Hi everyone! Today I want to share with you some cards I made using one of our new Digital Stamp sets, Candy Canes with Border & Sentiment. Digi stamps are so much fun to play with! Once I got started I couldn’t stop at just one card so I made four totally different ones.

I love the versatility of digital stamps – you  can make them any size that you want so they fit perfectly on any of the Spellbinders Nestabilities dies. And that’s just what I did. All four of these cards are different sizes so the images and borders needed to be scaled to fit the Nesties I used but it was a snap! If you are new to Digis then check out our Digital Basics Tutorial to see how easy it is to size and print our digital images. I think you will be amazed at how easy it really is.

Before I show you all the cards I would like to give you a little tip that I found works really well to make sure that your images fit nicely onto your Nesties so they are easy to cut out. Measure the inside edge of your die, not to the ridge and that way your image will always fit and have a little border. I learned the hard way how tricky it can be to position the die when you can’t see the whole image – half the time I cut part of my image off. This way you can always see all the image. I just tape down the die with a little Scotch Removable tape to make sure it doesn’t move and voila! a perfectly cut image.

For my first card I printed the border so it would fit on the largest square (3 1/4″ x 3 1/4″) from the Small Classic Squares (S4-128) Nestabilities, adhered some Studio K 3mm Double-sided Adhesive along the edges and then added Forest Green glitter. Next I printed out the candy canes and colored them with Memento Markers and added a little Crystal Rainbow glitter with a Quickie Glue Pen. The front of the card was embossed with the Cuttlebug Polka Dots embossing folder. I love the bigger size of this folder and the bigger dots. Next I cut out the center band from a piece of cardstock that I had covered with Studio K Double-sided adhesive using the Spellbinders Big Scalloped Border Petites (S4-242) and then covered it with more Forest Green glitter. This is a really easy way to make coordinating glittered accents for your cards. The scalloped mat was cut from Red Mirrored cardstock using the largest die from the Small Classic Scalloped Squares (S4-129) Nestabilities. A little layering with foam dots, red rhinestones in the corners and it was done!

For this next card I used the same basic elements but sized and layered them differently. This card is 4 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ and I wanted to add a glittered border using the 3mm tape and Chartreuse Blend glitter so I needed to make the border and candy canes quite a bit smaller than I did for the last card. It was so easy with the digis. I printed the border first at 1 7/8″ and cut it out with my paper trimmer leaving a 1/8″ border all around. Then I matted it with Red Mirror cardstock, again adding a 1/8″ border. Next I measured how big the center area was (1 3/8″) and printed the candy canes 1 1/4″ so that I would have enough room to cut them to 1 3/8″ and add a glittered border like I did on the first card. Quick, easy & very sparkly!

Here’s another look for this set using less traditional colors. The frame was created with Spellbinders Labels One (S4-161) & Small Classic Circles (S4-116). Then I used the Petite Scalloped Circles (S4-117), Small Classic Circles (S4-116) and Large Classic Circles (S4-114) to create the layers for the candy canes in the center. The background was embossed with D’vine Swirl and I couldn’t resist adding some Crystal Rainbow glitter and a few pink rhinestones. Yummy! The colors make me think of peppermints.

This last card is only 3 3/4″ square and would make a perfect gift card, don’t you think? I used Labels Thirteen (S4-247) to cut out the Red Mirror cardstock and then embossed it with Tiny Bubbles. I love how the mirrored cardstock embosses. It adds a lot of punch to your cards. The rest of the elements were cut with the plain and scalloped circle Nesties and then I printed the candy canes 1 1/4″ so they were just the right size to go on top and colored them with Memento Markers. Nice and simple.

Thanks for dropping by. I will be featuring more digi stamps all month so be sure to check back to see what’s new.

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