Craft Stamper December blog challenge - DT card

The December blog challenge starts today on the Craft Stamper Blog. The theme of the challenge is White Stamping. This is my DT card for the challenge. I have used my own Designs by Georgina stamps for the challenge.

I started by stamping all the elements with a VersaMark ink pad and then heat embossing with WOW Bright Opaque White embossing powder. For the square background I used my border stamp from my Peony Elements stamp set. The poinsettia flower and sentiment is from my Poinsettia Tag stamp set. I stamped the poinsettia four times and cut out sections, as shown below.

 

I layered up the Poinsettia with foam pads, as shown below.

 

I attached all the elements to a square card blank. To finish I added White Opal Liquid Pearls.

 

For more details about the challenge, DT cards or to enter, please visit the Craft Stamper blog. 

Craft Stamper November blog challenge - DT card

The November blog challenge starts today on the Craft Stamper blog. The theme of the challenge is, Use a non Christmas stamp to create a Christmas themed image.

If you have seen the December edition of Craft Stamper, now available, you will know this challenge was inspired by my article 'Floral and Festive'.

This is my DT card for the challenge...

To make my card I started by stamping the flowers, buds and leaves onto smooth white card. The stamp set I used was Woodware's 'Make a Flower'. I stamped the images in Barn Door, Frayed Burlap and Peeled Paint Distress ink pads. Once dry I then stamped the detail stamp on top with a VersaMark ink pads. I then heat embossed the details with WOW Gold Sparkle embossing powder, as shown below.

 

I cut out the sentiment and mounted it onto a panel of gold card. I cut out all the other elements and attached them to a 148x148mm white card blank. I attached the large red flowers first, then the buds and leaves. I attached the sentiment last with foam pads but before this I kept positioning it onto the card to make sure I was adding for flowers and leaves in the correct places.

 

To finish the card I added extra festive sparkle with Gold Stickles.

 

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Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge: July

The July blog challenge starts today on The Craft Stamper blog. The theme of the challenge is the Embossing Resist technique.

This is my DT card for the challenge.

To create my card I started by stamping the butterflies and sentiment with a VersaMark ink pad. The stamp sets I used were Flutterby by Katy Leitch and Journaling Words #1 both available from The Artistic Stamper. I then heat embossed the stamped images with a clear embossing powder, as shown below.

 

I then added different colours using Distress Ink pads and a blending tool.

 

The ink pads I used were  Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers and Shaded Lilac.

 

I then stencilled flowers onto the image using a Walnut Stain Distress ink pad and a piece of blending foam. The stencil I used was PaperArtsy Stencil 005 by Lin Brown. I also stencilled more flowers using PaperArtsy Stencil 004 by Lin Brown and Brayed Burlap ink pad.

 

I distressed the edges of the images with a paper distressing tool. I attached the image to a square of brown card and added small silver brads in the corners before adding to a square card blank.

 

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Just to say...

 

This is a card I made using lovely items from Stampin' Up, Martha Stewart and WOW! embossing powder.

 

I attached a square card of dark red card onto a square card blank. I cut a square of white card and using Martha Stewart's Country Tile Pattern Punch All Over the Page punch to punch the pattern.  I added this to the card. In the centres of the design I added red Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue.

 

For the flowers I used Stampin' Up 'Secret Garden' stamp set. I stamped the flowers and leaves with a VersaMark ink pad onto white and dark red card. I heat embossed with flowers with WOW! Pomegranate embossing powder and the leaves with WOW! Olive embossing powder. I used the matching Stampin' Up Secret Garden dies to cut out the flowers. I attached the flowers to the card. To finish I added gold Dimension Pearls to the centres of the flowers.

The Stamp Man Challenge 7

This is my card for this fortnight's The Stamp Man challenge 7. The theme of the challenge was 'autumn'.



I begun by stamping the tree design on cream paper using a VersaMark clear ink pad. The stamp is by Hobby Art. I heat embossed the tree using new WOW Halloween coloured embossing powder. I added small highlights with platinum Stickles. I used Nestabilities to cut out the image. I used a sponge dauber and a sepia VersaFine to distress the edge.



I cut a large panels of brown card and cream paper for the background. I stamped the same tree image across the cream paper. I distressed the edges again. I stamped the greeting in sepia but it wasn't very clear so I wrote over the top of it with a black Sakura pen. I added a strip of brown card. Across the strip I added linen thread by Stampin' Up. To finish I tied a button onto the thread.