Merriest Trees Fun Fold

I recently received the Merriest Trees bundle and am having such fun creating with it. There are 16 stamps and 26 dies with this bundle, and the bonus is that it also cuts out some of the trees in the A Walk in the Forest Designer Series Paper on page 5 of the September-December Mini Catalog. I love it when our Stampin' Up! dies cut out our DSP! Take a look on page 12 of the catalog to see the whole set and then go on a hunt through the rest of the catalog as the trees appear on some other pages too.

Here is the card unfolded:

Materials:

1. Poppy Parade cardstock-- card base 8 ½” by 5 ½” scored on the long side at 2 1/8” and 4 ¼” and folded accordion style, 1 5/8” by 3 ¼” piece (for cutting the swag)

2. Merry Bold & Bright DSP—the front piece 1 7/8” by 5 ¼” and the inside piece 4” by 5 ¼”

3.    3. Basic White cardstock—2 pieces cut with the second to largest Scalloped Contours rectangle, ½” scrap for the front sentiment and another scrap for the ornaments

4.    4. Ink—Lemon Lime Twist, Shaded Spruce, Poppy Parade and Crushed Curry

5.    5. Merriest Trees bundle

6.    6. Scalloped Contours dies

7.    7. Optional—Iridescent Adhesive-Backed Discs or Glossy Dots Assortment for ornaments

       8. Basic supplies--Bone folder, Paper Snips, adhesive (I like Multipurpose Glue), Paper Trimmer, Die Cutting and Embossing Machine, Regular and Mini Dimensionals

Fold the card base in half and then fold along the 2 1/8” score line, folding it back on itself. Attach the smaller DSP to the front part and the larger piece to the inside.

On one of the Basic White Scalloped Contours pieces stamp the large filled in Christmas tree with Lemon Lime Twist, and the lines in Shaded Spruce.

Stamp the outside sentiment using Shaded Spruce on the ½” piece of Basic White and diagonally cut both ends.

Die cut the swag pieces from the small piece of Poppy Parade.

On a scrap of Basic White stamp the ornaments twice first in Crushed Curry, then clean the stamp and stamp 2 sets in Poppy Parade. Cut them out with the dies. If you want to skip this step and just use gems you can do that alternatively.

Stamp the inside sentiment in Poppy Parade ink on the other Basic White Scalloped Contours piece. Stamp a present in Crushed Curry ink topped with a Shaded Spruce bow. Here's how the inside will look:

Glue the Poppy Parade swag pieces to the tree diagonally. Attach 3-4 of each ornament to the tree using Mini Dimensionals, or use 7 Iridescent Adhesive-Backed Discs or Glossy Dots Assortment for ornaments.

Attach the tree piece to the front of the card using Regular Dimensionals just on the left half of the Scalloped Contours rectangle. Attach the inside Scalloped Contours rectangle by holding it under the front one to make sure it doesn’t show when the card is closed. Attach the front sentiment with Dimensionals.

 Below is my Facebook Live from 10/30/23 where I make this card, and show you some tips to help with the cardmaking, as well I made the card using the Iridescent Adhesive-Backed Discs for the ornaments on the live. Join me every Monday at 1 pm PST for some cardmaking fun over on Stamp with Dr Robin on Facebook. Or follow me on YouTube with the same name (be sure to hit the Subscribe button while you are there). And let me know if you have questions. You can click on the red Robin above left to order these supplies from my store.