Paper Sweeties December Release

So glad you're joining me today for the Paper Sweeties Twelve Days of Christmas Designers' Blog Hop. I have lots to show today so sit back and relax with a beverage of choice as I show you my projects made with the newest Paper Sweeties stamp and dies. First I'll show you pictures of the new sets and I'll follow them up with four projects showing different ways to use each set. If you missed any of the Teams previous projects I have the list at the end of my post. This month's release features the Merry and Bright Stamps and Sweet Cuts along with the Sugar and Spice Stamps and Sweet Cuts as pictured below.

Merry and Bright Sweet Cuts

Merry and Bright Stamps

Sugar and Spice Stamps

For my first project I'm showcasing some fun tags using the Sugar and Spice sets.

I started these tags by cutting the Gingerbread Sweet Cuts from kraft color corrugated cardstock and plain white cardstock and glued them together for a little more stability. Next I inked over the top of the corrugated layer with Versamark ink and sprinkled them with WOW Opaque Bright White embossing powder then heated them up with my heat gun. While they were still hot I added some clear glitter. To embellish the tags I added Paper Sweeties Baker's twine in Strawberry and Paper Sweeties Mistletoe sequins. Then I stamped the sentiment on the back from the Paper Sweeties Ho Ho Ho Bundle.

My next projects are two cards using the Christmas Tree Tag Sweet Cuts. I made a fancy version and a homespun version. You can see how just changing up the paper I used gave them two completely different looks. First I have a homespun look to the first tree card. I used papers from last year's Recollections Holly Day Wishes 6x6 paper stack and cut each piece for the tree from a patterned paper. I added the tree scalloped trim in red, the star in beige and finished it off with a few Paper Sweeties sequins.

For the fancy card I used another Recollections paper pad. This one is produced this year and it's called Winter Frost. Love, love, love these papers with the pretty aqua blue, crisp white and touches of silver foil. I cut the background from foiled pattern paper as well as the tree. For the scalloped trimming on this tree I cut it from white cardstock and then used the coordinating stamp to heat emboss with WOW Platinum Sparkle Embossing Glitter. I also used the same glittery embossing powder on the tree's star. The sentiment is stamped on a fish tail cut banner using the same embossing powder and I went around the edges of the banner with Versamark ink and sparkled them up, too. Interestingly, the ornaments on the tree were die cut using the bulb die cut from the set. This paper stack had a pretty snowflake patterned paper and the flakes were the exact size of the bulb die. Perfect! Sometimes the paper can do all the work for you.

Next I have two gingerbread ornaments made from die cut felt. I used a blanket stitch to attach two layers of felt and before stitching them closed I added a couple cotton balls for stuffing. Then I glued on the facial features and rick rack trim, added a bow tie on the gentleman and a bow on the ladies head. I also gave her a little skirt simply made by using a gathering stitch on a piece of red gingham ribbon.

For my last project of the day I have a home decor project made with a shadow box from Target's dollar bin. I used both New Release sets to put my little scene together, along with the older Paper Sweeties Ho Ho Ho Bundle for the Ginger kids, and the older Snow Time Bundle for the presents under the tree. This time I stamped the gingerbread features with Versamark ink and heat embossed them. Mom got a hair bow and a skirt of red gingham ribbon. I made all of the elements by stacking five layers of each die cut and glueing them together to give them more dimension. I made the sentiment plaque using the die cut from the Paper Sweeties Tree of Life Bundle. It's actually the die cut for the ground in that set, but I always like to look for ways to use my die cuts in a different way. To finish off my shadow box decor piece I added a big red burlap bow to the top.

I hope I've given you some great ideas for ways to use the new release Sugar and Spice Bundle and the Merry and Bright Bundle. Thanks so much for sharing your time with me today. I wish you all a blessed holiday season.

Here's is the blog hop list in case you've missed any of the Twelve Day hop.

December 2nd:  Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties

December 3rd:  Maria Patrick

December 4th:  Nancy Penir

December 5th:  Kathy Schweinfurth

December 6th:  Mackie Robertson

December 7th:  Jill Norwood

December 8th:  Michelle Bala

December 9th:  Michele Henderson

December 10th:  Larissa Heskett

December 11th:  Jeri Thomas

December 12th:  Angel Johns

December 13th:  Mynnette Kitchen

Merry and Bright - Paper Sweeties	Merry and Bright Sweet Cuts - Paper Sweeties	Sugar and Spice Sweet Cuts - Paper Sweeties	Sugar and Spice - Paper Sweeties	Mistletoe Sequin Mix - Paper Sweeties
Snow Time - Stamp Set - Paper Sweeties	Ho Ho Ho - Stamp Set - Paper Sweeties	Snow Time Sweet Cuts Dies - Paper Sweeties	Ho Ho Ho Sweet Cuts Dies - Paper Sweeties
Tree of Life Stamp Set--Paper Sweeties	Strawberry Bakers Twine - Paper Sweeties	Tuti Fruiti Sequins - Paper Sweeties