STAMPIN' UP! WINTER MEADOW/GROVE DIES BIRTHDAY CARD

It is a bitterly cold day in Melbourne today ... perfect for time spent in the craft room, with the heating on!  I have made a couple of cards with the gorgeous new Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper, that will be available to purchase from 6th September.  As soon as I saw the dreamy greyscale paper with deer in the design, I knew I wanted to pair it with Stampin' Up!'s Grove Dies, to make masculine cards.  

This is part of the sheet of paper I cut down:

... and this is what I created with it:

I started off by die-cutting the frame from Thick Basic White card.  I opened up the aperture in the frame, by using Paper Snips to trim off some of the foliage.  This allowed more of the DSP to show through from behind.  Using a Blending Brush, I applied Smoky Slate ink to the frame, then darkened the edges with Memento Tuxedo Black ink (also using a Blending Brush).

After cutting a strip of Basic Black card, I ran it through my Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, with the Grove Die used to make my frame - but positioned it so the leafy bottom edge was the only edge cutting the black card.  Because of the width of my Basic Black piece, I had to cut it across twice (and creatively trim a little with Paper Snips afterwards!).

The Lost Lagoon panel that you can see peeks of was embossed with the Fern 3D embossing folder.  I sponged the edges with Lost Lagoon ink before adhering it to the Thick Basic White card base.

The sentiment was created using the Something Fancy bundle of stamps and dies.  It was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Basic White card.  

I die-cut some foliage, using the Grove Dies and cardstock in Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock.  Before gluing them down, I tucked these pieces into the die-cut holes in the frame.  A few Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots were added as a finishing touch.

I can't yet link to the new products in my online store, but I have listed below all the current products I used to make this card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

I'd love it if you come back to visit tomorrow, to see the second card I made with this beautiful paper.

Product List

Something Fancy Bundle (English) [160425] $81.00	Clear Block G [118489] $9.75	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.75	Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock [133686] $17.50	Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock [150886] $17.50
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.50	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $15.75	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad [161678] $15.75	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $11.50
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00	Grove Dies [157844] $68.00	Fern 3 D Embossing Folder [158804] $17.50	Rustic Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots [159082] $14.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $23.00
Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75