Holiday Treats Verve Spotlight Hop

Hi friends!  It's Day 2 of our spotlight hops and today the Divas are shining their sneaky little spotlights on a new set called Holiday Treats.  Like yesterday's set, this set coordinates with some old and new dies as well!  I'm the start of the hop, so grab yourself a cup of cheer and settle in for an inspirational hop!  And there are prizes to be won, so be sure to leave comments as you hop about!

I have so many ideas for this set and had planned on making a little treat packaging ensemble for my preview today, but my littles and I have been very sick and I'm just thankful that I had made a few samples ahead of time with this release, since there's been nothing but Dr.'s appointments and breathing treatments around here lately!

For my preview I made a little pocket card to tuck a Starbucks gift card into for a little holiday gift giving.  My pocket consists of a 3.25" x 5.5" piece of designer paper, scored at 2.75", with scor-tape down the outer sides, to form the pocket.  I then rounded the corners and added a thumb cut out with a circle punch to easily slip the gift card in and out of the pocket.  I embossed the chevron tag from Holiday Treats in white then cut out with the matching Tagged Rectangle Die.  I added the cup of cheer sentiment and the coffee steam in Vintage Photo ink, then embossed the small rounded snowflake from the set in white.

The java cup is stamped in cherry cobbler and cut with the coordinating Cup of Cheer Die Set  then popped up on top of the tag.  Next I wrapped some Signature Collection seam binding around the pocket and threaded both ends through the hole I punched in the tag and tied a bow. The background of the card is stamped with Happy Holidays repeatedly and then a couple sizes of snowflakes in VersaMark ink randomly, then I ran the whole piece through the paper crimper for a little texture.

The snowflakes are embossed in white and cut with the Floral Circles Die Set.  I scattered them around the card and added pearl sequins from the Pastel Sequin Mix and a tiny rhinestone to each snowflake center.  For the final touch, I decided I wanted it to be a little more obvious that there was a gift card tucked inside, so I pulled out the Chevron Love set, and embossed the For You sentiment in white onto vellum and then tucked it into the pocket with the gift card.

Okay, time to hop along to the next stop....  Jen Shults!

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Enabler's List
Stamps: Holiday Treats, Chevron Love (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Santa's List (Teresa Collins), crumb cake, vellum (SU!)
Ink: vintage photo (Ranger), Versamark (Tsukineko, crumb cake, cherry cobbler (SU!)
Accessories: Cup of Cheer Die Set, Tagged Rectangle Die, Floral Circles Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), Signature Ribbon Collection, Pastel Sequin Mix (Verve), 1/2 circle punch (SU!), corner rounder, white embossing powder, mini rhinestones, scor-tape, paper crimper