Technique – Stamping

Featuring stamping

Sparkle and Twinkle

Hi there!

Today I’m finally using a beautiful cling stamp called ‘Snowed In’ (40-916) that was kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I sometimes feel intimidated by landscape stamps and I had originally planned to colour this stamp with different Tombow markers. But then I stamped it with Speckled Egg distress oxide ink as a practice and loved how it turned out – so I ended up working with that! I masked off the image and blended Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky distress ink for the sky. I then cut the Snowman Joy die (51- 272) from white glitter card and added some colour using my alcohol markers.

I cut into the landscape and tucked the base of the snowman between the card and adhered the image to my card base. I added a sentiment from the Song of Peace mini set (30-999) and lots of glitter, which I hope you can see in this photo!

I still felt the card needed something else… first I tried to lift some of the ink from the sky but it wasn’t successful (this was due to the cardstock which is different from my usual card). So I adhered some small snowflakes from the Snow Family die set (51-395) cut from different colour holographic card – it was only when I was photographing the card that I realised that the smaller flakes from the Snow Shimmer Stick and Shine sheets would have worked just as well!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Flurry of festive wishes

Hi everyone!

Today I’m playing along with this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I’ve been wanting to use the beautiful Winged Pair cling stamp (40-908) for a while and when I saw this week’s sketch, I knew it would be perfect! I coloured the image with my Twinkling H2O paints and masked off the birds as I sponged a little distress ink across the background and added some splatters.

I used my new Blizzard embossing folder (65-013) for the background strip and sponged a little white ink to highlight the snowflakes – they are so pretty! (I’m not sure why my cards are appearing darker at the bottom – it must be the lighting – I need to look at my set up… maybe I’ll do this over the Christmas break!)

I trimmed down the image panel and stamped a sentiment from the Flurry mini set (30-927) before arranging everything on my 7×5 card base.

To complete my card, I added glitter to the branches – I hope you can see it, so difficult to capture in real life!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Beautified Christmas card

Hello friends!

Today I’m playing along with the current challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I chose a beautiful image from a clear set that was released a couple of years ago called Beautified (30-870). I love this set – it has some really elegant images which are so relaxing to colour! I stamped the image twice in a diagonal pattern following the sketch and then coloured them with my beloved Twinkling H2O paints. I fussy cut around the two central pine cones so that I could tuck the sentiment strip under them a little.

The sentiment is from the same set and I have to admit that getting the wording in the ‘right’ position took me the longest time… but I got there in the end!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Iconic Winter Countryside

Happy Festive Friyay everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the theme challenge at the 52 Christmas card challenge.

The theme is ‘Winter Countryside’ but instead of reaching for my dies, I pulled out the Iconic Christmas stamp and die set from My Favorite Things. I bought this as soon as it was released a few years ago, but for some reason I don’t think I ever inked it up. Today was the day!

I adhered my little winter scene to a base that I had embossed with my newish Nellie Snellen Christmas Tree embossing folder and added a sentiment by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Cheery winter wishes

Hi there!

Today I’m finally using a beautiful cling stamp called ‘Cheery’ (40-909) that was kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I stamped the image in the centre of my card and coloured it with my Twinkling H2Os. I then added a frame from the Border Beauty Stick and Shine collection (15-008) and applied silver foil (21-001). The shine is so difficult to capture – this photo shows it beautifully but the angle of the lighting means that the greens are off – they are far closer to the colours in my first two photos!

Anyway, I masked off the frame and softly blended some Tumbled Glass distress ink across the background. I cut a couple of bows from the Jumbo Bauble die set (51-743) – one from white card which I coloured with my Twinklings and one from some silver card. After arranging them on my image, I added a sentiment from the Holiday Snippets set (30-307) and a few gems to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Beware of the Cat!

Hi everyone!

There’s an amazing sketch over at the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week – lots of layers!

I chose to make another Halloween card using a bargain Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and a fabulous cat stamp by Picket Fence Studios.

I stamped and embossed the cat image on vellum as I didn’t want to hide the ghosts completely. I ended up using a couple of additional layers of vellum behind the stamped image to soften the ghosts a little.

The sentiment is from the same Picket Fence Studios set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.