Project Inspiration: Indescribable Gift by Brenda Noelke

Hello, friends!! Brenda back with you today!! You know how I LOVE to mix-and-match new products with older goodies!! When I first saw the Reflections: 2 Corinthians Stamp, I knew that I wanted to emphasize the “gift” part of the sentiment. The Pretty Packages Stencil Set and Wrap-It Ribbons Dies were the perfect products to compliment my design!! Also, I think I’m hooked on this color combo for Christmas this year!! (Although I’m not sure why the stenciled background looks so pink in the photos…it is more red in real life.)

Step 1: Stencil the Pretty Packages Stencils onto a panel of Stamper’s Select White cardstock with Pure Poppy, New Leaf and Tropical Teal inks. Trim the panel and adhere it to an A2 panel of matte gold cardstock. (Don’t tell anyone, but I used a rectangle die to cut the center from the panel of gold cardstock so I could save it for another project. There’s no sense in covering up all that pretty gold goodness!!)

Step 2: Stamp the Reflections: 2 Corinthians Stamp Set onto Pure Poppy cardstock with Versamark ink, heat emboss it with gold detail embossing powder, then cut it out with the Coordinating Die. Die-cut vellum with the largest die in the Reflections: 2 Corinthians Die Set. Adhere the sentiment to the vellum with foam tape, then adhere the vellum to the background with liquid glue, adding glue only behind the die-cut.

Step 3: Die-cut the bow and ribbons in the Wrap-It Ribbons Die Set from matte gold cardstock. Adhere the ribbons and bottom layer of the bow with liquid glue and the top two layers of the bow with liquid glue in the center and foam tape toward the outside.

Step: 4: Die-cut the small gift in the Build-A-Stocking Die Set from New Leaf, Tropical Teal and matte gold cardstock. Use the stencil with the smallest dots in the Playful Dots Stencil Set and red pearl texture paste to add polka-dots to the lid and base of the gift. Once dry, adhere the die-cuts together and adhere it in the bottom right corner with foam tape.