Christmas Card - Stampin' Up! "Wishing You" on brayered background

Wishing You (WM131748 / CM131751) is a gorgeous simple stamp set by Stampin' Up! and I used this set in many applications.  Today I am showing you its effectiveness on a brayered background and the difference between a versamark stamped image and an embossed image...

Old Olive on Cherry Cobbler DSP...I stamped the image in versamark first then brayered over the stamping in Old Olive

The versamark resists the ink hence the duller/lighter colour of Old Olive.
SU DSP from the pack Season of Style 132340

Then I turned to Cherry Cobbler and again brayered over the versamarked image ...

SU DSP from the pack Season of Style 132340

Embossing gives a clean crisp finish and when white embossing powder is used, a white is accomplished...

I brayered on the same scratch paper I used when I brayered in Cherry Cobbler.   The brayer picked up the red and transferred this to my project and I really liked the look!  SU DSP from the pack Season of Style 132340

New scratch paper and brayered in Old Olive over White powder embossing...

Am loving Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler this Christmas - feels Australian in colour...
DSP is from the pack Season of Style Stack 132181

This is also Cherry Cobbler brayered over White powder embossing, but in this case, I did not polish off the ink from the images hence the bloodied images...

SU DSP from the pack Season of Style 132340

Again over white powder embossing, I sponged the background with Cherry Cobbler and then brayered over the top to even the sponging out - this gives the different intensities you can see on the background...


SU DSP from the pack Season of Style 132340

So I have again created some very easy to make cards using Gloss Paper (retired from SU), had some fun with versamark and powder embossing and practiced my brayering skills - which need a little more practice since the photos show up all the lines and inconsistencies - guess that is the beauty of Hand Made.

Enjoy celebrating New Year's Eve
x x x for those that are still up at midnight - I won't be :-) shut eye for me.
see you in 2014

Christmas Card - Stampin' Up! "Festive Flurry" & "Snowflake Soiree" on acrlyic block background

Festive Flurry (WM 131778 / CM131781) and Snowflake Soiree (WM 127922 / CM127925) are gorgeous Stampin' Up! snow flake stamp sets that are purrrfect on an acrylic block background. So purrrfect, I made 25 sets of 4 in less than 2 hrs.

This is one set in Marina Mist and Midnight Muse...


The sets of 4 were all of the same colour - in this case Marina Mist acrylic block background and the images are stamped in Midnight Muse.

This is another set in Pool Party and Costal Cabana - am LOVING that new Stampin' Up! colour!...

This set was stamped in Costal Cabana, the block in Pool Party

To create the background is so easy, simply get your acrylic block or similar, use it as a stamp and ink it on your ink pad, then stamp it on your paper but leave the block on for a second or two so the ink can be absorbed by the paper.  Since this was such a production line, yes some of the block stamping did get a little crooked, adds to the hand stamped theme...

A Crafty Cat: "Festive Flurry" snowflake & the greeting is from Joy to the World (WM 131796 / CM 131799)

If you had the time you could emboss the images, for that touchy feely effect but since I made 100 of these, stamping was the way to go...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Festive Flurry

Snowflake Soiree is a finer snowflake by Stampin' Up!  

Greeting is from the set Greetings of the Season (WM128030/CM128033)

Then I added a little bling with Stampin' Up! Rhinestones on the snowflakes from the set Snowflake Soiree...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Snowflake Soiree

The rhinestones looked great on the snowflakes from the set "festive flurry" as well...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Festive Flurry

And for a closer look at the bling...

 

A very simply created card, yet I enjoyed making them, was very pleased with the outcome and loved giving them away...  I hope you enjoyed your Christmas however you celebrate.

Love

Christmas Card - Stampin' Up! "Festive Flurry" on ink pad drag

Ink Pad drag is one of my favourite techniques, in that it is so easy to create a lovely backgrounds.  I used this technique with the gorgeous Stampin' Up! snow flake stamp set of Festive Flurry (WM131778 / CM131781) and the greeting from Joyful Christmas (WM 131802 / CM131805) and the result is clean, crisp and so easy to recreate in mass.  I made around 100 of these in 2 hours.

 Island Indigo and Costal cabana on Pool Party background...

