As the calendar turns to October, I begin to think about holiday cards like this one that features the Stampin Up Watercolor Winter Stamp Set. The card is actually a birthday card for a special person who has a birthday during December. 
This view of the card shows the dimensions of the key elements from the Stampin Up Watercolor Winter stamp set:
I love the pine needles and cones from the Stamping Up Watercolor Winter set. In the past I have resorted to making my own pine needles for cards. So this set will go a long way in speeding up my stamping of pine-related elements on cards.
Don’t you just love the new Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons as shown here?
Let’s make this card together. Go to your craft room and get out the following supplies:
Stampin Up Supplies:
Stamp Sets (clear mount): Stampin Up Watercolor Winter (129727) and Bring On The Cake (for the sentiment) – (121958)
Paper: Crumb Cake Card Stock (120953), Cherry Cobbler Card Stock (119685), Gumball Green Card Stock (126840), Whisper White Card Stock (100730), and Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper (126896)
Ink (Classic): Real Red (126949), Cherry Cobbler (126966), Gumball Green (126861), (Markers) Soft Suede and Chocolate Chip (119703)
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439), Petals-A-Plenty Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (116824), Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details (125585), Dazzling Details (124117), Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons (127555), and Brights Collection 3/16″ Brads (119740)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING THIS CARD FEATURING THE STAMPIN UP WATERCOLOR WINTER STAMP SET
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Fold an 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Crumb Cake Card Stock in the middle to for a card base.
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Cut a 5-1/4″ x 4″ piece of Cherry Cobbler Card Stock.
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Place the Cherry Cobbler Card Stock into the Petals-A-Plenty Embossing Folder and run through the Big Shot.
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Cut a 4-3/4″ x 2-1/4″ piece of Whisper White Card Stock.
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Cover the outline poinsettia stamp with Real Red Ink and stamp onto the center of the Whisper White Card Stock.
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Cover the solid poinsettia stamp with Cherry Cobbler and stamp over the outline poinsettia stamp image (recommend using a Stamp-A-Ma-Jig – 101049).
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Cover the pine needles stamp with Gumball Green Ink and stamp the image in the two places shown in the picture of the card.
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Cover the outline pine cone stamp with a Soft Suede Stampin Write Marker and stamp the image in the two places shown in the picture.
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Cover the solid pine cone stamp with a Chocolate Chip Stampin Write Marker and stamp the image over the outline pine cone image (recommend using a Stamp-A-Ma-Jig).
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Apply Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details onto the poinsettia as desired.
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Apply Dazzling Details (white) onto the pine needles and cones as desired.
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Take two Cherry Cobbler Designer Brads and cut off the prongs.
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Adhere the brads into the center of two small Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons (I used Crystal Effects).
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Adhere the buttons to the Whisper White card stock as shown in pictures.
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Cover with Soft Suede the Birthday Wishes stamp from the Bring On The Cake Stamp Set and stamp as shown in the pictures. You want to ink the word “Birthday” first and stamp it and then the word “Wishes”.
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Cut a 4-15/16″ x 2-7/16″ piece of Crumb Cake Card Stock and adhere the decorated Whisper White Card Stock to it to form a mat.
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Cut two 2″ squares of design from the Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper (see pictures).
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Cut two 2-1/4″ squares of Gumball Green Card Stock.
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Adhere the two square pieces of the designer series paper to the two squares of Gumball Green Card Stock.
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Adhere the Cherry Cobbler Embossed Card Stock to the front of the card base.
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Adhere the designer series paper and mat squares to the Cherry Cobbler Embossed Card Stock (see pictures).
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Place dimensionals on the back of the Crumb Cake mat with the decorated Whisper White Card Stock.
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Remove the backing from the dimensionals and adhere to the card front (see pictures).
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Using a Gold Gel Pen, cover the center of the flowers that are embossed onto the Cherry Cobbler Card Stock.