Secrets to Stamping - with Debbie Mageed

Snow is Glistening on the Farmhouse Christmas in the Winter Woods for the Sisterhood

Debbie December 12, 2018 December 11, 2018Christmas, Holiday Cards & Ideas, Sisterhood of Crafters

Wow, Sistah followers, you all really ROCKED my “Stitched Dies” challenge at the Sisterhood of Crafters! AH-MAZ-ING!!! Thank you so much for playing and please know that we loved looking at all of them! Now, we are on to the next – and last – challenge of 2018. Vickie is our host for the “Create a Winter Scene” challenge. I had just seen my first U Fold card a couple of weeks ago and was itching to try one. Once I made the card base, it seems perfect for the great Farmhouse Christmas stamp set. Of course – you know me – why use one stamp set when you can use three! I added the tree from Winter Woods (I love tree stamps!) and a sentiment from Snow is Glistening.

BIG NEWS! We have a new “Sistah” on the design team, Katy McGloin, and not only is she a sister on the design team, she’s also my sister IRL! I hope you will go visit her blog, Just Fun Stamping, because her talent in papercrafting is amazing and her cards as well as 3D creations are very inspiring!

My Secrets to Making This Farmhouse Christmas Project

Farmhouse Christmas is very on trend, you cannot deny that! Everywhere I go, I see red pickup trucks with a Christmas tree in the back. Here are just a couple of photos I took when it started to dawn on me:

The U Fold card base is VERY simple! Mine is a 5″ x 8″ then scored at 1.25″ and 2 1/2″ from both ends of the 8″ side. The piece that goes over the front is whatever width you want and cut to 5″. Once you decorate the panels, simply add liquid glue (or whatever your favorite adhesive is) and attach to the end flaps. EASY!
The retired Candy Cane Lane DSP was perfect for the snowy scene I wanted for the tree background. I cut the DSP (4.75″x4.75″), stamped the tree onto both sides, then trimmed it to fit the inside panels. The center tree was stamped onto WW thick cardstock and cut with its coordinating framelit. I distressed the edges with Mossy Meadow and popped it up with dimensionals.
The other trees from Farmhouse Christmas were stamped and colored with Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends, then the truck was colored with Real Red and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. After finishing, I cut them all with their coordinating framelit dies.
Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from Snow is Glistening to WW thick cardstock that was cut to 3″x5″. It was cut with a stitched edgelit die, then adhered together and onto the card base. Once ready, the two trees were attached to the card and the truck was adhered with dimensionals.

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Product List

Farmhouse Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set [148478] $17.00	Farmhouse Christmas Photopolymer Bundle [149941] $44.00	Winter Woods Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147661] $23.00	Winter Woods Clear-Mount Bundle [149992] $50.25
Snow Is Glistening Photopolymer Stamp Set [149742] $21.00	Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper [141981] $11.00	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.75	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad [147111] $7.50
Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad [147084] $7.50	Farmhouse Framelits Dies [147922] $32.00	In The Woods Framelits Dies [147919] $33.00	Real Red Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends [147935] $9.00
Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack [145058] $9.00	Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack [144601] $9.00

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Snowflake Sentiments Says Seasons Greetings for the Alphabet Challenge

Debbie December 7, 2018 December 7, 2018Alphabet Challenge, Christmas, Holiday Cards & Ideas, Masculine Cards & Ideas

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We are ready for another challenge over at the Alphabet Challenge. Our prompt was “S is for Seasons Greetings.” I wanted to use a stamp set that is in the Annual Catalog, Snowflake Sentiments, with the new Snow is Glistening promotional bundle. I absolutely love large sentiments and Snowflake Sentiments have three! In addition, it has two sentiments that are perfect for the inside of your card, a To: and From:, three snowflakes, and a flourish. That is everything you need for fun and fast holiday cards this season!

My Secrets to Making This Project

Using the Hinge Method on my Stamparatus, I very quickly added the snowflakes at the top edge of my background cardstock. Done!
I took a scrap of Whisper White cardstock, tore it in half to make the snow banks (sorry, they don’t show up too well in the photos!) I sponged a light amount of Sahara Sand onto the torn edges for some definition.
The tree stamp was inked up and then trimmed as close to the stamped image as possible.
The sentiment was inked and cropped then layered onto Tranquil Tide cardstock.
Lastly, the snowflakes were cut from Copper Foil paper. To keep the foil from getting marked up (my Big Shot plates are well used!), I cover the foil with wax paper. Works great!