The Red Barn

The 2019 Stampin' Up! Occasions catalogue is just about to be released which means lots of new and cool stuff to play with! But before I dive right in to that, I decided to look at my stamp collection and use sets that I have not even had a chance to play with yet. So today's card uses the Barn Door stamp set and coordinating Sliding Door Framelits. Just one of my 'old' unused sets. Here's what I came up with. Can you guess who's hiding behind the bard doors??

Yup, it's Rudolph! I just had to have a little fun with it.

Creating this card was very straight-forward. I stamped my barn doors and wreaths on a Whisper White cardstock and cut them out using the coordinating dies. For my wreaths, I used Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler inks. Next I cut out Rudolph from a piece of Early Espresso cardstock using the Detailed Deer Thinlits die, covered it in Wink of Stella to give him that 'ethereal' look, then put in some highlights using my white gel pen to make him stand out. I then cut my barn door in half so you can take a peek at Rudolph and my white heat-embossed sentiment from the Snowflake Sentiments stamp set. 

I assembled all my elements on a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock and added white lines to finish off my red barn, then adhered this piece onto my Whisper White card base. I also added a white beam on top of my doors, just to finish off the look. Oh, and of course I added Rudolph's red nose which is a rhinestone jewel that's coloured in with red marker. 

And that is my card for today...mixing the old with the new! Now I'm off to see what other stamp sets I have yet to play with. See you next time and happy crafting!

Buffalo Check Meets Detailed Poinsettia

So while I am so bummed about missing the big 30th anniversary OnStage celebration in Orlando, I tried to use my time making more Christmas cards instead. I wanted to use some of the supplies that I haven't used in a while now. Enter the Embossing Paste! My embossing paste has been hiding in one of my craft cabinets, I can't even remember the last time that I used it! Along with my embossing paste, I also used my Dazzling Diamonds glitter. I forgot that I even had this glitter...crazy!!! 

So this is the card that I came up with using both old and new supplies in my craft room. 

I started with a Merry Merlot piece of cardstock (A2 size that later I trimmed down to 4 1/8" x 5 3/8") and stamped my Buffalo Check background in Night of Navy. Next I used a piece of Thick Whisper White cardstock and die cut my poinsettia corner piece from the beautiful Detailed Poinsettia Thinlits set. I then used this as my stencil.

I placed my stencil on top of my stamped buffalo check piece and applied some embossing paste on it. After taking off my stencil, I then sprinkled some Dazzling Diamonds glitter on my embossed images to make it super sparkly!

Lastly my sentiments came from the Snowflake Sentiments stamp set, which I white heat embossed onto my card. I trimmed my piece and then adhered it to a Whisper White card base. Since it was already super sparkly from the Dazzling Diamonds, I decided that it didn't need any more embellishments. 

And so this is my card for today. Super easy to make, and I just love the results! Plus I'm happy that I was able to utilize my neglected craft supplies again. Thanks for stopping by and see you next time! I'm off to more snooping as to what new goodies we get in the new catty!