Peace on Earth
Okay, I know Christmas is a few weeks away, but it felt like Christmas today! My Stampin’ Up! order arrived with my new Big Shot, my new trimmer and lots more goodies I can’t wait to start creating with! I just loved finding those packages on the porch when I got home from work! The fact that some of it was free just made it better!
It is definitely time to get my Christmas cards made. Last summer as I was browsing the Stampin’ Up! catalog, I fell in love with the Northern Flurry embossing folder. I made several cards with it and I really love it on the Midnight Muse paper. It feels like a snowy night! I Stamped the winter image from the Four Seasons Hostess Stamp Set in the matching color. I really liked the way it turned out. I stamped the image twice, punched out the center circle and raised it with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the bling the rhinestones add too. It just gives it a little sparkle. The sentiment is stamped in the new Illuminate Glimmer Watermark Stampin’ Pad from the Holiday Mini Catalog. It really shimmers in person; the picture doesn’t do it justice. This is an ink pad for darker papers. It did not show up well on the whisper white card stock. How do I know? Let me show you!
The Illuminated Glimmer pad does not show up well on white!
I also used a dauber to try some of the Illuminate ink on the embossed Christmas ornament. I liked that, but I want to try it in a new way so stay tuned. I’ll let you know how it works out. Yea or nay! I have one final version of the blue card to share with you. I wanted to show off all of those gorgeous snowflakes. Let me know what you think!
Stamps: Four Seasons Hostess set Paper: Whisper White 4 1/4x 11, Midnight Muse 4x 5 1/4″ Ink: Illuminate Glimmer Watermark (Holiday Mini-Catalog) Accessories: Rhinestones, Northern Flurry Folder, Big Shot.
Another version of the same card using some DSP and a piece of Midnight Muse ribbon.
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Happy stamping!
Kim
