December SOTM Blog Hop - Happiness Never Grows Old

Welcome to our December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.  In this blog hop we are featuring Happiness Never Grows Old. This set includes 11 images.  If you arrived here from Michelle Stewart’sBlog you are on the right track.  This hop is a big circle.  Just look for the next blog link at the bottom of my post.  If you are just getting started on the hop, when you get back to me you will know you have completed the circle!  If you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list of hoppers HERE. 

I decided that I wanted to feature our Color of the Year, Blue Belle.  I used tone on tone stamping for the Blue Belle cardstock creating a pattern of roses in Blue Belle ink.  The strip of pink paper is from our current Mix In Paper pack from the November/December catalog.  

I trimmed the Blue Belle shimmer trim to 1/8" to use.  I felt like 1/2" was too wide.  Trimming the shimmer trim down narrower is easy!  Just remove the backing and stick it to your trimmer.  It will stay in place as you cut it.  

I stamped the large flower onto the card base and lightly brushed on blue belle color using a waterbrush and ink from the Blue Belle ink pad lid.  I stamped the large flower and a couple of leaves again on white daisy cardstock.  I also 'painted' these with the Blue Belle ink and waterbrush.  The hand trimmed flowers and the leaves were added with 3D foam tape on top of the flowers that were stamped on the card.   I used Thin foam dots under the two leaves.  Using two different depths of foam adds an interesting dimension.

The sentiment was Silver embossed.  Finishing touches are Blue Belle Glitter Gems and Silver Embellishing Thread.

Here are all of the products I used on this card:

Happiness Never Grows Old - December Stamp of the Month

White Cards & Envelopes - X254

White Daisy Cardstock - 1385

Blue Belle Cardstock - X6048

Mix In Paper - 9021

Blue Belle Exclusive Ink - Z6519

Blue Belle Shimmer Trim - Z3800

Blue Belle Glitter Gems - Z7001

Clear Shimmer Brush - Z3293

Medium Waterbrush - Z3225

Silver Embellishing Thread - Z4213

Silver Embossing Powder - Z2067

VersMark Ink Pad - Z891

Heat Tool - Z4252

3D Foam Tape - Z2060

Thin Foam Dots - Z3341

If you are a VIP Customer, you can get this stamp for FREE with a $50 purchase!

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This stamp will ONLY be available through December!

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Now it is time to hop over to Krista Hershberger's Blog!