Neutral Noel Suite for As You See It Challenge #382

It's a Fill In the Blank Challenge from As You See It Challenges this week and the blank is all about how many Christmas Cards you've made so far this year. My answer is a bit shocking, I'm afraid... this is my first one!!

Here's the Challenge Banner:

But the Neutral Noel Suite from Stampin' Up! made it a lot of fun! This suite caught my eye right off the bat in the Sept/Dec Mini Catalogue! The suite's colours are all from the Neutral Colour family! And they work so well together! And this Suite also has two Bundles with it: Noel Tidings Bundle with lots of greenery; and Welcome Noel Bundle with homes and trees and decor! It also has some foil DSP, Neutral Noel, and a beautiful Embossing Folder, Softly Woven, four colours of jute, and gold dots embellishments! I used it all! Thanks to our clever Joanne for coming up with this great challenge!

• I started with a regular cardbase of Pecan Pie cardstock, cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4" on the long side.
• I added a layer of the Neutral Noel Specialty DSP, cut at 5 1/4" x 4", followed by another layer of Pecan Pie cardstock, cut at 5" x 3 3/4".
• Using the Noel Tidings dies, I die cut the ovoid shape from Very Vanilla cardstock and ran it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine using the Softly Woven 3D Embossing folder.
• I also die cut the middle-sized house and a deer from Early Espresso cardstock and a large tree and a wreath from Mossy Meadow cardstock. I arranged and adhered those on the ovoid shape using Tombo glue.
• I stamped the larger fir branches (3), berries (6 bunches) and 4 branches in Pecan Pie
• . I die cut them all with the Noel Tidings Dies and assembled and glued them, or used glue dots to arrange them behind the ovoid shape.
• I used Tombo Glue to adhere the Ovoid shape to the card front.
• I stamped the sentiment in Mossy Meadow ink on Very Vanilla and die cut it with the banner die from the Noel Tidings dies. I adhered the banner using Stampin' Dimensionals.
• Finally, I added a bow, made from the Neutrals Jute Combo Pack, and some Gold Adhesive Backed Dots.

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Noel Tidings Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [168449]	Noel Tidings Bundle (English) [168458]	Welcome Noel Bundle (English) [168465]	Neutral Noel 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [168448]	Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161717]
Very Vanilla 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166784]	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686]	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676]	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111]	Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [161665]
Neutrals Jute Combo Pack [168468]	Gold Adhesive Backed Dots [168467]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Softly Woven 3 D Embossing Folder [168466]	Noel Tidings Dies [168457]
Welcome Noel Dies [168464]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Stampin' Seal [152813]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Gears & Textures for As You See It Challenge #381

Our Teamie, Jan, came up with a stunning colour palette for our latest colour challenge! It's unusual, but really grabs your attention! We've allowed an exception for this one colour challenge in that you can feel free to use as much black, white, or metallics along with the challenge colours as you like. Here's the Challenge Banner:

Now, here's how mine turned out, using the Gears & Textures Bundle!

• I started with a Basic Gray card base, cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", and scored at 4 1/4" on the long side.
  
• I cut a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Silver Foil from an old Silver Foil Specialty Pack, and ran it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine with the retired Metal Plate 3D Embossing Folder. It seemed to give the right vibe for this project.
• I cut a 3 1/2" square piece of Basic White cardstock and backed it with a 3 3/4" square piece of Smoky Slate cardstock. I stamped several of the texture stamps from the Gears & Texture stamp set, using Azure Afternoon, Basic Gray and Smoky Slate ink. Then I adhere the two pieces of cardstock together and onto the card front as shown.
• I die cut several of the gears from the 3 colours of cardstock and arranged them as shown in the photo. I used either glue or black mini dimensionals to adhere them to the card.
• For the light bulbs, I die cut the bulbs from Smoky Slate and stamped the elements on them with Basic Gray. I die cut the larger size bulbs from Basic Gray, the glued the smaller bulbs onto them. The wires hanging them were drawn using a ruler and a Stampin' Write marker in Basic Gray.
• I used a silver Adhesive Backed Metallic Gem on the center of the smallest gear in the middle of the lower stack of gears.
• The sentiment is from Nature's Symphony. I stamped it in Azure Afternoon ink on Basic White and trimmed around it, so as to take up as little space as possible, then mounted it with mini dimensionals as well as a strip from the side of the mini dimensionals.
• Enjoy!!

  

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Product List

Gears & Textures Photopolymer Stamp Set [166851]	Gears & Textures Bundle (English) [166854]	Nature's Symphony Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [166919]	Nature's Symphony Bundle (English) [166926]	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [163096]
Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121044]	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131202]	Azure Afternoon 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161719]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165]
Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad [161663]	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113]	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113]	Detail Scissors [170902]	Adhesive Backed Metallic Gems [163780]
Adhesive Backed Metallic Gems [163780]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Gears & Textures Dies [166853]	Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]
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