Here is how I know when I’ve had a good day crafting:
My craft mat is covered in ink!
Yesterday I settled in to make some place cards for our Christmas dinner.
I pulled out my left-over package of Thoughtful Journey DSP. I always find it hard to use an entire package of 6 x 6″ DSP. I’ve made two sets of cards with these papers, and I still have a lot of paper left.
It’s gorgeous paper, so I don’t want it to just sit on my shelf. I love the watercolor effect of the papers, and I thought it might work well for some little Christmas scenes.
I started with the Woodland Scenery and Seasonal Tags stamp sets. I pulled a couple stamps from each set to use in my scenes.
I stamped the little pine trees in Mossy Meadow, then I stamped the bare tree trunks in Early Espresso, the deer are stamped in Pecan Pie, the snowflakes in Pool Party, and the stars in Daffodil Delight.
I added some white splatter and some white sponged craft ink all around for a snowy feel. I trimmed all the pieces to 3-1/2 x 3-3/4″. I like the way they all came out. They feel like wintery scenes!
I then decided to cut some of the papers down to 3 x4″ and use the Golden Greenery stamp set that came out last Christmas to create some scenes.
I loved the first one I made, so I decided to make a few more. I used Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler, and White Craft inks for this.
The bells were stamped in Smokey Slate and Basic Grey. I really liked how this set came out as well! I just need to write in the names and mount the cards on a background card stock to complete them.
For a DIY Place Card holder, I found some inspiration from Vicky Barone’s blog:
I love this idea and I think it will work for both sizes of place cards that I’ve created. Plus, I have red ribbon. I just need to run to the dollar store and get candy canes!
Here is one more look at all my place cards:
I’m feeling good about what I’ve made here. I used some papers that I love from my stash, one older stamp set, and one newer stamp set. I always love to keep using my consumables until they are gone. It also makes me feel like I’m getting my money’s worth out of a stamp set when I’m still creating with it over a year after I purchased it! Not everything we make needs to use new stuff. The stuff in our stash still works!
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Now I’m off to the dollar store to get those candy canes to finish this holiday decor project!
Happy creating!
