I stamped the flower & berries on white cardstock, & die cut with the coordinating dies. For the pine branches, I needed 2 of them to curve the opposite way. So I die cut 4 branch pieces from white cardstock. I stamped the branch the "right" way on 2 of them, and used my mirror image stamp to stamp the other 2 in the opposite direction, on the back side of the remaining die cuts. I die cut the window pieces from brown & white cardstocks, and glued the top & bottom sections to the base piece. I glued vellum to the back for a "frosted glass" look, and glued the mullion piece to that. I also adhered a piece of patterned paper behind the vellum, to look like wallpaper in the background.
I inked a panel of watercolor paper with Hickory Smoke (for my "mortar"), and then taped my stencil over that. I inked through the stencil with Fired Brick, applying it lightly in some areas & more heavily in others, and then went in with Vintage Photo to give a worn-brick look. I glued my window to that panel, and used glue dots to adhere the swag pieces to the top of the window.
It turned out that the lower part of the window cut crookedly. I assume this is a manufacturing problem with the die itself. At any rate, it bothered me, so I stamped a banner onto white cardstock & heat embossed it with gold. I curved a greeting from "Vintage Christmas Post" to fit, and stamped & heat embossed that as well. Finally, I die cut the banner with the coordinating die & inked it with Candied Apple. I adhered it to the bottom of the window with foam tape in the middle & a glue dot at either end. To finish my card, I mounted it to a white card base.
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Accessories: My Favorite Things "English Brick Wall" stencil; Cottage Cutz "Victorian Window" die set; "Build a Banner" coordinating die; Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold embossing powder
Registered: January 20, 2010 Location: Brampton, Ontario Posts: 26188
Mon, Oct 30, 2017 @ 9:51 AM
Your attention to detail is astounding! I love that you coloured the mortar before stencilling on the bricks. I would never have thought to do that! Lovely window card!
Registered: September 12, 2004 Location: Redmond, Washington Posts: 54470
Thu, Nov 02, 2017 @ 8:46 AM
This is really beautiful! I love the brick front of the building and your beautifully decorated holiday window.
Thanks for joining in on the Home for the Holidays challenge, Andrea!
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