TRY STAMPIN ON TUESDAY #TSOT436

Another great sketch at Try Stampin on Tuesday #TSOT436 for you this week with the added challenge of Cosy Patterns.  

I've used some gorgeous gold striped paper from Craft Sensations and layered over it with a piece of SU designer series paper.  My background is a new stamp set from Visible Image called Christmas Backgrounds - there is a background word type stamp which you can just make out which has been stamped in Mint Macaron and I've layered over it with the larger words in Perfect Plum.  I actualy stamped this all twice and then cut out a layer with a circle framelit and edged it in gold pen and some gold rhinestones.

 

JOY OF SETS CHRISTMAS BLOG HOP 2019

We are hopping again at Joy of Sets for the last time for this year and our theme is anything Christmas.  I just got myself a copy of a lovely set from Visible Image called Christmas Backgrounds which I wanted to try. 

I started off with some Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Oxide Inks for my background - using lots of water and watercolour paper.   I then stamped the Christmas word stamp in Versamark and used red embossing powder to make it stand out. I used a tag framelit to cut it out and added some of the lovely SU satin ribbon.  The Joyful Tidings sentiment is from Tim Holtz Happy Holidays words and I layered them twice and cut the top layer out of white glitter paper.  I used a stamp from an old SU set Merry Mistletoe to add a border with some Versamark and a white jelly roll pen to add the stitching marks.

I hope you'll enjoy hopping along the blog and seeing what everyone has done for you.  I'd like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas or Holiday season or Yule from all of us at the Joy of Sets Facebook Group.  

Click on our gorgeous deer below to be taken to Rochelle's blog 

Click on the deer to be taken back to Sue's Blog 

 

HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS IC328

Lots of lovely Christmas images to inspire your crafting at our challenge this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  I've used the lovely Santa image which is a very old rubber stamp from Rubber Stampede called Santa Collage.  I embossed him in red embossing powder to make him sparkle.  I used some banner framelits to cut his image out and layered onto Real Red card stock from Stampin Up.  The little sentiment with the image of Santa and the sleigh is another old stamp from Inkadinkado.  I used a retired holly embossing folder from SU for the background and added a touch of red satin ribbon.

 

SQUARE CARDS WITH ADDED SPARKLE

A square card from me for a change - this isn't normally a size I make but I loved this paper.,which already had the deer printed on it and wanted to use it for a card.  I embossed some white Christmas trees and snowflakes from Gina K Designs Season of Joy stamp set. I added some snowflakes and rhinestones.  The sentiment is from Sunny Studios - I added Spectrum Noir glitter pen to the Deer's antlers to add to the shine.

 

SWEET STAMPIN - BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

Our challenge this week over at Sweet Stampin in Bright and Beautiful. I'm not really a brights colours kind of girl and normally go for muted tones so this was a great challenge for me.

I have this gorgeous little cute set from Clearly Besotted called Shake it Up - the little images go in the little snow globe that comes in with the set.  I was inspired by one of Kristine Werner's cards from a few years ago to use all the little image with lots of bright colours behind.  I used a stitched circle framelit to cut out all the circles and try and get them all in line.  I stamped all the images and then masked them off and coloured in all the backgrounds.  A touch of red twine just around the middle finishes off the card.  I've added some sparkles to Santa's beard and hat and given him a shiny silver buckle.  Rudolph has a red rhinestone for his nose.  

 

STAMPIN UP ONLY CHALLENGE - EMBELLISHMENTS

Our challenge for you this week at SU Only challenge is to add Embellishments - simple you would think so why did it take me ages to think of something! And then I came up with a Christmas card - what a surprise.

The set I've used is current Winter Woods but the papers are retired.  I started with some green card stock and added some of the retired DSP called Be Merry.  I used a retired embossing folder in a Holly Pattern for the white part and joined both of them with some retired Washi tape from Warmth and Cheer.  I stamped the tree in both Garden Green ink and Tranquil Tide at the edges to give it a bit of dimension.  I added some Garden Green twine and popped it up on dimensionals.  Lots of lovely red rhinestones give the tree lots of sparkle.  The sentiment is from SU Merry Patterns and cut out with a retired banner framelit.

I'm excited that this card was chosen this week as one of the Favourites over at SplitCoast Stampers 



 

TRY STAMPIN ON TUESDAY - #TSOT434

Our challenge this week at Try Stampin On Tuesday has the following sketch with the option of adding some bling to it.  Who can refuse a bit of bling when Christmas is looming?

