You guys are in for a treat! We are collaborating with the fabulous Catherine Pooler and her design team for their Holiday Release hop. It wouldn't be a hop without PRIZES, right? Both us and Catherine Pooler Designs will be giving away a $25 Gift card each to our stores.  So there will be TWO winners! This hop will run for a week only and the winners will be announced on each of Friday, October 5th. So, be sure to check back on our blog then. To be entered to win a prize all you need to do is leave a comment here and each of the designer's blog posts. We have included the full line up list below. Catherine Pooler Blog
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Ilina Crouse
Ashlee McGregor
Susan Powell
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Following on from my hanging Christmas decorations which were displayed at the NEC in November, I was commissioned to make a larger version to be taken across to the January 2013 CHA exhibition in the USA. It turns out there's quite a few differences when the project needs scaling up. I chose to keep to a palette of white, blue and silver reflecting this month's theme of snow and ice.

Hi everyone! It's Sandie here today with some more Christmas inspiration for you. If you haven't entered our Christmas challenge yet you have just a few more days to do so. You can find all of the details HERE. Remember, you MUST use heat embossing and/or some WOW products to qualify for the prize. 
My card features the new background stamp, Blizzard, and I've heat embossed with Sparkling Snow to create the background. It's so sparkly and shimmery :D  I adhered it to the card base with 3D foam and layered up a little bit of white lace on the front, adhering it with fabric glue. 

Next I used Green Glitz, Metallic Gold Sparkle and the Christmas Tree from the Deck the Halls clear stamp set. I had cut the tree once I had embossed it and adhered it with some 3D mounting foam. 

For the sentiment I used the Metallic Gold Sparkle. The stamp is from the Merry and Bright clear stamp set. This too is adhered with 3D foam so my card has loads of dimension to it. 

To finish off my…