This October Jingle Jump card (the most popular card over the weekend) was inspired by Amy Koenders. This simple scene of a classic country church in the snow is such a striking image, there’s no reason to get complicated or fussy.
The night sky, created with Night of Navy ink, was best accomplished with a Stamparatus in order to ensure deep and total coverage. However, this could make for a saturated Thick Basic White scrap, and it must be dried thoroughly before using the Stitched Rectangle die. If it is not dry, the ink actually gets pressed into the die, and on the next panel that is cut the ink will be squeezed onto your project. You can see a bit of that on the stitching to the lower right in the photo below. I warned the Jingle Jump stampers about this and never heard anyone with an issue. Or perhaps I’m just fussier than most stampers — and this has been brought to my attention more than once!
I loved the idea of a white-on-white background with the Merry Melody embossing folder. The song on this folder is Joy to the World, but many times I have used it to emboss such a small panel that it could be anything, like Happy Birthday to You or We are the World. However, you may want to make sure the embossing is going in the correct direction; the dots should be on the right side of the notes. I give you this advice as a college music major, but you may want to refer to the last sentence of the paragraph above.
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