PPA19: Holiday Photo Inspiration

Today at Pals Paper Arts, we are hosting a Holiday Photo Inspiration challenge using this photo:

I love this vintage look! When I think of a vintage Christmas, I think of a cozy warm fireplace with cute little hanging stockings. I took that idea and ran with it for my card!

Some tips:

• I cut pieces of Stampin' Up! wood sheets to assemble my fireplace.
• To create some extra dimension, I used the scallop edge punch on both sides of a 1" piece of Wood Sheet for the sides of the fireplace. It reminds me of decorative molding:).
• A Chocolate Chip SU marker was used to stain all of the wood pieces. Be sure to give this plenty of time to dry!
• A window sheet was cut to size and adhered behind the fireplace opening. The stockings were attached using glue dots directly on the window sheet. TIP: To create the stockings out of DSP, I simply printed off a couple stockings using MS Word clipart and adhered them to the DSP with Dotto Removable adhesive. This allowed me to cut them uniformly.
  
• A cute little rug was created using DSP and Coluzzle cutter with the oval template (retired). I created an extra layer of Old Olive and snipped it to look like fringe.
  
• Next I worked on starting my fire... Basic Black served as a backdrop and was attached directly onto the Very Vanilla card base. The Word Window punch was used to create logs from Chocolate Chip and the 5-Petal Flower punch was used to create the fire using More Mustard and Pumpkin Pie
• Next I started working on the mantel piece (I made sure to do this before I attached the wood fireplace). The mantel piece was created using the pine cone image from Autumn Days and a Stamp-a-ma-jig.
• Finally, I was able to attach the wood fireplace over the fire using dimensionals.

I hope this project has inspired you to create your own for this week's Pals Paper Arts challenge!


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Recipe:
Stamps: Autumn Days, Sincere Salutations
Ink: Old Olive (100079), Chocolate Chip (100071), Real Red (100052)
Paper: Very Vanilla (101650), Old Olive (100702), Merry Moments DSP (115672), More Mustard (100946), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Basic Black (102851)
Accessories: Wood Sheets (116309), Window Sheets (114323), Scallop Edge Punch (112091), Word Window Punch (105090), 5- Petal Flower Punch (109041), Dimensionals (104430), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049), Sleigh Bells Ribbon (116795), Coluzzle Cutting System (retired), Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' Kit (115696)