I hope you all had a lovely Christmas despite never-ending pandemic. I’ve got a quick post today showing you that stamps aren’t just for Christmas! Haha, see the pun I did there! Well, today I’ve got a fun card that uses the Hero Arts Cozy Town stamp set, originally a stamp set created for Christmas cards. With a few simple techniques, you can switch up and stretch your Christmas stamps to create cards all year round! So let’s get started!
PRODUCED AS PART OF MY DESIGN-TEAM WORK FOR BUMBLEBERRY PAPERCRAFTS - SEE END OF POST FOR MORE DETAILS
Stamps aren't just for Christmas: Creating the repeating pattern
Start off by stamping a selection of the buildings from the Hero Arts Cozy Town stamp set in alcohol friendly ink onto white card. I’ve used Altenew Permanent Crisp Black Ink for this card. Now I’m going to use Copic markers on this card, however, if you don’t have alcohol markers you can use any colouring medium you prefer, pencils, watercolours etc.
For a patterned panel like this, I find it easiest to place my panel over some fun foam and then repeatedly stamp the buildings with acrylic blocks, already loaded up with the stamps making it much faster. This is a much quicker and easier method than using you Misti and keep moving the stamps around. In addition, stamp a selection of the trees next to and in between the buildings.
Stamps aren't just for Christmas: adding a fresh colour palette
To create a fresh look to the card, keep the building walls white and only add a touch of shading with a very light grey marker. The blue and red shades used contrast well against the white to add to the freshness of the card, I alternated the colours between the roof and windows/doors on each building. (Copic marker colours used at the end of the post)
To add colour to the trees, I used the dot method by adding small dots of colour over the stamped designs. I started with my lightest green and adding varying darker shades over the top as you moved in towards the trees. After mounting the stamped panel onto a card base, I added a heat embossed sentiment from the Altenew Ditsy Print stamp set to finish the card off.
Copic Marker Colours:
- Blues: B32, B16, B18
- Reds: R22, R14, R24
- Greens: YG03, GO5, GO7
- Greys:COO, CO2
Supplies
Stamps aren't just for Christmas!
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All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP) and WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US).
 Ditsy Print Stamp – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |  Cozy Town – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP |  Permanent Black – Altenew Crisp Ink Shop at: ALT |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad & refill Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) |
 Opaque Bright White -WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Premium White Cardstock: 8.5″ x 11 – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |  Original MISTI 2.0 – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | CPD | SB | HA | BP |
 Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: BP |  Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Powder Tool Aplicator – EK Success Shop at: CPD | SB |
 WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) | WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) |  Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn Shop at: CPD | BP |
 Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |  Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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DISCLOSURE
This post was produced as part of my design team work for Bumbleberry Papercrafts have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Bumbleberry Papercrafts to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
