Warm Christmas Wishes with 2 Sneak Peeks

I’m not yet ready to jump into Christmas projects, but my pre-order from Stampin’ Up!’s July – December Mini Catalog arrived – and I couldn’t NOT play. The “Holiday Mini Catalog” goes live for customers on August 3, and copies will be sorted and mailed to my customers as soon as they arrive at my house next week. Here’s a card that showcases two new stamp sets in the new catalog:

Isn’t that sentiment gorgeous?! It’s from a new stamp set called Encircled in Warmth – a set with five sentiments (four are designed to coordinate with the Encircled in Beauty Dies from Stampin’ Up!’s 2021 Annual Catalog, but they also work great with our Layering Circles Dies). Here’s a look at this new stamp set:

How fun! I love the font used to build this circular sentiment. Here’s a closer look at the sentiment on my card front (I cropped it with the Layering Circles Dies and added a layer of vellum behind it:

The backdrop for my sentiment is build with four 1-3/4″ squares. I glued these panels together and then used my Stamparatus to stamp the Candy Canes background stamp at once over the full panel with Real Red ink. Here’s a look at the Candy Canes background stamp set:

Behind the candy canes is a panel of Just Jade cardstock I embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder – a favorite of mine to add a little texture without steering attention away from my focal images.

We are so accustomed to Old Olive, Garden Green and Shaded Spruce for Christmas Greens. Just Jade offers such a beautiful softness on this Christmas card when paired with Real Red. I love it! If you like this mix of Basic White, Just Jade and Real Red as much as I do, I hope you’ll save this for future reference:

Stamp Sets: Encircled in Warmth, Candy Canes  Papers: Just Jade, Real Red, Thick Basic White, Vellum  Inks: Real Red, Versamark  Accessories: White Stampin Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Layering Circles, Stampin’ Dimensionals

What do you think? I’ll be sharing more sneak peeks over the coming weeks while continuing those showcase some of my new favorites from Stampin’ Up!’s 2021 Annual Catalog.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

Product Shares are Coming

With the release of each Stampin’ Up! catalog, I host product shares to give you a sample of all the papers, ribbons and embellishments the catalog has to offer. It’s such fun for me! I’ll be posting my shares late next week – I hope you’ll give my shares a look! Yay!

Designer Series Paper Sale

Between now and August 2, Stampin’ Up! is offering 15% off select Designer Series Papers. What a wonderful opportunity to pick up some new papers or stock up on some favorites!

• CLICK HERE to download the flyer for the sale that showcases all of the Designer Series Papers that are included in this sale.
• CLICK HERE to see these discounted Designer Series Paper in my online store.

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