Hi,

Just sharing a non-traditional Christmas card that I am entering into the current Scrapbook Boutique Challenge where the theme is Christmas! I recently bought the Love Notes stamp set from Kaisercraft (just for the swirly loveheart) and thought it would look great as Christmas baubles. And to keep with my non traditional theme ….why not use blue?

I really love the subtlety of the Hero Arts Flowing Flowers and Leaves stamp on the background stamped with Versamark ink.

A close up of the baubles which I embossed in white onto blue cardstock.

Supplies:

Stamps: Kaisercraft Love notes stamp set, Hero Arts Flowing Flowers and Leaves Cling stamp, Kaisercraft Christmas sentiment
Ink: VersaMark Watermark Ink, Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (from the pack of mixed recycled colours), blue bazzill card
Other Supplies: Thin white ribbon, Kaisercraft pearls, foam dimensionals, American Craft White embossing powder, heat gun, glossy accents (to adhere ribbon), Fiskars scallop border punch

Thanks for looking and have a great day…even though it is super wet and soggy here today.

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Hey crafty peoples,

It has been too long since posts, but I have been having MAJOR issues with trying to get some decent photos, it has been so frustrating!! Anyway, this is the best I could come up with…I really need to purchase some more photography gear!

Once again I have been inking up my Hero Arts Decorative Ornaments stamp and I am loving it!! These cards are pretty simple and there is a reason for this as these are going to be my Christmas cards this year and mass production needs to be done quickly and efficiently!

I inked up the stamp with several different inks (similar tones) and then gave the stamp a good spritz with perfect pearls in water  before stamping. Once stamped, I hit it with the heat gun to dry it quickly. I love how it has given the image a watery look. In real life the perfect pearls are really shimmery, but hard to capture this in the photos. The background stamp is an Impress stamp that I inked up with 3 different shades of green, spritzed with perfect pearls in water and then dabbed with a tissue before stamping to get a blotchy effect. I added a sentiment, some ribbon and pearls and voila!

This photo captures some of the perfect pearls a bit, but it looks better in real life.

And I experimented with different colours, but I think the pink colours are my favourite. I also did a blue one.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Decorative Ornament, Impress Stamp – square, Kaisercraft Christmas sentiment
Ink: Versacolor Ink – Onyx Black, Cardinal, Petal Pink, Opera Pink, Peony, Heliotrope, hyacinth, Green Tea, bamboo, Olive, Orange, Yellow
Card: Regal Craft Card (white horizontal single fold), white card
Other Supplies: Thin white ribbon, thin white and gold ribbon, Kaisercraft pearls, foam dimensionals, perfect pearls, mini mister, heat gun, glossy accents (to adhere ribbon)

Thanks again for visiting and have a great night!

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This card has taken a few days to complete, but with a bit of thinking and tweaking, this is what I have finally come up with today. It is my entry to CASE Study #13 where the inspiration this week is a card by Heather Pulvirenti.

I used her layout and as she had 3 flowers I used 3 elements as well – baubles from the Hero Arts decorative ornament stamp. So now I can say my Christmas card count is now 2!! Better than none I say!

A close up of the ornaments which I embossed in a red pearlised embossing  powder so in real life they have a bit more of a pearlised shimmery look to them. I raised the babbles using 2 different thickness of foam to create dimension.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Decorative Ornament
Ink: VersaMark Watermark Ink, Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white horizontal single fold), white card
Other Supplies: Embossing powder – enhanced Red pearl, Kaisercraft patterned paper from the Belle Collection – Natalie, Kaisercraft Christmas Stamp (sentiment), white ribbon – thin and medium width, Kaisercraft pearls, felt pen, foam dimensionals, herma dotto adhesive.

Thanks for all your comments recently…it has made my day!

 

 

 

Update Nov-10

This card placed top 3. Yay me!

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Here is my entry into the Say It In….Black and White Challenge over at Annabelle’s Stamps blog. Black and white are very bold and striking colours to work with and so why not make a Christmas card seeing that my new Hero Arts Decorative Ornament stamp only arrived last week and I haven’t had much of a chance to play with it.

I am also entering it into Challenge 14 at the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog where you have to make a Christmas card, but the colours red and green cannot be seen!

My inspiration for this card came from Kath’s beautiful card over at her blog. Mine is not quite as refined, but you can see where my inspiration came from.

Here is a close up of the ornaments which I black embossed and then raised using foam dimensionals.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Decorative Ornament, Hero Arts Friend Definition
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, VersaMark Clear Ink
Card: Regal Craft Card (white horizontal single fold), White cardstock, black cardstock
Other Supplies: American Crafts Black embossing powder, heat gun, black ribbon, Kaisercraft pearls, Computer Font “Edwardian Script ITC”, Thin white ribbon, Foam dimensionals, glossy accents (to stick the white bows on with), black felt pen

Thanks for looking,

 

 

Update Nov-10

This card placed 2nd at Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog. My first ever win in blogland!

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