Elegant Pines

 

I liked Sheri Gilson's card on Pinterest (whose own card was inspired by CraftyPapertyInk), so with the stamps I had I created a similar card from her inspiration.

I used the 'Christmas Pines' stamp set and heat embossed White Embossing powder onto Basic Gray cardstock. I matted each onto Basic White cardstock and added the ribbon (from a craft store).

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Stamp set - Christmas Pines

Ink - Versamark

Paper - Basic Gray, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Heat Tool, White Emboss Powder, White Satin Ribbon (from local craft store)

Painted Pines

With each stamp set I purchase, I sometimes look to see if there's an unusual way to use the stamp/image/shape. With the 'Christmas Pines' stamp set... you would think that you could only use it for pinecones. Well, I noticed that the image sort of looked like a pineapple too. So, I thought to make a cute card using the image as a pineapple.

For the greenery for the pineapple, I used the leaf stamp in the 'Painted Harvest' stamp set.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Christmas Pines, Painted Harvest, Birthday Banners
Ink - Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green
Paper - Pineapple Punch, Whisper White, Nature's Poem DSP
Accessories - Big Shot, Pretty Pines Thinlits, Bunch of Banners Framelits, dimensionals, Stitched Square Framelits (non-SU)

 

Pine Christmas

 

When I saw Mary Deatherage's card on Pinterest... I just knew I had to create one of my own. I decided to use the 'Christmas Pines' stamp set and coordinating 'Pretty Pines' thinlits, along with the sentiment from 'Season Like Christmas' instead of the stamps/die cuts that she used. I also changed out the ribbon and twine that she used too.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Christmas Pines, Season Like Christmas

Ink - Memento

Paper - Whisper White (thick), Whisper White, Basic Black, Merry Little Christmas DSP, Soft Suede, Old Olive

Accessories - Big Shot, Die Brush, Precision Plate, Pretty Pines Thinlits, glue dots, twine, Basic Black Shimmer Ribbon

 

Glimmer Pines

I found a card on Pinterest using white for the pine cone with white on the background... and so, wanted to try that on a card of my own. I paired it with Soft Sea Foam and Silver paper to create a elegant card.

I applied 'Wink of Stella' on the pine cone to make it sparkle (although, you can't really see that in my photo).

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Christmas Pines
Ink - Gray Granite
Paper - Whisper White (thick), Whisper White, Soft Sea Foam, Glimmer Paper Silver
Accessories - Big Shot, Precision Plate, Die Brush, Pretty Pines Thinlits, glue dots, Metallic Ribbon (Silver)

Wooden Pines

I cannot take total credit for this card.  I saw Jacqui McLeay's card on Pinterest, and just thought I would create one similar for myself. Her's is a little different, yet you can see where I got the inspiration from her. Here's her card:

Thanks Jacqui!

I used the Christmas Pines stamp set along with the coordinating Pretty Pines thinlits for this card. The only stamp I used is the sentiment... everything else is die-cut with the Pretty Pines thinlits.

The pine cones had a background on Early Espresso and an overlay of Crumb Cake. The berry sprigs are Real Red and the pine boughs are Garden Green. 

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Christmas Pines

Ink - Early Espresso

Paper - Garden Green, Real Red, Wood Textures DSP, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Accessories - Big Shot, Precision Plate, Die Brush, Pretty Pines Thinlits, Burlap Twine, glue dots

Pretty Christmas

Creating some more Christmas cards... this time using the Christmas Pines stamp set and the coordinating Pretty Pines Thinlits. I also used This Christmas Designer Series Paper (DSP) on both of these cards.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Christmas Pines

Ink - Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler

Paper - Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Very Vanilla, This Christmas DSP

Accessories - Big Shot, Precision Plate, Pretty Pines Thinlits, Die Brush, glue dots, dimensionals, Basic Pearls

Pine Accents

So many cards to make for Christmas.... it's so easy to create different cards for people when you have some beautiful inspiration on Pinterest.  I was excited when I saw Elizabeth Price's card, and thought I could do something similar with the framelits and papers that I had.  Thanks Elizabeth for your inspiration!  Here is her card for reference:

See.... different yet very similar to mine!  I used 2 different Designer Series Paper on my card... one from Candy Cane Lane and the other from This Christmas.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Christmas Pines

Ink - Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler

Paper - Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Candy Cane Lane DSP, This Christmas DSP

Accessories - Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Pretty Pines Thinlits, Die Brush, Precision Plate, Early Espresso Taffeta Ribbon, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Sprinkled Trees

It's really kinda amazing how this card evolved from what I had originally planned when I first started took this stamp set out.

My original color choice was to use gray/white with a touch of red for the bird. Instead I ended up using black/vanilla with the touch of red...not really traditional Christmas colors, but I believe the end result is pretty amazing!

I wanted to utilize the This Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper...and the colors on this particular sheet was black and vanilla. So, I adjusted my thinking and I'm so happy I did!

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Sprinkles of Life, Totally Trees, Christmas Pines
Ink - Versamark, Memento
Paper - Very Vanilla, Basic Black, This Christmas Specialty DSP
Accessories - Big Shot, Stars Framelits, scissors, dimensionals, Tree Builder Punch, White Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Black Solid Baker's Twine