Happy Tuesday! Today I’m sharing a card I created last year, but never shared here on the SNS blog! It features the fabulous Immense Joy die by Penny Black- I hope you like it!
I fell in love with this bold JOY die & immediately saw it as a frame for what I hoped would be quick & easy cards… paired with the sweet Holly Berry Birds stamp, it seemed a bit of an odd combination since both items essentially fill a card front. I didn’t want to eliminate the pretty holly branches, so I chose to try my hand at the spotlight technique. Since Kraft is my favorite neutral, I started there and added some bling with a glittery die cut.
It took some trial and error to get everything lined up… next time I’ll use my stamping platform to keep things straight! But I did some quick coloring with watercolor pencils on this one. The stamp was inked in black and stamped both on the Kraft background panel and again on white, then die cut from the JOY die to get the best fit inside the open “O”.
I look forward to seeing what other stamped images will fit inside that big open space. It’s so much fun to mix and match older & newer products, especially with Christmas when you have favorites that are only used once a year!
Inky hugs,
Tara
