Frosted Forest Card Tutorial

Hi Friends! It’s a beautiful morning, and I’ve just finished a fresh cup of coffee outside, feeling incredibly blessed to have such a peaceful and lovely place to call home. I snapped a photo to share with you:

Last night, I shared a few cards in a quick video that I’ve been creating with the “Frosted Forest Bundle”—I’m absolutely LOVING this set! I’m nearly done with a video showing the embossing folder technique I used on one of the cards, but it’s going to have to wait just a bit longer. We’ve got rain in the forecast for tomorrow, so I’m tackling some yard work today.

I recently picked up some new rose bushes, trees, and shrubs to plant in a new flower bed we’re working on (which is also Lewis and Rosey’s resting place). Brian and I plan to head down to the river behind our house to gather some flat stones to create a lovely path through the flower bed. I can’t wait to share the before and after photos with you!

My garden is overflowing with beans that need to be picked, so I’ll be busy pressure canning them over the next few days—looking forward to enjoying them during the winter months. Later today, our friends are coming over, and I’m making homemade pizzas for us, which Brian will cook in our smoker (trust me, it makes the pizza taste incredible!). It’s shaping up to be a busy but wonderful day.

Before I dive into all that, I wanted to share a little weekend stamping inspiration with you. This gorgeous card was created by my dear friend Frenchie (France Martin), and I just love how she used the Designer Series Paper and dies from the “Frosted Forest” bundle.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets – Frosted Forest Bundle (164137); Hope You Know (161409)

Card Stock – Early Espresso (119686); Basic Beige (164511); Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper (163303).
Stamp Pads early Espresso (119686)
Mics: Pecan Pie & Clear Ribboned Adhesive-Backed Dots (164204)

Measurements:

Early Espresso: 8 ½” x 5 ½” score at 4 ¼” card base; ¾ x 5 ¼, 3 ½ x 5 ¼.
Thoughtful Journey Designer Paper 4 x 5 ¼, 3 ½ x 5 ¼; ⅝ x 5 ⅛; 1 x 5 ½ inside.
Basic Beige 3 ¾ x 5 inside

Instructions:

Out of the 3 ½ x 5 ¼ Early Espresso and Thoughtful Journey paper die cut the strip of the 3 threes.
Adhere the designer paper trees over the Early Espresso offset a little to give the shadow look.
Stamp the greeting using Early Expresso ink onto the ⅝ x 5 ⅛ designer paper strip to the right-hand side and adhere to the ¾ x 5 ¼ Early Expresso strip.
Adhere the following layers to the card front: 4 x 5 ¼ designer paper layer, the tree strips, greeting strip.
Stamp the birds onto the card front using Early Espresso ink.
Add the Pecan Pie embellishment onto the left side of the greeting.
Inside adhere the Basic Beige layer and top with the 1 x 5 ½ designer paper.

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