As promised, I'm back with another FANTASTIC card using goodies from our new Autumn/Winter Seasonal catalogue (products available from 1st September, get in touch to get your ideas book now!)
So next up is the card we made together while I was visiting the wonderful Monica! This card uses the Ready for Christmas BUNDLE! This 20 piece photopolymer stamp set comes as an amazing value set on it's own, but you can also get it as part of a bundle with co-ordinating Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies and you get to save a whole 10%, allowing you to spend more on other wonderful new products! ;)
How cute is that little dog?! Keep reading for a bit of a tutorial on how we made this card so you can try it out too...
So we started with a Cherry Cobbler card blank measuring 21cm by 15cm. You'll work with the card blank in a portrait orientation. This was scored all the way across at 10.5cm. To make the steps on the right hand side, we cut vertically at 6cm from the top of the card down to 3cm from the bottom (total 12cm) at 7.5cm across the short side. We then scored from the slit to the right edge at the following measurements (from the bottom of the card up) - 3cm, 4.5cm, 7.5cm, you should already have a score mark at 10.5cm, and then the last score at 15cm (to check, this should be 6cm down from the top).
Here's a blank with the measurements on to try to make this a little clearer:
We added papers from the Be Merry Designer Series Paper pack (from the current annual catalogue so available now!) to the sections that would be visible on the front of the card. These measure 7cm x 10cm for the piece behind the stairs, 7cm x 2.5cm for the first step, and 7cm x 4cm for the second step. We used Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue to attach, however, with a few different adhesives to choose from you can use whichever is your favourite.
We actually used two sheets of papers for the two patterns, but as our papers are double sided you could cut these from one sheet and use alternating sides to give the contrast. However, I love how these papers make the paper behind the stairs and tree look like wallpaper, and the diamond lines looks like carpet under the table and the dog!
I've flattened the card out below so you can see how it looks/where to place on the finished card:
The dog, table, cookies, presents, and bauble images from the Ready for Christmas Stamp Set were all stamped on to Whisper White Card using Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad, except for the tree which was stamped using Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad onto Wild Wasabi Cardstock. All the images were then cut out using the co-ordinating Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies using the Big Shot along with the stair case. There is a stamp for the staircase however, we didn't use it for this card. Not sure you can quite see in the photos but the thinlits die actually embosses the panelling under the stairs as well as cutting out the shape!
We coloured the table, cookies, and dog using Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad and Blender Pens. The presents, baubles, dog's jumper, and the tray for the cookies were coloured using Stampin' Write Markers which are available in each of the colour combinations, Brights, Regals, Subtles, Neutrals, or as a complete full set.
If you're interested in increasing your ink pads, refills, and marker collections but limited to funds each month, check back soon for an amazing offer where you can spread the cost and build up your supplies for less!
The dog, table, stairs, and sentiment were then attached to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals and Mini Stampin' Dimensionals! Taking care to only fix the dimensionals to the lower sections of the table and dog so that they stuck to the step but not to the back of the step when it folds down!!! The tree, presents, and baubles were fixed with glue so that the card could fold flat. Due to the height and how we placed the tree, there may be need to make your own envelope to fit the card - but don't worry...there's a board for that - the Envelope Punch Board! Oooh, I almost forgot - the glittery bows on the stairs!! these were cut out of Red Glimmer Paper using the little bow framelit from the set!
And that, as they say, is that!!
We spent a wonderful, fun afternoon making this card and playing with the new products and papers. If you want to see more, get in touch or why not come along to one of my upcoming classes where you too can have a fun few hours releasing your inner creativity!
Jenfie
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NOTE: This card was CASE'd but unfortunately I cannot find the original photo detailing the designer's details, this was not our own design however elements have been done differently to the original such as banister decor placement, colouring of elements, and sentiment position.
