Monochromatic Christmas Bauble

I've been experimenting with different techniques using the Stampin' Blendabilities, and this was one of the results. I've heat embossed with gold on the Brushed Gold cardstock before, and really loved the look of it, so rich and elegant. But this time I wanted something with more pop, to stand up to adding color with the Blendies, so I tried it with Early Espresso embossing powder. Wow! Definitely more pop!

The Crumb Cake Stampin' Blendabilities were used, and the Bronze and Mocha from the Skin Tone Assortment were also used. Just a fabulous selection of browns!!!

Check back in a day or two, because I did another one in blues with silver embossing on Brushed Silver that I'll be sharing. It looks gorgeous!

STAMPS: Christmas Bauble, Endless Wishes
CARDSTOCK: Baked Brown Sugar, Early Espresso, Brushed Gold, Gold Soiree Specialty DSP
INK: VersaMark, Crumb Cake and Skin Tone Ass't. Stampin' Blendabilities
ACCESSORIES: Big Shot, Oval Collection Framelits, Extra Large Oval Punch, Heat Tool, Early Espresso Stampin' Emboss Powder, Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Early Espresso 1/4" Cotton Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Make It Mailable 13-12

Hello, stampers, and welcome to another Monday. Can you believe Christmas is ONE MONTH FROM TODAY?!  Eeeeek, I have to get my cards in the mail next week! I have about 50 done and need about 30 more.  How many do you send out each year?  Today's card is another one that I will be making in quantity. It was inspired by this card on SCS.

One of the ways to keep the weight down on your cards, if you are making multiple layers, is to cut the centers out of the mats, leaving just a frame.  I did that on this card, and used the cut out piece as the mat for the image. The Stampin' Trimmer makes it so easy!  Just determine how wide you want the 'frame' sides to be.  I made them 5/8" on this one, which left plenty of room for the adhesive holding the brushed gold panel.

I love the Endless Wishes stamp set that was used on the brushed gold, but unfortunately, it was sooo popular that it's sold out already!

Stamps: Evergreen, Endless Wishes
Cardstock: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Brushed Gold
Ink: VersaMark
Accessories: Stampin' Trimmer, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Linen Thread

Endless Wishes

Boy, that would be great, right? When I was a little girl, I'd daydream about being granted three wishes by a genie. Of course my first wish would have been unlimited wishes!  And I was even clever enough to wish for unlimited wishes, but only if I said "I wish, I wish, I wish..." first.  That was to avoid unintended consequences; things could have gotten messy otherwise. Like, my little sister and brother might have disappeared, or something. Ha!

But actually, that's not really what I meant by the title. There's a new photopolymer stamp set called Endless Wishes, and it is just so versatile! You can combine the greetings in so many ways and, of course, there are snowflakes to make it extra special.

I looove snowflakes! I love snowflakes and snowmen!!! Of course, I'm writing this from sunny southern California, where I never have to deal with the cold, or shoveling sidewalks. But it's nice to daydream (there I go again!) about sitting in front of a crackling fireplace, looking out a picture window at the scenery blanketed in white. You know what I'm talking about.....with maybe a one horse open sleigh gliding by. A real Currier & Ives picture!

So here is everything that comes in the stamp set for only $13.95.  And the beauty of the clear photopolymer stamps is, you can see to position the greetings exactly where you want them.

Here are some more ideas from the amazing Stampin' Up! design team (they did the card above, as well).

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