Welcome back to the blog on this happy ‘Inspire Me Friday’!  Working with the Christmas Stamp Set again…I just keep finding fun new ways to approach this set!  Ever since I first saw the sweet ornament image,  I wondered how it would look in water color…and this week I had a chance to find out…

What do you think?  All those pretty shades of pink came from a single pink pencil and water!  Gotta love that!  Personally, I think I could become addicted to this kind of ‘painting’.  It’s extra fun on water color paper, but this was just normal card stock.  And I’m no pro…but it’s a technique you can have fun with even when you’re not!  I layered the embossed and embellished ornament on a pretty Hero Arts wreath…

…and used a couple sentiments and the candy cane stripe border to add some color and contrast to the bottom portion of the card…

…and that’s it, I think!  Besides Christmas music…I think the sparkling lights of the season are my favorite…such a symbol of hope…and I wanted to bring some of that sparkle and light out on this card!  Hope you’ve enjoyed it, and are inspired to create a little Christmas for yourself or a loved one this weekend!  Thanks so much for visiting!

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Thanks so much for making time to pop in on this ~black Friday~ (in  the States)!  The good thing is we can officially be festive and Christmas-y from here on out!  YEAH!!!  And to celebrate, I’ve chosen some festive holiday colors for today’s project.  Maybe not so traditional, but very ~merry and bright~…

Love that little image up there from the Christmas Stamp Set!  And loved the look of layering it in multiple colors.  In the next photo you’ll see how nicely the ‘Happy Holidays’ sentiment fits into the little tab-style frame…and some more cheery layers…

Did you notice that little dab of the ‘Merry and Bright’ image showing up on the star embellishment?  I like the interest it adds  and the way it helps tie everything  together.    Finally, below you can see all those layers together in the finished project…

There’s something about those colors that just makes me happy!  Hope you like them too!  I had a great time playing with the images from this sweet set again, and really appreciate you dropping in to take a peek!  Looking forward to next time!

See you then!

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Happy Friday, everyone!  So happy to be back with you all for a little more inspiration using the Christmas Stamp Set!  I’ve so enjoyed playing with these sweet images, and I don’t know about you, but so often for me,  ‘playing around’ with my stamps is THE easiest way to be inspired.  Last week, when experimenting with the images to figure out what I wanted to do for my first project, I stamped the little striped border from this set in red and remembered thinking…’looks like a peppermint stick!’  So you can guess what little idea has been lurking in my mind since then…

Yep…turning that little border into a candy cane!  Now sometimes (MANY times, actually),  those little ideas in my head don’t translate onto paper so well.  But I was pleased that this one did!  I dressed up the two candy canes with some holly and berries (PTI), and a little twine bow, of course…and added glitter to the red one for some extra sugary sweetness.   And for the sentiment, I inked up one word at a time from the ‘Merry Christmas’ phrase to create two little banner greetings.  I liked the way the two filled the space better than the single long phrase…

I gave it a snowy white die cut and woodgrain impressed background with some subtle stamping, and placed it atop some Kraft cardstock, with just  a strip of pretty festive patterned paper peeking out.

Hope you like it, and I hope you’ll be inspired to look at the stamps you have with a new creative eye and see what new designs YOU can come up with!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

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