The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!

Hi friends!  Today I'm sharing my holiday card featuring Spellbinders Simon Hurley's new Ski Lodge die set.  I turned this into a holiday card just by changing the light colors and adding lights to one of the trees.

I embossed a piece of Fern cardstock with the In The Pines embossing folder and glued it to my A2 card base.

Next I used the dies in the Ski Lodge set to die cut some white and colored cardstocks.  I used blending brushes to add shading to the brown lodge pieces and also to the trees.  Then I used a red and green Copic marker to color the string of lights that I die cut from white cardstock.  (I die cut an extra to cut apart for one of the trees.

I used glue to assemble the Ski Lodge.  There is a guide on the product page to see how all of the pieces go together.

Before I added the die cut pieces to my card, I wanted to choose a sentiment so I would know where to place them.  I found one I liked in the Home For Christmas Sentiments press plate set.  Instead of pressing the sentiment, I used it with my Glimmer Machine to hot foil it.  I foiled it to a piece of Spellbinders Glimmer Specialty cardstock--almost fail proof for hot foiling!  You can foil press plates, but cannot BetterPress hot foil plates--it's a good tip to remember!

To give the Ski Lodge scene a "ground" I cut a strip of Fern cardstock and then added a dark green ink with a blending brush to help distinguish it from the embossed piece.

I glued the strip to the card.  To give my scene a more framed look I added the green ink to the edges of the card, but only above the strip.  Then I used glue and foam tape to adhere the Ski Lodge and trees to my card.

I die cut the sentiment with the coordinating die and popped it up with foam tape.

There are other products in this new Ski-son's Greetings Collection that all coordinate together!  Be sure to check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful day!

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