3D-Embossed Frosted Trees create a sparkly background for Slender Pine Trees and the Huddled Sparrow. Glittery, glossy, shimmery and matte designs build a textured winter scene highlighting our 2024 Yuletide Collection. Hi, Jean here with a mix of whites and brights for the holidays. I’ve never seen a red sparrow – but this one is ready to celebrate!
Spritz both sides of 80- or 100-pound smooth white cardstock with a light mist of water. Tap a clean VersaMark inkpad over the debossed (slightlty smoother) section of the new Frosted Trees 3D Embossing Folder. Place the cardstock in the folder and pressure-emboss it using the plates required for your machine.
Sprinkle the inked design with Imagine’s Irirdescent Embossing Powder, tap the excess off, then heat-emboss it. Cut the cooled design with the 3-¾” x 5″ Rectangle Basics die.
Cut the tallest Slender Pine Tree from a bright green 6×6 in the Greenery Solid Core Collection. Cut the 2 center trees from a slightly darker Greenery 6×6. I trimmed the second branch from the bottom of the left tree so it wouldn’t hurt the sparrow. Attach the trees to the background with tiny dots of Tacky Glue along the trunks and at the tops and bottoms.
Cut Huddled Sparrow from a bright red 6×6 in the Blush Solid Core Collection. Ink the beak and eye area of the smallest diecut with a black marker. Attach it behind the head. Cut the detailed top layer from a red Rainbow Reflections 6×6. Assemble the sparrow.
Stamp the greeting – from the new Holiday Wishes Clear Stamp and Die Set – on white cardstock with Tulip Red VersaFine Clair. Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder. Cover the cooled greeting with printer paper and trim the left side first with the 1″x 2-¼” Rectangle Basics die. Trim the right side with an edge of a larger rectangle die. You’ll have a custom-sized greeting block with straight, crisp edges…and no measuring!
Attach everything to a top-folded white A2 card – use foam tape for the Huddled Sparrow and greeting. Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.
Hope you’ll be inpsired to enter our Happy Holidays/Winter August Challenge. The entry deadline is the end of the day EST on Friday, August 30th. Challenge details are listed on our August 1st post.
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