Yuletide Village Stampin' Up!

I took the chance on buying a small stamp set on page 56 of the new Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini catalogue called Yuletide Village, and I'm so happy I did! 

This 9 piece photopolymer stamp set features traditional village houses, trees, a church image. fence and snow which are perfect for creating wintery village scenes. Although I've only used the set to create cards, it would also be ideal for making tags and home décor.  

The line stamp images in this set are very easy to color with blends, watercolor pencils or ink. The images are very easy to cut out.  

Here are some cards I've made so far with this jewel of a stamp set:  

I found a video on Youtube by Andrea Wallbaum from Germany who demonstrated her masking method for the card below, which I cased.  I added my own little touches of course, but I was most enamoured with her neutral colour scheme, and wanted to capture that for my card too. 

I used Stampin' Up! Masking paper to mask off the individual pieces so I could create a village scene. If you didn't have masking paper you could simply stamp on a post it note, cut out the image and place it over the actual stamped image.  Remember when cutting the mask to cut very close to the outside line of the image, otherwise after you blend and remove the mask you will wind up with a halo effect around the stamped image.

This stamp set will be gone soon when the Last Chance Products offering is happening in December, so if you're interested in purchasing it don't wait too long. This is not just a seasonal stamp set, it can be used for any occasion that features houses.

Happy Stamping!
Penny Tokens Stampin' Spot
Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006

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