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Christmas Thoughts

October 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

Even though Halloween is still almost two weeks away it really is time to think about Christmas. Many of these seasonal occasions involve similar tasks; deciding on the menu, shopping, organising and decorating. I often find as I’m working on one event it will trigger a thought about a future one. So to save myself the inevitable stress I’ve started to write things down as soon as I think of them. Therefore in order to keep track of my random Christmas thoughts I created this pretty and rather sparkly notebook.

Create a little more sparkle and a little less stress with this Christmas notebook using the Very Best Occasions Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

CHRISTMAS PLAID

I don’t know what it is about Christmas but plaid just seems to suit the occasion. Maybe it’s a memory of cosy winter pyjamas. Whatever the reason when I wanted to recover a boring mini composition book this pattern immediately came to mind. It’s one of four designs in the 40 sheet 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (DSP) packs from Stampin’ Up! I chose a sheet in Basic Gray from the Neutrals pack (there’s a separate pack for every one of Stampin’ Up!’s colour families).

From past experience I know that the binding over the spine of these books is rarely straight. So after putting Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow) on the cover I slid the full sheet of DSP up to the edge of the binding. Then using my Paper Snips I cut off the excess paper using the edge of the cover as my guide. With the front done I repeated the process with the remaining paper to cover the back of the notebook too.

Next I pulled out the Glimmer 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper Pack. Among my scraps I found a 2″ wide strip of Very Vanilla and glued it across the front cover. As before I used my Paper Snips to trim off the excess. Then in the Glimmer Paper scraps I found a 1/4″ strip of the gold colour, glued this above and below the Vanilla piece and trimmed off the excess.

VERY BEST OCCASIONS

All I needed now was a sentiment and the Very Best Occasions Stamp Set had the perfect one… “With a little more sparkle and a little less stress, let’s make this Christmas the very best.”

Using VersaMark ink I stamped the sentiment onto some Basic Black Card. Then I sprinkled the sticky ink with white powder from the Basics Embossing Powders pack. After tapping off the excess I removed a few stray specks. Then when I was happy I melted the rest using my Heat Tool set on 2 (high).

Create a little more sparkle and a little less stress with this Christmas notebook using the Very Best Occasions Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

To cut out the sentiment I considered various dies but the ones I had to hand were either the wrong size or simply boring. So instead I punched out the embossed sentiment using the Label Me Lovely Punch.

That was much better, although while I liked the white on black effect I thought is could do with just a touch of extra sparkle. So I pulled out the Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels and added four to the holly sprig.

Finally with the embellishments pressed firmly into place I attached the sentiment to the notebook using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Job done.

How cute is this! Now I can begin keeping track of all my Christmas thoughts and plans…

PRODUCT LIST

BUNDLE BONUS – I bought the Very Best Occasions Stamp Set in a bundle with the Very Best Trio Punch (not used today). Using the single ‘bundle’ item number on my order meant I saved 10% off the cost of buying the two items separately. I’ve included a link to the bundle below in case you want to explore that option.

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Neutrals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
Neutrals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper
Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Very Best Occasions Cling Stamp Set (English)
Very Best Occasions Cling Stamp Set (English)
Very Best Occasions Bundle (English)
Very Best Occasions Bundle (English)
Versamark Pad
Versamark Pad
Basics Embossing Powders
Basics Embossing Powders
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
Label Me Lovely Punch
Label Me Lovely Punch
Paper Snips
Paper Snips
Paper Trimmer
Paper Trimmer
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stampin' Dimensionals

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