Thanks for stopping by on the Holiday Catalogue blog hop with some of my fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators, there is 25 of us all sharing wonderful ideas showcasing new products from the upcoming Holiday Catalogue.
I am a fan of a classic Santa image, so when I turned to page 26 of the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalogue I was stopped in my tracks by this stunning Santa plus the stocking and this greeting that I have used below. I have surprised myself a little by not colouring this jolly little man, instead, I have clear embossed him on Cherry Cobbler card stock.
I continued the embossing by white embossing the greeting in white on Basic Black and to add a blackboard feel I rubbed a little Whisper White Craft Ink over the top of the embossing.
Inside the card, I have again the blackboard feel with the greeting which is also from Holly Jolly Christmas and cut it out with the Merry Christmas dies. Notice that stamping behind greeting, that was stamped in Crumb Cake with an image from Tasteful Textures.
The second card I have to share is showcasing Yummy Christmas on page 23. I used my Stampin’ Blends to colour the gingerbread house, in Crumb Cake combo (house), Smoky Slate light (shadow on frosting), Real Red (Candy Cane and Bow), Soft Suede (Gingerbread man), Rococo Rose (Candy and icing) and Sea Side Spray (Windows).
The photograph is not showing the texture, I embossed the stamped layer with the Subtle embossing folder.
In the card, the greetings on the front of the card and inside are from Christmas Gleaming on page 31.
I know this is a Holiday catalogue blog hop but I need to bring to your attention that the dies from Cuckoo Clock coordinates with the Yummy Christmas stamp set! How wonderful is that?
In the Annual Catalogue, you can see Cuckoo For You Stamp Set, this is interactive and I HAD to share that with you also.
Above you see the little door… If you push the strip up
You find a little surprise.
I am so excited to show you more from the Holiday Catalogue, right now you can continue on the blog hop by hopping over to Angela Meiritz-Reid
Blog hop participant list:
3. Tanya Rees
10. Peta Stephen
12. Libby Dyson
13. Jo Weedon
14. Cheryl Algie
16. Denise Buetler
17. Rebecca Scurr
18. Kelly Kent
19. Monique Fielder
20. Maree McIntosh
21. Melissa Gifford
22. Barbara Williams
24. Jackie Aitken
Barbara Williams, Sydney Australia 
Great projects, Barbara. I just love the gingerbread house. Thanks for sharing
Lovely projects , Barbara !
Gosh Barbara, so many lovely projects. I love the softer look of the gingerbread house and the cuckoo clock is adorable!
What a fabulous collection of cards! The Santa looks great clear embossed on the Cherry Cobbler background x
I love clear embossing made him special
Beautiful cards Barb. My favourite has to be the one with the Gingerbread house.
Tanya the Gingerbread man and the partner in dies is great….lol
Barb love your cards they are so lovely and that santa is amazing – thanks for sharing your cards some great ideas.xx
Not sure what happened to my comment love your cards Barb – all of them I neeed that Santa
maree, you do need that santa, he is so cute to color too
Great cards Barb, I love the blackboard technique you’ve used on the first card, very effective.
Thank you, great fun
Gorgeous collection of cards, I love how you have embossed over the stamped image in the second card – it looks fabulous.
Thanks Shannon
Wow – you’ve been busy, Barb! All great cards and thank you for the tips – love the blackboard look and that the cuckoo dies can be used with the gingerbread house! Thanks for sharing x
thanks Denise, let me tell you the gingerbread house is fantastic
Beautifully simple and simply beautiful!!
Thank Jo, lots of fun doing them.
lovely cards
thanks Cathy
Not sure if you heard me Barb, but I ooohed and aaaahed as I read your post! These are all just so fabulous. And thanks to you I now need to add quite a few things to my order! x
Thanks Lou
Love all your cards Barb, such a stunning selection x
Thank you so much Angela
Love the blackboard look. But my favourites are the cuckoo clocks!! Gorgeous colouring.
These are all gorgeous, Barb. Beautiful colouring on the gingerbread house and the cuckoo clock. But I really love the simplicity of your first card and the way the clear embossing on cherry cobbler of that large image looks. 🙂 Siobhan.