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Christmas

Season of Sparkle

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Today I am very excited to debut another set of new products from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog. This card design is the first of five designs in a new card pack called Joyful Tidings, which is available for purchase in the Etsy shoppe.

This card highlights some beautiful designer paper designs from the new holiday pack called Joy of Christmas. This paper pack lends itself easily to more masculine card designs with its holiday greenery and woodgrain patterns. I punched things up with a foiled designer paper design from the new Joyful holiday DSP pack, as well as adding some detailed greenery diecuts using the new Magical Meadow bundle of stamps and dies. I really wanted this to feel like you were looking through a holiday wreath and so I added lots of layers to highlight the greeery. Interested in any of these new holiday products? This catalog goes live for customer orders on September 5th at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time.

Interested in checking out the entire pack of cards in this brand new set? Joyful Tidings is now available in the Etsy shoppe!

Products used:
Cherry Cobbler, vellum cardstock
Joy of Christmas, Joyful DSP
Magical Meadow stamps
Magical Meadow dies
Gold embossing powder
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesive

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Christmas

At the Stable

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The O Holy Night designer series paper lends itself to so many beautiful designs. Today, our journey to Bethlehem culminates at the manger, where the wise men and shepherds have gathered to pay homage to the newborn King with the city of Nazareth in the background and the Star of Bethlehem shining brightly overhead.

The designer series paper serves as the backdrop for this beautiful scene. The Night Divine dies provide every element needed to create the manger scene, and each one has stunning detail. The Stars at Night hybrid embossing folder cuts and embosses gorgeous stars, although the details of the star are difficult to capture on camera. Just look at all of the detail in each of the elements of this card! Stampin’ Up! gave careful thought to designing this suite of products, and it really shows!

Check out the complete O Holy Night card collection now available in the Etsy shoppe!

Products used:
Night of Navy, Early Espresso, Smoky Slate, Basic White, kraft cardstock
O Holy Night DSP
Night Divine stamps
Night Divine, Stars at Night dies
Stars at Night hybrid embossing folder
Star trinkets
Wink of Stella
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Christmas

Holy Night

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The papers included in the O Holy Night designer series paper pack are jaw-droppingly stunning. This diagonal Z fun fold card design affords the opportunity to highlight several patterns while also telling a story through the design, and I just love that.

The base of this card is Night of Navy cardstock. I selected various patterns of the O Holy Night designer paper that felt as though they moved through the Bethlehem story — from the starry sky to the dessert to the village of Nazareth in the distance. O Holy Night is embossed in gold in the starry sky, while the Star of Bethlehem is cut from Smoky Slate using the Stars at Night hybrid embossing folder and dies. A touch of Wink of Stella on the star really makes it sparkle. Can you picture yourself here on that holy night?

Check out the complete O Holy Night card collection now available in the Etsy shoppe!

Products used:
Night of Navy, Smoky Slate, shimmer white, Basic White cardstock
O Holy Night DSP
Night Divine stamps
Stars at Night dies
Stars at Night hybrid embossing folder
Gold embossing powder
Adhesive-backed sequins
Wink of Stella
Adhesives

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Christmas

Near and Far

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The O Holy Night card pack tells the Christmas story, and today we are following along with the Wise Men on their journey to the King. This stunning desert backdrop is a sheet of designer series paper from the O Holy Night paper pack. The wise men and their trusty camels are cut from Early Espresso cardstock using the Night Divine dies and then layered for depth using dimensionals. I wanted the sentiment panel to feel like a scroll. It is diecut from vellum using the Nested Essentials dies and then the sentiment is embossed in gold. A simple but very stunning design.

Check out the complete O Holy Night card collection now available in the Etsy shoppe!

Products used:
Early Espresso, vellum cardstock
O Holy Night DSP
Night Divine, Nested Essentials dies
Star Trinkets
Gold embossing powder
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Christmas

Follow the Star

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Can you imagine how the shepherds must have felt when the sky filled with the voices of the heavenly realm as they received word from Heaven to follow the star to Bethlehem? For this design, I wanted to recreate the awe and wonder of that moment with the Star shining brightly in the sky above.

The O Holy Night designer series paper serves as the stunning midnight backdrop for the shepherds who tend to their flock of sheep. The shepherds and sheep are diecut from Early Espresso using the Night Divine dies and dimensionals provide the depth for the scene. To create a sense of rolling dunes on the horizon, I used wavy trim between the sandy ground and the horizon. The star is diecut using the Stars at Night hybrid embossing folders and dies. Wink of Stella along the ridges provides some depth and sparkle to the star. I didn’t want the sentiment to detract too much from the scene, so I simply embossed it directly into the night sky using gold embossing powder.

This scene feels very lifelike to me. Can you picture yourself here?

Check out the complete O Holy Night card collection now available in the Etsy shoppe!

