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Hi - it's Jean, your vintage co-hostess - with a holiday card mixing old, new, natural, blingy, matte and glossy.  Here they are:

• Old (very old) - Vintage Original Sizzix thick red Circle #1 Die (it's the first die I ever bought...a big circle, how exciting!)
• New - ColorBox Scentz Peppermint Scented Embossing Powder
• Natural - Brown Bag Recycled Cardstock
• Blingy - Sparkly little circles of Peridot Glitter
• Matte - Hampton Art ColorBox Graphic 45 Antiquing Dye Ink in Antique Moss and Photogenic
• Glossy - Clear-embossed Citrine ColorBox Classic Pigment Inkpad holly border

The great cling stamp sets are from Hampton Art - Studio G Thick Alpha and Very Merry Borders.  Their exclusive ColorBox Graphic 45 Antiquing Dye Inks are a special collection of inkpads - have your favorite Retailer order them directly from Hampton Art.  The tree triangle is diecut with the Memory Box Scalloped Banner Die set (a scallop-edged and a straight-edged banner).

Here are the directions for today's project:

Clearsnap Products

• Citrine ColorBox Classic Pigment Inkpad
• Top Boss Clear Embossing Stamp Pad
• Peppermint ColorBox Scentz Scented Embossing Powder
• ColorBox Stylus and White Blending Tip
• Peridot Glitter

Hampton Art Products

• Photogenic and Avocado Graphic 45 Antiquing Dye Inkpads
• Studio G Thick Alpha Cling Stamp Set
• Very Merry Borders Cling Stamp Set

Other Supplies

• Paper Accents Brown Bag Cardstock (5"x 7" card)
• Paper Accents Dark Red Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Bazzill Basics Hillary Cardstock
• Acrylic Stamping Blocks
• Detail Clear Embossing Powder
• Heat-Tool
• 1/2" and 3/8" Circle Punches
• Scor-Tape
• Diecut Machine and Plates
• Memory Box Scalloped Banners Die Set
• Sizzix Originals Circle #1Die
• Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares  

Directions

• Stamp the music border on white cardstock with Photogenic 
• Stamp the candy border on white cardstock with Top Boss Embossing ink and emboss it with Peppermint Scentz 
• Trim the cardstock and ink the edges using the Stylus, Tip and Avocado 
• Diecut the circle from Dark Red Cardstock with the Circle #1 Die 
• Diecut the banner from Hillary Cardstock and scrap cardstock with the banner die 
• Layer the banners for dimension  
• Stamp the letters and exclamation mark on Dark Red Cardstock with Photogenic and punch them out with the 1/2" punch 
• Punch an extra set of 1/2" circles from scrap cardstock, attach them to the stamped circles for dimension, then attach them to the banner 
• Cut, score and fold the card - then assemble the card, using foam squares for the tree

Hope you like card - and the assortment of old and new, especially the now-vintage Circle #1 Die and brand new Peppermint Scentz Embossing Powder!  

And now, for today's winner of the 12 Days of Giveaways, for displaying our holiday blinkie on her blog............................................. Pamela McCurdy: "Yay....I finally got the blinky on my blog!!! www.spirittosoul.blogspot.com." 

Please email jennifer.priest@clearsnapinc.com with your mailing address to claim your prize. Congrats and thanks for playing along!

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