This Create With Friends Card came about because as I looked through the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog, I saw that the Create With Friends is a stamp set on the retirement list and I have only used it once or twice! What a shame! It is really a fun stamp set but it kind of got lost in the shuffle I guess! It’s like when you buy new clothes but don’t wear them for a while and then decide to get rid of them and the tags are still on the clothes!

In this stamp set, you will find words in a larger size cursive font that you can use alone or pair with extra words in a small print font. It is a stamp set designed by one of the Million Sales Achiever Demonstrators.

I actually came up with the idea for this card myself! What better word for us stampers to have than “Create”! I’m not exactly sure who you would send this card to except another stamping friend, but it was fun to make anyway!

The card base is Real Red cardstock with a layer of Basic White cardstock. I simply stamped the word “Create” on a diagonal, staggering the word placement. You need to stamp off the edge of the cardstock on each side when you do this so have scrap paper underneath your card! I just used Memento Black Ink but you could also make each word a different color or at least just use a few colors.

The greeting is stamped in black ink on Real Red cardstock and die cut with this die in the Painted Label Dies. Before I adhered the die-cut, popped up on several Stampin’ Dimensionals®, I wrapped a piece of Real Red 3/8″ Faux Linen Ribbon around the stamped layer. After adhering the greeting over the ribbon, I also tied some red ribbon in a knot on each side.

I could have left well enough alone, but why not add a few Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels? The red color is actually Cherry Cobbler, but no one will complain it’s not Real Red! I just scattered them among the stamped words.

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