Mingle all the way to Christmas with Stampin' Up!

Have you been thinking about making Christmas cards yet? I'm buzzing with ideas for mine! Here's one idea - a simple design using my new Mingle All the Way stamp set from the Stampin' Up autumn/winter catalogue. Come and see:

This fabulous stamp set contains five large word art images and I love the way they can take centre stage on a card.

It was easy peasy to colour using Stampin' Write markers and I added gold accents with the Stampin' Dazzle marker. Can you see? I LOVE this pen and can't imagine why it's taken me so long to start using it! And it comes in silver too! The designer paper is a snippet of Maritime designer paper and I used gold washi tape from the Watercolour Wonder pack plus gold sequins pulled off the trim.

I was given plenty of inspiration for this card, including the boot in the seat of the pants encouragement to make two of them! (Thanks Darnell. You and Sarn are the reason people will be receiving Christmas cards from me this year!)

I'll be linking up with the Holiday challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More,  Merry Mondays, where the challenge is to make the sentiment the focus of the card; Retro Sketches where this is sadly the last sketch from Laurie who is stepping down; and last but not least, the NBUS (never before used schtuff) challenge where Darnell has added optional extras (I have gone for 1, 2 and 3 but not 4 - of course not!)

BUY THE SUPPLIES TO MAKE THIS CARD NOW!
(Click on each item to find it quickly in my online shop) 

Mingle All The Way Wood-Mount Stamp Set £21.95	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad £5.50	Real Red Stampin' Write Marker £2.95	Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker £2.95
Gold Stampin' Dazzle Marker £3.25	Maritime Designer Series Paper £9.95	Watercolor Wonder Designer Washi Tape £4.50	Gold Sequin Trim £4.50

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I'm afraid the sentiment on this card prompted a full-scale debate in our family and it was felt that there should be a disclaimer along the same lines as the advert for the well-known beer, Carlsberg. My argument was that 'There's no happy like holiday happy (probably)' doesn't have quite the same ring to it!

Have a lovely weekend won't you. I'll be back on Monday with more crafty goodness so hope to see you then.