Home Sweet Christmas Home

Good Tuesday morning.  The weather here in Florida has been beautiful with low humidity and chilly nights. So the only way I can experience a white Christmas is to create it on my card fronts. My project today was made using the new Impression Obsession Front Door paired with the Wrought Iron Fence and an evergreen wreath and door trim made using the Martha Stewart Branch Punch. The brick background was paper is from the Authentique Classic Christmas pad.

I started by attaching the designer paper to the card base with ATG adhesive.  The door was cut and pieced together using double stick tape and then attached to the card base. I cut the fence sections, applied touches of Crafter’s Pick Ultimate Glue to the back of each with my finger and attached them on either side of the door.  Once they were secure I trimmed off the excess fence and finished off the edges by attaching  thin strips of black cardstock. I finished the scene by attaching a hand cut piece of cardstock across the ground area in front of the door.

I created my wreath for the door using a 3/4” circle and used just the top three sprigs all the way around. 

I decorated the wreath with punched 1/8” circles attached with glossy accents, applied a multi loop bow  and then applied red stickles to the punched circles for sparkle.  Once the stickles was dry I applied light touches of the Crafter’s Pick with an old paint brush and lightly sprinkled with white flower soft.  You can see my step by step and video wreath tutorial over on Splitcoaststampers.

I used full pieces of  branches to arrange an evergreen bough across the top of the door frame and on both sides of the door.  I didn’t use quite as light a touch when I applied the Crafter’s Pick to the branches as I did for the wreath.  I wanted the snow to look full and fluffy.

I applied a fairly significant layer of glue on the ground section with my finger and applied a full layer of flower soft to create a fluffy carpet of snow.

I love the snowy welcoming door scene.  I want to walk right on in.

Thanks for coming by today and I hope you have a great day.

Card size:  5.50” x 4.25”

Impression Obsession Dies, Front Door

Impression Obsession Dies, Wrought Iron Fence

Martha Stewart Craft Punch, Branch

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Licorice Twist, 10 pk

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Caramel Apple, 25 pk

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Peppermint, 10 pk

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight, Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb, 25 pk

Crafter's Pick The Ultimate Glue, 4 oz.

Flower Soft, Polar White

Ranger Stickles, Christmas Red

Elizabeth Craft Designs Susan's Garden Tool Kit

Be Creative Tape, 5mm (1/4")

Be Creative Tape, 3mm (1/8")

Glue Dots, Mini (3/16")

ATG Kit, Advanced Tape Glider

Teflon Bone Folder

Tonic Maxi 12 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer

Sizzix Big Shot Express

Sizzix Precision Base Plate for Thinlits Dies

Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet

EK Tools, Precision 5 Inch Scissors with Sheath

Ranger Accents, Mini Glossy Accents

Ranger Accents, Glossy Accents

Tim Holtz Tonic Non-Stick Micro Serrated Scissors

Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Scotch Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape

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Comments

[Mz Cookie]

1.

Kittie, this is just beyond beautiful.... I love the wreath, the greenery, the gate, the door... Just love this card... Thank you for sharing your wonderful creativity...

[Lisa - papergrace]

2.

Gorgeous card, Kittie!! I don't know how you do it, but every single card is just so incredibly life-like. This is just another example of your amazing talent. ♥

[Victoria]

3.

Kittie, I just LOVE this card..I have most everything I need to make it..Just wondering what did you use for the red Flowers or Buds..IT looks more than just red stickles..Looks like you rolled them up maybe, then stickles...OH well, I am going to try it..Thank you, Blessings <3

[Shelly Schmidt]

4.

I see your creations every day on my phone usually, where I am terrible at being able to comment..... But had to get onto my computer and take a closer look- this is just gorgeous! Jaw dropping, and all of that! You are so sweet to share your beautiful work, and so generous to make tutorials too. God Bless- you are so right, I could walk right in!

[Trina P.]

5.

Beautiful wreath and card. Love the dimension.

[Connie G]

6.

This is absolutely beautiful Kittie!!! Wowza!!

[Judy Rowland]

7.

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!! WOW!!

[Vickie]

8.

Oh wow....another way to use that fence. which is on its way to me....have you created one with a white fence. I keep seeing it in white also in my mind's eye....love this and all the super detail....

[Pamela Danner]

9.

This is gorgeous Kittie! I love the sweet little wreath, thank you for the tutorial!
Pam
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[Carol H.]

10.

WOW! Your card is so beautiful!!!!!!

[Becky Green]

11.

WOW, KITTIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) This is JUST GORGEOUS!!!

[fusiafscrapping]

12.

LOVE IT!!

[Olga Direktorenko]

13.

Kittie, this is simply amazing!

[Conniecrafter]

14.

Beautiful, that door with the iron gate is terrific, perfect paper to go with it and I always love all your wreaths and swags!