Hi Friends!
I have quite a few favorite items in our Holiday Catalog (the
Cat Punch is my absolute favorite but I already used that for our last
challenge:-)) so I decided to incorporate four other favorite items- the Quilt
Builder Framelits™ Dies, the Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper, the Swirly
Snowflake Thinlits™ Dies and the Musical Season Stamp Set.
I also incorporated the Just Add Ink #380 Sketch Challenge
into the design and am linking to the International Art & Soul #18 "Monochromatic" Challenge as well as the Simon Says Wednesday “Christmas”Challenge and the Little Red Wagon #414 "Classic Black and White" Challenge.
If you have not had a chance to stop by the SU-Only
Challenge site to check out the rest of the Design Team projects or the other
challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!
1). Using the Big Shot™ with the Softly Falling Textured
Impressions™ Embossing Folder, emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim
and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim and mount onto the Extra
Thick Whisper White card base.
2). Trim a piece of Merry Music Specialty DSP for the vertical
panel and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim close to the edge
and mount into the card front per the JAI sketch.
3). Use the Big Shot™ with the Quilt Builder Framelits™ and
die cut two quilt images from the Merry Music DSP and one from Basic Black
cardstock and also cut the background square from Basic Black cardstock.
***FYI **** Glad® Press ‘n Seal® (PNS) works wonderfully to hold all of the quilt die
pieces together as you build your quilt.
Once I die cut the quilt, I put the sticky side of the PNS on the cut
side of the die and make sure all of the pieces are adhered to the PNS before I
“pop” out the quilt from the die. To
arrange the pieces, just peel off each piece of the PNS and adhere to the quilt
(I also used Two Way Glue to adhere the pieces to the quilt frame).
4). Die cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the large
snowflake border die from the Swirly Snowflake Thinlits™ Dies, trim off a
snowflake and tuck under the vertical panel on the card front before mounting
the layered quilt with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.
5). De-static a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the
Embossing Buddy®, ink the sentiment from the Musical Season stamp set with
Stampin’ Archival™ Basic Black ink, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Clear Embossing
Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.
Trim the sentiment, cut the fishtail banners by hand (or use the retired
Hexagon Punch as I did), adhere to a scrap piece of Basic Black cardstock and
mount onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.
6). Add a few Rhinestones to the card (center of the quilt and
snowflake, near the sentiment) and finish off the card using Clear Wink of
Stella® on the snowflake and quilt pieces.
Stamp Sets: Musical Season
Ink/Mediums: Stampin’ Archival™ Basic Black,; Clear Wink of
Stella™
Paper: Whisper White,
Basic Black, Extra Thick Whisper White;
Merry Music Specialty DSP
Accessories/Tools: Big
Shot™, Quilt Builder Thinlits™ Dies, Swirly Snowflake Thinlits™ Dies, Softly
Falling Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’
Emboss® Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Rhinestones, Glad® Press ‘n Seal®
Thanks again for taking
the time to stop by! I hope I have inspired you to pull out your Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog items and create a project for our “Favorite Holiday Catalog Product” challenge!
A beautiful card Julie.
ReplyDeleteSo classy! Wonderful design. Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon.
ReplyDeleteLove the black and white classic combo. Great card. I love it. Thanks for playing along Simon Says Stamp Christmas Challenge. Gayatri xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful mix of elements Julie! I especially love how you used the music DSP to create that classic B&W starry quilt panel. Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink this week.
ReplyDeleteSuch a striking Christmas Card, Julie. I love all the layers and texture. The black and white colour combination is very refreshing for Christmas themed creations. Thanks for playing along and sharing with us at Just Add Ink this week x
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous Julie! Your quilted panel is so striking and I love how you've created so much texture with your elegant monochromatic colour scheme. Thanks for sharing with us at Just Add Ink this week.
ReplyDeleteWOW! Julie, this is so striking... and perfect for the International Art & Soul Monochromatic challenge. Thank you for participating!
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