Hello! My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Today I'm sharing two Christmas slimline card ideas using the lovely and versatile Merriest Trees Bundle and other Stampin' Up! products.
When it comes to creating my projects, I love to show a variety of different techniques and add lots of layers. Playing with different colour palettes is always fun! Slimline cards can add another dimension to your paper craft when using Stampin' Up! products.
Here are two magical Christmas cards made using non-traditional colours. I love to create and mix colours together using different tools. I'll add the product details at the end of my blog.
Spirit of the Season Slimline Christmas Card
For my first card I wanted to create a whimsical watercolour Christmas trees using Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and have fun mixing inks together.
Create unique watercolour trees by mixing ink with water, then apply sections of colour to Watercolor Paper using a large, flat, brush tip Water Painter. The colors I used are Boho Blue, Orchid Oasis and Blueberry Bushel. Move the ink around on the paper with the Heat Tool until dry. Use the Merriest Trees Dies to die cut several different tree sizes.
To add interest to the trees, use a Sponge Dauber and apply VersaMark Ink to the edges of the branches. Then, add white Stampin' Emboss Powder, brush off the excess with a brush, and heat set using the Heat Tool. I like to use the Stampin' Up! tweezers to hold onto smaller pieces of images, so I don't heat my fingers with the Heat Tool.
To decorate the trees, I used Soft Shimmer Paper in Bubble Bath, placed Adhesive Sheet to the back of the paper and then die-cut out the tree decorations and stars.
To add layers to the card, create background snow by tearing up two layers using Basic White Cardstock and add Boho Blue and Orchid Oasis ink using the Blending Brush.
Stamp the stars a number of times to the background panel using VersaMark Ink, add white Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. Then apply lightly using Boho Blue and Orchid Oasis Ink with the Blending Brush to the background panel.
Merry Christmas Slimline Card
For my second card I went for a nighttime scene using darker cardstock and inks. This created a totally different look to my first card.
Create two snow layers for the background by tearing up Basic White Cardstock with your fingers. Next, using a Blending Brush to create contrast and leaving some white space between each of the layers. This helps create a snow effect for your layers. The colours used are Orchid Oasis and Starry Sky inks.
Apply colour to the trees using a Sponge Dauber for smaller sections and Blending Brushes for larger areas. I used Orchid Oasis and Starry Sky inks. Leave some white space to create snow for each of the layers. Then, add water droplets to the trees by tapping the medium tip Water Painter against Paper Snips and set them with the Heat Tool.
To create the background trees, use Starry Sky ink and stamp two of the trees directly onto Orchid Oasis Cardstock slimline panel. The third tree stamp onto a scrap piece of Orchid Oasis Cardstock and then die-cut out using the second largest tree die from the Merriest Tree Dies.
To finish off the card, heat embossed the sentiment using VersaMark Ink, onto Orchid Oasis Cardstock, add white Stampin' Emboss Powder tap off excess and heat set with Heat Tool. Die-cut out tree using second largest tree die.
Here are the products you will need:
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Happy Stamping
Vicki Boucher
Absolutely beautiful! TFS
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