Hello, crafty friends! It’s Kim Chaffin, and I’m so happy to be back with you on the blog! I’ve had loads of fun with the Holiday Fun Stamp. First, let’s look at the layout I’ve made!
Supplies | November 2022 Kit, November 2022 Cut Files, Holiday Frame Stickers, Matte Gold Heart and Star Stickers, Holiday Fun Stamp
Though I’ve been scrapbooking for decades, I haven’t been stamping very long at all. It was just one of those things I didn’t let myself do. I thought that because I was inexperienced, I would be messy and imprecise. As it turns out, I was right! But I’ve allowed myself the fun of being messy and imprecise anyway.
This is my journaling block. I decided to use gold stamping ink because that goes well with Santa’s gold chair. I stamped a couple of the phrases from the Holiday Fun Stamp on the right side and embellished with Matte Gold Heart and Star Stickers.
I wanted to include more of the gold stamping because I love repeating elements throughout a layout. I wanted this to be very subtle, so I created a tag using one of the November 2022 Cut Files. I backed the tag with a piece of vellum on which I had repeatedly stamped the “making spirits bright” phrase from the Holiday Fun Stamp in gold. A Matte Gold Heart and Star Sticker was a perfect fit for the ‘O’ in the JOY on the cut file.
The completed tag slips into a pocket I created by sewing a small rectangle of vellum onto three sides of the bottom of a second photo printed at 3 x 8-inches.
A few more of the Matte Gold Heart and Star Stickers inserted into the ‘O’s of my “HO HO HO” title was just the finishing touch I needed. I love all of the gold on this festive holiday page, and I love playing with stamps—imprecision and mess notwithstanding! If you’ve never thought of yourself as a stamper, I’d encourage you to give it a chance! I’m glad I did! I’d love to see what you stamp using the Holiday Fun Stamp!
