Making Spirits Bright with Woodland Texture

I absolutely love the {Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder} from the 2015 Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue, don't you?! It's one of my all time favourite embossing folders - and I have a lot, I mean A LOT of folders!!! I like the rustic look of this folder, and there are so many fun things that have been made with it, no wonder it sold out so quickly. I grabbed a couple spares for myself, I love it so much. I guess enough people were sad that it was GONE that Stampin' Up! decided to bring it out of retirement for the 2016 Annual Catalogue in June!!! YAY!!!!!! Super excited :) 

Anyways....... I made this fun card with the {Among the Branches} stamp set, which when bundled includes the embossing folder. It was a no-brainer for me! I made a bunch of fall themed cards with this set, using the leaves and birds. This time, I really wanted to try a Christmas/Holiday themed one. 

I went super traditional with my colours, Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green with a splash of Gold Glimmer! 

To get the ornaments so they don't have such long hooks/strings I used a scrap strip of paper to prevent the ink from getting where I don't want it to go. It helps to make the strings shorter too. To get the ink, in the de-bossed side of the folder, just ink up your brayer - I used Crumb Cake (my ink pad needed some re-inking!), but it gives some subtle colour to the trees. It really pops with Early Espresso or Chocolate Chip inks. 

Add the ink to the side with the solid trees, like shown below - then add your paper and run through your embossing machine and that's it! Super easy. 

I made a second version with some non-traditional colours - using Lost Lagoon and Rich Razzleberry. I like both the traditional and non-traditional styles. 

The only difference is the sequins added to the second version. I hope you like these cards, cheers! 

Thanks for stopping by, happy stamping!

Beckie

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

Stamps: Among the Branches

Papers: Whisper White, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry and Lost Lagoon Card stock; Gold Glimmer Paper

Inks: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry, Lost Lagoon, Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler Classic Inks

Accessories: Woodlands Textured Impressions Embossing Folder; Brayer; Big Shot Die cutting Machine; Stampin' Pierce Mat; Gold Cording Trim; 2" Circle Punch; 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch; Stampin' Dimensionals, Metallic Sequin Assortment

BACKORDERED

• 38401: Gold Metallic Thread (276 backordered; 2,560 expected)
• 139618: Gold Cording Trim (4,461 backordered; 5,248 expected)
• 139620: Silver Cording Trim (2,784 backordered; 3,520 expected)

RETIRED LIST - ITEMS SOLD OUT & NO LONGER AVAILABLE

• 140969: Witching Décor Project Kit (sold out)
• 139673: Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (sold out)*
• 139670: Sleigh Ride Edgelits Dies (sold out)
• 140861: Jingle All the Way Bundle (wood-mount; sold out)
• 140862: Jingle All the Way Bundle (clear-mount; sold out)

*The Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (item 139673) has been so popular that we are going to do something that we don't normally do: we've decided to bring it back in the 2016 annual catalogue!