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December is HERE!!! And sadly we have come to Week 16, the final week of our Heart of Christmas Blog Hop.

For my final cards I am featuring the Toile Tidings DSP. This was definitely not on my initial wish list of items to purchase as I am not a fan of snowy Christmas scenes. However, the colours and the stripe, check and holly patterns eventually won me over.

My first two cards are simple designs. I used the DSP to make banners. These were then adhered to standard notecards.

Card One:

On the Garden Green card I used the holly stamp from Christmas Gleaming to stamp the background. I also used the berry stamp from Tidings All Around and Delicata Gold ink to add a little shine to the background. The sentiment is my favourite from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue. I love this banner greeting. A few ‘sprigs’ of gold foil and lots of dimensionals and card one was complete.

Card Two:

For the second card I used the Tufted embossing folder to add texture to the matt before adding the banners of DSP. The greeting is from Peaceful Boughs and was attached with some braided linen thread. On this card I used some gold thread and gold glitter enamel dots to add the glitz……and of course a stack of dimensionals.

One thing I did do was ink the edges of the DSP. I found that the DSP has a white core and by inking the edges this was alleviated. I like the effect. It adds to the more traditional country feel of the paper.

Card 3:

And then because I was on a roll and had a few bits and pieces still lying about on my desk, I made a third card. Of course it had to be a square card. I used the small scalloped die from Stitiched Be Mine to diecut strips of the striped paper to add to each side of the holly panel. Again, I inked all the edges of the DSP. I adhered the DSP as shown below and then piled up three diecut wreaths. One in each colour, Shimmery White, Real Red and Garden Green. The card is Shimmery White and the greeting was stamped onto a scrap of Shimmery White with Garden Green using my second favourite greeting from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue. For the glitz on this one I added some red rhinestones to the wreath.

News! News! News!

Yesterday Stampin’ Up! released the list of products from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue that will either be carrying over to the 2020/2021 Annual Catalogue or be making a reappearance in the 2020 Holiday Catalogue.

Items used that will be carrying over: Peaceful Boughs stamp set. YAY!!! Definitely my favourite stamp set and dies from this year’s catalogue.

Items used that will be making a reappearance in the 2020 Holiday Catalogue: Toile Tidings DSP; Christmas Gleaming stamp set.

The full list of items can be seen here and here. Unfortunately, some favourites are retiring so this will be your last chance to grab them. Please don’t miss out as I think some items will sell out quickly.

Items used that are retiring: Toile Christmas bundle; Tidings All Around bundle; Toile Tidings Glitter Enamel Dots. Insert tears here……

Well that is all from me. It has been a pleasure being part of the Heart of Christmas 2019 Blog Hop each week. I have found the hop very inspiring and thank all the talented team members who contributed each week.

Judy May is our blog host for Week 16. Please follow the link to Judy’s blog where you will find the list of the team members participating in today’s blog hop.

If you would like a copy of the 2019 Holiday Catalogue or the 2019/2020 Annual Catalogue please contact me and I would be happy to put one in the post for you.

Links to all the products that I used when creating these cards can be found below.

Thanks Michele.

My list of products