November!!!!! Another year is very quickly drawing to a close and that means Christmas time is nearly upon us.
It is Week 12 of the Heart of Christmas 2019 Blog Hop and this week I am using the Winter Woods stamp set. This gorgeous stamp set can be found on page 71 of the 2019/2020 Annual Catalogue. I used it to make quite a few cards last year and was prompted to dig it out again when the stamp set was one of those offered at 15% discount during the 24 hour sale on 23 October.
Last week my husband and I spent five days in the high country of North East Victoria. We visit 3 or 4 times a year as my husband is a very keen fly fisherman. I had packed a few things so that I could craft and card make while Stephen fished. Fortunately, I had thrown Winter Woods in at the last minute. One morning I was looking out the window and the beautiful birch tree in the front lawn inspired the background of my card.
The design for the card was CASEd from a card I found on Pinterest that was created by Mary Hanson of Up North Stampin’. Don’t you just love Pinterest when your creative mojo has dried up?
It was sad to read that Stampin’ Up! has decided to discontinue the range of Delicata Inks. I understand the reasoning behind the decision. Nothing hurts your business more that supply issues. However, that said, I am glad that I purchased these metallic ink pads and refills as I love the image that they stamp. No need to be messing around with embossing powder and heat guns. If you haven’t already purchased these I would suggest that you seriously think about doing so before they are GONE!
Of course, I couldn’t make a Christmas card with using something from the Peaceful Boughs bundle. As you can see I managed to sneak in a pinecone. 🙂
Please follow the link to Claire’s blog where you will find the list of the team members participating in today’s blog hop.
If you would like a copy of the 2019 Holiday Catalogue or the 2019/2020 Annual Catalogue please contact me and I would be happy to put one in the post for you.
Links to all the products that I used when creating this card can be found below.
Thanks Michele.
My list of products
Ink
- Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Pad [150711] $19.25
- Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad [147110] $13.00
- Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad [147117] $13.00
Card Stock
- Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $15.25
- Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75
- Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $15.25
- Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock [147006] $15.25
- Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Tools & Adhesive
A lovely card Michele. It has such a lovely warmth to the design. Love your inspiration for the design too.
Your card is lovely! The birch trees look amazing as a background, and the metallic tree is awesome.
Lovely card, Michele and great inspiration from that lovely scene.
I really like your card Michelle, what a great inspiration for the background of your card it is very effective!
Oh I love those tree trunks stamped in the background, wow, and the gold tree is stunning!
Michelle I love the birch tree that inspired your lovely card – Winter Woods is one of my favourite sets and your gorgeous card has inspired me to get this set out again and make some more cards with it xx
Great Card Michele, I love the tree in the gold ink.
Love your card and the Birch tree inspiration. Your interpretation of the Pinterest card is very cool. The colours work together really well. Thanks for playing along in week 12 Heart of Christmas.