#DOswts377 Monochromatic Inspiration Hop: Holiday Greetings

 

Greetings!

Today's hop is pretty self explanatory.  Creating a card using variations of one color.  I love these challenges!  It's so fun to "hop" along and see the beautiful creations everyone shares.

Ever since this challenge was posted at the beginning of the month, I've been rolling ideas around in my head.  In the mean time, I've been making Christmas cards like crazy to mail out to everyone on my list.  Last night I finished them up, and was putting away my stamp sets and the bell rang loudly!  Ding ding ding.  How about making a tree out of various holiday greetings on shades of green!  Well, the creative juices started flowing, I decided which greetings made for a fun variety of fonts, sizes and messages, and started playing.  I slept on it, and woke up with even more inspiration, so got to work on it as soon as I finished breakfast.  Here is the result:

Believe it or not, all these messages come from only 3 stamp sets, one of which is bundled with the dies for the holly leaves and pine branches.  The greetings are all stamped first in VersaMark™ Ink with Pear Pizzazz and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder.  The tree needed a bit of decoration and the Metallic Pearls were just the ticket.  

Gather Your Supplies:

• Words of Cheer Bundle (Save 10% when purchasing stamp set & dies with bundle item#)
• Happy HOLIDAYS 
• Whimsical Trees Stamp Set
• Joy
• Let your heart be light
• Merry Snowflakes Stamp Set
• merry everything
• Season's GREETINGS
• Old Olive cardstock 
• card base 4-1/4 x 11 scored & folded at 5-1/2 OR 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored & folded at 4-1/4
• Mossy Meadow cardstock
• 1-3/8 x 2-1/2
• Pear Pizzazz cardstock
• 1-5/8 x 3-1/4
• Soft Sea Foam cardstock
• 1-7/8 x 4
• Regals 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper Assortment 
• Old Olive - 4-1/8 x 5-3/8
• Gold Foil Sheets
• scrap for star
• Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad
• VersaMark™ Ink Pad
• Basics Stampin' Emboss Powder - Clear
• Metallic Pearls - Gold
• Adhesive Sheets
• Heat Tool

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Product List

Words Of Cheer Bundle [156389]	Whimsical Trees Cling Stamp Set (English) [156330]	Merry Snowflakes Cling Stamp Set (English) [156419]	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) Designer Series Paper [155228]
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676]	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100702]	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131201]	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146988]
Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104]	Basics Embossing Powders [155554]
Metallic Pearls [146282]	Adhesive Sheets [152334]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]

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Here's How It's Made:

All stamps used are inked first with VersaMark, then Pear Pizzazz.  Stamp onto colored cardstock, sprinkle message with Clear Emboss Powder, shake off excess and set with Heat Tool.

Stamp "Joy" (Whimsical Trees) at top of Mossy Meadow cardstock and stamp "Happy" (Words of Cheer) near bottom.  

Stamp HOLIDAYS (Words of Cheer) at top of Pear Pizzazz cardstock, stamp "Let your heart..." (Whimsical Trees) in upper middle and stamp "merry everything" near bottom.

Stamp "Season's GREETINGS" onto Soft Sea Foam cardstock.

Adhere Old Olive Designer Series Paper panel to card base front.  Position the three stamped cardstock pieces and adhere, centering side to side.  

Adhere adhesive sheet to scraps of Mossy Meadow, Pear Pizzazz and Soft Sea Foam cardstock.  Die cut holly leaves and pine branches in all three colors.  Peel of adhesive backing and adhere to card as shown.  Die cut star from Gold Foil sheet.

Adhere Gold Metallic Pearls randomly to decorate tree.

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Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you're inspired to gather your supplies and get creative!  

Have a beautiful day!  😊  

Beverly J