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I was delighted to be invited as a Guest Designer for the Colour INKspiration Challenge #111.

It provided me with a great reason to use one of the stamp sets and coordinaitng dies that I have not used yet. My goal is to ensure that I have NO products on my shelves that I have not used before the January – June Mini Catalogue is ‘open for ordering’.

This project is very different to my recent Challenge entries. It is more like a scene and I am very pleased with it. I used the Welcoming Window Bundle.

It has been such a long time since I have used Very Vanilla in a card base rather than Basic White.

I decided to use Crumb Cake as the card base colour. Then I swiped some Crumb Cake ink across the Brick & Mortar Embossing Folder and ran the Very Vanilla card through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. This resulted in the colour being transferred onto the cardstock as the brick pattern was embossed.

I used a die from the Window Flower Box Dies to cut out the window pane.

A piece of Very Vanilla cardstock was stamped with the panelled window image. The bottom half of the window was cut away so that I could add some folded Evening Evergreen Cotton Paper to create a curtain.

I stamped and cut the Soft Succulent shutters before attaching them to each side of the window. The shutter latches were cut from Crumb Came card that had Adhesive Sheet attached – this made it so easy to place them on the shutters. Then I added the embossed and cut window box.

I stamped and cut the flower jug and added some die cut leaf stems. I used one of the branches from the Forever Flourishing Dies for these stems.

The pots were die cut and I used a Blending Brush to brush Crumb Cake over them. The jug, pots and shutters had Clear Wink of Stella painted across them.

I used two of the greeting stamps for the sentiment.

The Evening Evergreen plants were cut using a die from the Perfect Plants Dies. I planted them in two of the pots and tucked the third behind one of pots.

I also stamped one of the pots on the card insert and envelope.

Wow – I used three die sets to cut out the various elements that are on the card.

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Welcoming Window Bundle [156271] $87.25	Welcoming Window Photopolymer Stamp Set [154504] $38.00	Window Flower Box Dies [154335] $59.00	Perfect Plants Dies [155562] $56.00	Forever Flourishing Dies [152714] $63.00
Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643] $17.50	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00	Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock [155777] $15.25
Ever Eden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cotton Paper [159997] $14.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] $13.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

The Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop theme this week is Traditional Christmas. So we will share projects for Christmas using traditional colours.

For my project I opted for Cherry Cobbler, Evening Evergreen and gold.

I used a few different products from the July – December Mini Catalogue – Holly Jolly Stamp Set, Merriest Frames Hybrid Embossing Folder, Painted Christmas 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper, Gold Holly Leaves, Gold Shimmer Vellum and the Cherry Cobbler & Gold Metallic Ribbon. I also used some of the Evening Evergreen Cotton Paper from the Eden’s Garden Early Release Collection.

The piece of Designer Series Paper was embossed and cut using the Hybrid Embossing Folder and coordinating detailed die. I also cut two outline pieces using the Gold Shimmer Vellum and Evening Evergreen Cotton Paper. These three pieces were layered and then secured on the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I gathered up three lengths of the Cherry Cobbler and Gold Metallic Ribbon and created the three ribbon wreaths that I tucked in under the paper layers. The wreaths were secured using Mini Glue Dots.

The Christmas greeting is from the Holly Jolly Stamp Set and was stamped using Cherry Cobbler. The stitched rectangle, from the Hybrid Embossing Folder bundle, was used to cut the greeting.

I took several of the Gold Holly Leaves and placed them over some of the embossed and die cut leaves. One was also added to the envelope and inside the card.

The final step was to add some of the Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the card front and inside the card.

Don’t forget to hop arond and see what the rest of the Freshly Brewed crew have created to share with you.

• Narelle Fasulo
• Michele Miller
• Ann Craig
• Jeanne Moss
• Jessie Holton
• Leonie Schroder

Have you started making your Christmas cards yet? Are you a traditional or more contempory Christmas card maker?

Unti lnext time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Holly Jolly Wishes Cling Stamp Set (English) [156362] $37.00	Merriest Frames Hybrid Embossing Folder [156385] $68.00	Painted Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [156292] $20.00	Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Shimmer Vellum [156471] $8.75	Ever Eden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cotton Paper [159997] $14.00
Gold Holly Leaves [156311] $13.00	Cherry Cobbler & Gold 1/2'' (1.3 Cm) Metallic Ribbon [156312] $14.00	Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels [146924] $12.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $15.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

I was delighted to check the Global Design Project website last night and discovered that my card design was a WINNER!

If you look at the GDP Design Team members, you will begin to understand why I am so thrilled to have my card design chosen as a winner this week. These women are totally amazing Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators and card designers. Many of them are, or have been, Artisan Team members. This is such a creative and impressive group of paper crafters.

This is the card I ‘entered’.

I do not often make predominently white cards but I am enjoying working outside my comfort zone. The little hint of Early Espresso popping out from behind the Timber 3D embossed and distressed layer of Basic White provides a subtle colour element.

Then. of course, there is the trimmed back circle of Tasteful Textile embossed Basic White circle that hosts the totally cute trees from the Christmas Tree Dies.

It was a total delight having my card chosen, from this broad array of card makers’ ‘entries’. as one of this week’s winners.

Until next time, happy stamping.