Tricia's Stamping Creations: ICS December Blog Hop Last Chance

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

ICS December Blog Hop Last Chance

Welcome to the ICS December Blog Hop and this month we are showcasing products from the Last Chance List featuring retiring products from the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to get creative.

One of the first bundles that I ordered from the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog was the Christmas Friends Bundle. I just love the adorable animals and cute sentiments in the stamp set and the coordinating dies make creating so much easier. I chose to pair it with one of the designs in the Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper, which is also retiring, to create this sweet Christmas card. I only realized after I created my card and took photos, that I goofed with the sentiment, but I think my moose friend will forgive me for my mistake.

Products Used:

Christmas Friends Bundle (item #164088)

Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183)

Painted Trees 3D Embossing Folder (item #164026)

Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper (item #164209)

Pretty Peacock Cardstock (item #150880)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Wow Embossing Powders (item #165679)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Pecan Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #161674)

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154886)

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154885)

Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154958)

Basic Rhinestone Jewels (item #144220)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Pretty Peacock Cardstock

Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Large Circle die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Sentiment Label die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Moose image stamped and die cut with the Christmas Friends Bundle

Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

I love creating cute Christmas cards to celebrate the holidays, especially with beautiful designer series paper to add texture and detail to the background. The pattern I chose for this card just happens to be one of my favorites this year and I have used it a few times with the Christmas Friends Bundle to create fun designs. I used Stampin' Blends Markers to bring my sweet moose friend to life and then die cut him out with the coordinating die. I embossed the Pretty Peacock circle using the Painted Trees 3D Embossing Folder to add some subtle texture to the background. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image with White embossing powder to make it pop against the Pretty Peacock sentiment label. For a touch of bling, I added two small Basic Rhinestone Jewels to finish off the design. I love how easy it is to mix and match these products to create beautiful cards.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore creating your own beautiful projects using products from the Last Chance Retirement List. There are so many wonderful options to choose from to help spark your creativity. Remember, these products are available while supplies last, so make sure to place your order soon to avoid missing out on your favorite retiring products.

Please take a moment to visit my fellow Design Team members to see their amazing projects. Just click on the links in the Roll Call List to visit their blogs. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you.