Do you enjoy making simple or stepped up projects? If you are like me, you enjoy both! Sometimes it is nice to sit down and create some projects that are pretty but don't involve a lot of steps. Other times, I like to sit down and spend more time on a single card. If you are like me, it depends on how much time I have and if I'm feeling really creative.
As I was thinking about it earlier this week, I thought it would be nice to have a selection of both types of cards focusing on a single stamp set. I have decided to do this project using the Gift of Joy stamp set. This is a set in the September Mini Catalog that caught me attention the first time I flipped through the catalog. The simple drawings and two step stamping procedure are what caught my attention.
Tip: Two step stamping is the process of layering stamped images created to work together.
I began with a Very Vanilla A2 card base. I stamped the outline of the box in Pecan Pie ink randomly over the card front. I also stamped several more to fussy cut out. Then I stamped the inside striped image in Poppy Parade, Garden Green, Pool Party, and Petal Pink inks. I stamped the bows in the same colors but didn't match them to the presents. I also stamped the "MERRY" sentiment randomly around the card. I fussy cut the additional gifts and glued a few randomly over the front of the card.
I cut a piece of light pink velvet to place behind my sentiment that was stamped in Garden Green ink and placed some flat faceted dots randomly around the card to finish off the simple version of card #3.
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