Hello Friends
The Holiday Catalogue is going to go live in 10 days and I CAN'T WAIT! There are so many gorgeous goodies in it! Do you need your own copy of the catalogue? If you live in Canada and don't have a demonstrator already, contact me and we'll see about getting one in your hands.
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| Card #1: Both Bethlehem Village Diecuts plus a Sentiment |
In among all the goodness in this Holiday Catalogue is something I have been longing for...a Christian Christmas bundle! That's right my friends. You heard me. We have stamps for the Christmas Star, a Mary&Joseph&Donkey, a Shepherd&Lamb, a Bethlehem village. AND FRAMELITS to cut them all out TOO!
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| Card #1 - side view |
I have already seen a TON of beautiful projects using these items, but today I wanted to show you that you can create a very quick, very easy and super effective whole set of cards using this bundle. Card #1. This is a super fast card using just the 2 different Bethlehem village thinlits and Whisper White cardstock. Adhere the back one flat onto the Night of Navy card and raise up the diecut in the foreground using dimensionals. The sentiment is heat embossed using versamark and white embossing powder and there you have it. Done.
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| Card #2 - Emboss a sentiment inside the negative space left by the larger Bethlehem diecut |
What's so super cool about this is that the "garbage" generated by cutting out the 2 Bethlehem village thinlits, leaves behind negatives that can be used to make equally beautiful and super quick cards! Check out card #2: The larger village cutout generates a big open stencil (the white rectangle with the village cut out of the centre). Adhere this to a piece of Night of Navy just 1/4" wider and longer than the white piece, then emboss a sentiment into the middle. Glue this whole piece to a white card and there you have it. A second card using the "garbage" leftover from the first!
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| Card #3 - Adhere the stencil from the smaller village diecut and emboss a sentiment above it. |
Which leads me to Card #3. Similar idea, even easier. Onto a Night of Navy card, adhere the stencil that remains after cutting out the smaller village. Emboss the Christmas Star and a sentiment above them and voila. A third, equally beautiful, equally fast and just as gorgeous card!
Really, does it get much easier (or faster?) to create 3 FANTASTIC cards!
I know you will love the Holiday Catalogue as much as I do. Take a look at the fun projects all my friends have created for you to see (The list of participants is below). And feel free to leave comments. We are suckers for a kind word of encouragement :)
Remember, if you live ANYWHERE in Canada you can order Stampin' Up! supplies from me. Feel free to visit my online store HERE. If you don't already have a demonstrator and you'd like a Holiday Catalogue, you can contact me and we'll get you set up. I want to help you achieve the Christmas creating joy that will bring a smile to your face!
Have fun hopping along my friends and as always, my wish for you is that you enjoy the rest of your day! Happy Stamping and God Bless, Cynthia <><
List of Blog Hop Participants:
OOOHHHH! I love what you have done with this bundle! The first one is my fave:)
ReplyDeleteMine too Candy. I love the elegant and sleek lines using Navy and white. And these thinlits make it so easy! Thanks for leaving your comment. Have a super evening and God Bless, Cynthia <><
Deleteso clever to show all 3 cards, Cynthia! Now I will be more careful when I cut my scraps since they are also potential cards. You are simply brilliant, my friend.
ReplyDeleteHa ha Tamra - I always look for ways to use my scraps. Clever? Not really....Frugal? Yes. Thanks for leaving your comment. Have a super evening and God Bless, Cynthia <><
DeleteBeautiful cards Cynthia!!! So clever!!!
ReplyDeleteOh Karina - not clever, just frugal. I am always so intrigued by the stencils left behind by thinlits and am always dying to use them! Thanks for leaving your comment. Have a super evening and God Bless, Cynthia <><
DeleteI like what you've done with the dies. I'd like to see more with the actual stamps & dies integrated together... specifically; does one of the building dies cut out the stamped buildings in the set? If no, is there a way to still use the two together on a card? What about integrating the people stamps?
ReplyDeleteGood question Tania - I actually have another card that I created using the stamp set that goes with the set (but does not match the building dies) - but I decided to only show these sister cards today. I should get a chance to show the stamps integrated with the dies by the end of the week. Stay tuned! Thanks for leaving your comment. Have a super evening and God Bless, Cynthia <><
DeleteWow! Just love these silhouette cards xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Lea. I like fast. I LOVE easy. And when they combine to be fast, easy AND beautiful, I am completely on board! Enjoy the rest of your day and God Bless, Cynthia <><
DeleteSo Clever.......3 cards out of 1 turn of the Big Shot!
ReplyDeleteExactly what I was thinking Vanessa! More bang for your buck (or more exactly, more cards for your effort). I like it when I can use the leftovers this way! Enjoy your upcoming weekend and God Bless, Cynthia <><
DeleteFab cards Cynthia. Clever to make use of all the pieces. Zx
ReplyDeleteThanks Zoe. You call it 'clever'. I call it efficient, or lazy, or frugal, or time-saving. :) It's really all the same thing. Especially since the cards turn out so awesome yet so easy. Glad you liked them! Enjoy your weekend and God Bless, Cynthia <><
DeleteThank you for sharing all of these wonderful cards.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like them Daria. They were easy to make...and brought a smile to my face! Enjoy your weekend and God Bless, Cynthia <><
DeleteI have to agree with you, I've also been "waiting" for a bundle like this. I love it even more now tat I got to see what you made. I had decided back in June that my Christmas cards this year would be Night of Navy, Whisper White and a bling color, (n for me my bling will be Dazzling Diamond Glimmer paper. What a perfect set to use for this card. When I first saw this holiday catalog, I wanted to add the wise men as well. But, I think they are too big, then I thought about die cutting all 3of them with the die fro this bundle? I haven't seen anything yet, so haven't decided. So, Thank you so much for sharing and I too rejoice in SU! hearing our pleads.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like the cards I made Gloria! The Mary & Joseph, and the Shepherd, have dies in this bundle (and no, they are not too big for the card. Perspective just means that they are in the foreground and Bethlehem is further behind them!). There is a separate 3 Wise Men stamp on pg 24 of the catalogue (Wise Men From Afar) and it is a gorgeous stamp set...but there are no wise men die. Just so you do not get confused by what is out there. :) Hope your cards turn out EXACTLY as you envision them. Your design sounds wonderful! Enjoy your weekend and God Bless, Cynthia <><
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