SWEET STAMPIN - USE YOUR FAVOURITE STAMP

What a difficult challenge for all us stampers at Sweet Stampin this week - use your favourite stamp.  If I really had to choose my favourite stamp it would be this Father Christmas stamp I've had for nearly 15 years.  It was made by Rubber Stampede and has featured in many cards over the years.

Here are some examples 

I hope you've enjoyed looking at the different styles and examples from this one image - it just goes to show what one stamp can do and how it can change depending on how you use it.

 

HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS IC328

Lots of lovely Christmas images to inspire your crafting at our challenge this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  I've used the lovely Santa image which is a very old rubber stamp from Rubber Stampede called Santa Collage.  I embossed him in red embossing powder to make him sparkle.  I used some banner framelits to cut his image out and layered onto Real Red card stock from Stampin Up.  The little sentiment with the image of Santa and the sleigh is another old stamp from Inkadinkado.  I used a retired holly embossing folder from SU for the background and added a touch of red satin ribbon.