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Holly TIEF for a quick and easy card

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I hope that you’re all enjoying the close out sale – lots of goodies there on sale, fun isnt it? I decided to highlight a product which is retiring (and still available) and one that is in the annual catalogue and staying with us. I have been using the Holly TIEF quite a lot in my Christmas crafting but you’ve probably not seen it much because I’ve been using it a lot for embossing the envelope flaps. It’s great for that, but it also deserves to be on a card in its own right.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Holly TIEF - Suite Seasons - Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

So here’s a piece of garden green which I dry embossed with the Holly TIEF – before lending the folder to Julia – and then I had to make it into a card. There just happened to be a piece of gold glimmer paper on my desk and this is where the card came from. I used the triple banner punch to add some glitz and even pulled my gold heat embossed favourite sentiment from Suite Seasons from my pile of “waiting to be used”. The green and gold together were nice, but I wanted a bit more pop – so I used the layering ovals framelits dies (LOVE these!! – I ordered the layering circles yesterday at 50% off!) to cut out a scalloped cherry cobbler mat and added the three smallest cherry cobbler enamel dots as the holly berries. With the sentiment popped up over the glimmer paper and a cherry cobbler card base, I really like the fun of this card. And I will be embossing the envelope flap to match.

Just a note about the glimmer paper – it’s not very smooth due to the glitter so the best way to attach anything to it is using the dimensionals and pushing down firmly to ensure a good attachment. And of course popping up the sentiment is aesthetically pleasing also.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is CBUJ4GTP (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). As it’s Christmas, it’s a big gift – check it out on my customer loyalty page. Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

This Christmas specialty DSP

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I got started a little late this morning – my father is staying and that seems to cause late nights of playing pool and talking. No complaints, it’s wonderful having him here but finding carding time is harder. I decided to use some DSP and pulled out an as yet unused pack – This Christmas specialty DSP. It’s a different pack in that the paper is a little thinner than usual but you get double the sheets. So 24 12″ by 12″ sheets for only $13. They are double sided with one side more focused towards the holidays and the other just fun patterns (and one of them is sheet music – I’m tempted to get my violin out and see what it is!).

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - This Christmas specialty DSP - Christmas Pines

I really like this paper because it’s got very vanilla in it rather than whisper white which makes it feel much warmer. I pulled out one of the more holiday patterns and cut a piece at 4 3/4″ by 3 1/2″. I cut a piece of very vanilla 1/8″ larger for a thin mat and then put that onto my cherry cobbler card base. I really like the pattern, but I wanted a wide plain border to calm it down a trifle.

I really wanted to use my copper embossing powder and as I pulled out Christmas Pines and the big Noel it occurred to me that the gold embossing powder is going to be neglected this year. Until I found that the copper doesn’t really go with the cherry cobbler – it’s got a hint of pinkness to it which just doesn’t work. So out came the gold embossing powder. And that was perfect. I cropped it with the layering ovals framelits dies adding a mat of cherry cobbler and popped that part up with dimensionals.

If you’re planning on making a lot of Christmas cards, the This Christmas specialty DSP is tremendous value. If you use the amount that I did today, you’d have enough in the pack for 144 cards.

See you tomorrow (a little earlier!)

Liz

Petals and Paisleys Specialty DSP

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Stop hoarding your DSP and especially the metallic specialty papers. I decided to pull out the absolutely gorgeous piece of the Petals and Paisleys Specialty DSP and make a card. And I can’t stop looking at it. It’s so beautiful. It looks even better in real life, so make your own so that you can admire the true beauty of this one.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Petals and Paisleys Specialty DSP - Watercolor Wishes - copper foil

I wanted a large border of night of navy (which matches the DSP) to give some semblance of quiet to the rather busy card. But don’t you love the copper? I cut a piece of copper foil sheets to frame the DSP and I love it! I continued the copper theme by embossing the sentiment from Watercolor Wishes onto very vanilla card stock (don’t forget the embossing buddy) and then cut it out using the layering oval framelits dies. I then cut out a scalloped oval using the same dies from the centre of the copper foil that I used on this card – you can’t tell, so why not?! Then it was a simple matter of construction – I used snail to adhere card on to the top of the copper because it’s slippery and then I popped up the sentiment piece on dimensionals.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Petals and Paisleys Specialty DSP - Watercolor Wishes - copper foil

I really adore the Petals and Paisleys Specialty DSP and am determined to use all of this single piece of embossed paper. There’s no point having it in your files, doing nothing until it retires. Just get it out and cut it up and share it!