I added Dazzling Details 124117 to the flakes and it made the Ink colour so much darker...and glittery

Real Red, Melon Mambo and Blushing Bride on Pink Pirouette background...

A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up! Christmas cards with festive flurry on an ink pad drag.

The colours died on this one, Marina Mist on a Tempting Turquoise background...

A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up! Christmas cards with festive flurry on an ink pad drag...yesssss more Dazzling Details

Purples, this gave the most unusual colours - Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder and Perfect Plum on Wisteria Wonder Ink Pad Drag...

A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up! Christmas cards with festive flurry on an ink pad drag.

Although in some instances the same colours were used on the snow flake and background, there is a significant colour difference because the drag gives a thinner application AND for the background drag I used the old pads to ensure I got that textured / lined background.  This is especially evident for the above cards with the third card closed showing that I had in fact used Wisteria Wonder.

Two days until Christmas and I still have so much to share with you.  Unfortunately I've not been able to achieve posting all the cards I wanted before Christmas simply because I have crashed with chronic fatigue.  I am up and down like a yo yo, so bare/bear with me and know there is more to come x x x

Christmas Card - Stampin' Up! "Evergreen"

Mass card making can be daunting, but with lovely stamp sets like Stampin' Up! Evergreen WM 127970 / CM127973 and a technique called ink pad drag...well daunting becomes easy and rewarding.  I made 100 cards in 2 hours using this technique.

I dragged Stampin' Up! old fabric inkpad - Daffodil Delight across the Whisper White card stock and then stamped the 2-step Christmas tree from Evergreen and greeting from Joy to the World WM 131796 / CM 131799 in Old Olive or Always Artichoke ink.  I then punched a star from the Merry Minis punch set 126882 out of the wonderful Glimmer paper - Silver 124005 or Champaign 127885.

I then started to play with Acrylic Blocks, inking directly from the ink pad and stamping the block on the Whisper White Cardstock.  I then (as above) 2-step Christmas tree from Evergreen and greeting from Joy to the World WM 131796 / CM 131799 in Old Olive or Always Artichoke ink.  I punched a star from the Merry Minis punch set 126882 out of the wonderful Glimmer paper - Silver 124005 or Champaign 127885 and topped the tree.

By simply changing the background technique, the look of the card is totally different but still easy to accomplish and simply stunning

Only four more days to Christmas, so I had better get in and finish my projects.
I hope you and your family are well and you are all excited about Christmas and your creations are nearly complete.

Happy Crafting
Love

Stampin' Up! Envelope Punch Board - Gift / Sweet Boxes

The Stampin' Up! Envelope Punch Board has me captured and creating all sorts of things.  Today this Gift/sweet box was taught to us by Sherenne.  It is simply cute, versatile and excited us all... 

To make the boxes in the background

1. Watch Pootles Paper craft video
2. Cut a piece of DSP 6" x 6"   
3. Use your Envelope Punch board to punch and score at 1.5" and 3.5"
4. Turn paper anti clockwise, match up the first score line with the score guide, punch and score (watch video for clarification on this - a little hard to explain sorry!) match the second score line with the score guide, punch and score and repeat for next two sides.
5. Four cuts along the opposite folds must be made to allow the box to fold again check video.
6. Round corners with corner rounder
7. Punch holes for ribbon ties/bows
8. Fold all score lines with bone and stick together with sticky strip
9. Add bow / ribbon tie and fill with your choice of gift.

Using retired DSP Sherenne created the most gorgeous set to inspire us.

For the box in the foreground (known as the Sewing Style Box) please watch this You Tube Video or view the written instructions HERE

This is my final creations, only in DSP from the pack "Afternoon Picnic" as I wanted to play with my new Pansy Punch 130698.  I modified the one in the background to hold a Chocolate bar by simply punch and scoring at 2 1/2" instead of 3 1/2"

It is always nice to see close up, how boxes are decorated and all I did was nestle two pansies on top of each other, curled the edges and added a Vintage Faceted designer button 127555 and a Large Rhinestone 129324 to set off the centre.

Yes a Rhinestone on the side too

This is truly a fantastic board/tool and a must for all paper crafters.   If you want one, please let me know so we can get you one ASAP and teach you how to use it.  Hope you are not too rushed with the festive season preparations.

Happy crafting
Love