Saturday, October 30, 2021

12 WEEKS TIL CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN SERIES

 

    Hello , 

    Welcome back to Week 9, in the Countdown to Christmas Series. Have you started your cards yet ? It is sneaking up on us quickly. I find it so hard to be a month ahead of myself in making christmas anything really, but this series is forcing me to get my act together :) So Today I have a fun card using the Alcohol Technique and Shimmer Vellum. Its fun the kids could help with this prep work and each card is so uniquely different.


Supply List:

·        Whimsical Trees Stamp Set & Christmas Trees Dies.

·        Christmas to Remember Stamp Set & Seasonal Labels Dies.

·        Ink: Evening Evergreen, VersaMark .

·        White 3/8’ Glittered Organdy Ribbon - 2 ¾’.

·        Wintery 3D (pine boughs) & Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder.

·        Blender Brush & Water Painter Brush.  

·        White Embossing Powder & Heat Gun.

·        2021-2023 In C In Color olor Shimmer Vellum – Evening Evergreen.

·        2021-2023 In Color Jewels

·        Chalk Marker & Wink of Stella Pen.

·        Stampin’ Blend : Evening Evergreen

·        99%  Isopropyl Alcohol.

 

Dimensions:

·        Soft Succulent Card Stock Base Layer  5 ½” x 8 ½ “, scored at 4 ¼".

·        Soft Succulent Layer 5 ¼ “ x 4”.

·        2021-2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum 5 ¼ ” x 4“.

·        Basic White Card Stock 5 1/4 “ x 4” for inside layer

·        Scrap of Basic White for die cut of sentiment. 

 

Instructions:

            Take your Soft Succulent layer piece and insert straight in the Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder, turn through the Cut & Emboss Machine. Using your Chalk Marker & Wink of Stella add some speckling over the tree embossed layer.(To create the speckling, I “flicked” the tip of the Marker and Stella Pen against the inside edge of the cap, and “flicked” outward towards the cardstock) **Make sure to have only this paper piece on the desk at this time as speckle goes everywhere. Adhere this layer down using Stampin’ Seal, to your Soft Succulent Card Stock Base that you have folded in half. 

Next, on our 2021-2023 In Color (Evening Evergreen) Shimmer Vellum piece we will do the Alcohol Technique.
    Step by Step: Using a bit of removable tape secure your vellum sheet to a plastic Ziploc bag on your desk top to protect it.( you can use DSP backing sheets as well.) Begin scribbling randomly with the Evening Evergreen Stampin’ Blend onto the Shimmer side of the In Color Vellum. When you have the desired amount of color scribbles down, put a bit of 99% Isoproply Alcohol in the cap of the bottle, take your Water Painter Brush (empty of all water)  dip into the Alcohol and dab onto the areas you have scribbled. It will start to dilute and run to make a cool design. Set aside to dry.

With Evening Evergreen Ink and the Sentiment from the Christmas to Remember Stamp Set, stamp on to your scrap of Basic White Card Stock, Then die cut out on the Cut & Emboss Machine using the Seasonal Label die that coordinates. Your Vellum Technique piece should be dry, Take tree pattern stamps from the Whimsical Trees Stamp Set and stamp in VersaMark right onto the vellum, Sprinkle with White Embossing Powder and heat set.
 With the Christmas Trees Dies, cut out tree shapes in various sizes with the Cut & Emboss Machine. Apply Dimensionals to the backs of the tree diecuts and layer in the right hand corner of your card front embossed layer. Attach with a strip of Stampin’ Seal on the back side of your sentiment cutout your diagonally end cut White Glittered Organdy Ribbon, then apply Stampin’ Seal to attach whole cutout to your card front.
                     
Decorate with 2021-2023 In Color Jewels in Evening Evergreen.
 For the inside, run just the edge of the Basic White Card Stock thru the Cut & Emboss Machine with the Wintery 3D Embossing Folder (pine boughs). Highlight with a Blender Brush and Evening Evergreen Ink, ever so lightly. 






    Don't you just love this card? The Whimsical Trees Collection  is so much fun to create your own forest of whimsy. I hope this inspires you to give the Alcohol Technique a try and make your own beautiful collection of cards. Drop back in next week to see whats in store for Week 8 :) 

Paper Hugs, 
Shanna  

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