First Christmas Blog Hop

Good evening and welcome to another Gina K blog hop!
Tonight we are doing the First Christmas hop! The First Christmas stamp set is illustrated by Asela Hopkins. Asela has created the perfect combination of Christmas stamps with this set.
I have a couple of projects to share with you tonight. First up is a card I made using the larger ornament and the bear images.

The images were stamped with tuxedo black ink on white pl paper, colored with copics and cut out. I added sparkle to the ornament and bears hat and scarf with a clear sakura glitter pen. The trim and ball on the hat, I dabbed white liquid applique on them, sprinkled with glitter and used my heat tool to puff the liquid applique. The images are sitting on a piece of white paper that I embossed with the cuttlebug snowflake ef and then rubbed some Holiday rub-on paste over the raised snowflakes so they have some shimmer to them. The dp is from my scraps. The border is spellbinder's snowflake border and I laced ribbon through the bottom loops.

Next up is a project I created for the monthly 3-d challenge on Stamp TV. This month the challenge was to make a gable box and a handmade ornament. You can find the challenge here along with the template for the gable box.

I used Rich Razzleberry cs and Basic Grays Eskimo Kisses papers for the gable box. I wanted a window in the box so the ornament can peek out so I used the long wavy rectangle to cut it out and covered the window with a piece of acetate. The only embellishments on the box are ribbon and buttons.
I found some plain little wooden ornaments at Hobby Lobby. I wanted to make an ornament using just a sentiment so I decided on the present shape. At first I was just going to paint it before stamping the sentiment but when I went to get the paint out of a drawer I saw the walnut ink by Tsukineko and ended up grabbing that instead.

I rubbed the ink all over the ornament and when it was dry I stamped the sentiment in versamark and heat embossed it with black ep. I added a ribbon and loop to finish it off.

Are you ready for some more Eye-Candy tonight!? Stop in at Asela Hopkin's blog (our featured Illustrator tonight) and see what she has prepared for us.

Then, check out these GinaK Designer's blogs for their projects:

Carolyn, Donna, Erika, Jessica, Lee, Melanie, and Theresa

as well as our CenterStage Spotlight Designer's blogs:

Deb , Diana, Karen, and Sharri

Remember, the Idea Center has lots of tutorials, photos, and links that will provide even more ideas for you with this stamp set!

And, if you haven't already done so, be sure to leave a comment on GinaK's blog for a chance to win this stamp set tonight too! If you have already purchased this set, you may swap it out for any other GinaK stamp set valued at $23.95.

Card Supplies:

Stamps: First Christmas

Ink: Tuxedo Black

Paper: White pl, SU Real Red, SU DSP

Accessories: Copics (E50, E51, E53, E33, E35, E37, G3, G5, G7, R20, R21, R22, R24, R29, Y28), Liquid Applique, Glitter, Ribbon, Brads, Silver Thread, Clear Sakura Glitter Pen, Spellbinders Snowflake Border

Box and Ornament Supplies:

Stamps: First Christmas

Ink: Walnut Ink, Versamark

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Soft Sky, Basic Gray - Eskimo Kisses

Accessories: Wavy Rectangle nestibilities, Gina's Buttons, Ribbon, Wood Ornament