Warm Hugs and a Little Tartan Trim

#1 Stampin’ Up! UK Demonstrator Pootles – Warm Hugs and a Little Tartan Trim

I have lots of men in my life – 4 sons, my husband, Dad, brothers, nephews (and 2 nieces!) and I like to think of them when I’m making some of my cards.

I wanted a more masculine Christmas Card, so I went with the Warm Hugs stamp set and took inspiration from the catalogue samples.

The little icons and motifs are ideal for background stamping and I did tone on tone crumb cake on the background, picking out a few to colour with a little Shade Spruce.

The tartan paper from the Plaid Tidings pack had lovely rich colours so I used the matching Cherry Cobbler ink for the circle and another Shaded Spruce tree in the centre.

I didn’t need to die cut it, instead I used my 1-1/2″ circle punch to cut it.

We have a very large and wide ribbon in the mini catalogue, and I haven’t really used it very much, so I made a conscious decision today to add it as a strip for interest.

I love how it looks and I hope that it’s masculine enough for the men in my life!

S x

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Sam Hammond Donald

#1 Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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