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Thursday, August 3, 2017

Carols Of Christmas Foil Frenzy Cards - Stampin' Up Global Artisan Design Team Hop

Hi stampers! I know it's always Christmas in July but today we have Christmas in August! The Artisans are at it again with the Carols of Christmas stamp set and card front builder thinlit dies. We hope to inspire you to purchase these and get a head start on your Christmas crafting! It's really never too early for that. Every year in December, I wished I'd started just a little bit earlier :-) Customers can get them RIGHT NOW! And remember, when you buy the bundle, you save 10 percent!

Take a trip around the globe with us and see what we've got for you. Don't forget to use Google Translate to keep up with what's going down!

What I really love about this bundle, is how well it works with things already in our annual catalog! I went pretty traditional last time with my cards so I set out to do something a little less traditional this time around. As I was browsing my supplies, I noticed that the soft sky foil frenzy paper with the dots looked like falling snow! And then I realized the lemon lime twist sheet with the triangles looked like little Christmas or pine trees, does it not????

For my peace on Earth card, I went with a soft sky and tranquil tide color combination. I think it's a bit non-traditional but still kind very wintery! For my ribbon, I just ran a strip of adhesive down the middle of my tag and put my ribbon down on it, looping it around the way I wanted it.

I had to use the deck the halls stamp on the "Christmas tree" card! And I thought the ornaments were the perfect touch with the greenery. I think these little ornament dies get overlooked for some of the "cooler" die cuts in the set but they are totally cute! And I love that you can cut three out at once, so a total of six in one cut! I'm all about the efficiency! I actually pulled out the SAMJ to stamp the little accents in tranquil tide, can you believe it? ;-)

I also really love the color combo here of garden green, lemon lime twist, and black. The sentiment stands out nice and bold! Lemon lime twist may be my new go-to Christmas color!

I also really love the little boxwood embellishments. They are so cute. I just unwound one here and cut it to the length I needed it. I then attached it with a few mini glue dots. My ornaments looked kind of naked just hanging there :-) Problem solved! Our mini glue dots were PERFECT for popping them up. They are my favorite thing in the whole catalog! A couple of rhinestones were the finishing touch!

I do hope you've enjoyed my projects and I'm sure you're going to enjoy Miriam's when you visit her in the Netherlands!

Here's a handy list as well ;-)

Tanya Boser

Happy stamping!

Product List

Carols Of Christmas Clear-Mount Bundle

[146037]

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[131203]

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[102584]

Foil Frenzy Specialty Designer Series Paper

[144125]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

[131181]

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[126973]

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

[144085]

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

[144086]

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

[138281]

Delicate White Doilies

[141701]

Tranquil Tide 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon

[144136]

Boxwood Wreaths Embellishments

[144176]

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

Clear Faceted Gems

[144142]

Thursday, July 6, 2017

Carols of Christmas - Stampin' Up Global Artisan Design Team Blog Hop

Hi stampers and Merry Christmas in July! We have a very special blog hop for you this week featuring a peek out of the upcoming Holiday Catalog! Can you believe it's almost that time already?

This artisan hop is all about the Carols of Christmas stamp set and coordinating thinlits (card front builder thinlit dies)! Take a trip around the glob with all 20 of us and cool off from the heat!

Demonstrators can pre-order this bundle until July 31st. The pre-order is going on RIGHT NOW! By purchasing the set and thinlits as a bundle you save 10 percent! One of the MANY perks to becoming a demonstrator is getting your hands on this stuff early, hint hint;-) Of course, if that wasn't good enough, Christmas is coming early this year! If you sign up in July, you'll get a special gift from Stampin' Up that includes this stamp set as well as some stamping basics like a clear block, grid paper and more! Feel free to message me if you want more information on becoming a demonstrator!

Customers will be able to purchase the bundle starting August 1st, which is a whole month before the catalog goes live! You'll be getting a head start on your Christmas cards! Look for more on that at a later date!

I have to say I struggled for a little on what to make but once I got started, I couldn't stop! I had a hard time deciding what to show you for this hop. I finally decided on some fairly traditional cards which all use similar colors and embellishments. The great thing about this set is that it pairs perfectly with so many items in the annual catalog! You don't even need any fancy extras from the holiday catalog, you can totally use what you have already! I narrowed my colors to cherry cobbler, garden green, old olive, and tranquil tide which I think make fabulous Christmas colors!

For this card, which is my favorite, I simply added some of the washi tape from the basics pack 2, copper foil, and of course my favorite, stitched framelits. I splattered to some ink with a marker before I started as well. And the final touch is my little copper embossed deer I cut out with the framelits.

I love how simple it is and I love all the greens together!

For this card, I pulled out the wood textures DSP and kind of had the idea of a wreath here with the circles and the boxwood embellishment. Instead of using the embellishment as a wreath though, I snipped off a small portion with some craft scissors and straightened it out to make a little sprig. The scallop is from the seasonal layers thinlits. Don't forget about that great element! I also cut out the middle of my stitched circle with my layering circles just for a little different look and to keep the cherry cobbler a little more subtle. Gold foil, metallic thread, and metallic shapes finish it off.

For my final card, I pulled out the embossing paste and cut a mask in some scrap cardstock using the pine trees from the thinlits. Don't forget, you can always make your own masks! These thinlits are super cool and you can do some neat card front building with them which you're sure to see in this hop, but I wanted to do something a bit different with them.

I mixed some garden green with the paste. After that was all dry, I went back with some plain paste to add some "snow" to my evergreens for a fun little extra.

I hope you enjoyed these cards as much as I did making them.

Make sure to click on over the Miriam's blog and see what she has for you! It's fabulous!