Last Chance to buy - Still Scenes

One of my favourite Christmas sentiments is part of the Still Scenes stamp set. I love the message for inside the card, I also love the concept of the snow globe and that you can place whatever you like inside. I think that it is super pretty, I have an older snow globe set in my stash with a Ballerina, but this set called out to me due to the gorgeousness of the sentiment and the base which looks amazing if stamped in Versamark and embossing powder added and heated.

The cottage is a perfect stamp to practice colouring on, my video shows the different ways to use watercolour pencils.

My first card uses the cottage and sentiment. The second uses the snow globe, cottage and sentiment. The third uses the sentiment and snow stamp. I have used the inside sentiment on all the cards.

Measurements

Cards 1 and 2 - Cottage Cards

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm

Inside Panel  10cm x 14cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (10.5 by full length scored at 14.8cm)

Inside Panel  10cm x 14.3cm

Imperial

4." x 5.5" (4” by full length scored at 5.5”)

Inside Panel  3.75 x 5.25”

Card 3- Gold Embossing Card

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm (10.5 by 29cm scored at 14.5cm)

Gold and Inside white Panel  10cm x 14cm

Navy Panel - 9.5cm x13.5cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (10.5 by full length scored at 14.8cm)

Gold and Inside white Panel 10cm x 14.3cm

Navy Panel - 9.5cm x13.8cm

Imperial

4." x 5.5" - (4” by full length scored at 5.5”)

Gold and Inside white Panel Inside Panel  3.75 x 5.25

Outside layer – 3.5” x 5”

I am super sad that this set is retiring. It is definitely a set that I shall be keeping in my Stamp Library. What are you planning on keeping?

Snowman Season - Easel Card

I have to confess, I love sparkly snowmen and I love the Snowmen from Snowman Seasons. But I sometimes find the dark lines of using Momento ink to stamp the Snowman distracting. So I have been experimenting with different colours and types of ink to stamp the Snowman, whilst I am continuing with my Christmas card challenge.

I have tried to do something a little different creating a easel card which is simple to do and all you need is a scoring tool. Also the other thing to remember is only to glue the bottom of the card ( even I haven’t got this bit wrong.)

I have been using different colour combinations on these cards, these are:

Night of Navy and Balmy Blue

Night of Navy and Pool Party

Highland Heather and Blackberry Bliss

Highland Heather and Balmy Blue

Dimensions - Easel Card

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm (Tent fold) – Score at 7cm

Outside Coloured Panel  - 10 cm x 14 cm cut in to 5cm, 5cm and 4cm

Outside White Panel  - 10 cm x 14 cm

Inside Coloured Panel – 10cm x 14cm

Inside White Panel – 9.5cm x 13.5cm

Coloured Panel – 9.5cm x 4cm

Inside Sentiment – 8.5cm x 3cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (Tent fold) – Score at 7cm

Outside Coloured Panel  - 10 cm x 14.3 cm cut in to 5cm, 5cm and 4.3 cm

Outside White Panel  - 10 cm x 14.3 cm

Inside Coloured Panel – 10cm x 14.3 cm

Inside White Panel – 9.5cm x 13.8 cm

Coloured Panel – 9.5cm x 4cm

Inside Sentiment – 8.5cm x 3cm

Imperial

4." x 5.5" (Tent fold) – Score at 2.75”

Panel  3.75 x 5.25

Outside Coloured Panel  - 3.75 x 5.25 cm cut in to

Outside White Panel  - 3.75 x 5.25

Inside Coloured Panel – 3.75 x 5.25

Inside White Panel – 3.5 x 5”

Coloured Panel – 3.5” x  1.5”

Inside Sentiment – 3.25 x 1.25”

Measurements - ‘Normal Card’

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm

Inside Panel  - 10 cm x 14 cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm

Inside Panel  10cm x 14.3cm

Imperial

4." x 5.5"

Inside Panel  3.75 x 5.25

I love the supercute Snowman and think the Wink of Stella is a perfect addition to make him shine. I do love the Night of Navy Colour Combinations but I am a bit bias. Which is your favourite?

Snowman Season - simple Stamping

Another day, another Snowman Seasons simple card. Todays card uses stamp, inks and paper (do Stampin’ Write markers count?)

I saw a gorgeous card with this simple design on Pinterest and thought it was the perfect card for making multiples. I also thought that it was a fabulously gorgeous card.

You could stamp the Merry Christmas in lots of different colours. Also you could use any Stampin’ Write marker to colour the hat. I have seen some gorgeous combinations with Pool Party.

My Metric 10.5 cm x 14.5 cm

Inside Panel - 10 cm x 14.5 cm

Metric 10.5 cm x 14.8 cm

Inside Panel 10cm x 14.3cm

Imperial 4." x 5.5"

Inside Panel 3.75” x 5.25”

You could use a Stampin’ Write marker, to draw a wobbly line around the card, or you could trace around a shape to create a interesting pattern.

I love the bright real red Merry Christmas. What is your favourite?

A different CASE

There are two different alternatives for the acronym CASE in the craft world. The first is copy and share everything, the other alternative is copy and selectively edit. Today I thought  that I would try the second meaning using the Global Design Project sketch.

Copy and selectively edit, means that you use the inspiration in a number of ways for inspiration, you could use the colours, sketch lay out, or pick out elements. From the stunning inspiration in #GDP200 I considered a number of options. The colours (I think that they are Crumb Cake, Lovely Lipstick and Petal Pink), the linen thread, the embossed layer, the three elements (using the Butterfly Gala Stamp set.)

I decided to go with the embossed background, three elements and the linen thread. Rather than using an embossing folder I used an embossing mat to make images of two snowflakes and used the same die to cut out the snowflakes.

Ingredients

Card Base – Petal Pink cardstock - 10.5cm x 29cm scored at 14.5cm

Layer - Whisper white – 9.5cm x 13.5cm

Scrap of  whisper white (for the snowflakes) and Sentiment

Linen thread

Early Expresso Ink

Seasonal Layer Dies

Ityy Bitty Greetings

Frosted and Clear Epoxy

I have loved playing with this sketch and creating a Christmas card. The GDP is an amazing source of creativity!

Black and white butterflies

I love Sketches and challenges, it stops the whirling of deciding what colours to use. My fabulous up-line set us a challenge just to use Black and White only. My first idea was a butterfly, I am not sure whether it works with no colour, I was so tempted to get the Watercolour pencils or Blends out and add colour, but it didn't fit with the challenge. I think that the butterflies should be bright and colourful, but it so pretty even without colour. The butterfly looks amazing with heat embossing and Brushos®, (in my opinion it was made for using different techniques for Brushos®),  but today I just went for simple black archival ink.

The sentiment is from my favourite host stamp set 'Dare to Dream.' I thought it went perfectly with the gorgeous butterfly. It reminded me of a quote I love.

I have a few more black and white cards which I will show or add to the gallery.