Products used:
Night of Navy, Early Espresso, Smoky Slate, vellum cardstock
O Holy Night DSP
Night Divine, Stars at Night dies
Star Trinkets
Wavy trim
Gold embossing powder
Wink of Stella
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Christmas

Star of Bethlehem

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Who’s excited about all of the new products from the SU! Holiday Mini catalog that we previewed on Saturday? Today, we start taking a look at all of the beautiful projects you can make from the products in this catalog.

This is the first design in a brand new Christmas card pack called O Holy Night, which is now available in the Etsy shoppe. And the Star of Bethlehem takes center stage in this star-studded design. The base of the card is Night of Navy cardstock, but the showstopper is the O Holy Night designer series paper which serves as the backdrop for this card. The Star of Bethlehem is cut using the Stars at Night hybrid embossing folder, which combines dry embossing and diecuts. I didn’t want to cover the beautiful starry backdrop, so I chose to place the sentiment on white vellum to give the feeling of a cloud. The sentiment from the Night Divine stamp set is embossed in gold, which helps the eye flow easily from the star to the sentiment panel. The glitter ribbon adds a nice sparkle in the background.

Check out the complete O Holy Night card collection now available in the Etsy shoppe!

Products used:
Night of Navy, Smoky Slate, shimmer white, vellum cardstock
O Holy Night DSP
Stars at Night, Nested Essentials dies
Stars at Night hybrid embossing folder
Star Trinkets
Night of Navy glitter ribbon
Gold embossing powder
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Holiday Mini Catalog

Holiday Mini Catalog Unboxing

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The new Stampin’ Up! holiday Mini Catalog will go LIVE for customer orders on September 5th at 11:59 PM Mountain Time. Copies have been mailed out to those customers who have requested one from their demonstrator. Don’t have a demonstrator but want a catalog? Send me an e-mail and I will send you one! Now……who wants to see what I ordered as a part of my demonstrator preorder?

Edited to add: I realized that the original video uploaded to YouTube did not have audio, for some reason, so I have now corrected that and the YouTube video link has been updated. So…..if you tried to watch the video linked above previously and were without sound, you can now click it and hear the full audio!

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Christmas

Regal Tree

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“O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches.” These were the words humming through my mind as I was designing this card. The Twinkling Lights dies easily lend themselves to very simple but stunning designs.

One of my favorite parts of putting up a Christmas tree is the moment you get the tree up and all of the lights are on — just a twinkling tree full of lights. So for this card, I wanted to create a card where the tree full of lights is the centerpiece of the design. A lovely piece of Ever Eden designer paper featuring leafy garlands serves as the background for this design. To recreate twinkling lights, I used a sheet of gold shimmer vellum behind the tree. The tree skirt, gold rug, and banner mimic the twinkle of the lights in their shimmery, reflective nature and help draw the eye across the design. I am really pleased with how this card turned out — it is truly reminiscent of when I get my tree up and the lights are on.

Hop on over to the Etsy shoppe to check out the complete Twinkling Lights collection!

Products used:
Basic White, Handsome Hunter (retired), shimmer white cardstock
Pearlized cardstock
Glimmer vellum (retired)
Ever Eden DSP (retired)
Twinkling Lights dies
Expressions in Ink Ephemera
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Christmas

Season’s Greetings

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Today we’re taking a closer look at the last of the five designs included in the Christmas Ephemera card pack that is currently available in the Etsy shoppe — Season’s Greetings.

The small but busy background needed design elements that could rise above the noisy pattern. To help break up the pattern, I cut a small strip of the background pattern and raised it on dimensionals and then added the metallic ribbon in the center. The gold geometric elements, along with the leaves and berries, further break up the busy background. This allows the eye to move to the center of the card and places more focus on the sentiment. The scripty font and off-set nature of the sentiment give a more personalized, hand-written feel that I really love.

The Christmas Ephemera card pack is available now in the Etsy shoppe! Check it out here.

Products used:
Basic White cardstock
Ever Eden DSP (retired)
Expressions in Ink Ephemera pack
More Merry Messages stamps (retired)
All That dies (retired)
Metallic ribbon (retired)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Christmas

Deck the Halls

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This card is the third design in the Christmas Ephemera card pack. Deck the Halls plays on the song lyrics. . . Deck the halls with boughs of holly! The background of this card features various types of greenery that are often a part of Christmas centerpieces. The gold leaves and berries bring the background forward and reinforce the overall theme of the design. The geometric patterns bring a playful feel and really lean into the playfulness of the popular holiday song Deck the Halls. This one just makes you want to sing, doesn’t it?!

The Christmas Ephemera card pack is available now in the Etsy shoppe! Check it out here.

Products used:
Basic White cardstock
Ever Eden DSP (retired)
Expressions in Ink Ephemera pack
Christmas Messages stamps (retired)
Christmas Season dies (retired)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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