Stamps & Stretchy Pants

Hello friends! We are down to just the last 2 days of 12 Days of Christmas! It has really flown by and I hope you are feeling festive and inspired by our projects!

For Day 10, I decided to share another scrapbooking page with you! I want all my crafty friends, whether you make cards, projects or scrapbook to find something to inspire you during this 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop that Melanie and I are putting on for you!

This fun and colorful layout is perfect for a couple of holiday photos—I can’t wait to add some! I am going to feel so ahead post Christmas when I can just print and add some pictures!

I started with a base of Coastal Cabana and added a layer of Basic White over top with a couple strips of paper from Merry Bold & Bright. I love this color combination of Pool Party, Starry Sky, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist and Shaded Spruce!

I did a little blending with Pool Party ink in the top left and bottom right corners of my Starry Sky photo mats. I then stamped some little stars from the Merry & Bright stamp set over top of the blended area. It creates such a nice background.

The Christmas bulbs are stamped in Pool Party and Shaded Spruce with the toppers cut from the Holographic Specialty Paper. This paper is absolutely perfect for these bulbs!

The sentiment is from the Merry & Bright stamp set and I added a little bit of the Parakeet Party Twine in behind the sentiment. A couple of the Ombre Matte Decorative Dots were the perfect little touch to this area.

I love how this stamp set has two different bulb designs and also includes a die for the filament inside and a string! So clever. These bulbs are stamped in Shaded Spruce and Starry Sky and you might notice the tops are a bit different—I love that the die set includes two options as well!

I stamped out HAPPY MERRY AND BRIGHT in Coastal Cabana, Shaded Spruce and Granny Apple Green and then trimmed them down. I added a couple more Ombre Dots to this area as well.

I love this page and I hope it has given you some ideas on how to use the Merry & Bright bundle beyond cards! Now head on over to Melanie to see what she has to share with us today!

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Hello friends! And welcome back to Day 7 of 12 Days of Christmas with myself and Melanie @melsinkyfingers! Really, you are getting 24 awesome projects for inspiration!

Today I have something fun and on trend to share with you—some cards made with the Stack Cut & Shuffle technique! It is so fun and such a great way to use our amazing Designer Series Paper!

To create these cards using the Stack Cut & Shuffle technique you will need 3 standard card bases. I cut my bases to be the ‘tent’ style option of 4 1/4 x 11 (score at 5 1/5). I decided to keep my card bases all uniform, although you certainly could mix up the base colors.

You also need a base layer that is 4 x 5 1/4 —for all 3 of my cards, I used Basic White.

Your DSP layers are 3 3/4 x 5—-you can choose 3 different DSP’s and mix and match for endless possibilities.

The idea is you ‘stack’ your DSP, cut once and mix up the patterns, layering them down almost like putting a puzzle together! This particular method of Stack Cut & Shuffle is great because you can just start along the 3 3/4 inch side, angle your DSP outwards towards the right and cut.

TIP: Start with the 3 3/4 side rough along the 1 inch mark and angle the bottom right corner out. This piece stays as is.

The second piece, which is a bit larger, can be cut from the bottom left corner through the middle

I decided to cut the large tree from the Merriest Trees dies and stamp some little stars on top for two of the three cards.

The light bulb stamp is from the Merry & Bright bundle as are the little stars and the sentiment on each of the cards, ‘Oh, What Fun!’

I think these two bundles work so well together!

The fun, bright and cherry DSP is from Merry Bold & Bright.

For the third card option, I cut the large tree from Shaded Spruce and ran it through one of the 3D Basics Embossing Folders for a bit of texture.

Each one of the cards uses some ribbon behind the sentiment as well for a little extra touch.

TOP TIP: The Holographic Trio paper in the Annual Catalogue is perfect for making toppers for the light bulbs!

If you haven’t given this fun technique a try, you really should! It is easier than it looks and quite a bit of fun to mix and match up the DSP pieces to create some unique cards!

I can’t wait to see what Melanie is sharing with you today! Make sure to check back tomorrow and each day until Nov 12th!