Stamp Review Crew - Festive Farmhouse

Stampin' UP! Swirly Scribbles and Bunch of Banners

It's the third Monday of October and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew Hop. We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the Festive Farmhouse stamp set.  You have likely come from Holly Krautkremer on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.

This card was fun to create, albeit at bit involved, and reminds me of the decoration I used to see growing up in Michigan.  I wanted the lights to definitely be the focal point so the only things that are in color (other than the sentiment) are the lights.  Smoky Slate adds a nice neutral palette to make the lights "shine!"  Let's get started...

Real Red

Call Me Clover

Crushed Curry

Smoky Slate

Step by Step:

• Start by cutting a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White card stock.  Stamp the trees in Smoky Slate Classic Inkclose to the top of the card and evenly spaced across.
• Stamp a fourth tree on a 3" x 4" piece of Whisper White card stock.  Now take string of lights stamp and evenly stamp it over the crown of the tree using Smoky Slate ink.  Don't worry about some of the light string not being over the tree image.  Next we'll die cut the tree out so no one will know!  ;-)
• Take the piece of Whisper White card stock that you just die cut the tree from and position it over one of the trees you first stamped on the card face.  This will serve as a mask so you can stamp the light strings as you did on the tree you just die cut out.  Using a Stampin' Write Marker, color the lights evenly on all three trees.
• Using an Aqua Painter, take some diluted Smoky Slate ink and lightly color in all the tree trunks.
• Next take the Swirly Scribbles Embossing folder and position it so it only embosses from the tree trunks to the bottom of the card.  You'll do this by placing the area of the card you don't want embossed outside the embossing folder.
• Using Smoky Slate ink, stamp the farm house on a piece of light woodgrain card stock from the Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper.  (You could also use woodgrain paper from the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack) . Stamp the light strings on the front of the farm house and color them in. Color in the windows with Crushed Curry ink and the roof line and porch posts using Smoky Slate.  Die cut the house out and attach it to the card front with the trees using Stampin' Dimensionals.
• Cut a 5 1/4" x 2" piece of Whisper White card stock and run it through the Big Shot using the Swirls & Scribbles embossing folder.  Fussy cut the snow line out using one of the embossed images as a guide.  Attach this to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals.
• Attach the die cut tree to the card face using Stampin' Dimensionals.
• Stamp the sentiment using Real Red Classic Ink on the same wood grain DSP and die cut it out using the Bunch of Banners Framelits.  Attach it to the face of the card using Tear & Tape.
• Mat the card face on a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" piece of Real Red Card stock and mount it to the card base.  Simple! 

Next stop on the hop is Cindy Elam where

she'll wow you with her beautiful design skills.

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Comments

[Janet]

I am looking for the Farmhouse Christmas Stamp set and Die set. Do you have a new or used set?

[Ann Schach]

Awesome card, Mike! I love all the lights in the trees...and all the snow! It was great seeing you in Orlando. Hugs!

[Heidi Baks]

How fun! I love the swirly snow drifts, and the Christmas lights are very creative.

[Pinky]

Luv this, Mike!

[Lisa L Eisner]

Amazing card! Love the lights in the trees. Pure genius!

[Wendie]

Mike, I think this is one of my favorites using Festive Farmhouse! Love the snow drifts and all of the lights!

[Marianne]

Mike, this is gorgeous!
This set is not on my wish list...not a favourite of mine, but your card with this set is the most stunning I have seen online.
Beautiful!!