Fancy Fold Christmas

This is the card we made in our Fancy Folds class last week.  It is a Center Step card. The finished size is 5 1/2" x 5 1/2", but it could easily be adjusted to the standard A2 size.  Once again, we used the Dazzling Details Technique, but this time it was just painted over the Staz-On stamped image.

Stamps: Christmas Lodge, Curly Cute

Cardstock: Naturals White, Always Artichoke, Always Artichoke DSP

Ink: Jet Black Staz-On, Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad, Always Artichoke Classic Ink Refill

Accessories: Dazzling Details Glitter Glue, Cherry Cobbler 3/8" Quilted Satin Ribbon, Glimmer Brad, Regals Brads, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Scallop Trim Corner Punch, Aqua Painter, Paper Cutter

Christmas Lodge

Last Wednesday was our monthly Christmas card class, and this was the card that we made. This is a combination of lpratt's and Melany Watson's cards on Splitcoast Stampers, with my own twists thrown in. :-)  That Silver Glimmer Paper is the perfect icy accent to the snow and is sooo brilliant IRL! The photo just doesn't do it justice. (Edited to add: Instructions for making card are below supply list.)

The Early Espresso ink on the Crumb Cake cardstock really gives an aged, vintage feel. And I absolutely love this image of a country house! I adore the wrap-around porch... can't you just picture yourself sitting there in a rocking chair or glider, looking out over the land, enjoying the sunsets, watching the garden grow, and fruit ripening in the orchard?

It reminds my of my great-grandmother's house which, unfortunately, was torn down recently by the present owners to build a new house. Didn't they realize the history there? The memories of me hiding under the lounge in the living room, pretending that I was Sandy-cat, batting at people's ankles? That I used to play "house" under the branches of the weeping willow tree, which formed a perfect room around the trunk?  Eating Concord grapes off the Ruple's vine until I thought I'd burst? The smell of Gram's irises, which grew under the bay window of the dining room? Rubbing two dried ears of corn together to get the kernels off to feed the chickens?  Burying coffee grounds and crushed egg shells in the vegetable garden to enrich the soil? *sigh*

Today is a day of remembrance, in so many ways.

Stamps: Christmas Lodge (Holiday Mini), Lovely as a Tree
Cardstock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Silver Glimmer Paper
Ink: Early Espresso
Accessories: Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Early Espresso 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, While Gel Pen

1. Stamp the lodge image in Early Espresso ink on Crumb Cake cardstock.
   
2. Ink up one half of the Lovely as a Tree stamp and stamp to the side of the lodge, then do the reverse for the other side.
   
3. Color the snowy areas (roof, railings, ground around lodge, trees, etc.) with a white gel pen.
   
4. Tear white cardstock to imitate snow on the ground just below the lodge. Trim excess at bottom.
5. Layer Silver Glimmer Paper (have to use scissors on this - it won't tear!) a bit below the snow layer. Trim excess at bottom.
6. Tear another layer of white cardstock to lay over the Glimmer Paper, leaving some exposed. Trim excess at bottom.
   
7. Stamp the greeting in Early Espresso ink on the last layer and embellish card as desired.