Nests of Winter – Two Cards From One Layout
Do you love a two for one deal as much as I do?
In our house, we try to “cook once, eat twice” during the week and I’ve decided to apply the same approach to my cardmaking this week.
Using the one card sketch I’ve created two cards: a Christmas card and a birthday card. Here are the two versions of the card template I’ve used to make my cards.
Version #1 is a horizontal card design. I used to make my Christmas card
Version #2 is simply Version #1 turned horizontally with the sentiment moved to under the focal point image. I used this version to create a birthday card.
Nests of Winter Christmas Card
The inspiration for both my cards this week came from a beautiful card my friend (and Stampin’ Up! Artisan) Andrea Sargent made for our Insthop last week. It reminded me to fussy the birds and branches from the beautiful Nests of Winter DSP.
The Coastal Cabana DSP panel on the left is also from the Nests of Winter DSP. The embossed cardstock uses an embossing folder called the Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder that is reduced and in the last chance section of the website. The Party Dots embellishments are also reduced and in the last chance section of the website so don’t miss out!
The “Merry Christmas” sentiment is from a stamp set coming in the new Christmas Catalogue called the “Gift of Joy Stamp Set”. I white heat embossed it onto Coastal Cabana cardstock.
Nests of Winter Birthday Card
This card really showcases the versatility of this beautiful DSP. I rotated my sketch and layered my fussy cut bird, branch and foliage images together to create a sweet birthday card. I’ve used a different Coastal Cabana design from the Nests of Winter DSP on this card.
Like my Christmas card, this card uses the soon to be retired Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder and Party Dots embellishments. Both cards are also finished with a bow of linen thread.
Take a look at some more Coastal Cabana inspiration on our Insta Hop!
Our blog hop is now an Instagram hop but the good news is that you don’t need to have an Instagram account to view all of the other projects!
Simply copy any of the Insta handles below into a new search window to follow the Instagram hop at any point.
Next in our Hop is Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss . Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.
The full list of this week’s InstaHop is listed below:
Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss
Helen @apaperparadise
Kate @craftwithkate
Leanne @createwithleanne2
Andrea @andreaksargent
Claire @clairedalycreates
Rosa @hum.and.stamp
Sharon @sharondaverncreates
Theresa @teegeeinspirations
Cathy @whatcathymade – you are here!
We’ll be back next Wednesday when we are showcasing Crumb Cake. I hope you can join us then!
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