Christmas in July - Tiding & Trimmings

This month at Belair Creative Cards we will be making 2 cards featuring the products from the Tidings of Christmas Suite. 

My first card is a CASE and was inspired by Narelle Farrugia.  She is an amazingly talented demonstrator and you can see her original card here. 

The base card is basic white, the first layer is misty moonlight and then basic white which is embossed with a new folder called Star-Crossed from the upcoming mini catalogue.   The scalloped rectangle is cut from the Stitched So Sweetly dies and the leaf is from the Artistic Dies.  The star and stocking are from the Tidings & Trimmings stamp set and coloured with pool party and misty moonlight.

 

My second card features the Tidings of Christmas Designer Series Paper.  This paper has beautiful designs and is double sided with traditional red and greens on some sheets and a hint of sahara sand and misty moonlight on others.  A very versatile dsp for those who prefer traditional colours for their cards.  The star is cut from the "Christmas Trimmings" coordinating dies from the Tidings of Christmas Suite.  Sentiment is from For Unto Us.

Plenty of Patterns Decorative Masks meets shadow stamping technique

This card was inspired by fellow demonstrator Alisa Tilsner.  Today she demonstrated a card that featured the shadow stamping technique with the Stampin' Up! stamp set Shaded Summer.  It was a technique that was popular years ago and thought I would revisit with Plenty of Patterns Decorative Masks.  

You can see a previous post with this technique here.

Punch out the sentiment using the tailored tag punch, then line up the mask over the sentiment and ink up with balmy blue.  Mount the sentiment on the card, matching the mask on the layer.

Stamp set:  handsomely suited

Ink:  whisper white, pacific point, balmy blue

Paper:  basic white, pacific point

Accessories: plenty of patterns decorative masks, tailored tag punch

Technique:  shadow stamping technique or faux embossing folder technique