Keeping Warm

Inspiration: July 2021 Card Maps Sketch + Lawn Fawnatics #113

After finishing a page with the Ugly Christmas Sweater collection from Simple Stories, I wanted to create a card as well, and it seemed like a good time to pull out the Say What? Holiday Critters set. Aren't those animals adorable in their Christmas attire? I liked that one of the sketches from the July Card Maps selection had three squares, which allowed me to fit all of the images from the set, and I was happy to do a mini slimline cards, as 3¼" x 6½" has been one of my favorite card size for many years. I created my background with two knitted patterns and I used a leftover scalloped edge I had not used on my scrapbook page (die-cut with the Stitched Scalloped Borders dies from Lawn Fawn). 

The scalloped squares were die-cut using Nestabilities dies, and I layered squares in the same Very Vanilla cardstock embossed with the Cable Knit embossing folder from Sunny Studio. At the bottom of the patterned paper, I added a piece of Cherry Cobbler curly ribbon for texture. In the now retired Cozy Christmas set, I found a sentiment that reads "Warm and Cozy Christmas" which fit the theme perfectly and fit nicely in the Everyday Sentiment Banners dies (although I did have to run it through a second time to shorten the banner a bit). To finish the card, I embellished the squares with a few silver gems.

I made a matching envelope out of patterned paper using the Envelope Punch Board and I used the Tailor Made Tags dies from Stampin' Up! to create an address block. I added a sweater sticker from the collection.

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Say What? Holiday Critters (Lawn Fawn); Noël au chaud (Cozy Christmas - Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Thick Very Vanilla, Very Vanilla, Garden Green (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers, Stickers: Ugly Christmas Sweater (Simple Stories)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Basic Grey (Stampin' Up!)
Dies: Stitched Scalloped Borders, Everyday Sentiment Banners (Lawn Fawn);
Tailor Made Tags (Stampin' Up!); Scalloped Squares Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Cable Knit Embossing Folder (Sunny Studio); Markers (Copic);
Cherry Cobbler Curly Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Envelope Punch Board (Stampin' Up!);
Silver Crystals (Studio Katia)

 

Comments

[Gab]

This is so pretty

[Samantha M]

oh this is so cute! love the little critters on each frame! so special! thank you so much for playing with the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge!

[Karin Åkesdotter]

LOVE this card too!!!! Awesome design! Thank you again for sharing your talent and for playing along with the Christmas Critters Challenge at Lawn Fawnatics /Karin

[Samantha Casey]

Very cute card! I love the different critters you used! Thank you so much for playing the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge!