HEART OF CHRISTMAS WEEK 17: STAMPIN' UP! CHRISTMAS LIGHTS CARD IN CHERRY COBBLER

 

For tonight's Heart of Christmas blog hop, I've created a card using beautiful Cherry Cobbler and gold papers from Stampin' Up!'s Lights Aglow Designer Series Paper pack, and the Christmas Lights bundle.

The gold embossing of the tree and sentiment don't show up very well in this photo, but the close-up photos down below give a clearer picture.

The "garland" paper is just so beautifully festive, isn't it?  I matted my background paper on a panel of Cherry Cobbler card, and added a wide strip of Distressed Gold Specialty Paper.  Using a Scalloped Contours Die, I cut a piece of the bokeh-patterned Cherry Cobbler paper to show off the lovely gold-embossed Christmas tree.

I stamped the tree in Versamark ink on Very Vanilla card, and heat-embossed it using gold embossing powder.  After cutting out the tree with the co-ordinating die, I topped it with a star cut from Distressed Gold Specialty Paper.  I used my Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends marker to colour some Iridiscent Rhinestones, to adorn the tree.

In this photo, you can more clearly see the sentiment, which I stamped in Versamark ink on Cherry Cobbler card, and gold heat-embossed.  I used a Stylish Shapes die to cut out the sentiment banner.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Kathryn Ruddick.  If you click on the button below, you'll be taken directly to her blog.

If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a full list of participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Sharon Davern's blog.  Sharon does a wonderful job every week of co-ordinating our 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

Christmas Lights Bundle (English) [159961] $81.00	Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) [156300] $41.00	Clear Block E [118484] $21.75	Clear Block G [118489] $8.75	Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock [144238] $15.25
Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $16.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $18.00	Lights Aglow 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159535] $27.00	Distressed Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [159237] $8.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75
Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $53.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00	Scalloped Contours Dies [155560] $61.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $53.00
Gold & Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Satin Edged Ribbon [159555] $14.00	Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels [158130] $13.25	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154880] $15.75	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $9.25	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $7.50

HEART OF CHRISTMAS WEEK 2: LIGHTS AGLOW CHRISTMAS TREE

 

The card I've made for this week's Heart of Christmas blog hop shows off a few different patterns of the Lights Aglow 6"x6" Designer Series Paper.

How beautifully elegant is the colour scheme of Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen, Gold and Very Vanilla?

On Very Vanilla card, I stamped the Christmas tree twice - once in Soft Succulent ink, and again in Versamark ink, that I then heat-embossed in gold.  I cut out the middle section of the gold-embossed tree, and added it to the Soft Succulent tree.  I also die-cut the star from the top of the gold tree, and adhered it to my Soft Succulent tree.

Some of my favourite gold "bits" on the card ... the gorgeous garlands in the background DSP, the star atop the tree, and gold pearls.

I stamped the sentiment in Evening Evergreen ink, on Soft Succulent card, and die-cut it using a Labels Aglow Die.

The scalloped rectangle of DSP, behind the tree, was cut using a Scalloped Contours Die, as was the big scalloped border in Gold Metallic Specialty paper.  Over the top of the gold scalloped piece, I lay a horizontal strip of Lights Aglow DSP, and a length of Gold Satin-Edged Ribbon.

Here you can better see the beautiful gold and Soft Succulent pearls:

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Caroline Manwaring.  If you click on the button below, you'll be taken to her blog:

If you come across a broken link, or would like to see a full list of participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Sharon Davern's blog.  Sharon does a wonderful job of co-ordinating our Heart of Christmas blog hops, that will run through until the end of November.

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

Christmas Lights Bundle (English) [159961] $81.00	Brightest Glow Bundle (English) [159552] $91.75	Stamparatus [148187] $85.50	Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock [155777] $16.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $18.00
Lights Aglow 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159535] $27.00	Gold & Rose Gold 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Metallic Specialty Paper [156844] $8.75	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] $14.00	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $14.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75
Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $53.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00	Scalloped Contours Dies [155560] $61.00	Gold & Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Satin Edged Ribbon [159555] $14.00
Festive Pearls [159963] $12.25	Sponge Daubers [133773] $8.75	Paper Snips [103579] $19.25	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00