12 WEEKS TIL CHRISTMAS COUNDOWN SERIES

     Hello, 

    So I know you might not be ready to face the facts that Christmas is 12 weeks away, but my friends, it is FACT! So Let's get creating now and save the stress that comes with it getting closer. If your like me and love to give handmade gifts to those you love, then this series will be prefect for you, as it will feature many ideas for the gift giving season, and the great part is they are adaptable to what you have in your craftroom. The layouts for cards can be a jump off point to what you want to create, as my style might not be for everyone, but I will have a broad range of Beginner, Avid & Advanced designs to hopefully appeal to you all :) 

    In the 2021 July-Jan Mini Catalogue this Painted Christmas Suite Collection is a fantastic addidion to your craft stash. You can find it on pages 16-19. The delicate detail of the Christmas Pinecone Dies ,the wide variety of sentiment shapes in the Seasonal Labels Dies, and the embellishments in this suite collection will have you set for Christmas Card creating this year. 

From the Painted Christmas Suite : Christmas Season Stamp Set, Christmas to Remember Stamp Set, Seasonal Labels Dies, Christmas Pinecone Dies.   

 Thick Basic White Cardstock Base 5 1/2' x 8 1/2',scored at 4 1/4'.

Garden Green Cardstock 5 1/2' x 4 1/4' - for die cut.

Soft Succulent Shimmer Vellum 5 1/2' x 4 1/4' - for die cut.

Scraps of EarlyEspresso & Soft Suede Cardstock for die cuts. 

Cherry Cobbler Cardstock 3 1/2' x 2 1/4' - for diecut. 

Gold Holly Leaves. 

Brushed Metallic Adhesive - Backed Dots. 

White Embossing Powder & Heat tool. 

Ink: VersaMark.

Instructions to Assemble: With your Cut & Emboss Machine die cut out your pine boughs with the Christmas Pinecone Dies in your Garden Green Cardstock and the Soft Succulent Vellum. Then do the same with the pinecones, the bases you cut out of scraps of Soft Suede Cardstock, and top layers out of scraps of Early Espresso Cardstock. With the Seasonal Labels Dies and your Cherry Cobbler Cardstock diecut your sentiment layer as well. Next choose the greeting you lik from the Christmas to Remember Stamp Set, ink that up in VersaMark and stamp onto your Cherry Cobbler diecut. Sprinkle with the White Embossing Powder, remove the extra powder and heat set your sentiment. On your Thick White Cardstock Base layer your Vellum pine boughs diecut, adhere with Tombow Glue, then offset a bit your Garden Green pine bough diecut right on top of the vellum layer. Apply dimensionals to the back of your Cherry Cobbler sentiment piece and place down centerish over the pine boughs layer.  Let's assemble the pinecones with Tombow Glue adhere the top Early Espresso diecut layers to the Soft Suede base diecuts. To attach use a combination of dimensionals on some to pop up and straight flat lay attach with Stampin' Seal to a few to give them different dimentions on your card front, tuck some under the sentiment if you like, the boughs diecut kind of has natural spaces for them to be placed. with Glue Dots on the backs of the Holly Leaves tuck in behind the sentiment layer where it is pleasing to your eye. To finish take three Brushed Metallic Dots and place randomly on the card front. Decorate your inside and envelope how you wish and your card is ready to send :)  

    I hope you come back weekly to check out the other projects.

Paper Hugs, 

Shanna