Stampin Up! Artisan Design Team Blog Hop - Christmastime Is Here

Christmas Is Coming Early This Year!
We hope you’re ready to make this holiday season magical, because the Christmastime Is Here Suite is, well . . . here! This exclusive, limited-time collection of festive, floral coordinating products has everything you need to share love, joy, and creativity this holiday season. The 2019 Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team have been busy creating even more samples with this stunning suite and can't wait to share them with you in another blog hop. 

Before I share my projects I wanted to remind you of the samples that I shared in the first blog hop.

As you can see my first collection of projects featured the rich Christmassy colours of Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green and Gold that feature in the Christmastime is Here Speciality Designer Series Paper. However, when I sat down again to play with the gorgeous Christmas Rose I thought I'd have a go at something a bit different.

What do you think? This rose image is so versatile. Right? I'm not sure about you but at this time of year I'm so engrossed in Christmas crafting with my new holiday goodies, that my poor friends and family who have birthdays in November and December usually end up receiving a card from my "stash" rather than one that I have created with them exclusively in mind. But this set changes all of that.

My starting point for both of these projects was watercolouring the rose image and I just had to go with Melon Mambo for the flowers. I really love the combo of Night of Navy with Melon Mambo and the addition of Gold in the heat embossed sentiment from the Band Together Stamp Set meant I could also make use out of the stunning Gold Glimmer ribbon and Gold Glitter Enamel Dots from the suite.

Sticking with the blue tones I decided to go with Balmy Blue for my second card and kept the layout fairly simple to allow the rose image to shine. Do you recognise the DSP on this card? Inspired by my amazingly talented friend Susan Wong, I've started trying to give my designer series papers a new look by taking them outside of the original colour palette and this Balmy Blue stripe from the Come Sail Away DSP works perfectly with the bright pink rose.

The Christmastime is Here suite is available to customers from 1 November and will only be available while supplies last so if myself or my fellow Artisans have piqued your interest with these alternative designs I strongly suggest you contact your local demonstrator asap so you don't miss out.

Next up in the hop is my beautiful friend Angela Meiritz-Reid from Christchurch, New Zealand. Be sure to select the "Next" button below to see what Angela and the rest of my Artisan friends have created.

Supplies used

Stamps: Christmastime is Here, Band Together
Card: Night of  Navy, Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, Shimmery White, Come Sail Away DSP

Ink: Stāzon Jet Black, Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, Versamark,
Accessories & Tools: Roses Dies, Stitched Nesting Label Dies, White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, Gold Glitter Enamel Dots, Gold ¼” Glimmer Ribbon, Linen Thread

Stampin Up! Artisan Design Team Blog Hop - Christmastime Is Here

Hello everyone, Christmas Is Coming Early This Year!

We hope you’re ready to make this holiday season magical, because the Christmastime Is Here Suite is, well . . . here! This exclusive, limited-time collection of festive, floral coordinating products has everything you and your customers need to share love, joy, and creativity this holiday season. The 2019 Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team have had the privilege to have a play with this beautiful suite and I am so excited to share a few creations with you today.  

Before I share the details of each of my projects I'm sure you are just busting to know what is included in the suite. As you can see below the Christmastime is Here features the Christmas Rose Stamp Set and coordinating Roses Dies, Christmastime is Here Designer Series Paper, Gold Glitter Enamel Dots and Gold 1/4" Shimmer Ribbon. However since Christmas is that little bit extra special, the suite also includes something a little bit extra special, a Charming Rose Bracelet.

The first of my creations features this stunning floral arrangement from the Christmas Rose Stamp set that I have stamped in Versamark on Shimmery White cardstock and embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder. I then watercoloured the roses in Rococo Rose and Cherry Cobbler and the greenery in Soft Seafoam and Mossy Meadow. Now for those of you who are not fans of fussy cutting, the coordinating Roses Dies includes a die that not only die cuts this floral arrangement but also the same image on the Christmastime is Here DSP. Winning!!!!

Sticking with the main colours of the suite I went with a Cherry Cobbler card base with a touch of Gold Heat embossing. I then layered a piece of the Mossy Meadow patterned paper from the Christmastime is Here DSP and a couple of Gold Foil trellis die cuts underneath my Christmas Rose image and finally I finished the card off with the sentiment stamped on on of the label dies from the Roses Dies, a few scattered Gold Glitter Enamel Dots and some Gold 1/4" Shimmer Ribbon

With so many stunning rose images in the Christmastime is Here DSP, the fussy cutter in me just could not resist cutting out a few of the Cherry Cobbler and Poppy Parade roses for my second card.
Once again I have gone with a Cherry Cobbler card base and layered two patterns of DSP, and some
Whisper white trellis die cuts under the sentiment and an arrangement of die cut roses and finished it off with some Gold Shimmer Ribbon and Gold Glitter Enamel Dots.



Finally, it wouldn't be Christmas without some beautiful gift packaging and the Gold Mini Pizza
boxes from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue coordinate perfectly with this suite. This little gift package came together so incredibly quickly. Firstly I adhered some DSP to the top of the box and then I wrapped a belly band of the Mossy Meadow pattern DSP around the box before securing floral arrangement image fussy cut from the DSP, a trellis die cut and a sentiment label and some Gold Glitter Ribbon.

So now that you've seen all the pretty details I bet you are wondering how you can get your hands on the Christmastime is Here suite. If you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator (or if you sign up now) you can get exclusive early access to these products (Preorder limits apply) in the Preorder period which runs from 1st October until the 31st October. The Customer Sales Period commences on 1st November and will continue while supplies last

Next up in the hop is my gorgeous friend, Anglea Meiritz-Reid and I can guarantee you are going to love the stunning Christmas Rose projects she has created.

- Tan xx

Supplies used

Stamps: Christmas
Card: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Shimmery White, Gold Foil, Christmastime is Here Designer Serie Paper

Ink: Craft Cherry Cobbler, Rococo Rose, Early Espresso, Soft Seafoam, Mossy Meadow, Versamark,
Accessories & Tools: Roses Dies, White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, Gold Glitter Enamel Dots, Gold ¼” Shimmer Ribbon, Gold Mini Pizza boxes