Well, obviously two cards weren’t enough.
In October, I went away for a crafty weekend with friends.
I had high hopes of getting ahead with my Christmas card production and thought an assembly line style project would be a good way to use my time.
So, Concord & 9th Home for the Holidays was top of my list.
Despite disappearing to attend a wedding in the middle of the crafty weekend away, I did make some progress on creating this set of cards:
Stamps: Concord & 9th – Home for the Holidays
Dies: Concord & 9th – Home for the Holidays Stacks, Concord & 9th – Card Stacks Base
Stencil: Simon Says Stamp – Falling Snow
To keep the mess to a minimum, I prepped the 9 card bases from three shades of blue cardstock (the maximum number of bases I could cut from them with the Card Stacks Base die) ahead of the retreat by applying white embossing paste through the Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil, and a sprinkling of Rock Candy glitter. There is no way I would ever use Stickles or loose glitter that needs time to dry at a retreat. I’ve been there, done that, ruined a few projects!
I also cut all the card stack levels for each card and then edged them with the snow drift die in the Home for the Holidays set and spent a happy evening watching the latest season of Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix scoring and adhering all the stacks to my snowy card bases.
Then it was just a matter of packing all the supplies I’d need to cut and assemble the rest of the scene.
Well, by the end of the weekend I had all my houses cut and assembled (from various shades of Concord & 9th cardstock and a few others in my cardstock scraps folder) but I was far from finished.
Once home, I managed to gradually complete the remaining tasks one step at a time.
First adding all the vellum pieces behind the little houses to fill in the windows, adding the glittery snow to the roofs, cutting and assembling all the tiny little wreaths, cutting and assembling all the snowy trees I’d need, then cutting all the lampposts I’d need.
The next step was to assemble all the elements I’d cut and add some Rock Candy glitter to the snow drifts for extra sparkle.
Finally, when the cards were dry, I stamped the sentiments on banners and added them.
It ended up taking the best part of the week to finish all 9 cards.
I may have had my fill of tiny Christmas houses for this year, but the cards have turned out lovely, even if I say so myself!
Until next time, happy crafting!
 Concord & 9th – Home for the Holidays stamps Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Concord & 9th – Home for the Holidays Stacks dies Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Concord & 9th – Card Stacks Base dies Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Simon Says Stamp – Falling Snow stencil Shop at: MISC |
 Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
 Bazzill Cardshoppe – Marshmallow Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
 Concord & 9th – Assorted cardstock pack Shop at: EH | MISC | SHC (UK) |
 Lawn Fawn – Vellum Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Memory Box – Delicate Pastel glitter pad Shop at: MISC |
 Tim Holtz – Distress Glitter – Clear Rock Candy Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste – White Shop at: EH | MISC |
 Marvy Jewel Picker Shop at: AZ (UK) |
 Lawn Fawn – Glue tube Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Ranger – Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
 Scor-Tape – 1/4″ Shop at: AZ (UK) | MISC |
 Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC |
 Waffle Flower – Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Sizzix – Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Thermoweb iCraft – Purple tape for die-cutting – 1 1/2″ Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC |
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