Grand Vacation Achievers Holiday Cattie Sneak Peek

Christmas is just around the corner and there is no better time to start all of your projects and your cards because the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue starts on 1 September!

The Grand Vacation Achievers are giving you a sneak peek of the awesome stamp sets and products available in this holiday season's cattie.  Here is my card:

I have done something a little outside the box using the Delicate Ornament Thinlet Dies - instead of using them for cutting out either cardstock, designer series paper or a stamped image I have used them to emboss Silver Foil Sheet.

The card is 6" square Night of Navy cardstock base lined with Whisper White and mounted on the front with a square of Silver Fancy Foil Designer Vellum. I love the diagonal lines and associate the pattern with traditional Christmas wrapping papers.

I embossed the Silver Foil cardstock with the three decorative ornaments from the Delicate Ornament Thinlet Dies - I simply turned the thinlets over and placed the cardstock on the non-cutting surface and passed it through the Big Shot.

I stamped the holly image from the Embellished Ornaments on the Silver Foil with Staz On Jet Black ink. I masked the image a little so that I could stamp the holly tumbling over both sides of the ornament. I coloured the leaves with a Mossy Meadow Stampin' Write Marker. I punched out small circles of Red Glimmer Paper using the 3.2mm Circle Handheld Punch and adhered the red glimmer dots with TomBow Glue. I wanted a little aspect to pop.

The sentiment is from Embellished Ornaments in StazOn. I am certain that this set is going to be a global favourite this season as I have already made a few projects in preparation for workshops and classes.

Finally I added the Silver 1.6cm Satin Ribbon bow so that the large ornament would feature as the main focal point of the card.

I hope that you have enjoyed this blog hop and the amazing creations that everyone has come up with. . . until next time!

Happy planning
Shanni xx

1.	Nadine Weiner
2.	Kristin Kortonick
3.	Naomi Keeling
4.	Kylie Bertucci
5.	Georgia Giguere
6.	Louise Sharp
7.	Tami White
8.	Connie Stewart
9.	Steffi Helmschrott
10.	Kristine John
11.	Patty Chenail
12.	Jacque Williams
13.	Chris Slogar
14.	Connie Babbert
15.	Lisa Curcio
16.	Jeanette Egemann
17.	Dena Rekow
18.	Cynthia Millan
19.	Kay Cogbill
20.	Angie Leach
21.	Phyllis Shepherd
22.	Claudia Perry
23.	Ann Craig
24.	Ange McKay
25.	Jackie Bolhuis
26.	Jennifer Michalski
27.	Nicole Bonar
28.	Janet Wakeland
29.	Shannean Moncrieff
30.	Janneke de Jong
31.	Linda Higgins
32.	BJ Peters
33.	Lori Mueller
34.	Karina Chin
35.	Glenda Travelstead
36.	Alison Solven
37.	Rachel Tessman
38.	Jodi Reinert
39.	Vanessa Webb
40.	Tamra Davis
41.	Carol Payne

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