Before Beary Christmas Retires

In a few days, the Holiday catalog will go away and the Seasonal Expressions will come to life, as happens every year. It will be time to move on from all the Christmas stamps for a little while.

But first, let's take one more look at the Beary Christmas Cardmaking stamp and die set without the lens of Christmas and see how it can still be used going forward. 

The twig wreath and the tree jump out at me for their potential uses for non-Christmas projects. I did a little test stamping of the twig wreath image, repeatedly stamping it on top of itself several times, with only a slight twist of the post-it between inkings. Surprise! I'm liking the result! 

Here's the card using the wreath, stamped multiple times. 

I used a 2.50" circle punch to cut it out and popped it up using a slightly smaller fun foam circle. 

Beary Christmas Cardmaking is here if you want to pick it up before it goes away!

Before you put away those Christmas stamps take another glance at them and see if they can work in some non-Christmas projects. 

Until next time, happy stamping in the new year!

--Sarah