I know it’s only July, but in this house it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!!!
Why, you may ask? Well firstly, it’s Week One of our Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2021, yeah!
And secondly, as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator I’ve already got my hands on the brand new July-December mini catalogue, jam packed with lots of beautiful Christmas products! My pre-order will be arriving in the next few days, so watch this space for upcoming sneak peeks. Here’s the cover…
For tonight, I’ve made a card that uses two products you can already get your hands on. Festive Foliage is a brand new background stamp set from the 2021-22 Annual Catalogue (p90) and the Poinsettia Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set (p92) and coordinating Poinsettia dies (p165) which have carried over from last year’s Holiday catalogue.
This Festive Foliage background stamp is a great alternative to using DSP because with a single stamp (I always use my Stamparatus for stamping background stamps) you get a large image that covers an entire layer. You can either stamp this image in any coloured ink and leave it uncoloured OR colour it in with blends, markers, pencils, pastels or even watercolour it using water painters and inks. TIP – don’t forget to use Stayzon ink instead of Memento ink if you are water colouring.
I’ve stamped in Memento and then coloured the image in with Evening Evergreen, Real Red, Crumb Cake and Soft Succulent dark and light Stampin’ Blends.
To add layers, textures and a sentiment to my card, I chose the Poinsettia Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set and coordinating Poinsettia dies as the images and die shapes work so well with the Festive Foliage stamp set.
I’ve die cut flowers and leaves and strategically placed them under the sentiment to add a bit of dimension to the card WITHOUT covering all of the lovely hand coloured background image. Some of the flower petals I used as leaves by tearing them off the main flower.
It’s hard to see in my photos, but I’ve used the new Soft Succulent 2021–2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum for the green sprigs – it adds such a lovely subtle shimmer to my card. This photo from a Annual catalogue gives you a better idea of the shimmer.
Finally, the Poinsettia Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set was perfect for decorating the inside of my card and the back flap of my envelope too.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the very talented, Claire Daly.
If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Sharon Davern’s blog.
To purchase any of the products used in my cards today you can add them to your cart here.
I love how you matched the back of the envelope to the card front and inside the card.
Your card is so beautiful, it’s one of the nicest I’ve seen with this stamp. Thanks for the inspiration!
Stunning card Catherine. I have this stamp on my ‘maybe’ list. It might just be moving to the ‘must have’ list. I particularly like how you have teamed it with the poinsettias and shimmery vellum.
Gorgeous colouring and colour scheme. I really love this card! Love how you have done the envelope too.
Catherine, this is such an elegant and beautiful card. Beautifully decorated inside and the envelope too – gorgeous.
Oh Cathy I really love your card, so much so that I will be adding that background stamp to my next order. I hadn’t really paid much attention to it previously. Such a beautiful colour combo
This is a fantastic Christmas card, Cathy, you could whip up loads of these using the Stamparatus if time poor leading up to Christmas. A lovely colour choice too, these new greens are just perfect!
Lovely to see Festive Foliage in use, Cathy with the soft tones you’ve used.
That’s a great background stamp and had to look twice to check it wasn’t a DSP. Lovely colours used tonight.
This is so beautiful, Cathy. I love what you’ve done with the background stamp, and the added foliage. Gorgeous.
This is gorgeous, I love the colours and tones that you have used. The poinsettia elements perfectly compliment the background stamp. Just love it.
Oh, how lovely! The die cuts layered over the stamped image are wonderful!