I’ve been playing with this upcoming suite that will be in the Holiday Mini Catalog in September after making some cards at a virtual Stampin’ Up! event for Demonstrators. I’m a little surprised at how much I like this Nests of Winter Suite Collection.

To make this card, I slightly copied one of the three cards we made at the virtual Creativity Now event using this diecut frame. The card base is Crumb Cake but I completely covered it with a 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ piece of the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper. I tried several different papers, but I needed something not too busy for the background.

To make the frame, I chose Shady Spruce cardstock. Garden Green would have been another good choice. The other day I just placed the frame die haphazardly on a piece of cardstock and diecut it. I wasn’t thinking that it needed to be straight and that actually, it is better to cut the piece of cardstock in the size of the rectangle you want and then center the die inside that piece. The die itself does not cut out the border. On this card, I popped up the leafy frame with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The birds are stamped from the Winterly Tree Tops Stamp Set with Memento ink and colored in with Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. I almost used Watercolor Pencils as we did on a couple of cards we made at Creativity Now. I used the Winterly Tree Tops Dies to cut out these two birds. You will be able to purchase both stamp set and dies in a Bundle. I popped up the birds, also, on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is in the Winterly Tree Tops Stamp Set but I only used a portion of the stamp. I chose to use the Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Marker to ink up just the words on the stamp I wanted to use. I stamped on Basic White, then diecut this banner shape using the Stylish Shapes Dies. It was the perfect size for this card.

One of the embellishments in the Suite is the Earth Tones Shimmer Gems. These are so pretty, not too bulky, and come in different colors. I used five of these whitish gems to place randomly around the birds. I think they are really pretty and add just a touch of sparkle! You will like these for fall cards and projects, not to mention the holidays.

This is a sneak peek and I know it’s hard to wait when you see things you like but can’t buy yet! But I do like this Suite and think you will, too.