One Stamp, Five Ways: The Small Things
Hi friend! Please join me in welcoming back special monthly guest Suzy Plantamura with another fun rendition of “One Stamp, Five Ways” featuring our newly released The Small Things set! Read on and learn more! Enjoy!
My “one stamp, five ways” post today uses the stamp set that was in the January 2026 card kit called The Small Things. I loved this stamp and kit so much that I wanted to focus on just the stamp for 5 cards. It is perfect for winter cards with snowflakes, trees, and lots of critters! Here are my cards:
I stamped all the snowflake stamps in The Small Things stamp set with Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Peony, Orchid, Cadette, Violet, Twilight, and Sweets. I used a “random stamping” technique where you arrange them like a puzzle to cover the front of the card. I let them dry and then applied some Tim Holtz Transparent Twinkle Texture Paste using a pallet knife. It leaves a sparkly shiny (like plastic) covering to the card.
I die-cut the Little Winter Banner Dies from white cardstock. I popped out the letters and applied foam tape behind them. I colored the letters with three different Copic Markers that matched the colors in my stamped snowflakes. I popped them back in over the foam tape and attached all three banners to the bottom of the card. I added some Northern Lights Embellishment Mix confetti around the sentiment banners.
I die-cut the Forest Ring Die from white cardstock. I then found a circle from the SSS Nested Circle Dies that was the same size and I die-cut that out of the top of a piece of A2 white cardstock. I then embossed that piece with the Twinkle Snowflakes Embossing Folder. Any snowflake embossing folder would work well here – I think this one is a couple years old. I colored the Forest Ring Die with Copic Markers and a Gold Uniball Gel Pen over the frame.
I die-cut the same size circle from a light blue patterned paper and attached it inside the circle in the embossing folder over a white card front. I glued the Forest Ring Die around the blue circle. I then used two of the trees in the stamp set stamped with Pine and Juniper PSInks and cut them out. I attached them over the center of the circle. I stamped the small bird with Latte PSInk and colored him with colored pencils. I attached him to the bottom of the circle. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set with Versafine Ink and attached it on the top of the circle. I applied some small white acrylic paint drops to the background with the end of my paintbrush. Last, I added a few of the Rainbow Splash Clear Gem Stickers around the background.
I embossed all the images in the stamp set with Antique Gold Embossing Powder on white cardstock. I colored in the two deer and the two scarves with Copics. I fussy cut them and the snowflakes out.
I found a piece of patterned paper in my stash that I wanted to use for the background and attached it to a white card base. I die-cut the Sending Warm Hugs Die from white cardstock and colored the letters with multiple colors of pink and coral Copics to match the paper. I die-cut a circle using the SSS Nested Circle Dies from one of the patterned papers in the SSS December card kit and attached that to the top right side of the card. I glued the sentiment below it. I then attached the deer and 3 of the snowflakes inside the circle and below the sentiment.
I stamped all the images from the stamp set with Latte PSInk and colored them in with Copic Markers. I stamped three of the trees with Juniper PSInk. I fussy cut all of the images on the card out but having the dies would be much better! I stamped a sentiment with Versafine Ink and cut that out as well.
I made the background using the Little Evergreen Dies from a couple years ago. I colored the sky with blue Copics and the trees with Green Copics. I added some snowbanks with Grey Copics. I then attached all the images to the background and the sentiment to the top of the card. I used the back of my paintbrush to add some snow with white acrylic paint to the background.
I embossed two of the trees in the stamp set with Silver Embossing Powder. I stamped the fox with black ink and colored him in with Copics. I stamped a sentiment with Versafine Ink. I fussy cut all of these out.
I used the Antique Snow Globe Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies for the background. I die-cut it from white cardstock and then twice again from A2 sized foam sheets. I painted a blue background for under the globe. I used a piece of patterned paper for the base of the globe and fussy cut it out and glued it over the embossed one. I used a white Uniball to add some details on it. I glued a piece of acetate to the back of this piece and then both foam sheets. I attached the blue painted sky piece to the front of a white card base where the opening would be. I then attached the two trees and the fox. I added a bunch of sequins over this area and then glued the foam piece over it. I added the sentiment to the top corner and a few more of the Northern Lights Embellishment Mix around the background.
This “The Small Things” stamp set was such a great match for the patterned papers in the December card kit. As you can see from my 5 cards, it also works very well on its own to make winter cards with the snowflakes, trees, and animals. I enjoyed working with it for all 8 cards I made! Now that’s a versatile stamp set! Thanks for visiting! -Suzy
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