Welcome to my little stop here on the Royal Blog Tour! I hope you’ve been enjoying all the amazing and creative projects the princesses have been sharing along your journey. For my stop, I wanted to share with you some simple yet fun ways to use the Northern Hearts stamp set.
This stamp set is a hostess set available in the 2010 Holiday Mini. I originally thought it was just a nice simple set, but the more I started playing with it, the more I saw how it coordinates with some other new and super cute items. I guess the fact that they are all named “Northern something” should have tipped me off, but I can be a bit slow sometimes.
Anyway, first I noticed that the large snowflake from the stamp set was the same as the large snowflake in the embossing folder. So, I tried combining the two. I added some shimmer paint to the stamp before I stamped to give it a bit of shine like snow when I stamped it on the Whisper White base. I also sponged some of the shimmer paint onto the embossed image to sparkle up the Baja Breeze paper.
Next, I started playing with the wreath stamp from this set. I had some fun with different color markers to give it a more mottled, natural look. Then I started playing with punches but didn’t like how it was turning out so I ended up hand cutting out the wreath. It was cute but a little bare, so I added in on of the birds from the love birds stamp. Finally, what is a wreath without somewhere to hang it from, so I used the branches from that same bird set and after coloring with markers, stamped a few times to make it look like tree branches. Add some DSP and fun ribbon, and you have another fun little card.
Finally, I decided I wanted to make one more project and so I went for a 3D gift box that you could decorate for the holidays or really for anytime. I used the Snowflakes and the Love Birds stamps from this set to decorate this 3 1/4” x 3 1/4” box. This is perfect for a stash of 3×3 cards or to fill with treats for your favorite someone.
I will be posting the instructions for this box on my blog when the tour is over. So come back on November 9th to see more details!
Well, I hope you enjoyed viewing these projects since I sure had fun making them.
Blog Candy Time!
Leave me a comment letting me know what you think and you’ll be entered into a drawing for some BLOG CANDY (you must include your email address so I can contact you if you win).
What’s up for grabs? You will get this box filled with some cards, some card candy (embellishments for you to use on your own cards), and some actual yummy candy!
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