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It's Inspire, Create, Share Blog Hop time again!!! This month this group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators are ringing in the holiday season with Christmas creations! It's never too early for Christmas!

Here's my card:

So this was a card that kind of came from scraps! I have been working non stop with this beautiful O Holy Night DSP! Wow is it pretty! I don't want to throw away any of it! So I decided to use the scraps from another project for this Z-fold card! 

The only stamping is the beautiful sentiment from the Night Divine stamp set! This is a great set with several large sentiments. I thought this would be perfect as the focal point of the card! I think it says it all!

I even added a strip of the DSP inside. These Z-folds are nice because they can stand on their own. Christmas cards make wonderful decorations on their own, and these really make a nice visual!

The only other item used other than the standard inks & cardstocks are the Adhesive-Backed Star Trinkets! Love these little stars!!!!!

Next up is Janey. Hope on over to her blog & check out her Christmas creation! Simply click on her name or the icon below! Then keep going!!! Hope this hop puts you in the spirit! It's coming!!!

Happy Stampin'!

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FOCUS PEOPLE! FOCUS-WITH THE PAPER PLUNGE!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our Plungers!!!! I know it's a day late, but I sure hope it was awesome!!

So it's time for The Paper Plunge!!! This week, our designers have been busy working on "Focus"! That is, making your sentiment the focus of your card! Often it's just kind of floating around there & the "picture" is the focus! This time, it's all about the sentiment!!

So here's mine:

First, it's getting to that warm, fuzzy, Christmas time! So starting to think in that direction! Second, I want to make the best use of my amazing products from the Holiday Catalog before they go away! I'll miss this one! Sure hope a ton carries over to the Annual Catalog!!

I'm sure you recognize this stamp set-Seasonally Scattered! I've used it plenty!!! It's from the Holiday Catty!  This time I combined some white & some Dazzling Diamond embossing powders to make the white "sparkly"! I'm all about sparkles & bling!! lol

Tough to tell, but I used some Dazzling Details on the snowflakes! The photos don't do it justice!

The Striped Scallop Thinlets Die makes a great background! So simple too! Here I used some of the DSP from the adorable  

dazTrim the Tree DSP Paper Pack! This one is loaded with fun snowflakes! Not quite visible, but the affect is there!!!

Snowflakes were cut using the Snowflake Card Thinlets Die accessories! So many goodies in that kit!!! Can't wait to share some of those cards with you!!! I was waiting until December tho! Can't even think about snow!!! Yuck! Although we are now digging out from our Thanksgiving Nor'easter!!!

And then I realized I took this pic before I finished the card!!! There is actually one more snowflake-the All is Calm Snowflake embellishment! It kind of floats around on the other snowflakes, hanging on the White Bakers Twine & attached with the Handheld Stapler!!! Not where I can upload a pic, so picture it if you will!!!! lol

So hope you enjoyed!!! Now head over to The Paper Plunge & see what other really cool sentiment focus cards my team has for you!!!! Please leave a fun comment!!!

Happy Stampin'!!!