HOC WEEK 1: STAMPIN' UP! MERRIEST TREES AND SEASON OF GREEN & GOLD

 

I am very excited to once again be taking part in the Heart of Christmas blog hops, an annual initiative of Claire Daly's wider Stampin' Up! team in Australia.  Every Monday night, for the next few months, we will be bringing you inspiration for using Stampin' Up! products in your Christmas crafting.

The card I'm sharing with you tonight features the Merriest Trees stamp set and co-ordinating dies.  I love the elegance of the Season of Green & Gold Designer Series Papers - hence my chosen colour combination of Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla and Gold.

Both of the background papers (the green striped, and Very Vanilla and gold) have been matted on a Mossy Meadow card panel.  I sponged the edges of the striped paper with Mossy Meadow ink before sticking it down.

I heat-embossed the sentiment in gold, on Very Vanilla card.  The bow was made with Cream Woven Ribbon.  The embellishments I added are Flat-Backed Adhesive Pearls, that I coloured with my Dark Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends marker.

I cut the star, garland and tree base from Gold Adhesive-Backed Glimmer Paper.  These details add gorgeous sparkle to the card.  (Please overlook the rather washed-out greens in this photo!  I realised at the last minute that my original photo was out of focus, and had to re-photograph the card in poor light.)

 Next up on tonight's blog hop is Theresa Gerrard: 

If the link doesn't work, or if you would like to see a full list of participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Sharon Davern's blog.  Sharon co-ordinates our weekly Heart of Christmas shares.

Listed below are all the products I used to make my card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Merriest Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [162043] $44.00	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $23.00	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $20.25	Silver & Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper [162288] $12.25	Season Of Green & Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [164324] $29.00
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $15.75	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $15.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [165678] $37.00	Heat Tool [129056] $56.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Merriest Trees Dies [162047] $65.00	Flat Adhesive Backed Pearls [160449] $15.75	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154890] $19.25	Cream 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Woven Ribbon [164143] $16.75
Sponge Daubers [133773] $13.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75