Isn’t this a beautiful card? I absolutely love it! The silver bells against that white flocked Plush Poinsettia decorative paper is stunning, right? Unfortunately, when I designed this card, I didn’t know the DSP would be sold out. An alternate idea instead of using the Plush Poinsettia decorative paper, you could heat emboss a holly background using White Embossing powder, and you would have a similar look. That’s what I love about paper crafting. If you don’t have the same items, you can use what you have.
Can you see the holly & berries detail in the silver bells? To achieve that look, I die-cut the bells in silver foil paper first. Then I took a 1/2″ strip to die-cut where the holly leaves are in Garden Green. I then took a 3/4″ strip of Cherry Cobbler cardstock and glued it to the backside of the silver bells and cut the excess paper off by following the edges of the bell carefully with my paper snips. Once the glue dried, I added the Garden Green holly leaves, I die-cut by gluing them down with just a small dab of liquid glue. I love it, and the bells turned out so good!
You may have noticed that I used a silver-edged Cherry Cobbler Ribbon that you can’t find anywhere in the catalog. Well, you were looking for the wrong product. I used the Silver Metallic Edge Ribbon, which is white, and colored it with my Cherry Cobbler Dark Stampin’ Blend. Cool right? This is a little trick I use a lot. By coloring any white ribbon with the Stampin’ Blends color of your choosing, you will always have the ribbon color you want to match your project!
Now it is your turn to make some colored ribbons to match the projects you are working on.
Don’t forget to shop the updated Clearance Rack and Year-End Closeout Sale before all the good stuff is gone, like the Plush Poinsettia DSP.
Until next time,
Happy Stamping!
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