Thursday, August 22, 2024

Frosted Forest Evergreen Double the Fun

 I can't get enough of these masks!! So, I decided to switch from the "deciduous" tree and try a card that used the "evergreen" tree. This is a version that uses that "double" fun fold of a bookbinding card with a "Z" fold card and the gorgeous Winter Meadow DSP! I actually stamped the full tree onto the top panel, and then die cut 2 other trees, making them shorter by trimming away some of the bottom!  Just stunning, too!




Measurements:  

  • Basic White: 1/2 sheet, , 2 3/8" x 5 1/8" (embossed top, center panel), 2 pcs @ 2 3/4" x 4"" (2 trees), 2 1/4" x 3" (inside label)
  • Pretty Peacock: 2 3/4" x 5 1/2" (center base)
  • Shy Shamrock (N):  2 1/2" x 5 1/4" (middle base)
  • Winter Meadow DSP: 3/4" x 5 1/4" (left side), 3" x 5 1/4" (right side) - (print)
To Make This Card:
  • Score White front at 4 1/4" - 5 1/4" - 6 3/4". Create "book binder" fold, and "Z" fold with score lines.
  • Place Tear n Tape on the 1 1/4" area, near crease. Press together creating a Book Binding Fun Fold.
  • Place "left" DSP onto the "book binding" area.
  • Place "right" DSP onto the right, inside, as shown.
  • Place the "center" Pretty Peacock onto the "Z" lining up left cut edge, and top & bottom.
  • Attach Shy Shamrock piece on top of that.
  • Now, for the evergreen trees. Stamp one tree, in black, onto the center, White panel. I centered the tree, and a little to the left. This tree also has 3 masks to color the tree. I used Shy Shamrock for the base color, or the #1 mask. For mask #2, Shaded Spruce, and Pretty Peacock ink for #3
  • To "color" the tree, tape your stamped image to scrap of paper with Washi Tape or Painters Tape. Take the mask marked #1, and line up over stamped image. Also tape this one in place so it doesn't shift. You will also want to mark the "V" placement cut from the mask onto your worksheet. Now take a Blending Brush and Shy Shamrock ink and burnish on the color.
  • Remove that mask, and go to mask #2. Line it up over the stamped tree, as well as the "V" placement mark. Use the same brush, and add color with Shaded Spruce.
  • Remove that mask, and go to mask #3. This one is optional, but I like the additional detail. Line it up, with the previous color, as well as the "V" placement mark, and add the final detail with another layer of Old Olive.  This is more subtle, or you could switch to the darker Pretty Peacock, which is what I did. Or, you could use this mask and add White Shimmer Embossing Paste!
  • Remove that mask, and voila, you have your tree! 
  • I, then, ran this piece through the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder. Adhere this to the center layers already on the card.
  • You will also need 2, additional evergreen trees.  Stamp these onto the 2 pieces of White, repeat the coloring as above.  These 2 trees will be die cut!
  • Once die cut, I trimmed away the bottom 3 layers of the tree (it's pretty defined) to make shorter trees. 
  • Add one tree to the right of the directly stamped tree, with Dimensionals. (Part of the tree will hang off), and the other tree to the left, also with Dimensionals.
  • I die cut a rounded rectangle for the inside from the Nested Essentials dies.
  • Finish with White Snowflakes from the Online Exclusives.

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