WLS Dec - Winter

Good Morning everyone

Scarily its the first of December today and the first sunday in the month so time for a new challenge over at We Love Stamping

The theme this month is WINTER, or there is always the anything goes option as long as we see stamping in action

Card size approx 5x7" made from navy blue card. I took white pearl card and stenciled with oxide inks in tumbled glass, shaded lilac & cracked pistachio through lavinia 'pods' stencil.  I then over stamped with grey & blue inks winter words.  I then die cut this into 3 arches of descending sizes - missing out one die inbetween so its wider frames.   The i carefully put all 3 into a snow embossing folder, keeping them lined up so that the embossing matches.

I glued the smallest layer flat in the middle, the next size up on 2mm foam tape and the largest outside with 4mm foam tape (2mm doubled up) - its actually easier to line up starting with the outside one.  Hopefully once in place all the stenciling, stamping and embossing line up.

I them stamped the majestic stag stamp onto white card with versaClair medieval blue ink and added a little soft colour by watercolouring with distress inks - lemonade, honey, vintage photo & walnut stain - I liked the contrast of these colours against the cool background.  Cut him out, adhered into place with glue gel.

Sadly doesn't show in the photo but the pearl of the cardstock still shimmers through the oxide inks.  Of course as its a snowly theme i did add just a little bit of stickles glitter glue to some of the embossed snowflakes for a little sparkle.  

You can see the snow embossing a bit better here.  

I should have taken a photo of the insert as i used another inkylicious stamp which reads 'Winter waves a magic wand over the world and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful' 

My parents are lucky to have alot of fallow deer roaming their fields - although mum doesn't see why they need to eat half her garden...every so often im lucky to see one when im over there

After making a big effort this year to make more postal friendly flat Christmas cards, Im very happy to make one with as much foam tape and glue gel s i wanted😁

Items Used:

Inkylicious stamps 'forest stag' 'sofly sofly' 'winter beauty'

aall&create stamps 'seasons'

Lavinia stencil 'pods'

Crafters companion 8x8 snowfall embossing folder

Distress Oxide inks - tumbled glass, cracked pistachio, shaded lilac, lemonade, honey, vintage photo & walnut stain

Versafine clair ink  - medieval blue, morning mist

Archival inks - colbalt, petunia, library green

White pearl & navy card

Rangers stickles 'twinkle'

These lovely stamp sets for the lucky winner

So do hop over to We Love Stamping to see what the rest of the design team have come up with for the Winter theme and to join in.

I gave mum her advent calendar y/day and she loved it as did dad and my brother was impressed so thats a real compliment! 

I hope you all have a good week and start to December.  Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/11/just-us-girls-755-stencil-week.html

https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/11/challenge-261-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2024/11/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-something-for.html

https://creativefriday.blogspot.com/2024/11/creative-friday-373-x-beliebiges-tier.html

https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/2024/11/festive-friday-challenge-1-november-to.html

https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2024/11/anything-goes-embossing-with-twist-of.html - ive used a snowfall embossing folder

 

Christmas Stag

Good Morning everyone

Ive never been so early starting my Christmas cards, but while im in the mood i shall keep going😀

Im still on my mission to put a dent in my cardstock collection so ive used pearl cardstock for my base here, it is kind of soft grey but the pearlescent is violet when the light hits it, impossible to catch in a photo...  

6x6" base card.  I taped down the leaf mask to the card front and inked through with distress inks cracked pistachio & evergreen bough, removed the mask and inked the edges of the card with the same inks.  I then added some detail to the leaf with fine liner pen and grey alcohol marker for shadow.  I then heat embossed my sentiment using a navy embossing powder.  I then embossed the card with a snowfall EF.

I stamped & heat embossed the stag onto more of the same pearl card. I watercolour his antlers brown and used cosmic shimmer opal blaze on the body, this shimmers when the light hits it, impossible to catch on the camera sadly.  I then cut him out, slightly curved him and added to the card front with glue gel.  Stickles glitter glue to edge the leaf and card to finish.  

This card is full of bling and shimmer with the pearl card, mica powder and glitter too.

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Version 2 uses a different sentiment stamp which reads

'Winter - waves a magic want over the world and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful'

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Version 3 - uses the leaf in a different position and distress inks - shaded lilac, seedless preserve & dusty concord

In this photo you can just about make out the shimmer on the stag

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and version 4.  I made 20 of these.

Items Used:

Inkylicious stamps 'forest stag' 'softly snow' 'winter beauty'

Inkylicious leaf mask

Crafters companion snowfall Embossing folder

Cosmic shimmer opal blaze 'gilded avocado' 'golden blackerry'

Distress inks cracked pistachio, evergreen bough, seedless perserves, shaded lilac, dusty concorde

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope its a good day for you.  Im keeping cool crafting in front of the fans as my MS really doesn't like this heat.  Hugs Emmaxx

Id love to enter the following:

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2022/07/sos474-blending-in.html

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http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/07/challenge-157-for-july.html

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http://daisychainchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/07/challenge-65-no-design-paper.html

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https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/07/mlccb-45-anything-christmas-goes-mlccb.html

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https://sweetstamperschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/07/challenge-70-christmas-in-july.html

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Jolly Snowmen

Good Morning everyone, i hope you had a good weekend.

Today im sharing a batch of snowmen shaped Christmas cards.  I used a die by tattered lace that cuts over the edge and only cuts the head of the snowman, i combined that with my circle dies to give him a nice round snowball body.  I used pearl card and coloured with alcohol markers.

Finished size approx 6x4".   On a piece of pearl cardstock i first die cut the snowman, i then lined up a circle die where his shoulders stop, i slid the top of the circle die behind his head so that that part didn't cut his head off😁 and then die cut. I put the body part in a snowfall embossing folder to add texture. I then folded a piece of the pearl card in half, i then took the same size circle die and over lapped it at the spine and ran it through my machine this then made my cardblank. 

I attached my snowman to the cardbase id made and then i trimmed the bottom so that it stood up easily.  I stamped my greeting and die cut into banners.  I hand cut some mittens, coloured and added to it looks like they are holding up the sentiment banner.  I die cut the snowman head again coloured in with alcohol pens and cut out the individual elements and glued to my base snowman - shaping the hat and scarf. 

This show it side on, hopefully making more sense how the snowman head is stood up above the base card. 

Showing different colour combos, the pearl card softens the bright alcohol pen colours

I had good fun making this batch of cards.  For my big birthday this year my family clubbed together and got me the Craftwell SNAP die cutting machine and i LOVE it, its made batch making so easy and as you can use it on the battery i can do it from the comfort of my arm chair too if i so wish. 

Items Used:

Tattered lace christmas cuties snowman die (ETL150)

Banner die

Crafters companion Snow embossing folder

White pearl cardstock

Christmas sentiment stamps

Alcohol markers

Stickles diamond glitter glue

I hope you all have a lovely week, i enjoyed catching up with family last week, onto my 2nd week of half terms now.  Nice to finally see some sunshine too. Emmax

Id love the enter the following challenges:

https://52cct.blogspot.com/2019/10/october-theme-challenge-dt-call.html - snowmen

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http://christmasatsweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/october-challenge-anything-goes-and.html

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https://moo-mania.blogspot.com/2019/10/202-die-cuts-and-punches.html

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http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/10/challenge-58-anything-christmas-goes.html