Once More with Gusto

It turns out that ten quick cards were not enough (see yesterday's post if that confuses you) so another ten came into being using the same formula. I'm sure they all look rather familiar to you as you recognize the pattern I used from yesterday.

Yesterday I stamped, colored and cut out each snowman one card at a time. I varied up the blues a little depending on if I were pairing him with a light or dark blue. To make my quick cards even quicker this time I stamped and colored all the girls first using the same color palette for all.

I did cut them out one card at a time as I decided if they needed an circle or square. Back when I first learned One Sheet Wonders die cuts weren't a thing, so pretty much everything was square unless you were proficient with a Coluzzle (and I wasn't).

I couldn't decide what embellishment to use so I fluctuated between two different holly punches I own. I punched out little circles for the berries because I wanted them to be flat, but I think these cards would be cool with bling for berries.

I really wanted to put bows with this cute little girl, but again I was going for flat. Then I remembered this small bow die cut I had and used that. That broke my rule of stick to what you know because I'd never used that die cut before. I folded it flat for these cards but it made so you can have rounded bows on it which makes it a bit fiddly to put together. The secret is text weight paper, not cardstock and use a bone folder to gently curve the paper.

For One Sheet Wonders I like to stick to neutral card bases. Yesterday's were white and today's are cream. The scraps of paper I used to stamp the girls on was cream as well, although it was a lighter shade then the cards (just using the scraps I had handy). I know they look white in the photos but they aren't.  So that's that.

The Fine Print: Stamp by Stampin' Up "Greeting Card Kids," die cut pieces by Spellbinders except for the stitched circles and medium scalloped border by A Muse Studio, holly punches by Marvy (two leaf) and Martha Stewart (3 leaf), hollies on card 6 a die cut by A Muse Studio, and tiny bow die by The Stamp Doctor.