Stamping Society ~ July ~ Christmas In July ~ Blog Hop

Hello everyone…welcome to July!
I am so excited because we are featuring a fun theme this month and that is…CHRISTMAS! It may seem early and you may be wondering, Christmas…really?
But here at Stampin’ Up! it’s exciting, as demonstrators ,we actually got to see the new MINI CATALOGUE – and our mini is all things Christmas so we are in festive mode AND who wants to leave making their festive cards too late?

So come along for the festive ride with us this month as we are celebrating all things Christmas with you. Everyone is choosing different things to feature that are current and taking their festive spin on them – so be sure to check out all the blogs!

And scroll down to see more about the tutorial that you can either PURCHASE or earn for FREE, with six more tutorials with videos making six more festive projects!

What is Stamping Society?
It’s a monthly tutorial bundle from six different designers all over the world and each month we do a blog hop featuring a certain theme or product and then put together a tutorial and video which you can either purchase, earn for free on our teams or earn for FREE as one of our customers.

See the bottom of this post for more information on that.

The lovely designers on the team are:
Martin Stone: UK
Ashley Fifer: Canada
Angela Meiritz-Reid: New Zealand
Charlet Mallett: USA
Danielle Bennenk: Netherlands

Let’s have a look at todays’ fun project…

Here’s a look at my finished card.
I went to town with this card and took a panel of the gorgeous Fluid 100 watercolour paper.
Our watercolour paper is such gorgeous quality! I stamped a whole heap of the Poinsettia Images all over the front panel in some Versamark ink and heat embossed them all in gold. This created the canvas for watercolour heaven!
I have then watercolored them all in Real Red and went back and added highlights in Poppy Parade for a real POP of colour!
Once this dried a little, I went and added Coastal Cabana over my entire background. This was so much fun!!!
It does take a little while, but it is so worth it!
I definitely recommend using either our Fluid 100 watercolour paper or our Shimmery White Cardstock when doing these kinds of heavily watercolored pieces, as they are designed to be able to take on the water and not go ‘fluffy’ and ruin your watercoloured piece by becoming water logged.

Once this was dry I added some of the stunning Gold metallic speciality paper.
I will admit – I have used an ENTIRE packet of this stuff! It’s gorgeous.

I then decorated with some of the Expressions in Ink Ephemera and and my sentiment on one of the Tailor Made Tags Dies. I think I am going to be using these loads and they are a great staple to have in your stash! I love that they come with the little ‘hole’ cover – I am sure they have a technical name! haha!

Here’s a close up of my finished card where you can see some more of the texture and detail.
I have added some Wink of Stella for some sparkle of course.

I also added some of the gorgeous Opal rounds. I love these beautiful gems – they are so sparkly!

Here’s a look at the centre of my card where I have added some more Gold Metallic paper and some Linen Thread with some additional stamping and a simple sentiment to finish it off!

I hope you got some inspiration and enjoyment out of today’s card share.
Be sure to hop along to all the other blogs and check them out for loads more inspiration:

HOW TO GET THE TUTORIAL 

1. Sign up as a demonstrator and join my team of Sassy Stampers and you will automatically get these tutorials for FREE each month. Join my team here.

2.  By placing an order of $35 or more with me in the month of April. Shop my store here.

3. Buy the tutorial online from me wherever you are in the world for $9.75. You can buy the tutorial here.

You can see a sneak peek of the tutorials here:

Well there we have it! Another Stamping Society Blog Post and I will see you all back in August!
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Big crafty hugs! xx

Poinsettia Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [153475] $47.00	Poinsettia Dies [153522] $63.00	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $38.00	Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Gold & Rose Gold 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Metallic Specialty Paper [156844] $8.75
Water Painters [151298] $21.00	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $15.75	Opal Rounds [154289] $13.00	Simply Elegant Trim [155766] $13.00	Expressions In Ink Ephemera Pack [155465] $12.25
Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $17.50
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Pad [147050] $13.00	Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad [147084] $13.00	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin’ Pad [147097] $13.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $31.00