Around the World on Wednesday – December 2020

Welcome to December’s Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop! I can’t believe that this is the last month this year for our AWOW Blog Hop. We will, however, be hopping again next year bringing back some old favorite themes and some brand new themes. Thanks again to our dear friend Angie McKenzie for coordinating this blog hop and being willing to take it on another year.

Something New, Something Old is our general theme for the December 2020 Blog Hop. This month I used old techniques with beautiful new products and non-traditional color and design to create Christmas cards. I’m so curious to see what our other talented team members come up with so don’t forget to join me in following the links below.

I used the Poinsettia Petal Bundle and the Winter Snow Embossing Folder on this month’s card. I started by cutting a standard sized A2 base using colored cardstock. Then I cut a 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ piece of matching colored cardstock and embossed it using the Winter Snow Embossing Folder. From the Poinsettia Dies, I cut and embossed 1 large Poinsettia, 2 medium poinsettias, and 3 small leaves from Whisper White cardstock. On the Whisper White poinsettias I used the ink matching the base and card front to daub some color onto the centers. Then I cut and embossed 5 small poinsettias in the same color cardstock matching the base and card front. The last piece is a sentiment from the Poinsettia Petal Photopolymer Stamp Set stamped onto black cardstock using Versamark. This piece was then heat embossed using White Embossing Powder.

When putting it all together, I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach the card front to the base and the Whisper White poinsettias to the card front. The leaves and small colored cardstock poinsettias were attached using glue dots. Then the sentiment was attached with dimensionals. Snowflake Sequins were attached last using the Fine-tip Glue Pen. For the finishing touch, I spritzed the card front with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint.

Although there were a lot of pieces to this card, I thought it would be fun to see it with different color combinations. I made three using non-traditional Christmas colors; Pool Party, Blushing Bride, and Soft Sea Foam. Then I did three more in Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, and Gray Granite but this time using Cherry Cobbler ink for the the centers on all three. The shimmer paint really makes the Whisper White poinsettias stand out, I wish the pictures could do it justice.

For more inspiration from the AWOW Blog Hop Team, click on the image below to visit Cheryl Hamilton from Hawaii!

Around the World on Wednesday Blog Roll

Angela Meiritz-Reid – NZ

Tatiana Tobin – AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith – AU

Cheryll Miller – AU

Satomi Wellard – JP

Melissa Gifford – AU

Danielle Kassing – NL

Aurélie Fabre – FR

Mikaela Titheridge – UK

Annette Ball – CA

Angie McKenzie – US

Mary Deatherage – US

Shel Anderson – CA

Chris Smith – US

Anne Marie Hile – US

Brenda Nelson – CA

Tricia Butts – US

Elaine de Montmorency – CA

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert – US

Teri West – US (YOU ARE HERE!)

Cheryl Hamilton – US

Below are the supplies and tools used on my projects. Click on photos to view the product detail information or click the buttons below to add items to your shopping cart.

STAMPS, DIES, AND EMBOSSING FOLDERS

PAPER AND PACKAGING

INK AND COLORING

EMBELLISHMENTS

ADHESIVES

TOOLS