Penny Black "Caroling Trio" Christmas Card

There is something very nice about returning to an item you have had in your craft stash for years.   This wood mounted Penny Black stamp called "Caroling Trio" is one of those items.  It always stamps like a dream and I still love the image.

I stamped the "Caroling Trio" image onto card using a Versafine ink pad.  I used my water colour pencils to colour, adding white dots of snow with my white Signo Pen and Stickles glue to add a little sparkle to the card.  Once dry, I die cut the image using a Memorybox "Stitched Rectangle" die. I punched some snowflakes and added some Stickles to the centre.  The "Seasons Greetings" sentiment is by Woodware.

Here's a close up image which hopefully captures some of the sparkle detail.

Stampin' Up "Christmas Pines" Card

As it's so cold outside today, it seems only right to be making winter/Christmas cards.

It feels as if I have thrown a lot at this card, but actually now that it is completed, it doesn't appear too fussy.

I started off by using two shades of Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean), blending them to create a background with darker edges and lighter central area.  I then splattered the "Chipped Sapphire" shade to lift the background.  Once dry, I glued it onto a black background.

I stamped the sentiment, using StazOn ink on white card then used the first two distress inks to create a wash of colour.  Once dry, I then die cut the sentiment, using Memorybox die called "Stitched Rectangle Layers" into a rectangle shape.

I then turned my attentions to die cutting.  Using Stampin' Up "Swirly Scribbles Thinlits dies", cutting two wreaths in black card.  I threaded a wreath from the two shortest ends of the sentiment rectangle and glue them together so that the wreaths framed the sentiment.

Using Stampin' Up "Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies" I cut  6 branches of fir tree in a silver glitter paper, two seed heads in black card, two fir cone bases in black card, 2 fir cone top layers in silver glitter paper and arranged and stuck them down to the left hand side of the sentiment.  I then cut two layers of the white bow, layering with foam pads.  I then cut another bow in the silver glitter paper and layered it over the top.

Finally, I used a small snowflake punch to cut the snowflake shapes in a white velum.  I stuck the snowflakes to the card with a touch of glossy accents and then topped with a small turquoise gem stone.

Floral Sunshine Wishes Card

Using a background of blended Panpastels, I created this card with a flower die cut from the Stampin' Up "Sunshine Wishes" set and the sentiment from their "Good Greetings" stamp set.

The image was trimmed to size using a die from the Memorybox "Stitched Rectangle Layers" set which was mounted onto black cardstock.

An Easter Bunny Card (Penny Black Garden Friends)

Willow, our three year old Grandaughter was in an Easter concert yesterday, dressed as a bunny.  Unfortunately, because we live so far away, we miss out on the school activities, but we do get to see video clips thanks to moblile phones. I made this card to congratulate Willow on her performance.

I used a Penny Black stamp from their set called "Garden Friends" colouring it with watercolour pencils.  Using a Memorybox "Stitched Rectangle Layers" die, I cut the rectangle then mounted it onto patterned paper and then onto a card blank.