Addicted to Stamping

Textured Daisy

I made this card ages ago. It was my first attempt at faux snow only it was yellow (OK, lets not go there). I wanted the centre of my daisy to be fuzzy so I grated some yellow cardstock and stuck it to a pop dot. To make the background I inked up a texture plate with old olive ink, embossed it and sponged old olive around the outer edges to soften the look 

Santa Pillowbox

I filled these Santa pillowbox ornaments with treats to hang in the Christmas Tree. Cut a pillowbox out of Real Red cardstock. Cut a scallop circle from Whisper White and fold the top over to make the hat band.

To make the face, punch a wide oval and 1/2" circle from Blush Blossom. Sponge on some pink for colour. Cut two of the petals from the 5 petal punch to make the mustache.  

Singing Mouse

I made this poor little fella while on summer vacation and he's been living in a ziploc baggie ever since.  I thought it might be time for him to make it onto a card.

He's made from Stampin' Up punches. Head-wide oval,feet & mouth-small oval, tummy-large oval, nose and inner ears-1/4" circle, ears 1/2" circle, neck-word window, body-1 3/4" circle, hands-trio flower, teeth-double rectangle, tree-snowflake punch.

The tree trunk and mouse's legs are cut free hand. To make the book cut a piece of Real Red cardstock 1.5 x 2". Trim the top and bottom slightly to make a V shape.

To make the string of lights I cut the bulbs with the Tree Decorations sizzlit and poked holes around the tree trunk to string in silver cord. It doesn't show up in the photo but I added dazzling diamonds to the tree branches and snowdrifts then covered the light bulbs and the mouse's nose with crystal effects.

To visit his friend "the singing reindeer" click here

Punch Art Elves

 I made this card for a SUDSOL sketch challenge. The elves are made from the ornament and 1-3/4" circle punches. The hands are the 1/2" circle punch. For the window I used the envelope die and the tree is made from the scallop circle punch.

Oops, I forgot to put the balls on their hats

Embossed Christmas Tree

To emboss the tree I used the Petals-A-Plenty textured embossing folder and Patti Bennet's  embossing folder technique. I cut a tree shape from dense cardboard and placed it under my folder when I ran it through my big shot so it only embossed  where I had the cardboard.  

Packing Paper Pumpkins

 

 

I should be cleaning my craft room but I couldn't resist making a few cards. On the plus side, I finally found a use for the brown packing paper. I crumpled up a piece of packing paper and glued it to chipboard (front and back for the tag). I ran it through my big shot using the top note die then sponged on some soft suede ink.  

I used the Autumn Harvest stamp set. Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Very Vanilla and Dusty Durango.

 

Christmas Candles

Here's another card made with the table setting die. The candles are tags cut from Very Vanilla and Naturals Ivory. The candles are the small leaf cut from summer sun. Use the negative as a stencil to sponge on Real Red for flames. The card base is Real Red,  Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip. I spritzed the finished card with Champagne Shimmer Paint (10 drops) mixed with (1 oz) rubbing alcohol. The shimmer paint spritz was Cherie Hunt's On Stage Wow presentation at the Ohio Regionals. This is one of the most impressive Wows I've seen. You have to try it if you haven't already. It looks amazing in real life.

 

Table Setting Gift Card Holder

This is my favorite projects so far made with Stampin' Up's new Table Setting die. Cut out the napkin ring, score it just below the bumps, fold, tie a ribbon around the whole thing and you have yourself a quick and easy gift card holder. I attached a gold cord to this one using the thingy?? from the die so my gift card could be hung in a tree. On the back I cut out an ivory tag and stamped a sentiment.

Girl's Dress

This was another card made with the table setting die.I folded the napkin ring in half to form the card. For the skirt I punched out 10 scallop ovals and attached them to the front and back so the card would stand up. The collar is made with the scallop circle and the 1" punch. On the inside I used the tag from the table setting die folded in half to hide the edges of the scallop ovals.

Halloween Candy Holder

Here's my first project using the table setting die. I used basic grey cardstock and ink. Score the napkin ring on either side of the centre bump to form the bottom . I taped a pkg of candy to the inside and used a black brad to hold the top together.