Wooden Nutcracker

Inspiration: Sunday Stamps #297

During his Holiday Hoopla, Tim Holtz shared how to put together his Colorize dies using his woodgrain paper. I don't have his woodgrain paper (love the look, hate the price), but I do have a more affordable wood-textured cardstock from Memory Box that I pulled out to test assembling Harvey with. I really love this idea. By getting rid of the colour component, you can die-cut everything at once and simply assemble. The only step that made this more time consuming was that I inked the edges of every single piece before gluing together. The result really is quite lovely, though.

I had started a card earlier using the Sunday Stamps colour combo and stopped mid-way because I didn't know where to go next. Decided to sit on it and revisit later, but I realized that my base looked lovely paired with Harvey. The white-embossed cardstock didn't work well with the wooden soldier, though, so I recreated the scalloped panel in two different colours of cardstock, embossing the middle one, and inking the details with a blender brush to make the details stand out more.

The sentiment was stamped in Evening Evergreen ink on Just Jade cardstock, die-cut with Cross Stitched Circle dies and matted on Evening Evergreen cardstock. I stamped a little holly image from another stamp set to fill the empty space, and I added little gems. I added one to Harvey's hat as well. I added matching ribbon and was happy with this revisited card.

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Moments lumineux, Enveloppé d'amour (Stampin' Up!);
Perfect Plaids (Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous)
Cardstock: White Woodgrain (Memory Box); Cherry Cobbler, Just Jade,
Evening Evergreen, Sweet Sorbet (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Just Jade, Evening Evergreen, Sweet Sorbet, Cherry Cobbler (Stampin' Up!);
Pumice Stone Distress Oxide (Ranger)
Dies: Harvey (Tim Holtz for Sizzix); Cross Stitched Circle Stackables (Lawn Fawn);
Scalloped Contours (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Fine Sparkle Adhesive-Backed Gems, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Blender Brushes, Evening Evergreen Ribbon (Stampin' Up!); A2 Envelope (The Paper Cut);
Ski Lodge Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

 

Comments

[Deb Horst]

So much detail on that nut cracker die...fantastic!! Everything about this card is fantastic!! Thanks for play along with our color challenge over at Sunday Stamps!! #SSC297

[Annette Elliott]

Wow, this is STUNNING! I love your layout, the details, the embossing and the diue cut Nutcracker is adorable! Thanks so much for playing along with this weeks challenge at Sunday Stamps!

[Heather Heroldt]

Wow, Cindy, this is a texture extravaganza! Just stunning! That little soldier is amazing, and your colors SING! Thanks so much for playing at Sunday Stamps!