Hey there! It's time for the Alaska Achiever's Blog Hop! The theme for our very first hop is "anything you like!" This hop is exclusive to Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who have earned the 2018 Stampin' Up! Incentive Trip : a week-long cruise along the lower Alaska coast!
This hop includes Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world, so get ready to be "wow'd"! Right now you are at my blog, Carol Payne Stamps. To continue on after you view my project, simply click on the name below mine in the list below to move on to the next blog.
For my project I used the extremely popular and very versatile stamp set from the Holiday Catalog, Painted Harvest!
I used the Direct-Ink-too-Embossing-Folder technique in addition to the Gilded Faux Silk technique to create this elegant-but-easy card. This one may very well be MY card this year!
To create the wreath I used just the smaller of the bloom images from Painted Harvest, stamped with Tranquil Tide ink on a white coffee filter. After crumpling and adhering to a Whisper White square, I wrapped the edges around the the back and then patted the creases and wrinkles with a Versamark ink pad. I then sprinkled Gold Stampin' Emboss powder and heated with my Heat Tool. I adhered it to a Gold Foil layer cut with a Stitched Shapes Framelit.
Tiny Rhinestones I colored with my Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends (you can start ordering them on November 1st!) were added for the berries, and I adhered a tiny bow tied with Real Red 1/8" Solid Ribbon with a glue dot.
I stamped "Merry Christmas!" from the Merry Patterns Host set (only available with a party or customer order of at least $300 before tax & shipping through October 31st) with Tranquil Tide. After punching with my best-friend punch, Classic Label, I adhered with dimensionals.
I repeated the wreath motif on the inside, using a sentiment from Snowflake Sentiments.
Now it's time to continue on with your hop! Just click on the name below mine to go to the next blog. Right now you are at Carol Payne. If at anytime during the hop you get off track, just simply click on any of the names in the list and you'll be hopping along again!
If you enjoyed this project, please use the October hostess code HMT67FU2 to receive a gift from me when you place your order in my online store (USA Stampers Only) http://bit.ly/shopwithCarolPayneStamps
If your order is over $150, please don’t use this code, because YOU become the hostess and get the free Stampin’ Rewards!
The B3G1F Designer Paper Sale ends October 31st!
That's all for now. until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!
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Very Pretty! (Looked like a lot of work)
Absolutely stunning!
Thank you! It was actually pretty simple. Not a lot of work at all! Isn’t that the secret, making something elegant but easy?
Love the clever wreath … just gorgeous!
This is so beautiful, inside and out! I love what you did with the coffee filter. I have only used them to make tie dyed cards. The use of it this way is so elegant…I will have to give it a try.
Love this card and will definitely be trying your techniques. TFS