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This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!

Hi friends! I am back with another non-traditional holiday project today, this time featuring vibrant magenta and deep cherry red. I had a few leftover felt bottle brush trees from a project that I posted earlier this week featuring some festive pink and red bottle brush trees, so I thought I would turn the leftovers into an entirely different felt project, this time on an embroidery hoop! I loved the hot pink and red color palette so much that I thought I would make a coordinating card so that they could be given as a gift. Don’t you just love it when everything coordinates? Let’s get started with the details on my projects!

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I had die cut several bottle brush trees from two different shades of pink felt as well as some metallic red foil felt and used this as my color palette for both projects, adding in some crisp white backdrops and some snowflakes to help enhance the holiday imagery!

I filled a medium sized embroidery hoop with some crisp white fabric with a subtle white snowflake pattern, then adhered the detail layer of these Small Bottle Brush Trees and Large Bottle Brush Trees die cuts in a row on the printed fabric using felt glue. I added a die cut Merry Word from CZ Design for Simon Says Stamp, cut using the same metallic red foil felt from my stash, beneath the row of trees, tucking a red hemp twine bow beneath it. For some additional sparkle, I added some Clear Pawsitively Dazzling Gems and a few snowflake sequins, sewn on with embroidery thread and embellished with a seed bead.

To create the coordinating card, I used blending brushes to blend Pawsitively Saturated Inks in shades of Cherry, Guava, Apple on an A2 card front, then used white pigment ink to stamp some snowflakes and a white gel pen to add some snowy dots on the blended background. I used red foil, magenta, and bright red cardstock to die cut the different components of the Small Bottle Brush Trees and Large Bottle Brush Trees, adhering the detail layer to the solid background layer with liquid adhesive.

After I had die cut the trees and put them together, I used foam adhesive to place the trio of bottle brush trees on my snowy card front, adding a glittery die cut Merry and coordinating embossed sentiment from Season’s Tweetings, which I stamped on a strip of red cardstock using Simon Says Stamp White Pigment Ink and added some White Satin Pearl embossing powder. I flagged the end of the sentiment strip and added the sentiment pieces to the card front using foam adhesive. Finally, I added a few Taffy Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for additional sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! We are heading straight into holiday crafting season (anybody know the “I’m shifting into soup mode” meme? I’m shifting into holiday mode!) so I hope you’re ready for snowflakes, sparkles, trees, bows, and poinsettias galore!! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Hi friends! I am back today with some more inspiration using the lovely collaboration stamp sets from two lovely companies: Altenew and Trinity Stamps! Altenew created the exclusive Azalea Bunch stamp set just for the STAMPtember celebration, and Trinity created the festive Little Christmas Tree. I have created a pair of unique projects to share with you today, so let’s get started on the details!

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For my project using the beautiful Azalea Bunch, I first stamped the image once on white cardstock using no-line coloring ink, then again on vellum with sticky embossing ink. I heat embossed the vellum with white embossing powder and used my Copic markers to do some simple coloring on the white panel. I had intended to try to do a tri-fold card, but my vellum cracked when I scored it (don’t press too hard with vellum!) so I had to improvise a bit. I used my sharp scissors to fussy cut the vellum image in order to place it directly over the top of the colored image!

To adhere my vellum image cleanly, I created some greeting components behind which I could hide my adhesive. I stamped two of the sentiments from Azalea Bunch onto some white cardstock using deep navy ink, then stamped directly over the top using sticky embossing ink and added iridescent blue embossing powder. I used my sharp scissors to cut the larger greeting out and added it to the vellum floral piece with foam adhesive. I also added a Royal Pawsitively Dazzling Gem and a pretty white silk bow, then flipped the vellum piece over and added dots of liquid adhesive, finally placing the vellum piece directly over the top of my colored bouquet.

I trimmed the white panel down 1/4″ on each side, then mounted it to a panel of Altenew’s new Crafty Necessities Azurite cardstock and added a few more Royal gems for added sparkle. I have never tried this technique before, but I am loving the vellum overlay so much!

For my second card, I used the exclusive, limited edition Little Christmas Tree from Trinity Stamps to create this unique, dramatic eggplant-and-gold card. I started by heat embossing the large tree image in the center of an Eggplant card front using Iridescent Gold embossing powder. I then blended Pawsitively Saturated Aster ink around the edges and carefully splattered some gold watercolor around the tree, making sure not to splatter any on the tree itself. I also used the same gold watercolors to add extra details to the garland on the tree!

For the greeting, I die cut the detail layer of the CZ Designs Merry die from gold glitter cardstock and the shadow from some more Eggplant cardstock, layering them together with liquid adhesive and popping the sentiment up directly on top of the tree with some foam adhesive. Finally, I added a a bit more luxe to this dramatic card by adding some shimmering gems from my stash. Such a striking, non-traditional color palette for a holiday card, but no less festive for it!!

Well, that’s all for my projects today. These STAMPtember collaboration sets are limited edition and usually sell out very quickly, so if you’re on the fence, don’t wait too long! To sweeten the deal and make it even easier for you to shop, Heidi at Simon Says Stamp has offered free shipping for purchases over $25 for a limited time!!

These beautiful sets are sure to sell out quickly, so if you’re on the fence, don’t wait too long… these limited edition sets are gone forever once they sell out!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy STAMPtember!!

Pink and Red Bottle Brush Tree with Simon Says Stamp!

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Collaboration: Altenew and Trinity Stamps!