"Cozy Home" Gingersnap Challenge with Paper Temptress!

This project is a card set made as a Christmas gift for my Dad--who's a Tree Doctor (otherwise known as Arborist & Landscaper.) He's worked organically for 40 odd years now. Let's just say he indubitably LOVEs trees!!!)

He also really loves his home, so I got an extra kick out of theme of the new Gingersnap challenge for Paper Temptress--the theme is "Cozy Home." What a timely idea for the chilly weather, hey?

The teeny tiny people who live in these wee rustic houses have built a teensy cozy fire and are all snuggled up on their teensy weensy couch. (Hence the fuzzy smoke coming out of the wee chimney--made from a cotton swab top.) heeheehee ;o)

The cards use all kinds of yummy paper
from Paper Temptress, of course.

The black hills are:

A) Cut from a rich black cardstock: Black Licorice from the Pop Tones family is a true black.
B) Embossed by spritzing water & sprinkling on embossing powder (for a rain drop look)
C) Embossed with a fine text stamp (in clear)
D) Then adhered, pierced, stitched & beaded

The digital patterned paper in the background (white & grey geometric trees) is a digital freebie I made (linked below). It's printed on Sparkle text paper--in white (You would not believe the shimmer of that paper & the detail it captures when you print something!)

Hopefully this photo will give you an idea of the Sparkle:


The sparkle paper makes digital papers look more professional and
nice and bling-y, but still really classy. :o) It comes in cardstock & text weight, so you can make
a sturdy card base or have layers that aren't too heavy.

The tree is my all-time favourite stamp ever.
It's from Little Paper Shop {Forest Critters} here:

Please click the pics, if you'd like to see other projects with it:
&&

& the LPS gallery for {Forest Critters} is here

I adore how the set has ultra cute wee creatures as well as
modern styled trees & mushies.

The trees are stamped on Neenah White cardstock:

...that was printed
with a simple text about trees (linked below). To make them:

1. Print the text on the Neenah white paper
2. Heat set it with a heat gun quickly
3. Emboss the LPS tree in black withclear e.p.
   
4. Colour with Distress ink wash & Copics
5. Cut it out, adhere to card, & stitch the trunk
   

(The Neenah cardstock gives really rich colour with no bleeding out.)

The black & white Trees digital paper is here:
(black & white, but colourable in graphics programs)

(and some ideas on DIY digital papers)

& the tree text is here:

Thanks so much for visiting my blogland home away from home ;o)
Hope your home is happy & cozy, wherever you live!

P.S. If you'd like some free templates & inspiration for joining us in this

Cozy Home challenge, then please check out the houses links here.

P.P.S. You can get to know the paper temptress, sweet Patricia, herself in a great interview on Gingersnap Creations here. :o)