I wanted a stamp that said 'Happy Easter' but I didn't have one. So I had to create it myself. I wanted the word 'Easter' to be the focal point of the sentiment so I found a small 'Happy Birthday' sentiment and I decided to use one of my more neglected stamp sets, the dreaded alphabet set.
I took the Make a Difference stamp set and my Stamparatus and stamped the word 'Easter' onto Basic White cardstock. This was a little bit of a process. Because of the style of font I had to stamp each letter individually and because I was making a set of cards I had to stamp them each multiple times. Using the Stamparatus ensured the letters would be stamped in the same place on all of my sentiment strips.
When I had finished stamping 'Easter' I pulled out the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set that contained the small 'Happy Birthday' stamp. I placed the stamp based on where I wanted the 'Happy' to go. Once I had it lined up I inked up only the word 'Happy' and stamped it. You could also use a Stampin' Write marker if taking an ink pad to the stamp makes you nervous.
To finish it off I choose the cute floral stamp from the Make a Difference stamp set and Voila! I was done.
Now I chose to use the alphabet stamp set but I also had a stamp that already had 'Easter' in it. I could have easily inked up the word 'Easter' instead of stamping each letter.
I hope this helps you to see the potential of all your sentiment stamps and challenges you to shake things up a bit!
Happy Paper Crafting!
*Contact me directly to place an order or search for Blaze Tully under 'Find a Demonstrator' to shop under me on the Stampin' Up Website.*
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