Ramblin' Stamper: 2022

Monday, November 7, 2022

Christmas Barn Birthday Card

I admit I'm a bit obsessed with this Christmas Barn stamp set! It's so much fun to create with.

I'm inspired by all the beautiful fall colors in my neighborhood this week. It's been a gorgeous Autumn in northern Ohio!

Colors I used are Soft Suede for the barn and card base; Mossy Meadow for the mat; Crumb Cake for the background.

I found some birds in my High Tide stamp set (retired) and used Early Espresso to stamp them before embossing the background with my Evergreen Forest embossing folder (retired). The fence is stamped in Early Espresso on Crumb Cake cardstock, and the barn is also stamped in Early Espresso on Soft Suede cardstock.

About the Trees...

The three trees are from the Beauty of Friendship stamp set. I stamped them on Crumb Cake cardstock, using my Stamparatus to achieve the multiple colors on one stamp. For two of them, I stamped them in Crushed Curry ink first, then used a sponge dauber to add Poppy Parade and stamp again. The third (red) tree was stamped in Poppy Parade first then added Cherry Cobbler. The tree trunks are stamped with Soft Suede.

This card is similar to one I've made before. On my previous card each tree was just one color - I like this new version much better! You can find details for that card here.

I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the U.S., you can order your papercrafting supplies from my online store. Just click any of the images below. So easy!

THANK YOU!

Christmas Barn Bundle (English) [159749] $46.75	Beauty Of Friendship Bundle (English) [155834] $52.00	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318] $9.25	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $8.00
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676] $9.25	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $9.25	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $8.00	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $8.00
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $8.00	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $8.00	Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893] $6.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $5.00
Stamparatus [146276] $49.00	Pebbles Enamel Shapes [158141] $7.50 (retired)	Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder [153576] $10.00 (retired)	High Tide Photopolymer Stamp Set [143006] $26.00 (retired)

Monday, October 31, 2022

Double-Easel Fold Christmas Barn

I'm totally in love with this Christmas Barn stamp set. This one is a fancy fold called a double easel. It's a great fold for a display card - it folds nice & flat to fit in an envelope, but when opened up the bottom half of the card "pops"!

The card base is Basic Gray, 11" x 4-1/4", scored at 5-1/2" so the fold is at the top of the card. Adhered to the card front is a piece of Real Red cardstock that's 10-1/4" x 4", scored at 5-1/4" & 7-3/4".

The glittery snow is 3-3/4" x 2-3/8". Notice that it goes to the very edge of the fold so that when the card is closed it blends seamlessly with the background white. For the background, I used a piece of retired designer series paper 5" x 3-3/4" that had some beautiful black and silver evergreens printed on it. If you don't have something similar, you can stamp your own trees using the tree image from the stamp set.

The barn is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black on Smoky Slate cardstock. The horse & sleigh is colored with Stampin' Blends. The two trees are stamped one in Smoky Slate and one in Tuxedo Black, then embossed with Shimmer White Embossing Powder (retired).

I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the U.S., you can order your papercrafting supplies from my online store. Just click any of the images below. So easy!

THANK YOU!

Product List

Christmas Barn Bundle (English)

[159749]

$46.75

Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121044]

$9.25

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[102482]

$9.25

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.25

Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[131202]

$9.25

Real Red & White 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Glimmer Paper

[159578]

$5.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$8.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[147113]

$8.00

Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad

[155576]

$8.00

Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154899]

$9.00

Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154906]

$9.00

Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154903]

$9.00

Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154830]

$9.00

Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[146924]

$7.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$30.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Shimmer White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[149511]

$6.00(retired)

Monday, October 24, 2022

My Christmas Barn

I've used this Christmas Barn stamp set for Fall cards but this is the first Christmas card I've created with it. I love this snowy barn scene, it reminds me of a barn we have on our property.

This is my for real Christmas barn :)

I stamped the barn using Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Smoky Slate cardstock to make it look like my own barn. (Also because this way it doesn't need to be colored!) The wreath is stamped in Evening Evergreen and I colored the bow with Stampin' Blends. The mat on the card and the sentiment are both Cherry Cobbler.

The Basic White background (5" x 3-3/4") is embossed with the Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder (retired). The trees were stamped in Evening Evergreen ink, then heat embossed with Shimmer White Embossing Powder (also retired). The sentiment, barn & fence are all raised on Stampin' Dimensionals.

Product List

Christmas Barn Bundle (English)

[159749]

$46.75