Stampin' Up! "Baroque Motifs"

Stampin' Up! "Baroque Motifs" includes a flourish in its set, along with a lovely flower of sorts. This is my favourite card, one  I made when I very first joined Stampin' Up! so yes it is an oldie and still treasured.

How did I make this card...

1. On Confetti cream paper, I stamped the flourish with versa mark and gently coloured it with the Stampin' Up! chalks/pastels. 
2. I stamped the dragonfly in Taken with Teal (from the a retired set) and coloured it with a two way glue pen and dazzling diamonds. 
3. The flower was stamped in Pink Passion and  the centre features a dot of crystal effects covered in dazzling diamonds. 
4. Three dots of crystal effect were placed to the left of the ribbon to represent glassy brads and then both the flower and dragon fly mounted with Dimensionals to that they floated above the card.  This was then mounted on Taken with Teal.

A mosaic of highlights on the card, the dragon fly, flower centre, chalking and ribbon with faux glassy brads.

A mosaic of close ups so you can see the detail on the card.

I hope to read your comments - see if you like this card as much as I do.  Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to see you soon.

Happy crafting

Sense of Time

Sense of Time is one of those retired stamp sets I often use.  To show you versatility of this stamp, or any other stamp with similar images, I've put this post together for you to inspire the use of different techniques.

Polished stone is such an effective technique for stunning backgrounds...


Pale Plum and More Mustard are the colours used on this card.  The images are stamped on in Stayz-on.

Same colours but much darker...

This one was a bit over powering with the Perfect Plum and More Mustard so I put a sheet of vellum over the top...

There are many embossing techniques and this one is purrrfect for a clock - layer upon layer of clear gives that shiny glass look, a watch face has.


I often leave off the greeting simply so that I am not tied down and can use for any occasion.

 Then there is chalking 

I love chalking.  It is so soft and the tones one can get... love it.

and a touch of distressing to create this look...

A little vintage on this one, with the stamping in black - Baroque Motifs is the flourish in the background with ink pad drag on the card edges.

A closer look shows how randomly I chalked the clock/watch face with greens, yellow and lighter blues.

Made for a dear work colleague, the clock is chalked and clear embossed to again resemble a clock face, the background crimped after it was stamped.

With the launch of the new catalogue and all the new stamping sketches, don't forget to pull out a retired set occasionally and rediscover why you fell in love with it in the first place.

Thank you for visiting, stay warm and keep crafting.
Love

Christmas Card 19

Stampin' Up! Dasher 121592, is one of my favourite Christmas stamps as I have mentioned before.  I have also mentioned that I love chalking - put the two together and you get...


On Whisper White cardstock, Dasher is stamped in Cherry Cobbler, and Lovely as a Tree 116388 is stamped in Old Olive as is the greeting 115930 Many Merry Messages. 

I've added a little bling with some Dazzling Diamonds, I think you can just see it on the antlers and I've put green glitter on the trees.

To give the card a lift, I've put the layout on Garden Green, It smartens the card up and lifts the layout

A closer shot shows the Dazzling Diamonds and Glitter

This is a very simple card using a fellow demonstrator's layout Dasher and Rollergraphs as the accent along the bottom length of the card.  

Different rollergraphs (124090 Starburst) give stunning variations to the card.

A collage of Dasher cards...

Another quick easy favourite is stamping Dasher on an ink pad drag...


How simple is this but I think it makes a lovely Christmas card.  The base card is Lucky Limade as is the ink pad drag. Dasher is stamped in Chocolate Chip as is the greeting which is from the retired set Christmas Greetings 121492

I hope these three simple ideas/layouts give you the inspiration to send cards to your loved ones this Christmas.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you for the next post
Love

Christmas Card 10

Let us go back in time - to last year and pull out the retired stamp - Season of Joy, scrap ribbon and the love of chalks/pastels.  These are cards are from my card box, and now that they are photographed and posted, I guess they will go in the post. Chalking is one of my favourite techniques however SU no longer sell chalks/pastels, ink on a sponge does work very well. 

To achieve these baubles simply punch out a circle in the middle of scrap card and lay it over your project.  Stamp your image over this template, allow to dry (with out moving the template) and using either chalks or ink sponge over the circle adding layers of colour and highlights by inking more heavily over one side to the other, and lightest in the middle - where the light would reflect off.  Hopefully you will get something like this...


A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! Real Red and Whisper White card stock, with bows of red edged gold (non SU).

Don't forget you can use the circle you punched/cut out and pop it with Dimensionals to make a card.  Cannot be wasting such a perfect circle! 


A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! Lucky Limade base with Real Red matting, DSP and Whisper White card stock.

Chunky glitter and pink passion, what a great combination.  On this card the ink tones are much more clear.  One of the stamps in Season of Joy is this gorgeous flourish, and how it sets the bauble off.  The greeting is from Many Merry Messages, also in last year's Stampin' Up! catalogue...


A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! Pink Passion and Whisper White cardstock

A close up so you can see the texture of the sponge in the chalking and our wonderful but retired chunky glitter - I had a lot of fun with it!

A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! chunky glitter up close

I hope you enjoyed the something old, and although both stamps are retired there are many stamps you can achieve the same look with, after all it is just a bauble and how you decorate it is up to you.

For those that scrapbook, this looks great as an embellishment or background feature - no expensive paper needed here.

Happy Christmas card making and when it is time, Christmas memory scrapbooking.
Thanks for stopping by, and see you at the next Christmas Card idea
Love