Do you like to color?  Then the Color me Christmas set is for you!  Today for the Mojo Monday challenge I played with some of my favorite new items from the new Holiday Catalog that went live last Thursday.  Did you get your free copy?

This weeks sketch had some simple elements that came together rather quickly.  I think you will find that you can use this design for any card situation and will  use this go to sketch quite frequently.  Here is the sketch and my result.  Enjoy the Creative Tips for you on these products below.

Creative Tips –

• One of my top 5 items from the Holiday Catalog are the new Expressions Thinlits Dies.  Here you can see how I made the word Merry with the new Gold Foil paper that you will absolutely love!
• For some fun backgrounds, you can see that I paired the Cherry Cobbler card stock that was run through the Big Shot with the new Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder and the fun Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the Season of Style DSP Stack.
• You will love the Two new Season of Style DSP Stacks because you finally have 24 – 4 1/2” x 6 1/2” sheets each of two designs.  That’s 48 sheets total!  Perfect for your Holiday Cards!!
• To pull all the colors together you can see that I chose to work with the two most basic neutrals in the DSP stack – Chocolate Chip and Whisper White.  These neutrals help to make this card pop for you visually.
• The Color me Christmas stamp set was stamped in StazOn Jet Black before being water colored with Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip and Crushed Curry.  To make this go by quicker, you will want to use the Aqua Pens.
• You will find that you do not need Watercolor Paper for small little items like this if you control how wet your brush is.  Of course if you have difficulty doing that, definitely try the watercolor paper out!  I used Whisper White for my little tree.
• The tree was cut out using Paper Snips and you will want to make sure to leave a little white on the edge .  This will help pop the image on it’s background as it provides your eye with the color contrast it needs to be seen.
• At first I had a piece of retired Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon that I was going to use.  Then I thought – where are you going to find that?  So I made my own Faux Grosgrain using – yup, you guessed it – the Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set!  I am going to make sure that each and every one of you have this must have stamp set before you know it!
• Isn’t this tree look just like a purchased die cut?  Can you believe that you can make this over and over again customizing it exactly how you want it?  I just love this set.
• For a little character and finishing touch to the card, you can see that I added some paper piercing.  You will want to use both the Essentials and Occasions Paper Piercing Packs.
• And of course for some drama, the tree and card front are popped up on Stamping Dimensionals.

It’s cute, right?  That tree is really becoming one of my favorite new images.  I can’t wait to stamp now with the rest of this set.  Be sure that you tune in tomorrow!  Have a great start to your week.

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Stamp Sets – Color Me Christmas (131745c, 131742w), Gorgeous Grunge(130517c, 130514w) Paper – Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Season of Style Designer Series Paper Stack, Gold Foil Ink –Cherry Cobber, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, StazOn Jet Black Cool Tools – Stylish Stripes TIEF Folder, Paper Piercing Tool, Essentials Mat Pack, Stampin’ Pierce Mat , Occasions Mat Pack, Expressions Thinlits Dies, Aqua Painters The Perfect Finish – Stampin’ Dimensionals