Nest of Winter, Sophisticated Sled, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Christmas card to share with you using the "Nest of Winter" Designer Series Paper (DSP).  Please read on to see how it was made.

Does the layout look familiar? I used the same as I did on yesterday's card. I chose this layout because of the orientation of the wood look piece of DSP on the background. I was gifted a few pieces of this DSP and I thought I should play with it before it retires. I get these gifted packets now and then and sometimes I just set them aside and forget about them and then they retire. They come in the mail after I've sent an order to Terri. She's a very talented and generous person.  Please read on to see how the card was made.

I took a folded half-sheet of Pebbled Path card stock for the base of the card. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I wasn't sure if I was going to go with Pebbled Path or Smoky Slate, either one of them is not a traditional Christmas color. But it's an outdoorsy bird card so it had to go with the colors in the DSP.

Snowflakes from the "Sophisticated Sled" were stamped all around the edges of the card front using Pebbled Path ink. Once that was stamped I worked on the layers.

I cut a 4-1/4" x 3-1/4" piece of Pool Party card stock. A 4-1/8" x 3-1/8" piece of Smoky Slate card stock and a 4" x 3" piece of DSP from the "Nest of Winter" package.  I also cut a 1" x 3" piece of DSP in the Pool Party color. I thought this piece was SO pretty. It is little circles of falling snow. Makes me want to purchase a package of this DSP! I taped this strip to the 3" x 4" piece of DSP and then that was taped to the Smoky Slate piece.

Using my last bit of linen thread I added some tape to the backside and taped on two pieces of the thread. I didn't have enough to go around the card twice so I cut the piece I had in half and taped each end to the back. Then I added tape to the entire back and set it in place on top of the Pool Party card stock piece. Then tape was added to the back of that and it was set in place on the front of the card.

The birds from another piece of the same DSP were fussy cut. Dimensionals were added to the back and they were set aside.

The words are from the "Sophisticated Sled" bundle and were stamped using Pebbled Path ink. They were cut using the die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set in place over the linen threads.

Now it was time to add the birds. I lined up the right branch end with the edge of the DSP and then set them in place on the front of the card.

I colored three little pearls using my dark Cherry Cobbler Blends pen and set them in place on the Pool Party colored DSP.  A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of DSP was added to the inside and the card was done.

This was a fun card to make. I didn't care much for the fussy cutting but once the card was done I was glad I did it! And as far as the Pebbled Path colors, I do like how it looks.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda