Sparkling tinsel Christmas wishes

Hopefully you have already heard my exciting news,
seen my cards in THIS post and
entered for your chance to win on The Stencil Specialist Blog HOP.

This pair of cards feature the Stampendous Pine Ornaments Cling Rubber Stamp and Gold Tinsel Glitter Embossing Powder, with sentiments by Kaisercraft and Ultimate Crafts.  These CAS designs were quick and easy to prepare and assemble.

I measured the stamp and cut some 3" x 4 1/4" panels to stamp them on.

I aligned the stamp with a panel in my MISTI and started stamping.

I stamped each panel with Fossilized Amber Distress Ink first, to give a solid background for the heat embossing to come.  I heat set each panel, dusted with my powder tool, stamped with Versamark ink, smothering each panel with embossing powder, then held my breath in awe as the magic happened before my eyes with the heat gun - WOW!

I cut some slightly larger panels to mat each image panel, went around the edges with Versamark ink and heat embossed to match the image panel to give me perfectly matching matting panels.

I die cut the pair of Merry Christmas sentiments and heat embossed them too.

The smaller card is 5x7", the larger A5.

Here is a close-up pic showing the delicate detail of the stamp

and the stunning sparkle of the tinsel embossing powder.

It's gorgeous, so hard to photograph, pure magic in real life!

*** INGREDIENTS ***
Stampendous - Pine Ornaments Cling Rubber Stamp
MISTI
Fossilized Amber Distress Ink
EK Success Powder Tool
Versamark Ink Pad
Stampendous - Gold Tinsel Glitter Embossing Powder
heat tool
Sizzix Big Shot
Kaisercraft Release Paper
Kaisercraft Decorative Die Words - Merry Christmas
Ultimate Crafts - Merry Christmas Script Die
(Ultimate Crafts are the parent company of Couture Creations)
Helmar 450 Quick Dry Liquid Adhesive - to adhere layers
Tombow Mono Multi Adhesive - to adhere the sentiments

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Don't forget to hop on over to my The Stencil Specialist Blog Hop post for your chance to win the awesome prize pack - good luck!

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra - CHNC Extra for July - Anything Goes
Happy Little Stampers - HLS Christmas Challenge - A/Goes optional twist Die Cuts
Happy Little Stampers - HLS July Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

   

Hiding In My Craft Room - HIMCR #310 - Any Holiday
Incy Wincy Designs - 17th July - 6th August - 1 paper layer only
Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - LTSCB #99 - Anything Goes

Making Memories Crafting Challenge Blog - Challenge #7 

Anything Goes / Anything But Square

Pile It On - Challenge #132 - Primary Colors and/or Something Beginning With "S"
my card is filled with SPARKLE and SHINE
WOW! Embossing Powder - July Challenge - use heat embossing or WOW! product