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Candy Cane Christmas

Melissa

While I generally prefer the look of modern holiday cards, sometimes a very vintage looking stamp set tugs at my heart. Such was the case with the Banners for Christmas stamp set in the current holiday catalog from Stampin’ Up!® I really think vintage stamp sets also lend themselves really well to creating masculine cards which is the look I was going for with today’s card, although I couldn’t resist adding a little shimmer to it. 😉

I started by stamping the candy canes on a piece of scrap white cardstock using Real Red ink. I then added a generous coat of clear Sparkle pen to all the red areas. I tried as much as possible to avoid hitting any of the white areas because the red ink will run a bit when the Sparkle pen hits it. Once I had added Sparkle pen to both candy canes, I set them aside to dry.

In the mean time, I stamped the banner image using Early Espresso ink then added the word sentiments inside the banner, also in Early Espresso. I cut the banner out using the Bunch of Banners Framelits. To help give the banner a bit more dimension, I sponged around the edges using some Crumb Cake ink.

To give my background a little bit of character and texture, I randomly stamped the mistletoe image from the stamp set all over my background panel using Crumb Cake ink. To keep it from overwhelming the rest of my card, I stamped off twice before stamping on my panel. This is also known as third generation stamping. To keep with the vintage look and feel, I also sponged around the edges of the background panel using the Crumb Cake ink.

To assemble the card, I adhered the candy canes to my background panel using tape runner. I then adhered the sentiment banner over the candy canes using Dimensionals. I matted the background panel with a piece of Early Espresso cardstock for a bit of contrast, then adhered the matted layer to an A2 top-folding card base made from Crumb Cake cardstock and that finished my card.

I’m entering this card in the following challenges:

22 thoughts on “Candy Cane Christmas”

  3. Awesome candy cane card! I think your background is fantastic and your sparkly candy canes are a treat for the eyes! Thank you for joining us this week at Merry Monday featuring the candy canes!

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  11. I love your card! Thanks for joining us at Christmas Card Challenges and good luck!Monica – CCC DT

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