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The new Beach Day Collection release adds to the growing Postage Collage Collection of stencils and dies. One wonderful thing about this new round of stencils is that one layer is designed for creating color in the background. My original intent was to take the new Great Outdoors Postage Collage Stamps and Layering Stencils Bundle and, once ink blended, separate the sections to create a layout with some of the sections on an A2 card. However, once I completed ink blending the stencil on the Postage Collage Die, I liked the look too much to cut it down.

One of my favourite ways to extend the life of an older crafty stamp is to pair it with a new crafty item. For the following cards I wanted to decorate the older Cozy Cuppa mug with the new designs in the Cozy Days Inlay Stamps. They fit perfectly together!

To truly maximize depth of the embossed image, make sure to do all you die cutting first. If you die cut second, it will flatten your embossed image.

Sentiment sets can be used for so much more than sentiments. I used the new Morning Brew stamp set to give a different look to an older stamp set Cozy Cuppa