Merriest Trees for New at SU

 

Welcome to our December NEW AT SU! Blog Hop! We love to share creative ideas from Stampin' Up! with you. Today we have projects featuring Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla, two neutrals. I'm using Merriest Trees to showcase these colours.

I associate Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake with rustic winter scenes, woolen scarves, mittens and blankets, snow and wooden structures. Cozy feelings. But when I looked over my current cache of products, the best set I had to use for winter was the Merriest Trees bundle. I decided to add the Distressed Gold Specialty paper to the mix as well for the stars and for some contrast and artistic flare.

• The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock. On that is a layer of 5 1/4" x 4" Distressed Gold Specialty Paper centered, and centered on that is a 5" x 3 3/4" Very Vanilla cardstock.
• I die cut the second largest tree section out of Crumb Cake. Then I die cut the tree smallest sections out of Crumb Cake cardstock, Very Vanilla cardstock and the Distressed Gold Specialty paper.
• Mixing and matching as you see above, I constructed 2 trees from the pieces, using dimensionals to add on each successive layer for 3D effect.
• I die cut all the stars from the Distressed Gold and added them to the sky as shown.
• The sentiment, from the Merriest Trees stamp set, was embossed using gold embossing powder on a Very Vanilla flag and mounted on the card front with dimensionals.
• Small gold coloured Blooming Pearls were added as embellishments.

I hope you enjoyed this project made with Merriest Trees Bundle, which you can find on page 12 of the Sept/Dec Mini Catalogue. It's currently out of stock but will be available again the week of Jan. 1st.

Please take a moment to comment at the bottom of this post and let me know how you liked my project or ask me a question about the technique used. Don’t forget to scroll back up and keep hoppin’ with us! – Thank you!

Keep Creating!

Heather Cooper

Please contact your Stampin’ Up! demonstrator if you have any questions or to make a product purchase. If you do not have a demonstrator, I would be happy to answer any questions about products, or the techniques shown here. 

Here's the list of bloggers in our New At SU December Blog Hop to help you keep on track:   

 

Product List

Merriest Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [162043] $34.00	Merriest Trees Bundle (English) [162048] $76.50	Distressed Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [159237] $7.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $13.75	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $14.50
Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $25.00	Blooming Pearls [162238] $11.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $43.00	Merriest Trees Dies [162047] $51.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $175.00	Banners Pick A Punch [153608] $37.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00

Little House Homespun

One of my favourite bits of children's literature is the Little House on the Prairies series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  Not only did I read the books as a child, but I also read them to my girls as they were growing up, and we watched the TV series as well.  It really brought the pioneers' existence to life.  One of my daughters still reads the books from time to time.  I especially loved the Christmas stories because they were so different from our over-the-top celebrations.  Simple but meaningful!

 



















The card I want to share with you today reminds me of Little House on the Prairie.  It has that homespun look to it, probably due to the Fan Fair DSP I used in the background.

 

I designed this card to participate in two challenges. Pals Paper Arts Challenge #146, is a colour challenge using Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake - a very homespun combination in my mind. 

 

 

Then, the Paper Players Challenge #119 is a lovely sketch, and the two just work so nicely together.

 

 







I used the Water Colour Winter stamp set for the main image, but chose to go with crumb cake instead of the red which was too dominant already.  The colour was added with a little splash of Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details. 



The horizontal panel was embossed with one of the Delicate Designs embossing folders and trimmed with 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon in Real Red.  The Very Vanilla panel backing it was punched with the Scallop Trim Border punch.  The vertical flag was scored with the Simply Scored Scoring Tool and sponged with some Crumb Cake ink to bring out the ridges it formed.

I'm quite pleased with the design and hope that the special people that I want to thank with this card will be pleased as well!  Did  you ever read the Little House on the Prairie Series or watch the television show?  Does this card make you think of homespun?  Let me know what you think.  I love to read your comments as they help me to get to know you better!  I feel like I'm communicating with real people and not just nebulous ether waves!  And if you like what you read, won't you join my site?

Excited to hear from all of you!

Stamps:  Watercolor Winter (w129724; c129727), Teeny Tiny Wishes (w115370; c127802)
Paper:  Riding Hood Red (111348), Crumb Cake (120953) and Very Vanilla (101650) card stock; Fan Fair Designer Series Paper(126918)
Ink: Classic Stampin' Pads in Crumb Cake (126975) and Riding Hood Red (126968)
Accessories: Dazzling Details Cherry Cobbler (125585); 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon in Real Red (119251)
Tools:  Delicate Designs embossing folders (127023); Window Frames Framelits Dies (129021); Scallop Trim Border Punch (118402)