It’s sad when a beautiful stamp set gets retired. This one, called Ornamental Keepsakes was one of my favourite ever Christmas stamp sets.
I have used it with some retired papers to create a quick and easy Christmas card.
The baubles have been heat embossed with silver embossing powder onto white cardstock and then cut out using the matching framelits die. Too easy!
Happy stamping!
Chris
I had so much fun colouring the butterflies from my post yesterday, that I did some more last night while I was enjoying watching our fantastic Australian Cricket Team beat the South Africans! 🙂 (Love my cricket!) (And colouring).
I kept the cards more clean and simple this time, so that the butterflies are really the highlight.
And here are the cards individually.
Which one is your favourite?
Mine the the pink and purple one, but then those are my favourite colours, so it’s not really surprising. The stamps I have used are from the Papillon Potpourri set, and Million and One, and are of course, coloured with Blendabilities 🙂
Some more cards for the SUO Challenge I think 🙂
Thanks for stopping by. Happy stamping!
Chris
One of my favourite ways of adding texture and interest to cards, and other projects is with Embossing Folders. I think I am addicted to them!
This week’s Just Add Ink challenge is to add some texture to a project, so I did! 🙂
This card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest recently (it didn’t have a name on it, so unfortunately I can’t give the person credit for their idea), and since I am also currently addicted to my Blendabilities, I thought I should combine the two.
The background was embossed with the Beautifully Baroque embossing folder, and the butterflies from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set were masked, stamped in Black Memento Ink and then coloured with the Blendabilities.
I am also going to enter this one into the SUO Challenges, where the current challenge is to use Markers or Blendabilities 🙂
Happy stamping!
Chris
Just reminder of the fabulous challenge over at Crafty Boots Challenges this week, don’t be scared of this one, there are so many possibilities……. just make something to remember someone by.
Here is a Scrapbook page that I have made using a really old photo of my Mum when she was very young and my Grandma, just a lovely way to remember two wonderful people who had a huge influence in my creativity.
Lots of goodies out of my stash in this page, including some gorgeous crocheted lace which I think was originally in my Mum’s stash of crafting goodies.
And I couldn’t resist the temptation to do a little more colouring with my Blendabilities, so thought I would make a Poppy themed card.
I didn’t own a Poppy stamp, so went looking around online and found this lovely image which I downloaded, printed and then coloured.
So please come and join in, we love to see what wonderful creations you have come up with. And you can also check out what the rest of the Design Team for created for your inspiration.
Happy Stamping!
Chris
I have been enjoying doing some colouring in the last few days, I find colouring very relaxing! So I thought I would make a card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.
Here is the sketch:
I have used my Blendabilities to colour the Sweetbriar Rose which I stamped with Black Memento Ink.
I wanted this card to be nice and colourful, so I have borrowed the colour combination from the Sweet Taffy DSP – Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, and Rich Razzleberry. The piece of yellow striped paper is, of course, from Sweet Taffy DSP, and just some white baker’s twine and button, and some yellow candy dots to finish it off.
Happy stamping!
Chris
Today I am sharing with you a card that I made a while ago now, which I have updated a little to make a little more interesting.
Originally this card was a single layer card which we made in a technique class. I wanted to dress it up a bit though…….
I have added two layers to the butterfly, which was originally just stamped onto the card in Elegant Eggplant ink. So I have stamped the Swallowtail in Wisteria Wonder, and another in Pink Pirouette, and have then cut out the two butterflies and layered them over the original one. Here is a better photo of the layers.
The “Hello” greeting comes from the Four You stamp set.
This fellow was sent off as a RAK (Random Act of Kindness) recently, so I hope the recipient liked it.
Happy stamping!
Chris
This week’s Crafty Boots Challenge is to make a project for Remembrance Day.
I wanted to do something a little different for this challenge, so decided on a masculine sympathy card.
I have used some “camouflage” patterned paper, which I discovered amongst my stash of papers, and layered this over some Early Espresso cardstock. Then I have done some of my favourite “faux stitching” around the edge of the patterned paper. The words come from the Bloom With Hope stamp set, and the frame has been run through the Big Shot with one of the Fun Frames embossing folders. Some Linen Thread knotted in the centre, and some small silver brads in the corners of the frame for some finishing touches.
I have a very busy week ahead of me, but after this week, I will be back with more craft. Promise!
Happy stamping!
Chris
This week at Just Add Ink is a sketch challenge…. my favourite type of challenge!
And yes, I have finally done some stamping!
Here is the sketch:
I have used some of the papers from the Trim the Tree paper stack for this card, which I just love, but then I have always loved traditional Christmas colours. The stars are from the Be The Star stamp set, and have been embossed in gold onto Cherry Cobbler Cardstock, and layered over some gold foil.
After weeks of being too unwell to do much of anything, it is really lovely to feel like doing some crafting, and to have the energy to do it! 🙂
Happy stamping!
Chris
This week’s challenge at Just Add Ink is this gorgeous bright and cheerful photo, full of rainbow colours.
So I really had to use a rainbow on my card 🙂
I adore this cute little image from the Life’s Adventure Hostess stamp set, and thought he would look quite cute sitting under a rainbow. I have coloured the image using a Blender pen and ink, then stamped the rainbow using the Work of Art stamp set. Then there are just a few small finishing touches which are not so easy to see in the photo….. I have done some paper piercing around the edge but only where the cardstock is still white, so not over the rainbow. And then added some rain drops using Crystal Effects.
Hope your weekend is crafty!
Happy stamping!
Chris
Today’s card is a something a little different, for me at least. I found yet another new challenge and thought it would be fun to play along, but I wanted to do something completely different. The challenge is from Make My Monday Challenges, and it is to use Tags and Toppers.
So I have used a stamp set that is not in the catalogue, just to confuse you! 🙂 Actually, it was part of a promotion which Stampin’ Up! ran recently for demonstrators, and which I got for free (just one of the many perks of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator!!) The stamp set is called “Good Greeting” and has heaps of fabulous and useful greetings, not just Christmas ones.
So, I have stamped the greetings around the white layer of cardstock, and then run this layer through the Big shot with the star embossing folder (a bit of a sneak peek, even though you can’t really see it very well in this card).
I have then made a tag and punched the top with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch, and used some Washi Tape to decorate the tag. The colours I have used are real red, Pool Party and Crushed Curry.
And that’s it really, pretty easy 🙂
If you would like to find out how you can also earn the Good Greeting stamp set for free, get in touch with me and I’ll give you the details.
Happy stamping!
Chris
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