So Very Merry - A Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Hello everyone, and welcome back...and thank you for joining us for another Stamping with Friends Blog Hop! 

If you are new to my blog, Stamping with Friends is a group of Stampin' Up!® demonstrators, from all over the world, who share our love of card-making through monthly blog hops with various themes. If you are following the hop, then you'll have just popped over from Kelly Taranto - "The Late Night Stamper's blog. I hope you took a minute to leave a comment for her as I'm sure she'll appreciate it as much as I will. If you are starting the hop with me, thank you so much and I hope you enjoy what I and the other hoppers have prepared for you today!

On July 6, Stampin' Up! released the newest round of Online Exclusive products. What are Online Exclusives you may ask? These are a category of products you will not be able to find in any Stampin' Up! catalog...and let me tell you, sometimes, these products are snapped up within day...(wink, wink...the "Trucking Along" punch.)

So for my project today, I chose to create with the "So Very Merry" stamp set. I was immediately drawn to this set because of the "stained glass" look and feel of the set and knew that I'd be able to heat emboss and color to achieve a variety of looks.  I also chose the book binding fold as the way to showcase this set...so let's take a look, but first here's the color palette I chose to work with.

Measurements:

Base: 4 1/4" x 11"

Mat Layer: (2) 4 1/8" x 4 1/8", (1) 1 1/8" x 4 1/8"

Designer Paper/Patterned Paper: 1" x 4", 4" x 4"

Basic White/Very Vanilla: 4" x 4", scrap

Take a look at some of the other photos:

Now, let's see what the other hoppers have created for you today.  Don't forget to leave a comment.

Here are the supplies that I used:

162345 $24.00	147084 $9.00	154830 $10.00	161659 $10.00	161673 $10.00	154891 $10.00
146982 $10.00	100867 $10.00	159276 $10.50	162118 $12.50	159971 $27.00	155555 $18.00
161633 $9.00	129053 $31.00	152392 $26.00	102300 $7.00	104430 $4.25	103683 $5.75
110755 $5.50

Save the date! Get up to 30% off the Kit Collections...Paper Pumpkin Kits not included.  Stampin' Up! releases a new kit every month and on the last Friday of the month, I host a "Kit Together" event.  Check out the video of last night's event using the Blossom Wishes kit. 

Grab your favorite kits and let's get to creating.

Wanna know what's coming up? 

Are you ready for Clue #1?

Clue #1

• Base: 5 1/2 x 8 ½

• DSP: 3” x 5 ¼”

DSP(coordinating print/pattern):

3/4” x 5 ¼”

• Basic White or Very Vanilla:

• 3 ⅛” x 5 ⅜”

• Scrap for sentiment/die cuts

• Coordinating CS:
  -  ⅞” x 5 ⅜”

• 3 ⅛” x 5 ⅜”

Dies or Punch

Ribbon or Twine

Embellishments

Stamp Set

Sentiment should be no “taller” than 2”

Embossing Folder