TINSEL TIME THURSDAY

 TINSEL TIME THURSDAY

CARD # 5

Freezin’ Fun & Herringbone Technique

Welcome to week 5 of Tinsel Time Thursday. Today I have a fun, and very cute card to share with you, and a card made using a leftover piece from the featured card. Today’s card uses an impressive background technique that is truly very easy! So let’s take a look at the card!

This card uses the Freezin’ Fun Bundle. It is found on page 69 of the Stampin’ Up!®️ August- December 2020 Mini Catalog.  The sentiment is from the Warm & Toasty stamp set (page 42 of the mini catalog).

Here are the supplies I used to make this card.

The card base is Pool Party 4 1/4” x 11” scored at 5 1/2” landscape orientation; a piece of Pacific Point cardstock that is about 5” x 3 3/4”; a piece of cardstock that measures 5 1/4” x 4” that is the same color as one of the colors in the DSP. I chose a piece of balmy blue. Scraps of Whisper White for the sentiment and for the cute little seal image; and a scrap piece of vellum for the ice. Several 1/4” strips cut from the Snowflake Splendor DSP. I cut about 8 strips at 1/4” x 12”, then cut them in half - just to make them a bit more manageable.

Pool Party ink, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Versa Mark ink,  white embossing powder, Stampin’ Blends in Flirty Flaming (light), Pool Party (light and dark), Smoky Slate (light and dark).

Stitched Rectangles dies the 2nd and 3rd largest dies, Tasteful Labels die -6 sided one, and Pool Party Sheer Ribbon.

Adhesive Sheets, dimensionals, Stampin’ Seal or Multipurpose Glue.

To make the card - 

Stamp the seal image on Whisper White with the Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Add color to the seal with the Stampin’ Blends.

Stamp the sentiment on Whisper White with Pool Party ink.

Stamp the ice image with Versa Mark on vellum, and cover with the white embossing powder, and heat set using a heat tool. Color the back side of the ice with the Pool Party (dark) Stampin’ Blend. 

Die cut the seal and ice with the Freezin’ Friends Dies, and use the die from the Tasteful Labels Dies to cut out the greeting.

Begin assembling the herringbone design for the background piece. Cover the Balmy Blue cardstock with the adhesive sheet. If some of the adhesive does not stay on the cardstock use a bit of Stamping Seal to fill in those spaces. Now place one strip diagonally across the cardstock. Then place one strip on either side of the center strip as shown in the picture.You have created 4 areas to fill in - two smaller ones, and two a bit larger.

Now fill in each section by placing two strips in a “ V shape” along the first strips put down.

Continue filling in the sections with the “V shapes” varying the colors of DSP as you go. I placed my silicone craft sheet Under the piece as I worked just to keep any stray adhesive off my work surface. After all the space was filled in with the DSP strips, I turned the piece over and used the edges of the cardstock as a guide to trim off the ends of the DSP strips.

Next die cut the herringbone background piece using the 3rd largest die from the Stitched Rectangle Dies placing the die in the center of the herring bone piece. You will have your background piece and a frame. Die cut the Pacific Point cardstock with the 2nd larges Stitched Rectangles Dies

Center and adhere the herringbone background piece to the Pacific Point mat. Then adhere this piece to the Pool Party card base. Take about 18” of the ribbon, tie it around the front of the card, and tie it in a bow toward the top of the card.

Adhere the greeting to the card, slightly right of center. To adhere the seal and the ice lay the seal face down and place the ice face down toward the bottom of the seal. Place a dimensional on the seal’s head and one over the seal and the ice.

Adhere the seal, and the card is finished!

Remember the the herringbone frame I saved. I used it with more stamps and dies from the Freezin’ Fun Bundle to create this card.

For cards using the herringbone technique in more traditional Christmas colors (Real Red, Mossy Meadow, and Whisper White), I used the Heartwarming Hugs and the Snow Wonder Bundle (both found in the mini catalog) to make these cards:

That is it for today! Next week’s project will feature the Wishes and Wonder Bundle (mini catalog page 32).

Until next time...

Stamp Happy!

Kim

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