After telling myself last week that I would start making Christmas cards using my July-Dec. mini catalog preorder I finally got around to it yesterday! I kept it super simple with my first try with the new Sweet Candy Canes bundle and usde a clean layout from Freshly Made Sketches.
The layout is perfect for the 2 tall candy canes! I stamped one in Sweet Sorbet and Garden Green and then layered them with a Stylish Shape circle embossed with the sentiment and a strip of the Red Glimmer paper. The only embellishment I used was a Sweet Sorbet baker's twine bow.
The background panel is made using the large striped die that comes in the Candy Canes dies. It's meant to cut a nice large diagonal piece but I decided to emboss with it instead giving a nice subtle striped pattern. I think it works well like this for a bit of different use for the die.
Thanks for looking! Did you stamp today?
Stamps: Sweet Candy Canes
Ink: Sweet Sorbet, Garden Green, Versamark
Paper: Pool Party, Basic White, Garden Green, Red Glimmer paper
Accessories: Candy Canes dies, Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals, Baker's Twine
Those candy canes are totally perfect for the sketch. Never mind that I'm feeling pretty behind on the whole Christmas card thing now.... ;-) Glad you joined us this week at FMS!
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