Stampin' Up! Black Friday Sales and Holly Berry Tutorial

A lot of people are shopping “Black Friday” sales today and if you’re looking to save on your stamping and crafting supplies, be sure to check out Stampin’ Up!’s Holiday Online Extravaganza! This awesome sale is still going strong so if you’re looking for deals head on over to my online store here. One of the many great products that is currently 40% off is the Holly Berry Builder Punch:

https://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=141843&dbwsdemoid=1000037

Click HERE to purchase this punch with the special Holiday Online Extravaganza price!

This punch also coordinates with the lovely “Holly Berry Happiness” stamp set:

https://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=142061&dbwsdemoid=1000037

To view and/or purchase this stamp set click here.

Here’s a tutorial for you that uses both the Holly Berry punch and Holly Berry Happiness stamps – enjoy!

STAMPS: Holly
Berry Happiness (142061)

INKS: Cherry
Cobbler(126966), Garden Green (126973). Memento Tuxedo Black (132708).

PAPER: Cherry
Cobbler (119685), Garden Green (102584), Very Vanilla (101540), This Christmas
Speciality Designer Series Paper (141632).

OTHER: Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246), Holly
Berry Builder Punch (141843), Warmth
and Cheer Designer Washi Tape(141994),
Baker’s Twine combo pack (140555), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stampin’
Dimensionals (104430), Snail Adhesive (104332), Bone folder (100230).

MISC:
Red Sharpie Fine tip marker

MEASUREMENTS:

Cherry Cobbler card stock: 5 ½” x 8 ½”,
score at 4 ¼”, 2 3/4” x 2 3/4”, small scrap.

Very Vanilla card stock: 5 1/4” x 4”, 2
1/2” x 2 1/2”.

This Christmas Speciality Designer
Series Paper: Holly design, cut 1 1/2” x
4”.

Garden Green card stock: scraps

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Fold
the Cherry Cobbler card stock in half for the card base. Use the bone folder to get a good crease.

2. Stamp
the greeting at the bottom of the Very Vanilla card stock in Cherry Cobbler
ink.

3. Adhere
the This Christmas Speciality Designer Series Paper to the Very Vanilla card
stock in the center. Then wrap Washi
tape above (three rows) and below (one row) the Designer Speciality Series
Paper strip.

4. Using
three strands of the Baker’s Twine Combo Pack, wrap them as one unit around the
center of the card stock, and tie a bow at the side. Set aside.

5. With
the smaller piece of Very Vanilla card stock at an angle, like a diamond shape,
stamp the holly branch image in Garden Green ink.

6. Stamp
six of the smaller holly leaf image onto a scrap of Garden Green card stock, in
Momento Tuxedo Black ink. Allow for the
configuration of the punch when stamping.
Punch each of the six images out. Adhere them over the stamped branch
image with Mini Glue dots.

7. With the Sharpie red marker, color over five
medium sized rhinestones. Add them to
the holly image.

8. Stamp
the bow image in Momento Tuxedo Black Ink.
Punch out. Adhere with two half-size dimensionals.

9. Wrap
two pieces of Washi tape around the tip of the Very Vanilla card stock with the
holly branch image. Adhere this piece to the Cherry Cobbler square piece of
card stock.

10. Add
the stamped image to the card front, over the designer paper and washi tape and
ribbon, with four dimensionals.

11. Adhere
the entire front of the card to the Cherry Cobbler front with four
dimensionals.

Here are a few more card samples from Stampin’ Up,

using the Holly Berry Punch and Holly Berry Happiness stamp set:

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