One Christmas I got to experience Christmas in San Francisco with its hillside houses. Another Christmas I was driving through up-state New York on snowy streets where the houses are all on hillsides. This card evokes these memories for me.

It took several tries experimenting with the three dies in this Hero Arts die set. I finally figured out the positioning on an 11-inches by 5 3/8 inches card. The card is folded at 3 5/8 inches and 7 5/16 inches. I used a bone folder to burnish my folds.

The card sat on my desk for a few weeks until I found the right sentiment stamps. When my copy of Creative Stamping, issue 101 arrived with Lou Collins’ Text{ures} brand Seasonal Sentiments stamps, I knew they would be perfect when heat embossed in gold on the all-white card.

I remembered to wipe the card with an anti-static bag the first time I stamped and heat embossed the card, but I forgot to wipe the last panel before I stamped and there are a few tiny stray gold specks. (Moral of the story – always wipe the space that you will be applying embossing powder to before you stamp.)

To finish this clean and simple card, I chose a cream A2 size envelope and stamped the flap with the words “Happy Wishes” and heat embossed in gold. The stamps are from the same stamp set as the card.

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Dies

• Hero Arts – Fancy Dies – Tri-fold Edge, Village

Stamps

• Text{ures} by Lou Collins – Seasonal Sentiments from Creative Stamping, issue 101, November 2021

Ink & Embossing Powder

• VersaMark – Watermark Stamp Pad
• Cosmic Shimmer – Detail Embossing Powder – Bright Gold

Papers

• Heavy weight 8 ½ inches x 11 inches white cardstock
• A2 envelope

Additional Supplies:

• Sizzix – Big Shot PLUS die cutting Machine

• Bone Folder
• Tim Holtz- Tonic Studios – Stamping Platform
• LDRS Creative – Stampendable Stamping Tool
• Anti-Static Bag/Pouch/Tool
• Stamp Cleaning Cloth