Blended Seasons Holly Christmas Card

I'm a big fan of versatillity so I LOVE these new limited-time products: Blended Seasons stamp set and coordinating Stitched Seasons framelit dies.  They cover a myriad of occasions from thank you cards, birthdays and anniversaries to get well and sympathy cards and Christmas!

Colour the images with any medium that takes your fancy.  I've watercoloured, used Stampin' Blends alcohol markers and for this card I used the Stampin' Write Markers.

The limited-time Blended Seasons stamp set and Stitched Seasons dies are perfect for making Christmas cards!

I kept this spare piece for another card

The base card is Granny Apple Green.  I cut into the Whisper White layer with two of the framelits from the Stitched Seasons set and removed the resulting frame shape (which I kept to one side and used in my next Christmas card).

I used the same larger framelit to cut a piece of Poppy Parade which I adhered to the card front, nestled nicely into the empty space to produce one flat layer with two colours.

I stamped the holly image at the top of the smaller white label using Mossy Meadow ink.
I then thoroughly cleaned and dried my stamp and used Mossy Meadow and Poppy Parade Stampin' Write Markers to ink up just one holly cluster which I stamped into one lower corner and then repeated on the other side.

I used Stampin' Write Markers to colour the images in Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade and Mint Macaron and I added a touch of Cherry Cobbler to the berries by squiggling the marker onto an acrylic block and picking up a little on the end of a Blender Pen.

The greeting was stamped with Mossy Meadow ink and then I adhered the decorated label to the card front and added the little red bow. Since I lacked Poppy Parade ribbon, I coloured a length of Whisper White Classic Weave ribbon with Poppy Parade ink and let it dry.

These limited-time products will only be available from 1 to 31 August or while stocks last.  If you'd like to start using them right away - join now and include them in your starter kit!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All products available from my online store (Limited-time products available from 1-31 August 2018 or while stocks last)

Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Many Marvelous Markers

$215.25

Whisper White 3/8" Classic Weave Ribbon

$12.25

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Big Shot

$159.00

Ink It! Stamp It! Design Team Blog Hop: Technique - Embossing Mats

Welcome to the Ink It! Stamp It! Design Team Blog Hop - we hop every month so be sure to pop back and visit us again!  Today our theme is Techniques.

I love learning new techniques - so this is one of my favourite blog hops!  If you also like techniques - you'll want to use the list at the end of this post to click on the name after mine to continue around the hop.  You are currently at my page - Stephanie Fischer, The Crafty Thinker.  

The gorgeous Blended Seasons stamp set & coordinating Stitched Seasons dies
will only be available 1-31 August 2018 or while stocks last

For this project I've used some limited-time products: Blended Season stamp set and the coordinating Stitched Season Framelit dies.  These are currently available to Demonstrators and will be available to our customers from 1 - 31 August while supplies last. 

Anyone who knows me also knows that I love versatility - I like to make sure I get full value from my purchases!  Stampin' up! recently introduced into their range a Big Shot accessory that can add versatility to the dies in our collection.  I'm talking about the Big Shot Embossing Mats.

This technique is much easier to do than to photograph!  I've increased the contrast in the top photograph in an attempt to show the embossing on the card.

Having cut a piece of Shimmery White cardstock to size, I used a little washi tape to position one of the dies on the back of the card and ran it through the Big Shot with the Embossing Mats using the embossing technique shown here.

With the help of the Embossing Mats, this card front is embossed with one of the Stitched Seasons dies

My colour test patch

I then used Soft Sea Foam ink to stamp the floral image which I coloured with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.  The colours I used were: Granny Apple Green Light and Dark, Poppy Parade Light and Dark, Cherry Cobbler Dark, Calypso Coral Dark and Daffodil Delight Dark.  

TIP:  Before I start colouring with alcohol markers, I like to test them on an off-cut of the cardstock that I'm using.

The base card is Poppy Parade with a layer of Granny Apple Green.  Using the coordinating dies, I cut the flourishes from Poppy Parade cardstock and cut the bow twice: once in Granny Apple Green and once in Garden Green and did a little paper piecing.

TIP:  Adding some Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet to the back of the cardstock before cutting intricate pieces makes them much easier to adhere to the project!

If you like the very versatile Blended Seasons stamp set and Stitched Seasons dies (here is a watercoloured card made with the set and in future posts I'll be sharing some Christmas cards), remember they're a limited release so get your order in fast!  If you can't wait until 1st August to get your hands on them, join up as a Demonstrator and you can include them in your kit.

Thank you so much for joining us today and we hope you'll join us again next month when we'll be showcasing the new Holiday Catalogue! 

I'm Stephanie Fischer and to keep hopping around see the list below to see who is up next with another great project.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

Product List - All available in my online store (Limited release products available from 1 to 31 August 2018)

Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

$17.00

Big Shot Embossing Mats

$26.00

Big Shot

$159.00

Blended Seasons pink flowers, grey frame

I'm having lots of fun at the moment with the new, limited-time products: Blended Seasons stamp set and coordinating Stitched Seasons Framelits dies.  They're soooo versatile!!

I've kept this card basic and suitable for any occasion.  In upcoming posts I'll be sharing some Christmas cards that I made with these great products.

As they are limited-time only, they'll be available only from 1 - 31 August or while stocks last.  If you'd like to get them right now - join up and include them in your starter kit.

Limited-time Blended Seasons stamp set & coordinating Stitched Seasons dies
available only from 1-31 August 2018 or while stocks last 

The base card is Flirty Flamingo followed by Basic Gray and Smoky Slate layers with a frame cut from Basic Gray cardstock with two of the framelits.

I cut some of the leaf shapes from Shimmery White cardstock and gave them a quick watercolour with Mint Macaron ink.

The main floral image was stamped onto Shimmery White cardstock with Petal Pink ink and then watercoloured with Petal Pink, Flirty Flamngo and Merry Merlot inks with centres of Crushed Curry and Mango Melody and foliage in Mint Macaron and Shaded Spruce.

I fussy cut the floral image and adhered everything to the card front, finishing with a scattering of Share What you Love Artisan Pearls.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available in my online store (Except for Limited-time products - available from 1 to 31 August 2018 only)

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

$14.75

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Share What You Love Artisan Pearls

$10.50

Big Shot

$159.00