CHRISTMAS PINE CONE CARD

Have you ever looked at a card or die set and thought to yourself, wow that must be really difficult to make?
That's how I felt when I first saw a card in the Stampin Up Holiday Mini Catalog. It wasn't so much that it was difficult, but I thought alot of time or effort is going into it....Well, I am happy to report that was not the case when I sat down to make this card. My inspiration was from page 16 in the catalog. I used products from the Painted Christmas Suite.
In my Painted Christmas Pocket Envelope, I shows this card being placed in the pocket. So now I am sharing with you how I made it!

First choose your cardbase. I used Basic White 5 1/2x8 1/2 - score at 4 1/4 on the  8 1/2' side
Layer DSP  4x5 1/4 on front
Layer DSP 1x5 1/4 on the inside
Cut out the Real Red label from the Seasonal Labels Die

Cut out a 2" Basic White Circle.
Stamp the greeting from the A Christmas to Remember set on the Basic White circle
To make the pine/pine cones
Use the Christmas Pinecones dies.
You will need 2 pieces of cardstock that measure 4x5 1/4 each- a lighter and darker shade
I used Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen
Take the larger pine die and cut out with the Evening Evergreen
Take the smaller pine die and cut out with the Soft Succulent
adhere the Soft Succulent onto the Evening Evergreen piece
Use a lighter shade for the bottom of the pinecones, I used Crumb Cake. I cut out 3 large and 5 small
For the top layer, I used Early Espresso and cut out 3 large and 5 small.
Adhere the Early Espresso pieces onto the Crumb Cake.

Next add the pinecones onto the Evening Evergreen/Soft Succulent layers. You will see the large and small images of where the pinecones fit. So easy
Add the pine layer to the card front and add the greeting on top using the dimensionals.

Its such an easy card to make, the layers all come together quickly!
I created a video to show you how to put it all together!

To see how I made the Painted Christmas Pocket Envelope, view my video or blog post.

Thanks so much for stopping by
Happy Stampin
Steph