Christmas Rustic Retreat

Today’s By Royal Appointment showcases the Christmas Rustic Retreat Stamp Set. So grab a cuppa, sit back & carry on reading for inspiration and find out more about our friend & guest blogger Sara Sayers

Who’s The Designer?

So this week our guest designer is the wonderful Sara Sayers, a huge thank you to her for this project. All the details can be found below which will also link to Sara’s website so you can look at all her other beautiful creations.

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Name – Sara Sayer

Website –  https://sucraftylittleminx.wordpress.com/

Link to this post: https://sucraftylittleminx.wordpress.com/2019/08/19/ by-royal-appointment-rustic-retreat

Rustic Retreat Inspiration

I love Christmas! In fact, I would go so far to say I love everything that relates to the event, with one little exception. I really hate the cold! So our celebrations are usually spent travelling abroad in some far-flung country once the big day starts to loom.

That means I have to start my Christmas card preparations really early. My class attendees are always keen to start planning as well so a few years ago I started incorporating seasonal cards in July. I know its probably a little early for most, but we love it!

So where to start, when you have so many gorgeous stamp sets to choose from? As soon as I saw the Christmas Rustic Retreat I knew this was a must have set. It has some great images and fabulous sentiments. Suitable for so many occasions and great for those tricky male cards. I just adore the quote from AA Milne. Isn’t it motivational?

So onto the card…………. I wanted a rustic colour scheme to complement the set so I went straight to the Neutral colour family and chose:

The current Annual Catalogue doesn’t have any Christmas designer series (patterned) papers at the moment, but I didn’t let that stop me! I used two of our fabulous dynamic embossing folders – Pinewood Planks and Corrugated to create layers of texture and interest.

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The tag is made using the Stitched Nested label dies and then I stamped the images and added a little Wink of Stella to the foliage and trees. It’s tricky to see in the photos, but it really does make all the difference.

Don’t Forget The Inside

Inside the card, I added this beautiful sentiment and some foliage. Doesn’t it look pretty?

To finish off, I added a rustic bow to keep the theme using four strands of the linen thread secured with a mini glue dot.

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