Mix and Match for Christmas

Posted on October 1, 2017 in Cards, Christmas, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Imagine, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials

Hello crafty friends and welcome to So Suzy Stamps inspiration post. Today I created a Mix and Match for Christmas project. It is a card that I made using several stamps from our most recent collection but before I share how to make this, take a look at my card:

Mix and Match for Christmas

These are bold graphic designs that are perfect for stamping beautiful one layer cards. Of course you can also use these images to create little scenes, but since I love to create my own stamped pattern this is what I went with when I was making my project.

Mix and Match for Christmas

I started working on this project by picking out images I wanted to use to create my pattern. I didn’t use every small image from the release, for instance I only used the words Peace, Joy and Noel; the Buck Small and Doe Small; the Snowflakes small, the pinecone small; the Gift Pile and Santa Sleigh Small. Next, I created my initial arrangement and picked out several colors of ink.

 

Whenever stamping patterns like this it is best to pick one or two bright/bold colors and one or two softer colors; you don’t have to stamp every image using a bright red or bright green because then your pattern might become too busy.

Mix and Match for Christmas

I went with Gumble Green, Real Red, Soft Suede and Pool Party Classic Ink colors from Stampin Up.

I stamped my images one by one using a MISTI and double stamped everything for perfect ink coverage. While I started stamping my pattern by having the images in the correct orientation (upright), I later rotated many of them 90 and 180 degrees to best fill in the space I had left on my card front.

Mix and Match for Christmas

To create a sentiment that would stand out I heat embossed “Jolly Surprises” onto Real Read Card Stock in white embossing powder, trimmed sentiments into strips and foam mounted onto my card. Lastly, I added several droplets using Clear irRESISTible from Imagine.

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