Simple Stamping with Trimming the Tree + Debossing vs Embossing

Hello there! Thank you for joining me today for a clean and simple stamping Christmas card featuring Trimming the Tree in the Annual Catalog + a returning favorite of Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper, and bringing in several new products from the 2022 Holiday Catalog.

I do wish the Painted Seasons stamp set that coordinates with Painted Christmas Designer Paper would have returned. I loved that stamp set.

This was so easy to make and I’m kicking this around to be one of my personal Christmas cards.

As always, your shopping Supplies and Instructions, including measurements, are below.

I started out with an A2 top-folding Crumb Cake CS base and cut a piece of Crumb Cake CS to 4-1/4 x 5-1/2.

I ran the Crumb Cake panel through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine in the Whimsical Woodland EF.

To explain the difference between using the embossed or debossed side … the embossed side usually has the patterned raised on the CS whereas the debossed has more indentations. Clear as mud?

For this card, I used the debossed side of the Crumb Cake/Whimsical Woodland panel and adhered it to the card base with liquid adhesive.

I cut my Basic White Regular CS panel and Painted Seasons DSP to size + the bannered CS on the top right.

I grabbed a Textural Element and placed it where I wanted it on the image panel to gauge where the sentiment should be stamped from Trimming the Tree, that was laid down in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

For final assembly, I used liquid adhesive to secure the image panel to the image mat.

I glued the banner under the entire image panel at the top right, as shown.

The wood Textural Element was adhered with our fine Tip Glue Pen.

A red adhesive-backed pearl was adhered at the upper left of the Textural Element.

The image panel was adhered to the card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project and please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit and have a great day!

1. Card base: A2 top-folding 4-1/4 x 5-1/2, Crumb Cake CS.
2. Card base embossed mat: 4-1/4 x 5-1/2, Crumb Cake CS.
3. Image mat: 3-1/4 x 4-1/4, Basic White Regular CS.
4. Image panel: 3-1/8 x 4-1/8, Painted Seasons DSP in Soft Sea Foam.
5. Right banner: 1/4″ width.