Tonight you get to enjoy our amazing CASEING the CATTY blog hop. To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues (catty!)
This week, we are CASEING the stunning Neutral Noel Suite!
I love the softness and beauty of this suite - and yes, I'm a huge fan of neutral tones!
I changed my card from the original only a very little - creating a vellum window with the Softly Woven embossing folder, and using only the Noel Tidings bundle.
The BEST tip I learnt for embossing vellum (especially with this Softly Woven folder) is to add a piece of cardstock inside the folder with the vellum to prevent any cracking of the finished embossed vellum.
I absolutely love the stamps in this set and the way the gorgeous berries and branches work together perfectly.
And I love this big beautiful stamped Christmas greeting.
Tonight I'm hopping with an awesome bunch of talented Australian crafters who love sharing with you!! We are sharing projects created with our Product of the Month - so be sure to check out our hop every month to see lots of fabulous inspiration!! Each month the Product of the Month is chosen to tempt you to get your creative juices flowing!! You can easily purchase this product for only $9 when you have a qualifying order of $125!! Isn't that FANTASTIC!!
This month, our Product is the Luxe Foliage designer paper - super glorious foil designs that work for any occasion!
I've used the papers in a fun way creating a starburst design for a background technique. You find the centre of the base card stock along one side and then cover with adhesive and add prepared strips. I cut each of the pieces of designer paper at 3cm x 15cm and then cut them all the same way diagonally. I started from one side and then kept adding strips until the whole card was covered - and THEN I cut the excess paper off every side for the card front panel.
After that, all I had to do was create my focal point - I've used the lovely Simply Leaves stamp set
(pssssssst, here's a scoop! - it's on special at 15% off until tomorrow!!! )
It's not often I create a card without using any white or vanilla cardstock, and the completed effect is really very striking!! My inks are Secret Sea, Peaceful Pine and Pecan Pie - the same as the colours of the glorious paper. And my base cardstock is Golden Glow.
Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of amazing inspiration just for you!
Welcome to our Creativity Abounds Blog Hop. We are a group of very keen Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from all around the world that are coming together to share our creative ideas with you. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can Inspire your creativity.
If you live in Australia you will receive this tutorial bundle FREE when you join our Home for Christmas Stamp Camp next month! The tutorial has full instructions and metric and imperial measurements for 13 different cards and is included when you purchase all the Stamp Camp products!! Here is some more information: Home for Christmas Stamp Camp
Our blog hop each month is a project along the theme of the tutorial, but is a different design from the tutorial project. The card above is my card in the tutorial, but the card below is for our Blog Hop today AND I will be demonstrating this card in my live video for our Stamp Camp!!
I've chosen to do a fun little easel card that also features the totally super cute little pocket that is part of the dies in this suite!
The easel part of the card has the largest Scalloped Blooms die for the feature panel - I think it coordinated perfectly with the lovely scallop border die that is in the Home for Christmas dies. And can you see the adorable embellishments on the gingerbread men? That is the lovely Christmas Berries embellishments that I have broken up for the buttons and bows on each of them.
There's a little bit of fussy cutting of the gorgeous paper for the Holly bunches in the corners of the inside panel.
The front of the card features the gorgeous pocket and a huge fussy cut greeting - but ALSO has a secret tag inside for more messages!!
Make sure you keep hopping for LOTS more great Inspiration!!
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