TCC146 Magical Wonder of the Season

Hi Friends!

Welcome back to The Card Concept Challenge! We are starting our January- June 2021 season and the first challenge for 2021 is #146 {Winter Warmth}.  

We are excited to be back with a few new designers on our DT- we hope you will take a moment to visit and see how they were inspired as well:-)

Look at this fun photo!  I was inspired by the Scandinavian images (reindeer, snowflakes) along with the red and white to create a somewhat vintage style Clean and Layered card Christmas card (I have a goal to create at least 15 cards per month- I mailed out over 150 this year and still did not mail enough, lol!).

I am also participating with the A Place To Start January 2021 “Challenge #1- Anything Goes” Challenge.  

Again, if you have not had a chance to visit The Card Concept (or A Place to Start) yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all! 

To create this card:

For the background panel- using scraps of designer paper from a previous project, adhere to a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” piece of white cardstock and emboss with a knit embossing folder.

Trim the embossed panel to approx. 3 ¾” x 5”, trim the panel to 4” x 5 ¼”. 

Adhere the strip of red satin ribbon, wrap the ends behind the panel and mount onto a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” piece of black cardstock. Trim and mount onto a white card base.

Prepare a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the sentiment with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the embossing powder has cooled, die cut with a label die and die cut the same size label from black cardstock.  Cut the black label in half, adhere to the back of the sentiment panel and mount onto the card front with chipboard (or dimensional foam).

Die cut two of the deer head dies from black cardstock, mount onto one another to create a thicker die cut.

To finish off the card, adhere the layered deer head die cut to the card front with chipboard on the left side (to match the level of the sentiment).

Stamp Sets: Magical Wonder (retired Stampin’ Up!)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black

Paper/Cardstock: White, Black; retired Christmas Quilt 6x6 Paper Pad scraps (Stampin’ Up!)

Tools/Accessories: Gemini, Jr., Dies- Savvy Stamps- Deer Head, Little B- Frames; Knit Embossing Folder (retired FSJ), Heat Tool, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Single Face Real Red Satin Ribbon (from my stash)

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- we would love for you to create a card based on our Winter Warmth photo and join us at The Card Concept!  The challenge is open until January 18th at noon EST.

TCC127 Very Merry

Hi Friends!

Welcome to The Card Concept #127 {Cozy Cabin} Challenge!

I think that this is a fabulous inspiration photo! I love all of the texture from the distressed cabin walls, the blankets as well as those great pillows with the deer/moose images plus the snow and was inspired to create a Clean and Layered/ Mixed Media card!

I am trying to make an effort to create more Christmas cards throughout the year so that I am not so pressured in late November :-)

I am also linking this card to the Retro Rubber #126 “It's Cold Outside!” (the sentiment used for this card is from a retired Stampin’ Up! set, Short & Sweet circa 2007) and the Word Art Wednesday #422-#423 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

The  central silver panel on this card was originally a piece of light grey miscellaneous designer paper (very thin and from my stash) that was embossed with the same knit embossing folder. 

Several layers of Platinum embossing mousse, pearl texture paste and frost white shimmer paint were applied and spritzed with water to create a metallic look.  Once the panel was dry, it was re-embossed with the embossing folder to bring out more of the texture. 

The deer head was die cut four times (three from  white cardstock and one from black).  All were layered together to create a thicker die cut and a clear shimmer pen was used to add glitter to the black layer.

Close-up to show the shimmer on the deer and center panel

Stamp Sets:  Short & Sweet (retired Stampin’ Up!)

Ink/Mediums: Versamark™,  Nuvo™ Platinum Embellishment Mousse, Faber-Castell® Texture Luxe™ Pearl Paste, Wink of Stella™ Clear Glitter Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, misc. gray designer series paper

Tools/Accessories: Big Shot™, Tim Holtz™ Sizzix™ Texture Fades Holiday Knit Embossing Folder, MFT Dies- Stitched Rectangle STAX A2 Set 1 & 2, Stitched Squares STAX; Savvy Stamps Deer Head Die; Embossing Buddy®, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Rhinestones

Thanks again for taking the time to visit!  I hope I have inspired you to create your own card based on our {Cozy Cabin} photo and link up to our gallery at The Card Concept- we would love to see your interpretation!! The challenge is open until Monday, February 3^rd  at noon EST.