Made another little thank you card because I have managed to sell a little more stash… which will help me feel less guilty about how much I spent on the new stash! 😜
This took me about 5 mins max to put together as a result of having the rose already made and having some scraps of patterned paper to hand ready to add to the card blank I made from some white card.
I didn’t need to worry about the size fitting an envelope as just popping it into the parcel without an envelope.
Today is the Addicted to Stamps design team contribution … and our challenge this fortnight is CHRISTMAS!
So I created this stamped Christmas card using the Christmas Season stamps. I love using these stamps to make backgrounds and this time I chose to go cream as the background with the Rich Razzleberry for the berries and the sentiment die cut. This first picture is quite yellowed unfortunately… the second picture is a better version of the colours!
After doing all the stamping I cut a base for the panel from Kraft and then a strip for the sentiment to sit on. The die cut is from Colorado Craft company and I love the script and the way the die cut works… so pretty.
I thought I would leave it as it was but it felt like it needed the other part to the sentiment too so stamped and mat that as well to sit top right on the card.
I then added the pearl gems to embellish… so so sweet!
Here is todays Happy Little Stampers design team contribution for the anything goes with dies challenge.
I made this cute card a few weeks ago using some sizzix dies and a couple of pieces of paper I had previously had fun gelli printing on.
I created lots of little flowers and leaves to create a cluster with.
Then I took some white cardstock and added ink through a stencil to provide the base for the flowers and then also splattered some ink too.
Then I had fun adding the flowers and leaves making sure to raise some with pinflair glue gel to give dimension.
Next I die cut the banner from the same sizzix die set three times and stacked them up. I added the sentiment using a Paperartsy stamp but kept it simple using the same ink as the stencilling in the background. I also took some paper twine from the stash and added a box which I placed the banner over using some foam tabs to again give it some dimension.
Then I added in sequins to add some sparkle.
I mounted the panel onto some grey cardstock I had used for the card blank and called it finished!
I had a play with the Hanging Houseplant stencils from Altenew, although didn’t end up stamping the hanging parts as I hadn’t left enough room between the plants and also positioned the stencil at the top of the page so no room! Doh …
I also did the full stencil for the leaves in one colour and then moved it around to add the other colours so the leaf colours are different for them all. This worked well for creating four plants but not for being able to do a hanging version.
So instead I fussy cut them out and added them to the pots.
I decided to make some simple little cards to go in with future craft stash sales …
Took scraps of paper from the stash that fitted scraps of cardstock I made into little notecards … then just added the focal feature! I did add a scrap of brown that I ran through the wood grain embossing folder to make a shelf to one … that just helped ground the plant against the busy background.
So simple and so cute and the plant itself was relatively easy to layer up. The one that I did slightly off the top of the paper I also didn’t line up quite as well so just cut it out and it made a good piece to go underneath the plant to layer it up and give it a little more dimension.
One plant left to be used has been popped into a wallet for using at another time (always good to have something ready to go for a quick project).
So all those lovely rose images I made for yesterdays card … well there were a fair amount leftover so I put them in a pouch for using at another time.
Well here is the thank you card I made almost straight after.
It’s also using another piece of that background die but out of Kraft which was my original try for the other card but I didn’t like it so stuck it to one side for another card.
I found a piece of the orange that worked with the flower colours and then created this small slimline card to include with some stash I’ve sold.
Clearly still got some flowers left … will pop them back in the pouch and then they are ready for other projects.
I added the sparkly orange gem (it’s rather bright so only added the one) and the sentiment from the Boho Butterfly set from Concord and 9th again.
Another Altenew layering stamp set … Rosy Outlook … which I again videoed the first play … and this is what I made.
And yes I am in love with these roses. I had learnt from the lessons of the previous set to stick to using the stamp platform for layering and also to go light colour for the first layer of ink. I love how this came out and how that background die looks at an angle for the smaller panel.
I have quite a few roses left so there will be more projects to come I am sure!
This one I used an extra leaf so suspect some projects will need extra leaves stamping out but the trick of doing four sets of stamping in one go on the stamp platform worked well at giving me lots to play with as well as helping me perfect the layering as I did it!
Added some sparkly gems and the yellow and white twine for the finishing touches.
The sentiment came from a Concord and 9th set Boho Butterfly. I fussy cut it out (wish there was a die) and added it with some foam under one end.
I made a couple of thank you cards with bits on the desk, including the flowers I stamped using the new Altenew set …
Clearly they are similar with the scraps of patterned paper and the Kraft against cream cardstock … and then the gorgeous flower from the Altenew ZigZag floral set.
The smaller square one I added the Artistic stamping and the leaves and thanks from the same set. Also added some splatters of brown ink and then inked all the elements with brown to give it a vintage look.
Love how easily this came together.
The next one I used a punch to add something different … not used an edge punch for ages!
I also added the text from the Very Versailles stamp set, and also the sentiment from that set.
I added sequins to both as embellishment and love those labels that were cut from dsp earlier in the year for my patterned paper project … only got a few left so good to get some used for these little cards.
So I caved and decided to buy some new stash as I was feeling a little stuck and lacking in mojo with my non-Christmas stash after all those Christmas in July projects… so bought lots of Altenew stash which arrived a couple of days ago. Here is the result of my first play!
I mean … really how cool is this?
So this play was quite a long one and I learnt along the way how to use the stamps and decided on the following …
1. Use the stamp platform … it makes layering easier
2. Start with light ink first … it helps differentiate the layers
3. Just have fun and go for it regardless … that’s what I did! Die cut everything once stamped and it looks fab regardless!
I had quite a lot of pieces stamped and die cut and decided to just layer up lots of the images on this DL long slim card.
I also added the stencilling to the background but you can’t really see it and I didn’t really like it so hey ho!
I ended up adding a sentiment from the SU Artistic set across the front as couldn’t see another one I thought went with it … think this worked ok though.
Then I added the sequins and called it done as it really did have quite a lot added to the front.
I had two flowers left from my session so they’ve been put aside for other projects.
Fancy seeing how I put this together and learn along with me the best ways of stamping the images … well you can watch it on my YouTube channel.
My card was heavily inspired by the card my daughter made for me for my birthday last month…
She had raided my supplies to create this and I had never really thought of using that floral stamp for a background… so here is what I ended up making …
It’s got the same stamp to make the background with ink blending and then torn edges … from there the similarities probably end … but thank you Maya for my beautiful card and the inspiration!
After the background was created I added some strips of Kraft and white torn cardstock and then the focal image of the same stamp and the jar, some pretty ribbon and the embossed sentiment with the die cut letters to finish off.
Love how this finished up… it’s dimensional and fresh looking and I suspect this won’t be the last time I use this stamp to make a background!
This challenge is sponsored by The Paper Shelter who gifted us this cute image for us to use for our creations…
I decided on a watercolour type effect using the inks to colour the image then cut out the image and added foam to give it some dimension. The background I kept simple with some inking through a wavy background stencil so it kept the watery theme.
I then chose a simple birthday sentiment and some sparkles for embellishment.
I also added glossy accents to the glasses to give some more dimension to the card.
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