The Boughs Of Holly Designer Paper is so pretty; it can be used to make Christmas cards in a jiffy. You can see all of the patterns by clicking on its picture in my Product List below.

I began today’s card with an Evening Evergreen card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″. It was layered with Basic White Cardstock, 4″ X 5 1/4″, and Boughs Of Holly Designer Paper, cut 1/8″ smaller, giving it a 1/16″ white border. Then, I cut a horizontal piece of Boughs Of Holly Designer Paper, 4″ X 2″, and glued it in place.

Joy & Peace

The sentiment took a little extra time, because I decided to heat emboss it. “Joy & Peace” is from the Leaves Of Holly Stamp Set, stamped in VersaMark on Evening Evergreen Cardstock. Then, I sprinkled it with White Embossing Powder. After it was set with the Heat Tool, I used the second smallest, square, Stylish Shapes Die for cutting. Lastly, I glued the square sentiment to a Wonderful Snowflake, and attached it with Dimensionals.

The snowflakes have an iridescent shine, which isn’t showing in the photo, come 24 in a pack, and very handy to use.

 For the final touch, I added three Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels, mimicking the red dots in the Boughs Of Holly Designer Paper. The white pearls were made red by coloring them with a Real Red Stampin’ Blend.

I was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches.

My October Host Code Gift

Type the current host code (found beneath my profile picture) in the box provided, on your order of $125.00 or more, before tax and shipping, and I will send you a retired punch in November. Punches are heavy, and will be sent in a Priority Mail box. I pay the shipping, so to help defray the cost, please note the increased qualifying order amount.

If you’ve been thinking about joining Stampin’ Up! to get the discount, you’ll love the offer this month! Beginning October 4th-31st, you can add $155.00 in products of your choice to the Starter Kit for $99.00. Click here to join.

It’s time to order the November Paper Pumpkin, now through November 10th.

This kit includes:

• This month’s kit contains enough elements to create 12 tags—4 each of 3 designs. This all-inclusive kit includes printed die-cut paper pieces, twine, adhesive, and more!
• Includes a Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Spot!
• You’ll love decorating your gift tags with snowflake and banner die-cut pieces on our Mint Macaron glitter specialty paper (a Paper Pumpkin exclusive).
• Create festive gift tags for all your packaging needs this holiday season with classic Christmas colors and designs.

Finished gift tag size: 2″ x 3″ (5.1 x 7.6 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Mint Macaron, Shaded Spruce, Sweet Sorbet

Thanks so much for visiting my blog. You can see I’m happy, cuddling with Lily, who is one month in this picture.

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