March Christmas cards: Postage collage

For my Christmas cards this year, I'm going to try to focus on using products that I haven't used before. That wasn't necessarily my intention at the beginning of the year, but as it happens my January and February cards fit that criteria, so I'll just keep going. This month I made eight postage-themed cards (four each of two colorways).

To make the postage images, I used the Postage Collage Christmas Stencils from Waffle Flower. The layering stencils, together with the coordinating die, create a panel of six "stamps." I used six ink colors: Sandstone, Cocoa, Robin's Egg, Lime Green and Forest from Hero Arts and Hollyhock from Close to My Heart. I also used gold paste to add a little sparkle and texture. After the ink blending was done, I stamped details, like postmarks and values, with the Postage Collage stamps.

With the ink colors I used, the postage images naturally divided themselves into two color groups. So I cut the stamps apart and created four cards with a blue card base and four with a green card base. I used a text background stamp on each card (A Little Christmas Carol (Unity) for the blue and Christmas Story (Penny Black) for the green), added a bit of white splatter, and stamped some of the detail images around the middle of the card base. Then I added the postage images with foam tape. I finished each card with a few clear droplets and a sentiment in the lower right corner.

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