I don't know about you but this is the "blingiest" time of year for me. You see, normally, I'm not a real blingy girl. I wouldn't say my style is drab, but it sure isn't all the glitz. I admire people that can wear all the jewelry, makeup and bling, I just don't know how to do that! The reason I get excited about bling this time of year is CHRISTMAS! It seems like a natural design motif to jazz up everything you are making and Stampin'Up! makes it easy with all their shimmer and sparkle products. I decided to challenge myself to use them all in a card class and am so excited to share with you what I did. Overall, Stampin'Up! has lots of bling- products including:
- Rhinestones, pearls, other stick on embelishments
-Glimmer and foil paper
-Embossing powder and glitter
-Puff Paint and Crystal Effects
-Shimmery White card stock
-Ribbon and twine
-Sequins
and probably more! If you stop to think about it, there's a lot of ways to add some sparkle to any project of yours. It was a fun challenge to try and use as much as possible with these cards!
Have you tried the Snow Globe bundle yet? It is super fun and really a crowd pleaser for your avid crafters. They love to be challenged and this will give them a huge sense of accomplishment. As far as the sparkle and shine effect, I used silver foil paper, silver Delicata ink for the snowflakes inside the snow globe, sequins and glitter, Shimmer white paper for the trees, Mercury Glass acetate paper, Seaside Spray shimmer ribbon and Silver embossing powder for my sentiment!
For my second card, I used the same set of background papers, Feels Like Frost DSP. It is absolutely wonderful and so inspiring to use! For Sparkle and Shine, I used some Red Glimmer Paper as an accent, drops of Shimmer Crystal Effects over the background, Puff Paint at the base of the snowman with pinches of Ice Crystal glitter on top BEFORE I heated the Puff Paint so it would stick in and shiny charcoal buttons from the Snowman embellishment kit. Don't you just love the snowman and the builder punch? What a fun product to play with!
For this card, I used the gorgeous Noble Peacock foil papers that come in the colors of Blueberry Bushel, Pretty Peacock and Old Olive. We used the "Gather Together" leaf dies which are amazingly simple to use and create a great leaf impression. The ribbon is a retired Pear Pizazz shimmer ribbon and my background paper is the stunning Shimmer White cardstock with the Birch background stamped in Crumb Cake ink. The Stitched Shapes dies always come in handy for sentiments! I thought it needed just one more touch of bling and added some rhinestones to the top of the leaves. Have you every wished for some larger, bolder sentiments? I used "Everything Festive" here and it really helped me out!
This card is from the beautiful "Christmastime Is Here" set of products which will be released tomorrow. Watch for more information then on my blog about it! The Christmas Rose is gorgeous and was stamped using the Stamparatus. I added some gold shimmer ribbon, some gold enamel dots that sparkle and shine and a little bit of gold embossing accent in the center of the rose. This DSP also has a metallic gold design running through the Cherry Cobbler background. Prior to embossing, I also added some Wink of Stella to the rose!
That's it! I think I used a dab of everything we have that sparkles and shines. What a fun concept and now I have some really special festive cards to send to somebody extra special! I've listed my supplies below and a click on any of them will take you to the online store. It's also so fun to share what I'm up to and would love to hear any comments or questions you have! And now, I have a little glitter mess to deal with, haha!
Happy Stampin'!
Sarah
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