Love, Santa

Happy Valentines Day! I know this is a Christmas card on February 14th, but it just happened to fall on this day. This month at Christmas Craft Creations our fun theme is Stenciling or Embossing Folders. I came across this adorable card by Leanne West for Hello Bluebird that I CASEd with what I have on hand. I love all of her details, especially the postage dies! For our challenge, I stenciled the background of my "postage stamps" and I happened to use embossed cardstock. (It came that way but we are wanting participants to use an embossing folder. None of my folders fit this envelope die.) Here is what I made.

Products I used:

Waffle Flower: Postage Collage dies and stencils

Mama Elephant: Holiday Bitties stamp set (images on postage)

Honeybee Stamps: Country Christmas Wreath dies (greenery)

Spellbinders: Envelope of Wonder etched dies (envelope and tag)

The Greetery: Destination North Pole stamp set (Love, Santa stamp)

Prismacolor pencils

Wink of Stella pen

Concord and 9th: Mini ink pads

Versafine: Onyx black ink pad

Bearly Arts liquid glue

Blending brushes

Patterned paper

Red glitter cardstock (red berries on greenery)

Rhinestones

To start, I die cut the postage collage. Next, I stamped the images in the individual "postage stamps" and then stamped them again on Post-It notes. I fussy cut each image...the little gift and crossed candy canes being the hardest to cut. I placed these masks on top of the stamped images in the postage. Then I used my postage stencils to lightly ink blend the background behind each image.

I removed the masks and used my colored pencils to color in the images. I added Wink of Stella sparkle to the snow, whipped cream, candy canes and the snowman's hat.

I cut apart the postage into three sets of two, then I die cut the greenery.

I die cut the envelope and assembled it. (First time using it. Had to watch a You Tube video.)

I played with placement, then tucked the greenery and postage inside the envelope with glue. I made a 5" x 7" card base, cut some patterned paper to fit the front and adhered it. I die cut and stamped the tag, then tied some silver sparkly embroidery thread around the envelope.

Then I adhered the completed envelope to the card front. I added just a few rhinestones and was finished!

We can't wait to see your cards using stencils and/or embossing folders! See you in the gallery!

-Carol