Tamara's Paper Trail: Christmas Cheer - Stampin' Creative Global Blog Hop

Thursday, November 25, 2021

Christmas Cheer - Stampin' Creative Global Blog Hop

Happy Blog Hop Day!

Each month my friends from around the globe bring you projects around a common theme. The goal is to stretch ourselves creatively (using only current Stampin' Up! products) and to inspire you to do the same! We hope you like what we have to offer. Make sure you leave us a comment - we love the feedback!

This month our theme is "Christmas Cheer". There are SOOOO many ways you can go with that theme. "Christmas Cheer" for me came down to that warm, fuzzy feeling I get during the holidays. That Hallmark vision/feeling of a soft, quiet snowfall on Christmas Eve, all warm and cozy in the glow of the Christmas tree and the fire place, sipping hot chocolate. Heaven. Pure Heaven. It's that feeling that inspired my card. Check it out ....

I just LOVE it! It's EXACTLY the feel I was going for! If you follow me at all on any of my channels you know my favourite colour right now is Evening Evergreen ... and my favourite colour to go with it is Soft Succulent. Those two colours go together BEAUTIFULLY!

To make this card you sponge, sponge, sponge ... but first, layers and dimensions:

Standard Basic White Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Soft Succulent layer - 3 3/4" x 5"

Evening Evergreen layer - 3 1/4" plus 2 ticks x 4 1/2" plus 2 ticks (or in grown-up language, 3 3/8" x 4 5/8")

Basic White Top layer - 3 1/4" x 4 1/2"

Now you need to make a mask for the sponging.

I took a piece of scrap card stock measuring the same as the Basic White layer, 3 1/4" x 4 1/2".

I then grabbed my stitched rectangle framelits and cut a rectangle out of the middle, using the 1 7/8" x 3 1/4" die.

I covered the Basic white layer with my newly made mask, grabbed my Blending Brush and my Soft Succulent ink pad and I sponged my little heart out. I start sponging from the edges in, so that the centre is just slightly coloured. I then go back in over and over and over on the edges, making them darker. The end result is a beautiful ombre look, which mimics then night sky. Love it!

Once the sponging is done I inked up the largest tree from "Evening Elegance" (YAY ME for inking up another un-used set!) in Evening Evergreen ink and stamp it to the left of the sponged rectangle.

The sentiment is also in Evening Evergreen, and is from "Peaceful Cabin". The snowflakes are in Soft Succulent and are also from the "Peaceful Cabin" set.

Some Elegant Faceted Gems finish off the soft look for the card.

I absolutely love it ... and now I want to make it using other colours. Fresh Freesia and Blackberry Bliss, Basic Gray and Smoky Slate, pinks ... blues ... so many options!