Offering Great Tidings for Christmas

The live Nativity at my hometown church always included my two brothers and me as the three kings (it just made sense for the King boys to portray the three kings who came to the Nativity to offer gold, frankincense and myrrh. As such, I am always drawn to Stampin’ Up!’s stamp sets that include the three kings. I showcased the Great Tidings Bundle on today’s brown Christmas card. Here’s my card:

The Great Tidings Bundle includes the Great Tidings stamp set and the coordinating Wise Men Tidings Dies. Here’s a look at this wonderful, new stamp stamp set and coordinating dies:

How gorgeous are these images and sentiments. Despite the beautiful saying in the Great Tidings stamp set, I really wanted to use the “glory to the newborn king” sentiment on my card. This sentiment is from the For Unto Us stamp set, which is a “returning fave” in this year’s Holiday Mini. Here’s a look at this stamp set:

There’s a star in the Great Tidings stamp set, too, but I created a larger star with my Starlit Punch – I punched the star from Crumb Cake cardstock and painted it with my Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush to give it a soft shimmer – here’s a closer look:

Here’s a look at the Stars are Shining Bundle, which includes the Starlit punch:

We think of Christmas cards as green and red (traditional Christmas colors) or as blue and white (snowy skies), but this card is SOOOO brown. I have a beautiful Nativity set that Mom made for me years ago (it’s a ceramic set that looks like it’s made of wood) – that set inspired this neutral-toned card.

If you like this mix Basic White, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso as much as I do, I hope you’ll save this for future reference:

Bundles: Great Tidings  Stamp Sets: Great Tidings, For Unto Us  Papers: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Basic White  Inks: Early Espresso, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush  Accessories: Wise Men Tidings Dies, Starlit Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Great Tidings Bundle – 156382

Price: $43.00

For Unto Us Cling Stamp Set – 153335

Price: $21.00

Starlit Punch – 156380

Price: $18.00

Wink Of Stella Clear Glitter Brush – 141897

Price: $8.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147114

Price: $7.50

Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 119686

Price: $8.75

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 120953

Price: $8.75

Basic White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 159276

Price: $9.75

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.00

Stars Are Shining Bundle (English) – 156780

Price: $30.50

What do you think? Would you be able to send an all-brown card for Christmas? I’m sure it would be a standout on your friends’ mantels.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

Sale-a-Bration Wrapping Up

Sale-a-Bration wraps up on Thursday – that’s this week. I don’t want you to miss out, so I hope you’ll take a look at the Sale-a-Bration brochure to see if there’s anything else you want to earn before the sale goes away. To learn more, click here.

I shared parades of the Sale-a-Bration products over the weekend – if you missed them and would like to check them out, please click on the links below:

• Brian’s Sale-a-Bration Parade: Stamp Sets & Dies
• Brian’s Sale-a-Bration Parade: Amazing Papers

Christmas Whimsy Card Kit

I recently introduced you to the super-fun (and whimsical) card kit that’s showcased on page 6 of Stampin’ Up!’s July-December 2021 Mini Catalog. The kit is now available, and I don’t want you to miss out. To read all about it, click on the image below (or CLICK HERE to order it today):

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