Tutorials And Techniques

Poinsettia Place Suite

When you are looking to create traditional and elegant Christmas cards, the Poinsettia Place Suite is one you’ll reach for year after year.

Special touches like the flocked vellum in the Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper (#153486), the dazzling Beaded Pearls (#153534), and the elegant Real Red Sheer Ribbon (#153535) make this suite stand out and shine. I also love that the Poinsettia Dies (#153522) have duplicates of several dies. That means when you stamp the layering poinsettia and leaf images from the coordinating Poinsettia Petals stamp set (#153475), you can save time by cutting out two of each at one time. We all love to save time!

From traditional colors to modern, monochrome elegance you’ll be amazed at all the different styles you can create with this suite.

Below, I’m sharing a tutorial that combines a bit of rustic charm with elegant gold and embossed accents. I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this gorgeous suite!

Poinsettia Place Rustic Heat Embossed Card

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Supplies

BUNDLE
Poinsettia Petals Bundle (#155148)

PAPER
Very Vanilla (#101650)
Crumb Cake (#120953)
Mossy Meadow (#133676)
Merry Merlot (#146979)
Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper (#153520)
Brushed Metallic Cardstock (#153524)

INK
VersaMark Pad (#102283)
Mossy Meadow (#147111)

TOOLS
Heat Tool (#129053)
Paper Snips (#103579)

ADHESIVE
Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430)
Stampin’ SEAL (#152813)
Glue Dots (#103683)

EMBELLISHMENTS
Stampin’ Emboss Powder Clear (#109130 )
Stampin’ Emboss Powder White (#109132)
Wonder Of The Season Ribbon Combo Pack (#153537)

TIPS: Use the Scoring Tip of Take Your Pick Tool (#144107) to hold cardstock in place when heat embossing to avoid burning your fingers or smudging the image.

Coordinating Products

Wonder Of The Season Suite

When you think of Christmas what do you imagine? I don’t have visions of sugarplums dancing in my head, but I do picture reindeer, sleighs with bells, and a cozy home decorated with mistletoe, lights, and garland.

Christmas Mega Suite

You’ll find those traditional colors and iconic images of Christmas in the Wonder of the Season Suite. This mega suite includes two stamp and die combos, two Designer Series Paper choices, a Memories & More Card Pack with coordinating decorative Card & Envelopes, plus embellishments and ribbon to put the perfect finishing touches on your holiday projects.

Even a perfectly traditional stamp set can take on a modern flair when combined with non-traditional colors and layout. I think you’ll love the unexpected look of the trendy card I’m sharing in the tutorial below. Which style is your favorite traditional or non-traditional?

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Supplies

BUNDLE
Wishes & Wonder Bundle (#155151)

PAPER
Whisper White (#100730), Vellum (#101856), Shimmery White (#101910), Crumb Cake (#120953), Blushing Bride (#131198), Smoky Slate (#131202), Mint Macaron (#138337), Soft Sea Foam (#146988), Wonder Of The Season Specialty Designer Series Paper (#153488)

INK
Jet Black StazOn (#101406) or Tuxedo Black Memento (#132708), VersaMark Pad (#102283), VersaMark Ink Refill (#102193), Real Red (#147084)

TOOLS
Water Painters (#151298), Heat Tool (#129053), Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (#149653)

EMBELLISHMENTS
Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder (#109131), Snowflake Sequins (#150443)

ADHESIVE
Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755), Glue Dots (#103683), Stampin’ SEAL (#152813)

TIPS: The putty tip of the Take Your Pick Tool (#144107) works great for picking up and placing small items like sequins.

Coordinating Products

Trimming The Town Suite

Now is a great time to make something adorable and make a difference! The Coming Home Stamp Set (#153500) is part of the popular Trimming The Town Suite and is the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog Making a Difference stamp set.

Making A Difference

When you purchase the Coming Home Stamp Set you’ll be a part of supporting adoption, foster care, and infertility charities. Stampin’ Up!’s Making A Difference Program will use $3 of every Coming Home Stamp Set sold (as a single purchase or part of a bundle) to help those in need. And what better time to give back than the Christmas season?

Bundle and Save!

As always, when you bundle the stamp set and the dies, you will save 10%. Use item #155144, and you will receive the Coming Home Stamp Set and the Home Together Dies.

Personally, I love how the Home Together Dies coordinate with both the stamps and the Trimming the Town Designer Series Paper (#153491). It makes is simple and fast to create layered scenes on card and decor projects.

Trimming the Town Treat Boxes

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SUPPLIES:

STAMPS
Coming Home (#153500)
*these coordinating stamps are optional for this project but are great for accents and coordination
PAPER
Old Olive (#100702), Whisper White (#100730), Poppy Parade (#119793), Bumblebee (#153077)
TOOLS
Home Together Dies (#153515), Paper Trimmer (#152392), Simply Scored Scoring Tool (#122334)
ADHESIVE
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755), Mini Glue Dots (#103683)
EMBELLISHMENTS
All The Trimmings Ribbon Combo Pack (#153541)

TIPS: You can make the house treat box longer to fit bigger candies or gifts. Keep the 1-1/4″ width the same and increase the 2-1/2″ length to your preferred size. The score lines measurements will remain the same at 1/8″ along the long sides and 3/4″ along the 1-1/4″ sides.

Coordinating Products

Trimming The Town Suite Collection, item #155105

I think you will love this whole suite!