2020 Christmas countdown - Day 33 (Joyful Wishes)

Good morning!

It's time for a bit of a botanical/winter foliage card.

Stamps: Neat & Tangled - Foliage Frame (r), PTI - Words to Live By: Joyful (r), WPlus9 - Merry & Bright (r)
Dies: Neat & Tangled - Foliage Frame (r), WPlus9 - Merry & Bright (r), The Greetery - Nordic Frames

Now, the colour choice does look better in real life, but this project was all about experimenting with some tone on tone stamping.

I wanted to use the Sea Glass cardstock from Concord & 9th, which is an aqua with a greeny tint - it's not a proper mint green, but seems to look that way in this photo with the Tropic Teal foliage leaves stamped over it.

The Foliage Frame stamp set also has a matching die that creates a shaped aperture frame opening to showcase a sentiment inside.

To emphasize the aperture frame I used leaf stamps and dies from the Foliage Frame set plus another retired stamp set that comes out every year. The Wplus9 Merry & Bright set has some great little accents in it like the pine cones used here. They are the perfect size for adding to wreaths and borders, and I always think the multi-step stamping aspect adds a touch of interest.

I wanted a break from black ink for the sentiment and used Silver Stone grey ink that looks quite light here, and Peony ink for the contrasting Joyful part of the sentiment.

The background panel was also cut with a Nordic Frame die before I finally assembled everything on a grey card base.

There was still something missing, so I added clear Nuvo drops around the foliage frame for added interest.

Happy crafting, until next time!

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Neat & Tangled - Foliage Frame stamps (r) Shop at: MISC	PTI - Words to Live By: Joyful stamps (r) Shop at: MISC	WPlus9 - Merry & Bright stamps (r) Shop at: MISC	Neat & Tangled - Foliage Frame dies (r) Shop at: SHC
WPlus9 - Merry & Bright dies (r) Shop at: MISC	The Greetery - Nordic Frames dies Shop at: MISC	Altenew - Silver Stone dye ink Shop at: EH | MISC	Lawn Fawn - Doe ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC
Lawn Fawn - Walnut ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC	The Stamp Market - Peony ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Tropic Teal ink pad Shop at: MISC	Concord & 9th - Assorted cardstock pack Shop at: EH | MISC | SHC
Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS	PTI - Soft Stone cardstock Shop at: MISC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Jewel Drops - Grey Mist Shop at: EH | SBC	Ranger - Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC

Comments

[dolly/scrapthat]

Very pretty! Love the colors you chose! TFS