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spellbinders: amazing paper grace december...

Hello, my friends, and Hello December!  What a glorious month of kindness, goodwill, and giving this is.  Throughout the month, I will be sharing a few thoughts with you as I participate in Light the World with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  This week, I will be trying to Light the World through my testimony here on my blog...perhaps it will touch someone near or far.  And tomorrow night, Sunday, December 2, there is a Christmas Devotional broadcast HERE from the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that I can't wait to watch with my family and hope you'll tune in too.  It is a sure way to let your heart  be light and bring you comfort and cheer.

This sentiment is a favorite of mine because of the JOY the world received and continues to receive because of the beautiful, babe born in Bethlehem....our Savior.  I owe Him my life...He is my joy and my best friend.  Without Him, I would not have what I have today and not be who I am today.

My card today was created for Spellbinders using the gorgeous, new Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month for December.  There are so many things you can do with this collection of dies, and I've just got one example for you here today.

I used silver metallic cardstock along with the lovely dies in the kit for this month...they are so intricate and detailed and create stunning cards quite simply.  The center wreath and flowers are also from the kit.  

My sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Penned Elegance:  Christmas and the Wet Paint Holiday stamp sets.  The stamped flowers in the background are from the Floral Fantasy:  Christmas stamp set.  

The Amazing Paper Grace Kit of the Month Club is a new club to Spellbinders but the one I look forward to most each month...shabby, elegant, detailed, timeless!

To end, I would love to leave you with a quote that I love by James E. Faust back in December 2001.

"We all enjoy giving and receiving presents.  But there is a difference between presents and gifts.  The true gifts may be part of ourselves--giving of the riches of the heart and mind--and therefore more enduring and of far greater worth than presents bought at the store.  Of course, among the greatest of gifts is the gift of love..."

Merry Christmas and Joy to the World!

Melis

spellbinders & fun stampers journey...

Have you heard the exciting news? Fun Stampers Journey and Spellbinders are coming together beginning today,  November 1^st 2018!

My card today uses products from these amazing companies.  I chose to use the beautiful, new Adore Him stamp set and coordinating dies from FSJ.  

The wise men, palm trees, and Star of Bethlehem are among my most favorite Christmas symbols and this stunning set combines them all so beautifully, not to mention the touching sentiments.  I framed in my gold embossed wiseman on his camel by using the Spellbinders Corset Label dies.  

The bottom layer was cut from gold metallic cardstock with the top layer cut from Stormy Sea cardstock.  I heat embossed my Star of Bethlehem in gold and my palms in white and then layered on my wiseman, using dimensional adhesive in order to add depth.

I then framed in my images using intricate and detailed dies from the Anabelle's Trousseau and Filigree Veil collections.  To finish, I added rhinestones from the Holiday Sparkles package by FSJ.  

I carried my sentiment to the inside of my card adding it to another die cut Corset Label.  I created a second scene using more wisemen, trees, city, and star from the Adore Him stamp set.  Such a special group of products!

Supplies are listed for you below.  Be sure to visit the Spellbinders + FSJ blog for more inspiration!

Enjoy your weekend!

Melis