Warm Wishes – Special Delivery

Good Morning!  It is December and the countdown has really begun.  The Fall Swag on my door has been replaced with my Christmas Wreath.

Today, I am creating for Paper Players (#668) using the cute card layout. 

Just a layout…but what to do with it?  I selected the Four Seasons – December Anything Goes Winter theme and the Inspired By (#265) Holiday Décor theme to dress up my Door.  I am also sharing this card with Krafty Chicks (#692) for their Anything Goes theme.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Balmy Blue cardstock.
• Diagonal Accent Strip: (2” x 7”) Balmy Blue Snowflake patterned piece of paper from the Walk in the Forest Designer Series Paper pack adhered and trimmed.
• Rectangle Panel: (2½” x 4¼”) Smoky Slate cardstock dry-embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder.
• Decoration – Door, Bushes, Steps and Gifts: Basic White cardstock scraps.
  • The Door and Bushes image from the November 2023 Paper Pumpkin Kit – Warm Wishes was stamped twice with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
  • The Gift Box image, from the same stamp set was stamped four times
  • Additionally, just the Bushes and the Steps were stamped again.
  • All images were colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers.  Colors chosen: Door Frame – Light Pecan Pie and Bronze; Door Knob – Light Wild Wheat; Windows – Light and Dark Daffodil Delight and streaked with Light Balmy Blue for Glass; Steps – Bronze and Dark Pecan Pie; Wreath – Light and Dark Shaded Spruce and Light and Dark Real Red; Bushes – Light and Dark Shaded Spruce: and Gifts – Light and Dark Balmy Blue and Light and Dark Real Red.
  • Once colored, all elements were fussy-cut with Paper Snips.
  • The Door, Step and Bushes image was adhered to the Brick Wall.  The two additional Steps and Bushes were adhered to the left and right.
  • The additional Wreath and the Gift Boxes were added to the Door and the Steps with the Wreath and one Gift Box popped up with Dimensionals.
• Sentiment Banner: Balmy Blue cardstock scrap die-cut with one of the Banner dies from the retired Bunch of Banners Framelits Dies set.
  • Banner details were drawn in and Banner edges were highlighted with the Light Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Marker.
  • The greeting, Special Delivery, from the same set was stamped onto the Banner with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch and the Banner was popped up with Dimensionals.

A warm and welcoming decorated entrance way to my holiday home…Happy Christmas.

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.   Cheers,  Jolanda!

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