As soon as I saw the Just Us Girls Moodboard for inspiration this week, I knew exactly what I wanted to use.
I bought Iconic Christmas from My Favorite Things four years ago when it was released. I thought it was just charming, but could never face the prospect of stamping and die cutting all the small images. This NBUS item was in the Christmas bin labeled: Use it or Purge It! I’m so glad I found the inspiration to put it to use. It is, indeed, charming. The process of stamping and die cutting was a bit easier after watching a video by Yana Smakula. You can see right away that what inspired me was the scattered pattern of tiny images. Mine are more clustered than scattered, but I think you’ll see the inspiration.
I die cut many more images so I’d have choices about how to group them together. After arranging them, I glued some of them to the card panel, and added dimensional tape to others. The little stars were stamped and gold embossed. To add some more fun to the card, I scattered some Pinkfresh Studio Clear Gems with Gold Dust. The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti’s Christmas Card Greetings. Sadly, neither MFT nor Reverse Confetti are still in business.
The cream cardstock panel as well as the gold metallic “frame” were die cut with Gina K’s Masterlayout #1. They were then added to a Pure Poppy card base. I’m happy to have another Christmas card in the stash, and I do believe I’ll come back to this set again. This is off again to Darnell’s NBUS collection.
Karen, I love what you saw in our moodboard! An original idea that ended up being a fabulous Christmas card!! So glad you took the time to make this for our challenge at Just Us Girls!!!
Love, love, love this! Can see why you were intimidated by the bittiness, but do hope you will indeed use it again.
Applauding your decision to ‘use it’ rather than purge it decision with this stamp + die set because the images are, indeed, delightful and certainly iconic. I LOVE that you’ve transformed the summery mood board into one with a Christmas vibe. The scattering as inspiration has resulted in a most festive, creative card. Thank you so much for joining us at Just Us Girls!
hugs~carol
Oh I loved the iconic images when I first saw Yana make a card with them. Such a great idea for the Mood Board, Karen! Absolutely perfect!
I see the inspiration and those itty bitty images are darling! Great job, Karen. So happy to have you sharing this with us at Just Us Girls!
Another very festive card. I like your grouping of the itty bitty images. I think those stamps & dies will fast become your favourite for the season.
Swoon! Another lovely CAS creation, Jo x
I had that MFT set in my cart several times last year, but never did hit the buy button. Absolutely love how you used it here!
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