Autumn/Winter Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stampin’ Stars Blog Hop, where we will be featuring projects made using products from the Stampin’ Up! 2014 Autumn/Winter Catalogue.

If you have hopped here from Sarah’s blog, or even hopped back from Tracy’s blog then welcome. Welcome too if this is your starting point.

There are 25 (now 24) blogs for you to hop around (including mine) so I would suggest you make yourself a cup of tea or coffee, or even pour a glass of wine, depending on the time of day of course, and make yourself comfortable. Please note that once you get to Kim’s blog you will have to copy and paste the URL for Lynn’s blog as Kim can’t put in the link (isn’t technology wonderful), sorry.

Today, I thought I would share with you a couple of projects that I have made using the Bright & Beautiful Stamp set with co-ordinating Star framelits. I love framelits and life is so simple now that we have the Magnetic Plate for the Big Shot.

I picked up some metal wreath formers from a florists wholesaler ages ago, and I thought I would use one of them for my first project.

I used the All is Calm Designer Washi Tape to cover the extra large wooden pegs (from a well known auction site). This meant that I had all the pegs covered and ready to go in less than 1.5 hours, so this is a quick and easy project to make. I also used one of the Washi Tapes to wrap the outer layer of the metal wreath as I quickly realised that you would be able to see it between the pegs.

The stars were stamped in a variety of colours, namely Pear Pizzazz, Lost Lagoon and Smoky Slate.  The top-most star was mounted onto a Brushed Silver star and an Island Indigo greeting was cut using one of the greetings from the Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies.

The other stars were topped with a Silver Glimmer Paper star and then an Island Indigo Candy Dot from a pack of Regals Candy Dots. I used Island Indigo Chevron Ribbon to hang the wreath as this gives a lovely contrast and ties in the candy dots and greeting.

I have kept to the pretty much the same colours, Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzazz but used Soft Sky instead of Smoky Slate. I added some silver by way of the Silver Foil star that the smallest (in Soft Sky) is sitting on. All topped off with a Basic Rhinestone of course – it’s a Christmas Card and a little bit of sparkle is a must.

If you get lost you can check back here, as I have a complete list of all those taking part.