So what do you do when you have a lot of Christmas cards to make and you’ve overused your Christmas stamp sets? I say, pull out Vertical Greetings. I was planning to add a hat to the tree, but it was too big and wasn’t giving quite the look that I was going for.
I inked up the tree in old olive and real red on a piece of whisper white. The stamping (or rather inking up) wasn’t perfect but I fixed that by adding the gold metallic enamel shapes! Amazingly I’d managed to keep the real red on the pot and the old olive on the tree – if you notice one end of the ink pad is curved, one is straight; it’s easier to partially ink a stamp using the straight edge. But I’d already planned a little bow and the gold baker’s twine from the trio in the holiday catalogue was the perfect little accent.
Of course, the vertical greetings set wasn’t planned as a Christmas set and thus doesn’t have a matching holiday greeting. I decided to leave off the sentiment and put one inside and highlighted the gold stars by running another piece of real red through the big shot using the Lucky stars embossing folder. Putting the tree panel (matted with old olive) to one side meant that the stars were more emphasised and stopped the card being too symmetrical. Although I did a maths degree and LOVE symmetry, it doesn’t work so well in cards!
Don’t forget the great close out sale currently going on and also the offer from me – a new, free stamp set. Just spend $40 with me and use the workshop code CBUJ4GTP, and you get to select one of Hey, Chick, Delicate Details or Designer Tee which I’ll send you for free once I close out this workshop on January 3rd. Check here for the details and also pictures of these stamp sets. If you spend $60, I’ll send you the pearl or rhinestone basic jewels as well. Email me at lizbaileycards@gmail.com to let me know which of the sets you’d like and whether you’d like pearls or rhinestones (if you’ve earned them), or I’ll just select one at random.
I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is CBUJ4GTP (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.
See you tomorrow,
Liz