I’ve had this sweet Stampendous wood stamp called Puppy Present in my stash for years, and although I’m probably just as guilty of wanting the cutest latest release stamps, I do try to rotate through my older stamps from time to time.<\/p>\n

<\/a>This oldie but goodie is absolutely adorable and super versatile. I think it may have been originally designed as a birthday stamp, but by just changing around the colors of the present a bit, it makes a wonderful holiday stamp too! For this CAS (Clean And Simple) card, I used one of my favorite holiday color combinations: blue-green, red, tan and white and these are the Copic colors:
\nBlue-green: BG32, 23 and 15
\nRed: R22, 35, 37 and 59
\nTan Puppy: E50, 51, 31 and 55
\nCast shadow: N1, 3 and 7
\nI added some highlight marks with a Sakura white gelly roll pen, and I think those few lines and dots really make the image pop.<\/p>\n

Lastly, even though I wanted a very CAS look, I decided to finish off the opening side of the card with a couple strips of washi tape. These are two from the 6 pack tube of Heidi Swapp washi that I picked up at Michaels for $3 during their 70% off sale a couple days ago. I love it when I can also use something immediately after buying it at a great price! (seems to justify unnecessary craft shopping a bit–LOL).<\/p>\n

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This card is being entered into the following challenges:
\nSimon Says Stamp Wednesday Christmas Critters<\/a><\/span>
\nPenny Black and More Anything Christmas Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nLil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>\u00a0– WINNER<\/a><\/span>
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/span><\/a>
\nCrafty Gals Corner Any Holiday Challenge<\/a>
\nCraft Your Passion Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nJust Keep On Creating Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\n613 Avenue Create Anything Goes Challenge
\n<\/a>Creatalicious Anything Goes w Optional Use a Sentiment Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nAddicted to Stamps and More Photo Inspiration Challenge<\/a><\/span> – used red, tan and green (mine was blue-green) \ud83d\ude42 for a Christmas card<\/p>\n

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