One Stamp Set, Three Cards and a Bonus!

 Hi crafty friends!  DT Kim here to share with you my creations this week!  I was inspired by a blog post by the amazing Norine Borys (@thevelvetlemon) about making use of mini stamps.  While I really love small stamps (and have a HUGE collection of them), I find that they often just sit on my shelf, as I never know what to do with them.  I decided that I would challenge myself to make good use of the cute little stamps in the Kraftin' Kimmie Holiday Bears stamp set. 

To start, I stamped all of the images and colored them with alcohol markers.  I used a combination of Stampin' Blends from Stampin' Up (because I wanted the colors to coordinate with my card stock, and my selection of blue Copics is a bit limited) and Copic markers.  The colors will be listed below. 

 

 For the first card, I used the Stitched Indented Rectangle Dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs to die-cut the panel for my image.  I then stamped my image and sentiment and then colored the image.  I die-cut another panel using the next largest die in the set.  I adhered them to a panel from the Echo Park Winter Magic 6 x 6 Paper Pad.  To finish, I added a bow made from silver metallic thread. 

For the second card, I stamped my image in the lower corner of a 3 3/4" x 5" panel of white card stock and colored it.  I stamped the sentiment on the panel.  I embossed the snowflakes from the stamp set in a mostly random fashion, using WOW Vintage Peacock Embossing Powder.  To finish, I layered it on a panel from the Carta Bella Winter Market 6 x 6 Paper Pad. 

For the third card (which just might be my favorite), I embossed the sentiment in white on a scrap of Navy card stock and trimmed it down.  I had an extra die-cut from a different card that I made that I layered behind the sentiment tag as a snow drift in order to ground my image and not have the little cutie "floating".  I used a piece from the Carta Bella Winter Market 6 x 6 Paper Pack for my background and then layered up my elements.  

Oh, yeah!  Did I mention that I had a bonus card for you?  Well, I do!  I recently purchased the new Lawn Fawn Platform Pop Up Dies and had so much fun making a birthday card for my hubby that I wanted to try again, and I thought that these little bears would be PERFECT to create a scene with!   The fun thing about this die set is that after it is assembled and decorated, it folds flat and fits in an A2 envelope. 

I colored and cut out all of the images from the stamp set and set them aside.  I used one of the designs from the Carta Bella Winter Market 6 x 6 Paper Pad for the base of my card.  Once I had my card assembled, I started playing with the placement of the images until I was happy and then I adhered them in place with liquid glue and embellished the outside of the card.  I love how it turned out!  

Colors Used:

Bears:  N2, N1, N0, R30, R000

Bear Outfits:  Stampin' Blends (all Dark and Light) - Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight, Seaside Spray, Balmy Blue

Sled/Snowshoes:  E18, E15

Birds:  E51, E51, YR04

Snowballs:  BG11, BG10, C1, C0, 0

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen

This is all four of the cards together.  This was really a quick and easy effort and I now have 4 cards ready for winter!  I hope that you have found something that inspires you to get crafty and maybe try to tackle something that may have been a struggle for you!  

Thanks so much for hanging with me!  

Xoxo, Kim

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