Shine Bright

Hello Monday...and hello December! It sure feels wintry here...we had an ice storm and then snow yesterday, so everything looks like a winter wonderland around here! We stayed put most of the weekend and got our home ready for Christmas. I absolutely love this time of year. As I type this, the fire is crackling and our two kitties are parked under the tree.

I also had some time to stamp this weekend and wouldn't you know, I fell in love with yet another bundle from the Holiday Catalogue?! The Shine Bright Bundle is sooooo pretty!

Those dies are simply stunning! The intricate detail on each one is such a wow! Check out this pretty card I made...

Isn't that die-cut background beautiful?? It is so easy to do with the Stitched Brightly dies...just one pass through the die-cutting machine for a total WOW. Here I used Pool Party card stock and mounted it against a Smokey Slate card base. The stitched detail really pops. Along the top of the background panel, I stamped some teeny stars from the So Many Stars stamp set using metallic silver ink. It looks like spatters in the photo, but they are actually little bitty stars. 

The sentiment is from the Shine Bright stamp set and is heat embossed in silver. The star image is stamped in Pool Party ink. I die-cut the circle using the Stitched Shapes dies. I layered the sentiment on a silver foil scalloped circle.

The only embellishments here are some silver metallic pearls and some white/silver satin ribbon.

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped the star again in Pool Party ink (stamped off once this time) and a sentiment from the Merry Christmas to All stamp set from the Annual Catalogue in Smokey Slate ink. 

I'll be demonstrating this card, along with two others in this week's Tuesday Live @ Five video. I hope you'll join me for the live broadcast over on my Facebook page, but if you miss it you can catch the replay on my YouTube channel later in the week. 

Thanks so much for stopping by this week. I hope you have a spectacular one!

Product List

Shine Bright Bundle (En) [153012] $70.00	Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set [147702] $34.00	So Many Stars Photopolymer Stamp Set (En) [150496] $33.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $10.25
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $10.25	Silvery Shimmer Delicata Metallic Ink Pad [150709] $15.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.25
Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $8.25	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924] $12.00
Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131202] $12.00	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $6.75	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $41.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $48.00
Metallic Pearls [146282] $9.50	Silver 3/8" Metallic-Edge Ribbon [144213] $9.50

Brightly Gleaming

Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend...mine was filled with TONS of stamping! I hosted a card buffet on Friday night that included Christmas cards, as well as birthday, thank you and sympathy cards. It was a busy night, but lots of fun. Then on Saturday morning I held my Promotion Commotion event for members of my Stamping Symphony team who earned a title promotion in the past year. We had a special private Chalk Couture class where we made fun signs with chalk paste and then enjoyed a yummy catered lunch. I loved recognizing and rewarding the hard work of these amazing women! Then, on Sunday, I did a private class for a dear university friend and her teaching colleagues. They each stamped six Christmas cards and enjoyed good food and great laughs. In all, it was a busy, hectic weekend, but lots of fun!

Today I have a beautiful Christmas card featuring the Brightly Gleaming suite. I have just begun to play with these awesome products and I absolutely LOVE them!

The centrepiece of the suite is the awesome bundle, which includes a stamp set and TWO coordinating punches...

...but I have to say, my very favourite part of the suite is the GORGEOUS Designer Paper...

Today's card showcases some of this beautiful paper...

Aren't those copper foil accents just yummy?? SO pretty! I used some of the DSP for my background panel and then two additional patterns to punch my ornaments, All three patterns have copper foil accents. The Very Vanilla panel is embossed using the Stylish Scroll embossing folder and then is layered on Night of Navy card stock so it pops against the DSP layer.

To create my ornament tops, I simply punched the top of each ornament along the edge of some copper foil and the adhered them to the punched DSP ornaments with glue dots. The greenery is die-cut using the Christmas Layers dies from Old Olive card stock. I used the Ornate Frames dies to cut the copper label behind the sentiment.

On the inside of the card I added a Very Vanilla panel on which I stamped a sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set and the flourish from the Christmas Gleam set, both in Night of Navy ink.

I'll be demonstrating this card and two other projects in this week's Tuesday Live @ Five video over on my Facebook page. I hope you'll join me, but if you miss the live broadcast you can always find the replay on the video tutorials tab at the top of this page or on my YouTube channel.

Thanks so much for stopping by today...have a wonderful week!

Product List

Christmas Gleaming Bundle (En) [153006] $67.50	Itty Bitty Christmas Bundle (En) [153019] $62.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $13.25	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $12.00
Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100702] $12.00	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $10.25	Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper [150429] $20.00	Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $6.75
Stylish Scroll Embossing Folder [150665] $10.25	Ornate Frames Dies [150664] $46.00	Cup Of Cheer Dies [151150] $41.00

Christmas Blessings

Can you believe that Christmas is only a month away?? I am soooo not ready for the holidays, but one thing I do have a good handle on are my Christmas cards. They're all made...now I need to write and mail them!
In case you're still need inspiration for your Christmas cards, check out this one I designed for my Christmas card buffet this weekend...

I am SOOO loving the black and white buffalo plaid trend this season...and paired with red it is Christmas perfection! Here I used a piece of Merry Little Christmas DSP for my background and layered it on a Real Red card stock base. To create my focal point I layered an oval die-cut from more Merry Little Christmas DSP on a silver foil scalloped oval. The trees were die-cut from Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper using the Card Front Builder Thinlits. I used the same die set to cut the little silver foil deer peeking out from behind the tree.

I added some pine branches in Old Olive, cut with the Christmas Staircase thinlits as well as a silver foil snowflake behind the scene. The sentiment, from the Christmas Pines stamp set, is stamped in Basic Black ink. I added a silver Year of Cheer embellishment and a Real Red bow.

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped some pine branches in Old Olive ink, as well as the sentiment is Basic Black. Both are from the Christmas Pines stamp set.

There is lots of die-cutting for this card, but the end result is worth the effort!

Product List

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set [142049] $43.00	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $9.25	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] $8.50	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $10.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100702] $10.00	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $5.25	Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper [144621] $14.50
Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Card Front Builder Thinlits Dies [144674] $40.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $46.00	Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies [144679] $51.00
Foil Snowflakes [144642] $8.00	Year Of Cheer Embellishments [144643] $10.75	Real Red 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Solid Ribbon [144631] $9.25