Winter Forest Card

Hello stampers! STAMPtember® contines at Simon Says Stamp and today I have a card to share with lots of stamping.

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We have a Christmas theme this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. The perfect time to get started on Christmas project. My card is my first Christmas themed project of the year. Don't miss the last project by our September guest designer Deborah Emmons.

I stamped a frosty winter forest for this card, using both clear and white embossing powder and a mix of ink. The background was painted with pearlescent and normal watercolors. The heat embossing creates a resist effect with quite a lot of texture.

Working on watercolor paper I started stamping pine trees from Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery. Work one tree at a time. Some of the trees were stamped with Salvaged Patina and Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide Ink and embossed with clear powder, while other trees were stamped with clear embossing ink and embossed with white powder. Stamp the white trees last. There are also a couple of trees in the background which were stamped with clear ink and embossed with clear powder, so that the white tree wouldn't visibly overlap with the blue background trees.

I also applied some embossing ink to the front edge of the card and embossed with white ink. Paint the background with Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Pearl Colors, using Pearl Cobalt Blue and White Gold. The darker shades were made with darker shades of ordinary blue Gansai Tambi colors.

The main sentiment comes from a new STAMPtember® set called Elegantly Modern Christmas. White emboss on vellum and die cut with the coordinating die. I use Simon Says Stamp Very Very Low Tack Tape to hold the die in place when die cutting.

It is difficult to photograph the effect of the pearl paints, but you can maybe see it a better here. The small sentiments also come from Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery.

I sprinkled white embossing powder on the colored trees before embossing, making it appear as if it is snowing. Pearls added to the snowy and glistering feel.

The darker trees recedes into the background and looks like they are further away.

I added dots of Simon glue under the embossed areas to glue the vellum sentiment to the background.

Distress the edge and mount on Simon Says Stamp glimmery cardstock, Soft Navy Blue and white cardstock.

Don't miss the last days of STAMPtember®!

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Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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