Joyful Holly CAS Sketch Challenge # 384

 I loved the Joyful Holly stamp set from the new 2020 Aug - Dec Mini Stampin' Up catalog the moment I saw it.  I loved the elegant simplicity of the holly and knew it would make fabulous 'simple' Christmas cards. 

I made this card for a Sketch Challenge - CAS(E) this Sketch # 384 HERE.  I do love a clean and simple card, even though most of my cards end up being more involved than when I first start out designing it.

This stamp set is photopolymer which means it is clear and easy to line up for the outline and fill-in stamps.  When using a photopolymer stamp set, it is advisable to use a pad or a Stampin' Pierce Mat (see links below) to give a bit of a cushion so that you will get a much better impression when stamping with photopolymer stamps. 

I only used 2 ink pad colors for this card (another great point for Clean & Simple card making).  Garden Green and Real Red.  The Joyful Holly stamp set has 2 different holly branches, a larger one and a smaller one, each with an outline stamp and a stamp with just the holly leaves to fill in the outline.  For the outline, I inked up and stamped the outline stamp in Garden Green.  For the fill-in of the holly leaves, I inked up the stamp and stamped off once on scratch paper then lined it up to stamp on the card front.  This gives a lighter color look. 

The card base is the thicker Whisper White cardstock which is great for card bases and is a sheet of Thick Whisper White cut in half in 'portrait' orientation, 4 1/4" X 11" and scored & folded in half at 5 1/2" on the 11" side.  The Whisper White panel on the card front is regular weight Whisper White cardstock and is cut at 3 3/4" X 5", and the red mat layer behind the white is cut at 3 7/8" X 5 1/8".  I used Stampin' Seal tape runner to adhere these two layers together.  You can use your adhesive of choice. I inked a sentiment from the Joyful Holly stamp set in Real Red and stamped it directly on the card front. I then put Stampin' Dimensionals on the back of the red layer to give it more dimension before putting it on the card base. A very simple and very elegant card.

I also stamp something on the inside besides the inside verse.  For this card, I inked up the outline stamp and stamped off on scratch paper to give a lighter impression on the holly leaves.  I did the same for the holly berries. I stamped the inside verse in Real Red directly on the card without stamping off.

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