).
2. Then on the right side use the Scallop Edge border punch.
3. Cut a piece of Baja Breeze Prints Designer Series Paper in a 3x3 square and adhere it to the textured card stock as shown above.
4. Cut the Fresh Cut Notes card to 3-1/4 x 3-1/4. However, to keep flower centered, you have to trim it equally on both the top and bottom (not just to trim from one side). So, in total you trim the right side (leaving and keeping the fold in the Notes card on the left side), then you trim a little on the top and then the same amount on the bottom until the desired 3-1/4 x 3-1/4 is left.
5. Now, we're ready to stamp. Notice the diagonal in blue ink. We used masking to protect some of the card from the blue ink. Using a piece of scrap paper, cover 1/2 the card (on a diagonal). Then using the Baja Breeze Classic Ink pad and the background stamp in the Fresh Cut stamp set, stamp on the lower, left area of the Fresh Cut Notes.
6. I then used the 5-petal flower punch to punch 1 flower in textured Baja Breeze.
7. Then used Craft White ink and rubbed it around the edges of the flower.
8. Using the piercing tool from the Crafter's Kit, pierce a hole in the middle of the flower die-cut, and also in the middle of the punched flower.
9. Place the punched flower behind the die-cut and then place a square blue Rhinestone brad (Ice Collection) thru them both.
10. Adhere the Notes card to the back of the card (over the prints/patterened paper and textured paper as shown above).
11. Now, on the inside of the Notes card, adhere tape to the top and bottom borders --- do NOT tape in the middle or the right --- this is forming the pocket.
12. Then close the Notes card. Now the top and bottom are closed but the pocket (in the middle) is still open.
13. Now cut a piece of 2-3/4 x 3-3/4 in Whisper White to use as your greeting, the piece that will slide in and out of the pocket. NOTE: Your greeting will be written or stamped on the back of the Whisper White paper so it doesn't show thru the die-cut flower!

You can now shop online! You have list of items needed to create this card! Print this page to make it easy to view while placing your order online. (If you already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, please visit their website so they will be credited with your sale.)

Thanks for visiting!

Labels: Cards, Special Fold Cards, STAMPSET-Fresh Cut, TECHNIQUE-Masking

• I traced the die cut flower shape on scrap paper.
• Cut out the image from the scrap paper but a little larger than the traced image.
• I also used a 2nd piece of scrap paper (the tan pieces you see in the image above), because I didn't want the background image to go past a certain area of the card.
• I then inked the background image in Sky Blue and stamped on the card front. Notice the ink that gets on the 2 pieces of scrap (that is not, therefore, on the card front due to the "masking").
• See the next, later post to see how the sample develops.

For an online tutorial of masking, visit:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ee/index.php/resources/tutorials/masking_basic/

For an online tutorial for reverse masking, visit:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ee/index.php/resources/tutorials/masking_reverse_masking/

Labels: Cards, STAMPSET-Fresh Cut, TECHNIQUE-Masking

1. Stamp a large pumpkin, small pumkin, squash, and leaf on a scrap piece of paper. Cut them out. These will be used for "masking".
2. All stamping for the pumkins, leaves, etc. is done with Chocolate Chip ink.
3. Phrase/greeting was stamped in True Thyme (dark green).
4. In the above example, I stamped the center, bottom leaf first. Then to make it appear in front of a large pumpkin, I then used my scrap/mask piece and placed it over the leaf I just stamped. Then I took the large pumpkin and stamped it right over the scrap/mask paper. Now it appears the pumpkin is in back of the leave.
5. Another example, to get the small pumpkin on the left, I then used the scrap/mask piece of paper for the large pumpkin and placed it directly over the stamped large pumpkin. Then using the smaller pumpkin I stamped right on the cardstock and over the scrap. Now the smaller pumpkin appears in back of the large one.
6. Continue this technique to get a layered, dimensional look.
7. I then used the above mentioned inks and blender pens to get the desired watercolor effect.
8. I finished with raising a few of the cut out, extra leaves I stamped (not used for masking) using dimensionals, tied copper cord around the greeting, and we're done.
9. Remember to use Very Vanilla cardstock inside the card so customers and yourself don't have to use/buy a white gel pen to write a message.

ORDERING

If you would like me to make a set of these cards for you, let me know. They are $3.50 each and include envelopes. Minimum of $10 order, so you must order at least 3 cards. Cash or check is accepted. I will soo be setting up a PayPal account as well.

Happy Stampin',

Heather :)

Labels: Cards, STAMPSET-Autumn Harvest, TECHNIQUE-Masking, TECHNIQUE-Watercoloring