Double Stamped Place Card/Gift Tag

Purchased place cards

Rubber stamps - For me it was two snowflakes. The first a thick line the second thin.

Inkpads or Brush markers for rubber stamps - I used two shades of blue and black

Gel Pens

Chalk pastels and applicator

Adhesive of your choice

I could say I was a stellar crafter and came up with the hottest newest stylistic technique that was about to revolutionize the rubber-stamping world...but I'd be lying. This stamping over stamping method sometimes creates mud. My word of warning is to test out your colors and stamps on a scrap before you go direct to your card. If you've read any of my other tutorials you'll know I'm a big fan of Stampin' Up and many of the products I used in this were Stampin' Up but as is the case with anything you can get similar products in just about any store these days.

Step 1: Stamp liberally and recklessly with the thicker stamp all over the background in the lighter shade of ink. In my case it was a light blue snowflake silhouette. Be sure you LET THE INK DRY or heat set it so you don't make mud on the next step.

Step 2: With the darker ink color and the more spindly styled stamp use the same reckless abandon and stamp all over the background you already stamped on. I found it worked to my advantage to place the middle of the new stamp into a blank space between the already stamped images. This allowed the center to call attention to the shape and the eye follows the tendrils out and in to the shape in the background.

Step 3: Rippage...this is the term my friends have coined for tearing paper. I tore another place card in half along the existing score line I then folded it in half the long way and ripped it again. This will give you a piece l/4 the height of your card front and the same length.

Step 4: Stamp the accent image all the way across this strip in black ink. I used a small snowman. If you don't like the way you do it the first time there is always the backside.

Step 5: More ripping. I wasn't happy with the amount of space above the snowmen I stamped so I ripped the edge down some more. If by some chance you didn't have the rough edge on the stamped side of your border now is your chance to get one.

Step 6: Color it in. The white edge didn't do anything for me when I laid the strip in place so I used a light blue chalk pastel and colored the rough edge with it. I also trimmed up the snowmen by coloring In their hats, scarves, and noses with gel pens.

Step 7: Adhesion. What ever your choice of adhesive is use it liberally and glue the strip to the bottom of the card.