Inspiration: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday (Anything Goes)
I have been meaning to use the 3D Shopping Cart and matching Shopping Bags dies for a while and I finally got around to assembling them tonight. I wasn't sure what I would make exactly, but I ended up grabbing the Winter Farmhouse collection that was lying around nearby to make the shopping bags with and I kept going with the collection for embellish the card as well. I had a few silver snowflakes made with the Tim Holtz Impresslits lying on my desk and while I didn't want to do silver on silver, I got curious how it would look if I colored it with my Copic markers. I was happy with the result, so I tied ribbon around the cart and added the snowflake with a Stampin' Dimensionals, then I added a snowflake from the sticker book and a gem in the center. I used the tiny tag die from the die set to add to one of the bag, and the wording on it comes from the sticker book - I cut the sticker in half to fit it on the tag.
For the background, I stamped a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock in Sahara Sand ink using the Knit Together background stamp from Stampin' Up! I added floral paper on the left side and a piece of striped ribbon between the two blocks. I was initially going to keep only those two sections, but the plans changed when I started trying to work a sentiment in my design. I stamped and embossed a sentiment from the Merry Mistletoe set in Platinum embossing powder. I wanted to do a side banner layered over the cart, but it was not working well, so I decided instead to stamp the little banner image a couple of times on the edge of the knit pattern and add my sentiment strip vertically. The handle of the cart was going right over the sentiment, so placement was good, and I added another snowflake sticker at the top to fill in the space.
I rounded the corners of the background paper and added it to a Thick Very Vanilla card base. I have yet to make a matching envelope (which I usually do right after I finished my card), but with the dimensional cart, this card is quite thick, so I will need to be creative if I plan to send this card out by mail.
Supplies
Stamps: Knit Together, Sous le gui (Merry Mistletoe - Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Thick Very Vanilla, Basic Grey, Basic Black, Silver Foil Sheets (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Paper, Sticker Elements, Sticker Book: Winter Farmhouse (Simple Stories)
Ink: Sahara Sand, Evening Evergreen, VersaMark (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals,
Silver Elastic Cord, Genial Gems, Delightful Dijon Striped Ribbon (Stampin' Up!);
Snowflake Impresslits (Tim Holtz for Sizzix); Markers (Copic); Platinum Embossing Powder (Ranger);
Shopping Bags and 3D Shopping Cart Dies (Spellbinders)
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