Christmas in July – Christmas Post – Carrabelle stamp

Hello – nearly there – gosh it has been a busy month but I do think I still love Christmas crafting so hopefully I will not be put off doing more festive makes for the rest of the year – but maybe not all will be videos and definitely not everyday! 🤣

So today’s Christmas in July theme is Christmas Post and I knew immediately that I wanted to use the stamp stamp from Carrabelle stamps (sadly a company that no longer exists) and to create my own little festive postage stamps!

I stamped five out, plus one onto post it notes so I could cut out the centre and mask off the edge of the stamp before stamping the images.

I then chose to use some very old magazine kit stamps to create the images and then my promarkers to colour them. I also added the cancellation stamp from the set to make them look more like stamps.

I chose to add a layer of embossed card on the card base, raised with foam. And then added the dark green panel as a base for the stamps.

I did the easy option of just cutting the stamps into straight lines – if you really wanted to go the extra mile you could fussy cut the bobbly edge but I don’t think it is necessary for this kind of design.

I added the sentiment from the Waffle flower set and then added some sparkly silver gems.

Really love using the little stamp to create little scenes and you could absolutely do this card over and over again but using different images to create the scenes … to be honest if I had the time (or needed to make more cards) I would absolutely stamp more stamps and create more of this kind of card but with different themes – I’m thinking using the cute people stamps or snowmen or the MfT stamps with the moose or the polar bears you’ve seen on other makes this month – but I don’t have time at the moment – so will just think about it and maybe revisit those ideas as part of my Festive Friday blog posts which of course will continue after July!

Happy crafting!

Catherine