Christmas Card Challenge: Day Twenty-Six

There's hardly anything more magical than watching embossing powder set and start to shine. New stampers are amazed when it happens--and more seasoned stampers still get a little thrill when that powder melts and turns into a perfect shine! For today's challenge--"Christmas Lights"--I decided to add some lights to the beautiful trees on one of the sheets of the Storybook Gnomes Designer Series Paper.

I cut a piece of this DSP to 4" by 5-1/4" and then I used Versamark Ink to stamp the string of lights from the "Christmas Lights" stamp set over each row of trees. I sprinkled on Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and set the lights with my Heat Tool. I adhered this piece to a 4-1/8" by 5-3/8" Mint Macaron Card Stock mat and then onto a Shaded Spruce Card Stock Card Base.

Next I stamped the tree from the "Christmas Lights" set in Versamark onto Very Vanilla Card Stock. I again embossed this in gold and cut it out with the matching Twinkling Lights Die. I stamped and embossed the "Merry Christmas" sentiment from the "Brightest Glow" stamp set onto Very Vanilla Card Stock and cut it out with one of the Labels Aglow Dies.

I wrapped a length of gold Simply Elegant Trim around my fingers and adhered it to the back of the label, making a "nest." I adhered the label and Christmas tree to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. To finish the card, I added three gold Festive Pearls.

Such a pretty card with all the gold embossing--and that DSP sheet is simply gorgeous!!

tams# 76812

Product List

Christmas Lights Cling Stamp Set [159538] $23.00	Christmas Lights Bundle (English) [159961] $45.75	Brightest Glow Cling Stamp Set (English) [159542] $25.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50
Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146981] $9.25	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $9.25	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $10.25	Storybook Gnomes 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159615] $12.00
Twinkling Lights Dies [159541] $28.00	Labels Aglow Dies [159551] $33.00	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $6.00	Simply Elegant Trim [155766] $7.50
Festive Pearls [159963] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00