Reversible, Reverse Image, and Apertures (July class #1 for 2026)

Today, in celebration of “Christmas in July”, I’m making a couple of Christmas cards.  I find I can NEVER start Christmas cards too early – I’ve too many people to send cards to!

In addition to ink and adhesives, this time I’m using papers from the Peaceful Garden set of 12 x 12 papers - which are currently on a last chance sale. I'm also using a couple of stamp sets (Stay Warm, and Notes of Spring) along with stamps from an older Paper Pumpkin kit called Warm Wishes.  All 3 are discontinued sets, but you can use whatever you have in your stash - or buy something new that you like from Stampin' Up!  I also used dies from a couple of cutting die sets: Spotlight on Nature, and Stylish Shapes.  Finally, I use a Silicone Craft Sheet for reversing direction of my stamps. 

The stamps I'm using for the first card are "Reversible Stamps" - which means you stamp the detail with one side of the stamp, and fill in with the back, or reverse, of the stamp.  The second card makes use of a Reverse Stamping technique - so handy to be able to reverse the facing direction of your stamps!  It also features a circular aperture.

Here's  a video showing the techniques used to make these cards:

Card #1: Reversible Stamps (& coloring ribbon)

This card just uses a standard card base.  The focal images are created using the Stay Warm reversible stamps.  A white ribbon was colored with a Real Red Stampin' Blends marker and used to create the border on which the matted sentiment (stamped using stamp from Warm Wishes Paper Pumpkin kit and dies from Stylish Shapes.

Card #2:

This again is a standard card base, but it has a circular aperture die cut from the card front using Spotlight on Nature dies.  This allows you to see through to the matted circle focal inside.  The focal shows two deer facing opposite directions. They were stamped using the Notes of Spring stamp set - and a Silicone Craft Sheet that allowed me to create the reverse facing deer.

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