Good Tidings Sneak Peek and Giveaway!

Hi Friends! I hope you had a good weekend! I can’t believe how fast it went. One of the things I did this weekend was my project sheet for the leaders group I belong too. I decided to use the “Good Tidings” stamp set, which will be released Sept. 1st when the new Holiday Catalogue goes live. This is yet another stunning stamp set.  I hope you enjoy this card and tutorial.

1. Fold Old Olive card stock in half to create a card base that
   measures 5 ½” x 4 ¼” and set aside.
2. Use Fast Fuse to adhere the 4” x 2 ½” piece of Merry Little
   Christmas DSP to bottom of 4” x 5 ¼” piece of Whisper White. Add a strip of
   Fast Fuse along top edge of DSP and layer a piece of Striped Ribbon across,
   securing in back. Adhere to card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
3. Stamp holly and berries onto 2 ½” x 4” piece of Whisper White. Use
   the Lemon Lime Twist for the ‘solid’ holly image (1a) and Old Olive ink for the
   ‘detailed’ holly image (1b). Use Real Red ink for the berries, stamping off on
   scrap paper first for the solid image stamp (1c) and full strength ink for outline
   berry stamp (1d). Use Old Olive and Basic Black markers for the stem stamps.
4. Ink “Good Tidings” sentiment first with Versamark then with Black
   Archival and stamp over the holly. Sprinkle with Clear Emboss Powder, shake off
   excess and set with Heat Tool. Add to card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
5. Trim ends of scrap piece of 7/8” Striped Ribbon and wrap a piece
   of silver tinsel trim around centre of ribbon to make a ‘bow’ – tie a knot to
   secure. Glue to front of card.
6.  Add rhinestones to finish card.

Today is my birthday so I thought I’d celebrate by giving you a gift! The first gift is my  step-by-step tutorials that I send out to my customers for their monthly orders. There are 16 projects in this month’s PDF tutorial file and I’m going to send it to EVERYONE who asks for it! Simply leave a comment or email me at serenestamper@gmail.com to let me know you’d like to receive August 2017 Customer Appreciation Tutorials and I’ll send it off to you!  

The second gift is a draw for 1 yard of each eight new ribbon in our Holiday catalogue (and I’ll throw in some 6×6 pieces of some new DSP too!).  To be entered simply go to my facebook page “The Serene Stamper” and leave a comment or comment to this post. The winner will be announced on tomorrow’s blog post. Good Luck!

Enjoy the day and HAPPY STAMPING!