Last Group of Holiday Mini Swaps

This is the last group of the Holiday Mini Swap I participated in and will have more for you next month! Tomorrow is our annual Fall Fest and I signed up to be a part of another organized swap with the Holiday Mini. So if you'd like to see more and have even more ideas, stay tuned!

 This card was done by Leslie. She organized the swap. This is one of those cards that is easy to duplicate. She used a bundle called Merry Little Labels. Leslie stamped one of the images with Dapper Denim on Pool Party then punched it with the Everyday Label punch. That is layered on a piece of Dapper Denim that was die cut with the Layering Square framelits. Yes you see a rectangle there. To achieve a rectangle, you don't cut the full square, you can do this a couple of different ways. So if you need help to do this, contact me and I can walk you through it. This was layered on a piece of Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper. Leslie then embossed a piece of Pool Party with the Sparkle Embossing Folder. Her card base is Dapper Denim. To finish it off, she used some rhinestones.




This next card, I don't know who to give credit. Unfortunately they didn't give their name. This is a set from the mini, I thought about getting but there is only so much you can afford! The stamp set is called Season Like Christmas. This is a three step stamp set. Which means it takes 3 stamps to make the tree. Two stamps actually make the tree and the third stamp adds the ornaments or lights. Depends on how you stamp it.  I think there is actually one more stamp for the trunk. She used Crumb Cake for the base and stamped the splotches with Soft Suede. The tree was stamped in Garden Green, one part must have been stamped off to get the two tones. To finish the tree off, she stamped the ornaments in VersaMark and used Gold Embossing Powder. This was all done on Whisper White and layered on Real Red. The sentiment was also embossed with the gold and die cut with the Layering Oval Framelits. That was layered on a piece of the Coffee Break Designer Series Paper. Isn't it great how you can use some pattern paper that isn't holidayish and works! To finish off this card, she used the 1/8" Gold Ribbon.

Mena made this next card. Here is another card easy to duplicate. She used Feeling of Christmas and stamped the wreath with Old Olive, Pool Party, and Cherry Cobbler. The bow on the wreath is from Pretty Pines Thinlits. This was all done on Whisper White and then layered on Cherry Cobbler. The sentiment is stamped in Old Olive on Whisper White and layered on Old Olive. Both of these pieces were punched with the Triple Banner punch. The card base is Pool Party and she used the Softly Falling Embossing Folder. This is another versatile embossing folder. Mena also used some rhinestones to finish off her card.

I saved my card for last again! I used the Carols of Christmas, which was something Stampin' Up! had as a pre order for customers. I really like this bundle. I've made many samples using it. On this card I only used the deer from the framelits. I die cut here in the Gold Foil paper. The two main images are the phrases. I stamped the phrase in VersaMark and used Gold Embossing Powder on Basic Black card stock. I think it really pops! I did die cut this with the Stitched Framelits. This is another product I use A LOT! The holly is Always Artichoke. To get a decent circle, I die cut a post it so it would stick a bit to the card stock and give me a template so I'd know where to stamp the holly. Since I was making several of these, I got better as I went along! I think this is another card easy to duplicate. My card base and layers are Crumb Cake and Basic Black. The trim you see is the Jute Twine in the Holiday Mini. This trim would be great to use to wrap your holiday packages.

Well that's it for now and I'll have new swaps next week to start sharing along with pictures from our Fall Fest. I'll be demonstrating our new Embossing Paste and the projects we made. Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by! I look forward to your comments.

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