Welcome to the Control Freaks July 2012 Tour. We are thrilled to have you join us today. Our tour is nice and short and features some of your favorite Control Freaks Stampers sharing projects made with Stampin' Up! products. In fact, you may have just come from friend and fellow freaker, Barb Mullikin's Blog
Our theme for this month is: "New Holiday Creations or Convention Swaps". Projects featuring stamp sets/accessories from the brand new Stampin' Up! 2012 Holiday Mini Catalog. Here we go…
Watercolor Winter Ensemble
Two of my favorite holiday stamp sets from this catalog are Watercolor Winter and Greetings of the Season. So I combined them for these cards.
Watercolor Winter Notecard
This is a quick and easy, clean and simple card using Stampin' Up!'s Notecards and Envelopes. At 5" x 3-1/2", they are a little smaller than a standard 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" card. Perfect for tucking in a holiday gift bag or mass producing.
Watercolor Winter Holiday Card
This monochromatic card has a few details that invite you in for a closer look…
- There is just a touch of glitter to give it a winter look.
- The texture in the background is from a NEW Texture Embossing Folder for the Big Shot, Lacy Brocade (my new favorite folder!!). I did swipe some Crumb Cake Ink onto the folder before I ran it through the Big Shot. I like the 2-tone look.
- There is sponging of Early Espresso on the textured and stamped panels, giving the illusion of a frame.
- The matting of the front panel really makes it pop!
edited to add: I received a lot of questions on how to make this card. Check out the video here: Sponged Frame Watercolor Winter Video
Watercolor Winter Mini Treat Tote Box
This little box is the perfect size for some candy or even jewelry. It uses only a half sheet of cardstock and is tied off with the NEW Crumb Cake Scallop Tulle Ribbon. Plus – I only used 2 glue dots to hold the entire box together.
Watch Video: Mini Treat Tote Box Video
Dawn's Stamping Supplies
Stamps: Watercolor Winter, (129724w or 129727c), Greetings of the Season (128030w or 128033c)
Ink: Early Espresso (126974), Always Artichoke (126972), Crumb Cake (126975)
Paper: Crumb Cake (119686), Notecards and Envelopes (107311)
Accessories: Big Shot (113439), Lacy Brocade Texture Impressions Embossing Folder (123130), Simply Scored (122334), Small Oval Punch (120908), Scallop Tulle Ribbon (127840), Linen Thread (104199), Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (102023), Stampin' Sponge (101610), 2-Way Glue Pen (100425), Glue Dots (103683), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
Well, that wraps up this stop of the tour. I hope you enjoyed my Stampin' Up! New Holiday Catalog Creations. Now on to more, from fellow Control Freak and Artisan Award Winner, Wendy Weixler (woohoo!). I'm sure you're gonna love her fabulous projects!
Dawn, I love the Crumb Cake card and wonder how you did the framed effect on it? Is it layers? Looks 3 dimensional. Would love to see a video on this. Beautiful!
Just gorgeous! Ah, I luv them all…fantastic job!
Love this winter card on kraft! Will definitely be caseing it, of course, giving yuo credit for the design. 🙂
Great, great projects Dawn! That stamp set is gorgeous and I love the earthy colors for a holiday card.
So wonderful, Dawn! Love the neutral palette! Gorgeous!
I’m so totally in love with that vintage-looking card! It has that timeless elegance to it, and that touch of glitter just takes it over the top!
TFS!
Congratulations. Your project has been chosen for Blog finds of the Day on 7/30. If you would like to see other projects chosen please visit blogfindsoftheday.blogspot.com
More wonderful projects, Dawn! Each day is an amazement. Thanks for sharing your great talent.
OK…I totally missed your instructions about the sponging on the panels, giving the card a framed look. Thanks for the explanation. Guess I should have read more carefully. Hahaha! Must be my old tired eyes. Still recovering from convention.
Dawn these cards and box are awesome
Beautiful Dawn.
Dawn, I love the whole monochromatic look of theses cards & the winter look box. Appreciate the videos on how you made the frame and the cards. But could you do instructions on the watercolor Winter Box using only a half sheet of cardstock. I did not see it in your library. Really enjoy your 10 min. tuesday videos too. Thanks so much.