Merry Coloring with Stencils

 Welcome friends! It's Mix it up Monday and I'm slowly transitioning my crafting to a sprinkling of Christmas, as I'm sure some have noticed. We can't let it creep up on us unaware and be scrambling to create and mail out our Christmas cards now can we?!?

So today I inked up one of the Waffle Flower holiday themed postage stamp stencil sets. This one is called Gingerbread. If you haven't tried this line of products from Waffle Flower just go into it knowing a few things...they are addicting and so fun to create with, they are so simple with Waffle Flower etching color or theme ideas in the top right corner of each layer, and there is something for everyone, and the collection keeps growing still!

I prefer to die cut my postage stamp backdrop first, then ink up the stencils and stamp my postage extras, then I use my paper trimmer to cut the stamps apart for today's project. But you could use it whole as a full card design too. It's that good!

I decided which images I was going to use and tucked the others away to create with another time. Then I cut a Spellbinders Emerald Cut Label, plus the insert layer from pink cardstock. I inked the larger one up with pink ink and splattered them both with pink ink and white paint.

At the same time, I inked the edges of my card base with mermaid ink and splattered it in the same fashion. After those were dry, I layered everything with liquid glue and foam tape.

Next, I popped my postage stamps up with foam squares on the pink rectangle and finished the design off with a sentiment banner from Mama Elephant.

To keep the red cohesive, I inked the background layer of the banner the same way I did on the bird postage stamp. It's a mix of brown and red from the gingerbread stenciling.

Here's a little up close of the cuteness we've created today! I'm itching to take the other three stamps this stencil set created and get another card checked of my Christmas list!

How far along are you this year? Be honest...I have a solid 15 Christmas cards ready to go and better get cracking if I'm going to get them all done in time. 

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day! 

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