Welcome to the Around the World Stampin' Up! Blog Hop, featuring projects from the 2016 Holiday Catalogue.

I am so in love with the new Christmas products in the 2016 Holiday Catalogue and, for this Around the World Stampin' Up! Blog Hop, the design team have some wonderful festive projects to share with you. If you have been following all the links through the blog hop, you will have come from Helen Read (UK) and seen her beautiful creation. At the bottom of this post is a list of links for everyone else in the team, so you can hop your way through all the wonderful projects we have created.

I enjoy handmade wrapping and gift tags and, for that, you can't go past the great combination of the Gift Box Punch Board and the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. This first gift box is a super simple design from Stampin' Up!. The box was created using the Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper and the tag was stamped with the Candy Cane Christmas stamp set. All tied up with the absolutely fabulous Real Red 3/4" Stitched Edge Ribbon and the Whisper White Baker's Twine with a twist of red metallic thread...

Stamps: Candy Cane Christmas (wood: 142037, clear: 142040). Ink: Early Espresso (126974), Crumb Cake (126975). Card/Paper: Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper (141981), Whisper White (106549). Accessories: Candy Cane Lane Designer Washi Tape (141985), Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine (141983), Real Red 3/4" Stitched Edge Ribbon (141984). Tools: Gift Box Punch Board (135863), Scalloped Tag Topper Punch (133324), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

This second gift box is a step up from the first one. This time I used Real Red 12" x 12" card stock to create my box...

Stamps: Candy Cane Christmas (wood: 142037, clear: 142040). Ink: Early Espresso (126974), Crumb Cake (126975), VersaMark (102283). Card/Paper: Real Red 12" x 12" (141982), Whisper White (106549). Accessories: Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine (141983), Real Red 3/4" Stitched Edge Ribbon (141984), White Stampin' Emboss Powder (109132). Tools: Gift Box Punch Board (135863), Scalloped Tag Topper Punch (133324), Banner Triple Punch (138292), Glue Dots (103683), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

But, before I folded my box, I stamped images from the Candy Cane Christmas stamp set in VersaMark and heat embossed them using white embossing powder...

Then to finish I wrapped that impressive Baker's Twine around the gift box several times and then attached a tag with a glamorous bow using the Real Red 3/4" Stitched Edge Ribbon.

Thank you for joining us on this international blog hop. Make sure you check out all the wonderful creations from the Around the World Stampin' Up! Design Team by using the links below. Your next hop from here is to see what the talented Barbara Meyer (Austria) has created.

Julie Davison (United States)
http://juliedavison.com

Helen Read (UK)
http://allthingsstampy.blogspot.com

Kristine McNickle (New Zealand)
http://www.creativestamping.co.nz

Barbara Meyer (Austria)
http://barbaras-kreativ-studio.blogspot.com

Marie-Josee Trudel (Canada - français)
http://alapause.blogspot.ca

Miriam van Eyden (The Netherlands)
http://miriam-cardsandscrapping.blogspot.com