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Reason for the Season

July 8, 2016 By Connie | 3 Comments

Gosh!  I rarely have time to play along with challenges anymore, except for our Create with Connie and Mary ones, but The Paper Players has a Christmas in July theme and Freshly Made Sketches has a pretty sketch challenge…a match made in heaven!

 

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FMS Final 244-001
 

Here’s what I came up with combining both challenges and using the new Stampin’ Up! This Christmas Specialty Designer Paper!  Aren’t those patterns pretty?

 

Reason for the Season
 

Here are the details:

  • The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Cherry Cobbler, folded in half.
  • On top is a 4 x 5-1/4 layer of This Christmas Specialty DSP.  If you haven’t seen this DSP yet, it is a lighter newspaper weight DSP with MORE sheets per package of the same patterns!
  • On the reverse of the DSP was this fun stripe, so I cut off a row and used as the accent across the bottom.
  • The largest Layering Oval was used to cut the Very Vanilla cardstock, then Peace on Earth was stamped with Chocolate Chip Ink towards the bottom.
  • The outline poinsettia from Reason for the Season was stamped twice with Chocolate Chip Ink on Very Vanilla, then the inside with Cherry Cobbler and the leaves with Garden Green.  An AquaPainter and Cherry Cobbler Marker was used to fill in the rest of the petals.  The full flower was cut by hand, and the other center was cut out and popped up on top .
  • The branches were stamped with Chocolate Chip Ink and hand cut.
  • The center was filled with small Pearls.

 

That’s it!  I really like how this turned out!

 

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Filed Under: Cards, Challenges Tagged With: poinsettias, Reason for the Season, This Christmas Designer Paper

I love stamping cards, altering 3D items and making little favors. I've been stamping for over 20 years and will have my 19th year Stampin' Up! anniversary in early May. I love being part of something that sparks my creativity and hear people comment, "you MADE this?" I also enjoy sharing that passion with others in my classes! If you live anywhere in the Delaware, Dublin, Powell, Lewis Center, Hilliard or surrounding Columbus, Ohio areas, join us! I love to meet new stamping friends. Email me for a current class schedule... I'm adding new classes all the time!

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  1. Claire Broadwater says

    July 8, 2016 at 2:48 pm

    Connie, this is just beautiful! I love the background paper and your gorgeous poinsettia! So happy you had time to join us at The Paper Players this week! XX

  2. LeAnne Pugliese says

    July 8, 2016 at 3:32 pm

    This is just lovely, Connie! I haven’t used any of my Christmas paper yet, but you’ve inspired me to get it out and start using it! It looks beautiful with the poinsettia and that beautiful sentiment! Thanks so much for sharing this with us this week at the Players!

  3. linda callahan says

    July 11, 2016 at 7:57 pm

    Oh you are ahead of me in the Christmas Card department! This is beautiful! Love the new paper! Great combo of both challenges!

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