I went with a Christmas card - any excuse to play with Christmas products - my favourite cards to make.  I used a retired SU embossing folder to emboss the holly on the card stock. I then used one of the swirly bird dies to cut out two circles in gold and Old Olive.  The holly die cut is one from my stash and I used Always Artichocke for these leaves and added some sparkling red paper for the berries. I used the same paper for the sentiment which comes from Gina K Designs.  I added some red rhinestones.

 

LET IT SNOW

I know - it's a bit early isn't it? Although I suppose in some parts of the world they have snow already - I adore making Christmas cards and am definitely in Christmas mode - besides the majority of my stash is Christmas themed so I need to make loads of cards to be able to use them all! 

Today I've used the lovely little set from Clearly Besotted called Let It Snow.  This is an old set from a few years ago but I just love this little penguin.  I started out by masking off the background and adding a light snow drift with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass.  I then used the same ink to stamp the snowflakes which are from Gina K Designs - also an old stamp set called Season of Joy. I coloured in the penguin with some SU water colour pencils and a blending pen and popped him up on dimensionals.  I added some stickles for his hat and the inside of the snowflkaes.  I layered it onto some white sparkly paper and then added a small snowflake stamp around the edge with Versamark ink.

I'm adding this into a few challenges:

Retro Rubber Challenge - Anything Goes 
Addicted To Stamps - Anything Goes
Pixies Playground Challenge





 

ANYONE FOR COFFEE?

I was inspired by the lovely image over at Inspired By Challenge on this wet and cold Friday here in the UK.  I love blankets and am actually snuggled under one as I type.  What annoys me the most about the menopause is the hot flushes and the fact that I can't curl up under blankets for long before I have to throw them off again - anyone else suffering like me?  lol!  Maybe you're not at that stage yet ....but it will come!





So for my card I used an old set by Clearly Besotted called Warm Solutions which also came with matching framelits.  I started out with some SU Soft Suede card stock and used a TCW stencil called Mini Honeycomb for the background - simply inking the same ink onto the card stock.  I inked and cut out my three mugs and stacked them as in the picture.  I used some SU Really Rust - a very old ink but one of my favourites and also some Soft Suede.  I also added some Tri Spectrum Sparkles in Smoked Quartz to the circles on the middle mug to give it a bit of sparkle.  I added the sentiment in Adirondack Espresso ink, sponged the edges and roughed them up a bit and added it to the matching card stock base.

My card won the challenge - how lovely.




 

HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS #HSCC327

Our colour challenge for you this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments is the following:

I chose to do a Christmas card with these colours.  I used an old SU embossing folder for the holly on some Shaded Spruce card stock.  The candels are from an old SU set Merry Patterns - one of my favourites at Christmas time as I love the way these candles stamp and how the patterned images fit inside the candles.  I used Real Red and Coastal Cabana for the candles - and a touch of the red for the flames with a tiny bit of yellow at the bottom of the flame.

I thought the sentiment went really well with the idea of candles - sort of like when you blow them out for birthdays and make a wish.  This sentiment is from Kaisercraft's Wonderland stamp set and I embossed it in gold embossing powder.  A few sequins and some SU ribbon finish off the card.

 

JOY OF SETS TIC TAC TOE #JOSTTT011

Another month's challenge over at our Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog - our grid this month has been chosen by Anne Marie Maclean

I went with the top line of CAS, winter and heat emboss.  I used the gorgeous stamp set from Sunny Studio Holiday Style which has this fabulous bell stamp.  It looks as though it has been embossed but it's a three set stamp and it's all done with the magic of the inks.  I used some silver embossing powder for the branch and added some liquid pearls in pewter.  I added a touch of silver ribbon to hang the bell from - the sentiment also embossed is from this lovely set.  

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SWEET STAMPIN - CELEBRATIONS - BONFIRE NIGHT

What a great challenge we have at Sweet Stampin this week - Celebrations for Bonfire Night.  When I was a little girl all those years ago we used to celebrate Bonfire Night at home - we had a large garden and always had our own bonfires. Mum and Dad's friends and their children would come round and we would do apple bobbing, make toffee, have baked potatoes cooked in the fire and bowls of hot soup.  There would be a few fireworks but nothing too noisy or spectacular.  It was a night I always looked forward to and we did the same for our children when they were little. Sadly I now think commercial Hallowe'en has taken over our traditional bonfire night and the fireworks seem to get louder and go on for longer - and last more than just the one night.  My pets are always terrified of the screams of the rockets.  How bah humbug that all sounds.

So anyway on to my card for this celebration - and did I have anything to do with fireworks?  Nope I didn't so I had to think outside the box a bit and came up with Stampin Up's Dandelion Wishes - I know - who would have thought it?  But I think you'll agree they look quite good as fireworks.

