And the card today is officially my first Christmas card of the year. I better get a move on if I am to send any Christmas cards this year.
The technique for today's blog hop is bordered sentiments. This is a very simple technique which basically means that you border your sentiment and stamp on both sides of it.
First, I stamped my Season's Greetings sentiment from the Christmas Classics stamp set in Cherry Cobbler. I then used my ruler and drew a line border above and below my sentiment. I drew this line with the Basic Black Journal pen.
I then cut a strip of Masking paper that fit in between my borders and covered up my sentiment.
I then stamped the pine stamp above the sentiment, so it looks like it is coming up behind the sentiment and then turned the stamp 180 degrees and stamped it below, so it again looks like it is coming out from behind. Before removing the masking paper, I flicked some ink onto the card stock with an Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker.
After removing the masking paper, I added a thin strip of Cherry Cobbler cardstock to the left of my panel and then stuck the whole panel to a Basic White base card.
I could have stopped here with a very simple card, but I wanted to add a bit more. I stamped the little holly leaf in Mossy Meadow ink on a scrap of white. I gave it some colour with a dark Old Olive and a light Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blend. I also stamped the holly berries in Cherry Cobbler. I do not yet have the dies for this set, so I fussy cut the holly leaf and the berries and added them to the front of the card with some dimensionals and glue. I also added a little twine bow.
Finally, I added a bit of Wink of Stella and my card was done.
I hope you give this technique a go, it is very simple, and you can do it with anything.
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