SSS Holly Jolly

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Today I'm sharing some cards created using my Holly Jolly stamp set. The set features this large sentiment which is created with three different stamps. There are also several secondary sentiments. 

For the first card, I stamped each layer with a different color: Watermelon for the primary sentiment, and Marine and Cherry for the shadow layers. Once the stamping was done, the sentiment was die cut with the coordinating die.

I wanted a really soft and subtle background, so I pulled out the Tim Holtz Twinkle Layering stencil, and very very lightly inked it over a white panel with a bit of Watermelon and Marine.

The sentiment was popped up with foam tape, and I added a few Pastel Ice embellishments for some sparkle.

Next, a very clean and simple look. This time I stamped the primary sentiment with Pine, and used Sprout for both of the shadow images.

The secondary sentiment, also from the Holly Jolly set, was gold embossed, and I added a Matte Gold mat to give it a little extra something.

My last card has a very different feel. This time the primary sentiment was stamped with Dublin, and the shadow layers with Spring and Lucky, and then die cut. I stamped the secondary sentiments with Versa Clair black and die cut them as well.

For the background, I pulled out the Christmas Wreath stencil, semi-carefully (and lightly) inking it with Dublin and Watermelon.

I added a mint mat and popped the sentiment pieces up with foam tape.

I love that this set works just as well for bold and modern looks as well as soft and pretty ones!