Boughs of Holly Suite - Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

August 20, 2022

Boughs of Holly Suite - Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Hello, and welcome to my first ever time hopping with Stamping With Friends! Our theme this month is our favourite Suite/Bundle from the July to December Mini Catalogue - I will be using the Boughs of Holly Suite for my project today.

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If you have a look at page 24 of the above catalogue you will see these lovely project samples, I like them all but, the top let one - I love, it was what made me by this suite!

Here is my project:

So I decided to recreate it for my hop project! I did change the design slightly, adhering the leaves the other way around, in other words, a CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit).

The colours I used:

You will need:

21 cm x 14.5 cm Cherry Cobbler - scored at 10.5 cm

14.5 cm x 10.5 cm Designer Series Paper (DSP)

1cm strips of DSP

7.5 cm x 11.5 cm Basic White Thick (BWT)

5.5 cm x 2 cm Crumb Cake

14 cm x 10 cm Basic White (insert)

Small pieces of Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler, Real Red and a green (ish) DSP

The background:

I used used Sahara Sand ink to randomly stamp the holly leaves on the BWT panel.

The sprigs, leaves and berries:

I used some of the lovely mottled green DSP to die cut the top sections of the two leaves and Mossy Meadow card to cut the bases. I used tiny dabs of Tombow to adhere them together.

I used one of the Textural Elements that are also part of this suite. I love the natural wood effect these have but I wanted to 'bling' them up a little so, I gently pressed one of them into a Versamark ink pad. I then sprinkled gold embossing powder over the top and heat set.

I die cut the base layer of the berries from Cherry Cobbler card and the top layer from Real Red. I then adhered using Tombow.

To assemble:

Adhere the DSP to the card front using Tombow. I then used one of the Wonderful Snowflakes cut it in half and adhered a piece to two opposite corners again with Tombow. I was so pleased to discover these pretty, iridescent snowflakes are with us for another year!

I then adhered the stamped panel using dimensionals.

The leaves, the sprig and the berries have been adhered using a combination of Tombow and dimensionals.

The sentiment:

The sentiment has been stamped onto a piece of Crumb Cake card using Soft Suede ink and adhered with dimensionals.

The ribbon:

As a finishing touch, I create a little ribbon. I cut the woven ribbon in half and added some colour along one edge with the Mossy Meadow Light Stampin' Blend pen. I don't know how the clever folk at SU managed to tie their ribbon without the ends fraying because I couldn't and I tried several times! However, I like shabby chic so I adhered my bow with a rolled up glue dot.

Top tip:

If you use the bullet tip of the blend pen you will find it much easier and neater - ask me how I know!

The inside:

I stamped a row of leaves along the bottom edge and the top right of the insert using Sahara Sand ink. I then adhered a strip of DSP on top using Tombow.

The envelope:

I created a border (as above) using the holly leaf and a strip of DSP.

The completed project:

I will be making more of these cards in the run up to Christmas - I wonder if I will ever manage to tie a neat and tidy bow?

Thank you for hopping along with us, next up is Linda who organises this hop - thank you Linda! Click on her name below mine to see what her favourite item is from the mini catalogue.

Don't forget to leave comments to let us know what you think of our projects!

Susan xx

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