With all the Christmas cards I’ve shared lately, I wanted to take a step back and make a soft, sweet card that’s perfect for the season of gratitude. My card features two amazing products from the Country Lane Suite of products in Stampin’ Up!’s 2018 Holiday Catalog – the Country Home stamp set and Country Lane Designer Series Paper. While they are great to be used all year, they are particularly special for Thanksgiving. Here’s my card:
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- Country Home and Country Lane. I love the rustic, on-trend image in Country Home, a photopolymer stamp set in Stampin’ Up!’s 2018 Holiday Catalog. The jug and pitcher with coordinating floral arrangements are super-sweet, and the sentiments are out-of-this-world. For today’s card, I stamped the jug and one of the arrangements with Whisper White Craft Ink and heated with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Such a gorgeous look against the Sahara Sand backdrop. Here’s a look at the Country Home stamp set:
The focal panel is backed by a GORGEOUS panel of Country Lane Designer Series Paper. The pattern of cotton mimics the images from the stamp. Here’s a look at the colors and patterns in the Country Lane Designer Series Paper:
- Itty Bitty Gratitude. I love all of the big, bold sentiments in the Country Home stamp set, but I wanted a small sentiment so as to not distract from the gorgeous jug of flowers. As I ran my finger over the variety of sentiments in Itty Bitty Greetings, I found my winner!
“With gratitude” says exactly what I wanted it to say. I positioned it to the side of the jug to balance everything out on the card. Here’s a look at the sentiments in the MUST-HAVE Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set:
- Sweet (Literally) Colors. I pulled Mint Macaron and Early Espresso right from the Country Lane Designer Series Paper – and added Sahara Sand for a soft neutral. This combination of Mint Macaron, Sahara Sand and Early Espresso is truly sweet – doesn’t it remind you of mint chocolate chip ice cream?
Stamp Sets: Country Home, Itty Bitty Greetings Papers: Country Lane Designer Series Paper, Mint Macaron, Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Whisper White Inks: Basic Black, Whisper White Craft Accessories: 1-1/4″ Circle punch, Layering Circles Framelits Dies, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Don’t you love this section of products in our Holiday Catalog? So chic! If you’d like to check out the other items in this suite of products, click below:
Thanks for stopping by today!
Brian
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A sweet card with a beautiful color combo. The white heat embossing looks very “cottony” and as always, love all the layers! Have a great weekend Brian!
Thanks so much, Dawn! I never thought about the cottony appeal of the white embossing, but I wish I had. Glad you like it and hope your weekend is wonderful, too! <3
I love the clean look of the white embossed image. Very pretty card.
Thanks so much, Margo! I was happy with the subtlety of the image. I’m really hooked on embossing with white emboss powder. <3
Love this pretty card, Brian. This is a favorite stamp set of mine. Great look with the white embossing that shows all the details of the arrangement in the can. Love it! Enjoy your weekend.
Thanks so much, Hilda! I love this set, too. Glad you like what I made with it. <3
Wonderful color combination. Yes, it does remind me of mint chocolate chip ice cream. Of course, I also loved the heat embossing, one of my favorite things to do on a cold fall night! Great card altogether!
Thanks so much, my friend! Going to try to make a card WITHOUT heat embossing… 🙂
So beautiful, Brian! I love the embossed can!
Thanks, Michelle! I’ve been embossing a lot lately. Need to kick the habit for a bit. 🙂
Luscious layers topped off with a scoop of mint chip ice cream. You made me smile when I was just thinking that the cool colors reminded of such and then you made reference to it too. The off set panel is another great touch with the sentiment to the side of the milk can. The white embossing is a stunner. What else can I say other than I am grateful for your card and another I need to CASE.
Thanks so much, Chris! I had fun with this card – some standard things for me (like layers and white embossing) but some different (like the offset panel). Glad you like it. CASE away! <3
I need to try White craft ink and White embossing powder. Looks marvelous!
Thanks so much, Mary! The slow-drying white ink fills in the cracks where the embossing powder doesn’t fully stick. You’ll like it. <3
Stunning, as ever. You always manage to create something unique with the same materials we all have; your take is inspiring. You must be one of the most-CASED artists in the Stampin Up Pantheon! Love this card big time.
Thanks so much, Linda! That’s one of the kindest things you could say. I love to showcase a different view of the common products. <3
Such a beautiful card Brian and one that will indeed be needed after the holidays to thank folks who either hosted or attended a holiday event. I truly love sending thank you notes as these days full of texting and twitter and facebook, etc. everyone in surprised and oh so pleased to receive an actual thank you note in the mail. Your use of the Country Home stamp set couldn’t be more fitting and beautiful. I love this card!
Thanks, Grace! I think these images are so beautiful – I was so happy with it in simple white. I love a good thank you note, too. <3
Love the white on the crumb cake with the splash of color from the dsp!!
Thanks so much, Ginger! <3
This is fabulous with the white outlined image and that DSP!
Thanks, Linda! I’ve had this jug sitting around for a while – glad to use it today. <3
Lovely card with such beautiful colors!
Thanks so much, Susan! I love the softness of these colors – different combination for me. <3
Wow, the paper and the image are perfect together..genius!
Thanks, my friend. <3