I started off by creating my background with Tim Holtz Distress Inks with lots of Black Soot, Fossilized Amber, Fired Brick and Chipped Sapphire.  Once dry I added the stamps and heat embossed them in white embossing powder.  I then added some glitter all over them and extra ink.  Different coloured rhinestones were added to the middle.  The word is from SU and was cut out of plain white card stock.

ANOTHER REINDEER CHRISTMAS CARD

Aha - I said I love Reindeer christmas cards. Here's a little one all in his own snow globe from Clearly Besotted.  I was inspired by the sketch over at Sunday Stamps #SSC216 for my card.





I used the reindeer paper from a Christmas pad from Craft Sensations for my background. I stamped the image from Clearly Besotted and coloured him in with SU pencils and added a bright red Rhinestone for his nose - guess which reindeer he is then lol!   I added a touch of SU bronze thread behind the circle.  I also added some retired Washi Tapes as my stripes and gold embossed the sentiment from the same stamp set which is called Shake It Up. 

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WINTER WOODS MEETS MERRY PATTERNS

There is a colour challenge over at Global Design Project this week which inspired this card.



I love reindeer on Christmas cards and this Merry Patterns set from SU is one of my favourites.  I started with the birch trees from Winter Woods stamped in Smoky Slate which was stamped off.  I masked off the deer and stamped him in Smoky Slate for his head and then used Old Olive and Lovely Lipstick marker pens for the body. I cut it out with a stitched framelit and sponged the edges.  I used Versamark ink to add the tree branch stamp to the card stock.  I used some of the gorgeous Noble Peacock DSP for the tag and added some Old Olive twine. I added a snowflake just to give a bit more sparkle.

 

SPARKLES CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE - NOVEMBER - SANTA

Our Challenge this month over at Sparkles Christmas Challenge is Santa. It wouldn't be Christmas without him would it?  I love this  old old stamp I have from Rubber Stampede called Santa Collage - the rubber is starting to run out a little bit - oh no!  I used it here with some gorgeous Copper Embossing powder from Stampin Up  I used a tag framelit to cut him out and added a background in a larger framelit using a gorgeous green paper from Kaisercraft Enchanted paper pad.  The paper on the right hand side of the card is also from Kaisercraft, from their Christmas Collections 6 x 6 paper pad.  

The left hand side of the card has been embossed with a holly embossing folder - I sponged on some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Bundled Sage and added coloured in the berries with a red pen.  The sentiment is also from Kaisercraft - from their Wonderland Stamp Set.  It comes as one stamp but I embossed it in to the copper and split the sentiment up.  I added a touch of copper thread and a red brad from my stash.

 

TRY STAMPIN ON TUESDAY - #TSOT432

Here's our sketch this week from TSOT with the optional theme of pattern mixing.  I decided to go a bit outside the box and make my own patterns with some stencils.  I used Blackberry Bliss for my colours and used two stencils from The Crafters Workshop for the baking papers.  I also added some DSP from SU and embossed my card stock with the dots embossing folder from SU.  The little word Bliss (which goes with the colours lol) is from a retired SU Set Bliss.  I then used the Floral Essences set to colour in the flower and inked it up with an aqua brush in Blackberry Bliss.  The leaves were stamped in Always Artichoke.  A touch of bling in the middle of the flower gives the card a bit of sparkle.

                 

STAMPIN UP ONLY - FAVOURITE HOLIDAY STAMPS - #SUOC235

 Our challenge this week at Stampin Up Only Challenge is choose your favourite set from the SU Holiday catalogues.  At first I thought I couldn't join in as I don't have anything from the current set.  I'm no longer a demo and don't always have the opportunity to purchase all the new stuff.  But luckily Cindy said it could be from any Holiday Catalogue and so I grabbed my favourite set Merry Little Labels. 

I used the Eat Drink and Be Merry stamp from this set and decided to make a little tea bag holder which could hang on the tree.  Gosh you can see I'm in Christmas mode already!!  This was inspired by a crafting friend of mine Chris Margrie who doesn't have a blog but is part of my Facebook Group.  In the summer we had a craft get together of some of our members and this was her gift to us.

I started with a piece of Pear Pizazz card stock and added some of the Pressed Petals DSP with the music sheet.  I love music paper at Christmas. I even took it to my piano to play it to see what it was! The tea bag holder folds up in a triangle and you can pop a tea bag inside.  I cut out the sentiment with a stitched framelit and added some sparkly red paper behind.  I added a few rhinestones and coloured in the holly and added some gorgeous SU satin ribbon as a holder.

I'm also sharing a box I made a few years ago with the same set - there is a You Tube video from when I used to do videos just in case you fancy having a go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6IU2VAcnpk&t=29s