It's the first day of spring and it's time to start your planning for the festive season! To help you, Stampin' Up! have released the new 2016 Holiday Catalogue today and it has something for everyone with loads of wonderful Christmas ideas for cards, gifts and home décor. Even if you don't celebrate Thanksgiving or Halloween, be sure to check out those catalogue sections too as there are little inspirational nuggets in there!

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On page 34 of the new Holiday Catalogue you will find the Stitched with Cheer Project Kit, which is inspired by an in-coming trend to introduce hand-stitching on paper craft projects. The Stitched with Cheer Project Kit includes pre-printed card bases, envelopes with envelope liners, accents, embellishments, needles and thread to create 18 beautiful Christmas cards, six each of three designs.

This first design is a Kraft and Mint Macaron Christmas card with a hand-stitched snowflake on the front...

My favourite of the three card designs incorporates a beautiful Real Red tartan star with gold back-stitching all around it...

And this last card design has fun three-dimensional Christmas Trees stitched onto the front of the card...

Here's what you need to complete this kit...

Stitched with Cheer Project Kit (142012) - $51.00

Stitched with Cheer Photopolymer Stamp Set (142182) - $44.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin' Pad (140931) $15.00	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad (141396) $14.00
Mini Glue Dots (103683) $10.00	Stampin' Dimensionals (104430) $7.25
Tear & Tape Adhesive (138995) $11.00

This kit was so much fun to create with and the hand-stitching added a lovely texture to all three cards.

In addition to the Stitched with Cheer Project Kit, there are quite a few other fabulous products in the Holiday Catalogue that jump onboard this stitching trend like the Warmth & Cheer Product Suite and the Festive Season stamp set with coordinating Festive Stitching Thinlits Dies. If you enjoy needlework, then you are sure to love all these new products and ideas.

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