what a great papertrey ink throwback thursday die set this week! holiday double cuts is the perfect trio of holiday sentiments - three traditional words that can stand alone or be used to complete a variety of phrases. and the font and stacking layers are great for playing with color, too!
and play with color was exactly what i decided to do. i was inspired by the idea of a children's picture book. i feel like i've read "this book" somewhere but i can't put my finger on what book it is - i read a lot of books to kids for my day job! anyway, the idea of a mostly black and white illustration with a pop of color was stuck in my head, so i went with it.
important to that idea was coloring each letter of the word a different color to peek through the double cut top layer since that was my only color on the card. i cut a base layer and three top layers of the dies, keeping one of the top layers in tact. i masked off each letter and blended ink over each one individually. then i layered two white top layers, frame only over the top to build it up. the colored pieces show through perfectly!
i selectively inked words from the same phrase from sentiment staples: christmas to build my sentiment around the word die cut and added a few stars to finish it all off. the outcome is exactly what i was picturing and fits the sentiment perfectly. i always love when that happens! do you have this set already? please share any great new ideas in the comments! and if you haven't already, be sure to check out a couple more throwback treats by michelle and kelly, both linked on the papertrey ink blog...
happy stamping!
:) lexi
