I found some blank cards in some of the boxes from my Mom and decided I needed to use them. I dug out my scraps bucket and and here are some of the cards I created!
I found some blank cards in some of the boxes from my Mom and decided I needed to use them. I dug out my scraps bucket and and here are some of the cards I created!
Hi Everyone!
Here are the Snowhaven cards that I created using the guide from the workshop & adding the Christmas Post Stamp Set
After I stamped the snowman, I did trim the sentiment & the mat. I then sponged the edges in glacier, Indian Corn(flower*) Blue, and Outdoor Denim inks. To color the snowman, I used our wonderful Shinhan markers! Instead of coloring directly on the stamped image, I made a spot of color on a block and picked up the color on the blender. Trying to keep in mind where I wanted the darker areas, I colored those first when the color was it’s deepest, then blended out to the edges. Hopefully there will be a tutorial in our future!
This is the close up of the snowman from the first card, and I’m not sure where the photo went, but as it is very similar to the workshop card, just changed the sentiment to a snowman, I am not going to worry about it!
I did create the pointsettia from the artist cartridge, added a little bling to the middle and shaped it with embossing stylus.
Here is the second card. In the workshop, they used the black side for the bottom portion of the card, but I liked more color.
I rock and rolled inked the house in the trees starting with glacier then rolling the tree line in Slate. Just like the snowman, I softened the outer edge with sponging.
Here is a closer look at the stamped image itself. Are you wondering how I got the lights in the windows to look like they are glowing? Well, wonder no more. I used a white chalk marker to color in the windows, then used yellow chalk on a cotton swab to make them glow! I used this on a Christmas tree too and it really makes the lights look like they are shinning.
One of the main reasons I changed up the stamp set was so that I could have some winter/Christmas thank you notes for the kids to use. I’m quiet pleased with how these look.
Happy Crafting!
It’s all about the Little Things really strikes a chord with me. Life is about the little things, or at least it feels that way to me. The big consumers of time and money aren’t really that important when I stop and think about it. I think the little moments of playing a game, that I really don’t like, with my son, or whipping up some tasty treats, that I can’t eat, with my daughter are the moments I want to cherish. So, this whimsy stamp set has me waxing poetic. (Please not that was poetic, not pathetic <grin>)
Just think, you can get this great stamp set for only $5 this month only with a $50 purchase.
These cards don’t use this stamp set, but I can easily see where they could be created from it.
If you do some creating, I would love to have you share it with me so other’s can get some great ideas too!
Happy Crafting
So I created this!
My upline for Close to My Heart put a color challenge up for her team with prizes involved, so I started creating right away. We need to create three projects. I haven’t been crafting much in my studio, but my table has been gathering bits and baubles, tools and “stuff” for a while so I pushed everything aside and got to work. Here is the photo for the challenge.
I didn’t have the right lighting for my card to show the purple, but in person it matches the colors on my screen better. I hope to get the two other projects done and I’ll take some photos in natural light.
I used Smokey Plum, Indian Corn Blue, Crystal Blue inks D1627 Your Own Kind of Wonderful stamp set and an upcoming stamp of the month It’s the Little Things.
I don’t know if you can see it well, but I swipe the stamp over the edge of the ink pad. This removes some of the ink and gives a multi-tone effect with just one color, then I daub and swipe on other colors to add more life into the butterflies.
Happy Crafting!
Here’s the group of us that enjoyed a wonderful crafting retreat in Wiloughby Lodge. From early twenty’s to pushing 70, all ages had fun. (All ages also had sore laughter muscles as we did a LOT of that this weekend.)
Here’s a glimpse of our lighter side. I’ll have more photos of our projects soon!
Happy Crafting!
