Papertrey Ink Throwback Thursday - Candy Cane Christmas!

Hi everyone! It's almost Christmas! Hope you've been having a wonderful season this year! Our holiday season has been very low key this year, and that's totally okay with me. I'm winding down from a hard year and trying to really give myself a break and not be too stressed out. I'm anxiously looking forward to a new year and a fresh start. Creatively I've been a bit burned out and I feel like I need a renewal and a rest! It gets like that from time to time, right? I have been making Christmas projects since June (that's how the creative calendar works!) and I'm just ready for flowers and hearts!

With that being said, I have one final Christmas project to share today! A Christmas thank you card! I like to make these and have them on hand for whenever someone gives me a special gift or extends an invitation to me. I like to have holiday themed cards for that occasion! Today is Papertrey Ink Throwback Thursday and the stamp set we're featuring today is called Candy Cane Christmas! It's clean and graphic and happy! I used two of the peppermint stamps to create a vivid background paper and I love how it looks against the red card base!

I started with a red card base (A2) and then layered some pretty white glitter cardstock. The center panel is crisp white paper stamped with pretty red ink. SO fabulous! I used Diamond Stickles to 'color' in the white spaces of the candies with glitter. Then I had to leave my craft room for three hours so I didn't touch it!! (Can you relate??)

I used the brand new Huge Sentiments Thanks die to make a black die cut sentiment. It looks really nice set off against the white and red. Lastly I added clear gems to the centers of the larger candies.