Watercolour Die Cuts for Frosted Frames

I've done a lot of Christmas/winter cards now using the Feels Like Frost suite and particularly, the Frosted Foliage dies, but I wanted to show how versatile they were and create a fall look with them. I also needed a last sample for my Watercolour Variety Technique class and I thought of having a watercoloured die cut, either words or a frame! The two purposes melded quite nicely into this project:

• My first step was to take a large 4" x 41/2" piece of Shimmery White cardstock (which is great for watercolouring, unlike Whisper White), and watercolour it in areas with Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie, and Granny Apple Green, fall-like colours. I used an Aqua Painter for this, and squeezed the Classic Stampin' Pads to get some ink in the lids of the pads to pick up with the Aqua painter to do this.
• After applying each colour, I dried the paper using the Heat Tool. Then I applied the next colour.
• I arranged the Frosted Frames die where I wanted on this painted cardstock, eliminating part of the snowflake at the bottom, which then just looks like another type of foliage, and die cut it.
• In the left over bits I die cut the smaller foliage dies. I used these to tuck under or to adorn the sentiment layer.
• The sentiment is from Rooted in Nature and is stamped in Early Espresso ink and die cut with the center stitched label die that coordinates with the frosted foliage frame.
• It's really hard to tell from the photo, but the Early Espresso background is embossed using the Subtles 3D Embossing folder. The card base is Mango Melody.

Starting Nov. 1, you will be able to order from this amazingly gorgeous Christmastime is Here Suite. I just received my preorder of it, which you could get in your started kit if you signed up to be a demonstrator in October, or you could wait until Nov. 1, as a customer. I've seen some amazing stuff on Pinterest with it and I can hardly wait to make some samples to show you!

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Product List

Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set [148217] $57.00	Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101910] $13.50	Mango Melody 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146989] $12.00	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $10.25	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $10.25	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $10.25	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $10.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $10.25
Aqua Painters [103954] $23.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Frosted Frames Dies [150658] $39.00	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $14.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50

Farewell to Lovely As A Tree Part 2

The next card I wanted to show you using the iconic **Lovely As A Tree is a Christmas card. I've used this stamp set so often for holiday greeting cards because the pine tree is so perfect. Here I've created a more rustic looking easel card:

I combined **Lovely As A Tree with the also retiring **Wood Textures Designer Series Paper and the Buffalo Check stamp set for the background and the Shimmery White Embossing Paste for the look you see here.

**These products will be retiring and no longer available in the 2019 - 2020 Annual Catalogue starting June 4, 2019.

Take a closer look.

• The card base is Early Espresso and it is cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and scored at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2". That creates the Easel fold. Then the card front of Real Red stamped in Early Espresso ink using the Buffalo Check background stamp is glued on but glue is only placed on the lower       2 1/4" of the card front so you don't get anything sticky on the top part that isn't glued down to allow the card to bend into the easel shape.
• The pine tree image from **Lovely As A Tree is inked up with Shaded Spruce and Soft Suede Stampin' Write Markers and stamped on a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, along with the sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings in Real Red ink. After being sure the ink is dry, some Shimmery White Embossing Paste is added to the tree and ground in the image and allowed to dry. This Very Vanilla  panel is glued to its backing of **Wood Texture DSP and some Braided Linen trim added, before the whole thing is glued onto the card front.

• On the inside, the sentiment is from the Rooted in Nature stamp set that I once thought might be the replacement set for **Lovely as a Tree. It's stamped in Early Espresso ink. The button is an image from **Lovely As A Tree, inked up with Shaded Spruce and Soft Suede Stampin' Write Markers, on Very Vanilla. It's punched out with the 1" Circle Punch and backed with the smallest Stitched Shapes circle die cut in Real Red. This button is mounted using Stampin' Dimensionals so it will catch  the edge of the upper flap of the card and hold it up in the bent position.

**These products will be retiring and no longer available in the 2019 - 2020 Annual Catalogue starting June 4, 2019.

Here are some more past creations using **Lovely As A Tree (Click on the caption for the link to the original post):

A lovely winterscape

A Fall Peekaboo card

A Valentine with the old oak tree

                            

                            A Rustic Birthday Card

A Split Panel Sympathy Card

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Product List

**Lovely As A Tree Clear-Mount Stamp Set [127793] $27.00	**Lovely As A Tree Wood-Mount Stamp Set [128655] $38.00	Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146482] $57.00	Rooted In Nature Wood-Mount Bundle [148352] $115.00	Itty Bitty Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146667] $49.00
Itty Bitty Greetings Wood-Mount Stamp Set [146664] $65.00	Buffalo Check Wood-Mount Stamp Set [147797] $27.00	Buffalo Check Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147794] $20.00	**Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $15.00	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119686] $11.50
Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $11.50	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $13.25	3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim [147808] $9.50	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.75	Real Red Dark Stampin' Blends [147934] $6.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $10.25	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $40.00	Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [147158] $40.00	Shimmery White Embossing Paste [145645] $12.25	Palette Knives [142808] $6.75
Silicone Craft Sheet [127853] $8.25	1" Circle Punch [119868] $18.00	Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies [148551] $48.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $41.00	**Big Shot [143263] $150.00
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

**These products will be retiring and no longer available in the 2019 - 2020 Annual Catalogue starting June 4, 2019.