Today I decided to give into temptation and make another Christmas card; it’s been a week or so! And I decided it was time for Merry Medley to get another outing. Last time I used cherry cobbler for the entire stamp and stamped it off but this time I decided that the sentiments needed to be much louder. So I reached for my real red and emerald envy stampin’ write markers and had fun colouring in the sentiments.

When I completed the colouring, I breathed heavily on the stamp to moisten the ink and then got a piece of whisper white and laid it on top carefully lining up the edge to ensure it was square. Then I took a couple of large blocks and pressed down on the card stock. After removing the blocks, I quickly flipped over the Merry Medley wood mounted stamp and the card fell away without (much) smudging. I trimmed the edges to ensure I had room for my real red mat as well as a deeper than usual border of the emerald envy – and also to remove the smudge. No mistakes in stamping, right?

Why wood mounted? My favourite type of stamps these days are the photopolymer ones – it’s great that they really stick to the blocks and you can see through them. But for large background stamps where the choice is wood or clear mount, I always go with wood. There’s just too much chance of the clear mounted stamp falling off the block at the wrong moment.

I hope that you’re enjoying the weekend and have some time to play with your crafting supplies.

See you tomorrow,

Liz