It’s Christmas Eve, and many of us are knee-deep in family, friends and good cheer. Thanks so much for stopping by our blog today for this fun stamping tutorial. Here’s a layout I made about the tiny Santa that lives in my house.
1. Stamp three different ornaments using embossing ink and emboss with gold powder.
2. Hand cut each image along the edge of the embossing, using extra care around the hook part of the image.
3. Cut a strip of striped patterned paper. Stamp sentiment with red distress ink in ivory area. Stamp birds in between text.
4. For added interest I trimmed the top and bottom edges of the strip with faux postage scissors.
5. Use text paper as the layout base. Tear an L-shaped piece of holly paper and adhere to upper left corner. Ink all paper edges with red chalk ink. Adhere stamped sentiment strip near bottom of layout. Distress photo edges, mat on red cardstock and adhere to layout above sentiment strip. Adhere tinsel garland with glue dots as shown.
6. Adhere handcut ornaments using glue dots or foam tape, tucking ends of “hooks” over garland. Further embellish garland with flowers and brads.
The final touches on this layout are a journaling card with a few details about the photo and a vintage-style mitten to hold the card. It was fun to showcase the Deck the Halls stamps from myStampBOX with the unexpected twist of birds from the Tree for All Seasons set. The ornament stamps have such bold lines which make them quick and easy to cut out. Mix and match your papers and embossing powders for endless combinations of holiday fun. Maybe if you’re good, Santa will bring *YOU* some myStampBOX stamps tonight! Merry Christmas! – Jolene
Supplies: Deck the Halls, Tree For All Seasons, Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink & Fired Brick Ink, Warm Red Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink, Gold American Crafts Zing! embossing powder & Black Slick Writer, Making Memories Mistletoe Collection papers & brads, Making Memories Vintage Findings mitten, garland & paper, Bo Bunny St. Nick flowers, Jenni Bowlin journaling card, Fiskars scissors, Bazzill cardstock.
Gorgeous layout! What a beautiful photo
I love the added detail of adding “deck the halls” to the PP. Using the distress ink was the perfect choice, it looks fantastic!