A simple forest of trees Christmas card made for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop using the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up!

A Forest of the Merriest Trees for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Share It Sunday Blog Hop where we are sharing something we have been working on recently. I have just started playing with the goodies from my September – December 2023 Catalogue pre-order. This is the first card I made using the Merriest Trees bundle.

Colours used in this card are:

 

To recreate the merriest trees card, you will need:

Shaded Spruce card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Real Red card – 5⅛” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 2½” by ½”
Real Red card – 2½” by ¼”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Distressed Gold

 

The large solid tree was stamped in Shaded Spruce ink onto the smaller panel of Basic White card.

 

A simple forest of trees Christmas card made for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop using the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up!

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Without re-inking I stamped again a further 3 times with the ink getting lighter and lighter each time and taking care to make each tree smaller than the one before.

 

A simple forest of trees Christmas card made for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop using the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up!

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Using Balmy Blue ink, I stamped the stars. The stamped panel was then glued to the Real Red panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The whole piece was then mounted onto the Shaded Spruce card base on Dimensionals.

 

A simple forest of trees Christmas card made for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop using the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up!

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The sentiment was stamped in Real Red ink onto the strip of Basic White card. I glued it to the Real Red strip and added it to the card front.

 

A simple forest of trees Christmas card made for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop using the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up!

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A scattering of Brushed Metallic Dots and a die cut Distressed Gold star completed the card.

 

A simple forest of trees Christmas card made for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop using the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up!

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I hope you like it. Please hop on to see what my crafty fiends have been playing with lately.


Order goodies/Join My Team

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK, please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

The Winter Meadow dsp and the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up! and used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon - Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop

The Sentiment As The Star for the Christmas Stampathon

Today I am sharing the cards made for the August 2023 Christmas Stampathon where the theme is ‘Sentiment As The Star’ – what a great theme. I used a sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set and tried my hand at making a faux shutter card.

Colours in this project are:

 

To recreate one sentiment as the star card, you will need:

Blueberry Bushel card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Winter Meadow dsp – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 2⅛” by 2⅛”
Blueberry Bushel card – 4½” by ¼” x 2
Basic White card – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – for the inside
Scrap Winter Meadow dsp

 

I stamped the sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set in Blueberry Bushel ink onto the square of Basic White card.

 

The Winter Meadow dsp and the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up! and used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon - Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop

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Lining the panel of Winter Meadow dsp up with my grid paper to find the centre I added the sentiment piece using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

 

The Winter Meadow dsp and the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up! and used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon - Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop

wwww.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set and the Winter Meadow dsp used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon – Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop

Lining the end of a Blueberry Bushel ¼” strip with a corner of the sentiment square, I adhered it in place using the same liquid glue. The excess was the trimmed off. I repeated this step on all 4 side of the sentiment panel.

 

The Winter Meadow dsp and the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up! and used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon - Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop

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I added liquid glue to 2 of the triangular panels, tucked in a piece of co-ordinating scrap dsp and trimmed off the excess. I repeated this step in the opposite corner. The panel was then glued to the 5⅜” by 3⅝” piece of Basic White card.

 

The Winter Meadow dsp and the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up! and used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon - Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop

wwww.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set and the Winter Meadow dsp used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon – Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop

The panels were then mounted onto the Blueberry Bushel card bases on Dimensionals.

 

The Winter Meadow dsp and the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up! and used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon - Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop

wwww.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set and the Winter Meadow dsp used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon – Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop

At this point I realised I had only added the co-ordinating dsp too 2 of the cards! Ooops……. I still think they look great.

 

The Winter Meadow dsp and the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up! and used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon - Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop

wwww.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set and the Winter Meadow dsp used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon – Sentiment As The Star Blog Hop

A trio of Tinsel Dots completed the cards. Which do you prefer?

 Order goodies/Join My Team

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK, please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used: