How-to Tutorial: Christmas card with Jingle Jingle Jingle stamp set

 Have you started your Christmas cards yet?

I have a simple tutorial for you today that will help you make a stack of multiple cards.

One of my most used tools is the Stampin' Up!®  Stamparatus. It's a stamp positioning tool and it helps you do so many things. You can line up your words and make sure they're straight. You can position you stamps and make multiples of your design with ease. There's also a fun technique to stamp words or images down or across your paper. That's what I'm going to show you in my tutorial video today. I love this technique. The Stamparatus has a hinge design that allows the clear plates to be removed and moved down along the hinge. This allows you to stamp down or across your paper as well as flip your clear plate and pick up more stamps. Scroll down to my video to see it in action.

For my cards, I used the cute stamp set- Jingle Jingle Jingle. This card can be used for whatever winter holiday you celebrate. You can also use this technique I show you with whatever words you have on hand. I created a ton of cards using different color combos. It's really addicting. haha. Give this a try and use whatever stamps and inks you have on hand and pick your favorite color combos. **In the video I show how I combined two blends colors to achieve the look of Merry Merlot.

Supplies for this card:

• Basic Gray card base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" or folded in half
• Basic White layers: 5 1/4" x 4" (one for front and one for inside)
• Merry Merlot, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay and Basic Gray classic ink pads
• Stampin' Blends markers: Smoky Slate combo, dark Cherry Cobbler, light Old Olive, light Bermuda Bay and color lifter
• liquid adhesive or your favorite adhesive
• trimmer
• Jingle Jingle Jingle stamp set

Need to stock up on supplies or grab this stamp set? Head over to my online store.

Here's some other color combos I came up with:

Real Red and Old Olive
Blends: light Old Olive, Real Red combo, light Smoky Slate and color lifter

Bermuda Bay and Cherry Cobbler
Blends: light Cherry Cobbler, Bermuda Bay combo, light Smoky Slate and color lifter

Night of Navy and Balmy Blue
Blends: dark Night of Navy, Balmy Blue combo, light Smoky Slate and color lifter

Pool Party and Sweet Sorbet
Blends: Pool Party combo, light Sweet Sorbet, light Smoky Slate and color lifter

Merry Merlot and Blushing Bride
This is one of my all time fav color combos. Watch my video to see how I made Merry Merlot with my blends markers since we don't have that color available in that medium. I also used Natural Tones 1000 for Blushing Bride since we don't have that color in the blends markers. The 1000 marker looks like a light Blushing Bride so it works perfectly.
Blends: Smoky Slate combo, dark Cherry Cobbler, Natural Tones 1000 and color lifter

I wanted to try a fun & bright combo so I used Sweet Sorbet, Pacific Point and Parakeet Party. There's no Pacific Point blends marker so I layered dark Night of Navy and dark Tahitian Tide to get a blue that was close to Pacific Point.
Blends: dark Sweet Sorbet, dark Night of Navy, dark Tahitian Tide, light Parakeet Party, light Smoky Slate and color lifter

Watch the video tutorial to see how I did this hinge step technique:

Isn't this layout simple and fun? I hope you give it a try. Please let me know in the comments what color combo you love. If you have questions, email me at stampandcreatewithbeth@gmail.com. 

*Tip for keeping track of your blends and what colors you used as well as seeing how each color looks. Print my pdf out on cardstock or whatever paper you use for stamping and coloring and make a catalog of your blends colors. I also have a sheet for keeping track of blends color combos I've used for specific images and cards. Download yours here. I highly recommend printing on Basic White cardstock or whatever cardstock you normally stamp and color on. Different papers affect how the blends markers look and blend together. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and checking out my card. 

Happy stampin"!

 

~ Beth

P.S. You can find all the supplies I used to make this card in my online store. Visit my store here.