Ribbon and Peg Stamps

The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown has a stash challenge to use ribbon (something I have much too much of).

I used a scrap of ribbon to make a bow for this card:

I got out my much-neglected peg stamps of pine springs, holly stems, tiny poinsettia, and berry cluster. I drew a light pencil circle for a guide and then stamped around it in four colours. I cut the finished image with a circle die, popped it up on fun foam, and added a sentiment and the bow. 

It was pretty quick to make so might have to do a few more for my Christmas stash!

Supplies:

Stamps - Rubber Stamp Tapestry peg stamps, Paper Smooches sentiment

Ink - Memento Northern Pine, Cottage Ivy, Lady Bug, Rhubarb Stalk

Paper - white and red cs

Size - 4.75" square

Accessories - Spellbinders circle die, red and green ribbon, fun foam

Lifted Snowflakes

A very last minute card for CAS Mix Up "Alcohol Ink Lift".

I bought the Alcohol Lift Ink a while ago but haven't used it much.  So was glad to use it for this card.

I started by dropping various blue alcohol inks onto Yupo.  As it was drying I rubbed a bit of turquoise foil onto the tacky parts of the AI - you can sort of see it in the photo.

When dry, I arranged three snowflake stamps in my MISTI and used the Alcohol Lift Ink to stamp them onto the Yupo.  I didn't get perfect impressions of the snowflakes but I quite like it.  I stamped the ink I'd lifted onto a piece of white cardstock and will create a card with those positive coloured impressions some time soon.

I trimmed the panel, popped it up on fun foam on an icy blue shimmer card base that matches the colour of the lifted snowflakes , and used the same cardstock to die cut the sentiment.

That's it for today!

Supplies:

Stamps - Tim Holtz snowflake stamps

Ink - various blue alcohol inks, Ranger Alcohol Lift ink

Paper - shimmery ice blue cs, Yupo

Size - A2

Accessories - Tattered Lace sentiment die, Ranger turquoise foil, fun foam

Flower Garden Twofer

Sneaking in under the wire for this month's Twofer Challenge "Garden".

 

I used a stamp that looks like one of my flower beds - a bit overgrown and chaotic!

 

Here's the first card, a thank you card:

I stamped and heat embossed the image in white on kraft cs and then coloured the poppies with a white coloured pencil.  I cut the image into three even sections and carefully spaced them on a linen card base.  Finished off by adding a sentiment die cut from a snippet of kraft cs.

The second one is a birthday card:

This time I stamped the image in black archival ink on watercolour paper and watercoloured the poppies in red.  I trimmed the panel and added strips of red cs to the two ends so that it would be perfectly centred on the cream card base.  I popped it up on fun foam for some dimension and added a drop of black enamel to the centre of each poppy.

Thanks, Darnell, for a great theme - perfect for me as I'm a passionate gardener!

Supplies for card one:

Stamps - IndigoBlu flowers

Ink - ColorBox white

Paper - cream linen cs, kraft cs

Size - 6x4.25"

Accessories - white embossing powder, Tattered Lace sentiment die

Supplies for card two:

Stamps - IndigoBlu flowers, PTI sentiment

Ink - Archival Jet Black

Paper - watercolour paper, cream and red cs

Size - 6.25x3.5"

Accessories - watercolour paints, fun foam, black enamel liquid dots

Pastel Flowers, Masculine Christmas

A couple of cards from me today to get into challenges before they close.

First up for The Flower Challenge "Pretty Pastels".

I went with a pastel pink rose:

I stamped the collage-style image of the rose and watercoloured it, including a light wash over the script background. I popped it up on fun foam on a white background embossed with a border of flowers.

Next up is The Male Room "Christmas in July".

And The Paper Players are asking for a Clean and Simple Masculine card.

I figured a galaxy background is quite a masculine thing:

I created the galaxy background using Distress Oxide inks and a shimmer spray. When dry, I splattered with watered-down white acrylic paint.

I die cut the house, added the sentiment, and taped it to the galaxy background. I filled in the windows with a gold gel pen. The panel is popped up on fun foam for dimension.


I hope everyone is enjoying July and that it's cooled down for those of you in areas having heat waves!

Supplies for the first card:

Stamps - Stamplorations

Ink - Archival Jet Black

Paper - white cs, watercolour paper

Size - 6x4.25"

Accessories - Gansai Tambi watercolour paints, Crafts Too embossing folder, fun foam

Supplies for the second card:

Stamps - Penny Black sentiment

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, various Distress Oxide inks

Paper - white cs, mixed media cs

Size - A2

Accessories - clear shimmer spray, AE house/deer die, white acrylic paint, gold gel pen, fun foam

Red, Green, and Brown with a Bird

I have a card today inspired by a couple of the Christmas challenges that I like to do.

Stamped the robin image as if he was standing on the holly, watercoloured, splattered, bordered with black, and popped up on fun foam - one of my favourite types of cards to make!

It's being linked up at:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown's July Color Challenge.

And Christmas Kickstart's "Festive Things with Wings".

Thank you, challenge people, for inspiring me to get my Christmas cards done early!

Supplies:

Stamps - Sheena Douglass Bird and Holly, Wordsworth sentiment

Ink - Archival Jet Black

Paper - watercolour paper, cream and black cs

Size - A2

Accessories - Gansai Tambi watercolour paints, fun foam

Snowflake Triptych

Reminder time for CAS Christmas!

Having stepped out of my snowflake card comfort zone with my first card (I went with white and cream), I am back to what I think snowflake cards should be (white and blue).

I stamped and heat embossed the three snowflake stamps on a scrap of cs and did the same with the sentiment on my top layer of cs, out of which I cut the PTI Take Three die.  I set the snowflakes behind the top layer and added to a white card base.

The embossing powder is SU's Dazzling Diamonds - one of the best for sparkle.  Here's a close-up photo with the light at a different angle to catch some of the sparkle:

Please come and join us at CAS Christmas and show us your snowflake cards.  You have until July 24th to link up.  There's lots of inspiration from the Design Team and this month's fabulous Guest Designer, Jane (Onions and Paper).

Supplies:

Stamps - PTI Take Three Winter, Impression Obsession sentiment

Ink - Encore Metallic Blue

Paper - white cs

Size - A2

Accessories - SU Dazzling Diamonds embossing powder, PTI Take Three die