I collect these beautiful brass templates, but I don’t often use (what have I been thinking!). I only have luck embossing on the white or vanilla cardstock, never colored cardstock–if you’ve figured out how to pressure emboss on dark colored cardstock, please let me know!

If you press wax paper into the grooves before using the Empressor stylus on the light table, embossing goes faster. Adhere Dotto to both sides of brass template so that it does not shift while you are working.

I embossed the “Bundle Up” images in white on the “Holiday Thyme” snowflake printed paper.  I am still in CT for the Thanksgiving weekend but look forward to get home to play with my new Winter Mini catalog stamp sets!

Happy Thanksgiving– hope you find some time to sneak away and stamp!

I made this fun card pretty quickly with the Designer Series paper “Holiday Thyme” which retires November 30th with the Holiday Mini Catalog. I have to remember to stock up on it before it is gone for good. These wonderful papers create quick colorful layers to any card.

I stamped the sleigh in Basic Black and colored it in with Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy, Sahara Sand and More Mustard markers and a blender pen.

The edges of the vanilla cardstock was sponged with Burgundy and I “popped” up the gift on the ground next to the sleigh. The burgundy grosgrain ribbon is just the perfect touch.

You can’t see the glitter which adds the right amount of sparkle to this fabulous and fabulously easy card!

This is one of my favorite sets, I just love it so much! My new favorite background is the Flannel Plaid, it makes me warm just looking at it!

The pinecones are stamped in Bravo Burgundy and greens in Artichoke, the card is Cranberry Crisp with Bravo Burgundy ink for the Flannel Plaid. The other card is done on Ivory Naturals in Chocolate Chip and Artichoke inks. One of the cards we made at the team meeting is the one on the left, so THAT’S what you get for missing it!!! Other samples I have made with this set are here.