Some Embossed Kissing

Hi!

I'll bet you're thinking 'huh?' over the post title right? My stamping ladies did the same thing when I introduced them to the technique a couple of months ago.

In this card it is the focal tree that is Embossed Kissed. It's a pretty simple technique really. You just ink up a solid stamp in one colour and a fairly closed design embossing folder in another colour and then smooch the two together.

The ink on the embossing folder transfers to the stamp so then you can stamp on cardstock and get a really cool effect.  The only downside is that you need to clean both the stamp and the embossing folder each time you stamp - so not a great technique for mass produced cards!

Why don't you give Embossed Kissing a go? It's a lot of fun trying out different stamp/embossing folder combinations.  I used Festival of Trees, Decorative Dots, Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler.

Bye for now,

Tina

Festive Friday #48

Hi!

Here we are again at the end of another week and ready for a new Festive Friday Challenge!

This week Nicole has challenged us to use punch art on a Christmas card.  I did a bit of googling and finally decided I would make some punch art bells for the front of my card.

I thought they were really cute, and my kids knew what they were straight away, so they 'passed the test'. I've used some of the gorgeous Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack on the front of my card too.  The bells are punched from More Mustard cardstock and sponged with the same ink.

I used a small scrap of the same DSP on the inside, as well as the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.

I hope you can play along this week!

Bye for now,

Tina

Another Festive Friday Christmas Card CASE

Hi!

Today's card was another CASE of a previous Festive Friday Challenge card of mine.  You can see the original card here. Today's card was made as a sample for my November Stamp-A-Stack class.

On this card I used different stamp sets - Ornament Keepsakes and For My Family, as the stamps I used in the first card are now retired. I also used Heart of Christmas on the inside.

I am really loving the Festival Of Prints DSP Stack papers for cards.  Each sheet has enough to cover the front of a card with some smaller strips left over to decorate the inside.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #146: Just Add Colour

Hi!

Doing a happy dance here, because it's Friday!

 Time for another challenge at Just Add Ink.  This week Kim has challenged us with this very pretty colour combination.
I decided to make a pretty, feminine card.

The papers were from the Festival Of Prints DSP Stack and the Comfort Cafe DSP pack. They look so pretty together! The butterflies are from the Papillion Potpourri stamp set.  I stamped the centre one twice, punched out one with my Elegant Butterfly Punch and curled the wings to give it some depth.

The Basic Jewel Pearls really finish off the butterflies.

Some more butterflies and Pool Party Baker's Twine to finish off the inside.

I hope you can play along this week at Just Add Ink.

Bye for now,

Tina

Holiday Blog Hop

Hi!

Welcome back on a Saturday for a Blog Hop of Holiday Catalogue projects. There are just four of us hopping today, so it will be short but definitely sweet!

There have been a lot of gift type projects floating around in blogland right now, which is hardly surprising given how close it is to Christmas.  I decided to make a Desktop Easel Calendar for today's hop.

I googled the instructions after seeing some other calendars on the internet.  I found this tuorial on making the calendar, however the measurements are based on US sized A4 cardstock, which is fine if you only want to make one but if you are making a heap for a class or to give away it's a bit uneconomical.

I played around a bit with Connie's measurements and came up with ones that are more efficient for Australian sized A4 cardstock.

I used the Festival of Prints DSP on the outside of the box.  It's hands down my favourite papers from the Holiday Catalogue.

So, are you ready for the measurements?

Easel cut: 4 1/8" by 8 1/4"
Score: 4 1/8" and 6 3/16" (or you can just fold the piece in half and then fold one half in half again)

Easel Front cut: 4 1/8" by 4 1/8"

Box Shell cut: 4 1/8" by 11"
Score: 1", 5 1/4", 6 1/4" and 10 1/2"

Drawer cut: 6 1/8" by 6 1/8"
Score: 1" on all four sides

Hope that helps!

Next on the list is Margaret Knoops, who is sure to have made something gorgeous!

Bye for now,

Tina



Other hoppers:
Margaret Knoops
Nikki Sadler
Christine Blain

Festive Friday #39

Hi!

It's a clash of the Design Teams today!  I'm filling in for a fellow Design Team member at Festive Friday today.  If you're looking for my Just Add Ink card, scroll down to the next post.

 

This week Nicole has given us an inspiration photo to create with.  It's a funny one!

 

 

lol, I actually googled "Stampin' Up Santa bum punch art" for ideas.  I didn't find any Santa bum punch art creations, but I did find a few Easter Bunny bum ideas which I adapted for Santa.  Here's my card.

Does it look like Santa is trying to climb through the card?  I hope so!  Here's a closer look at Santa's bum.

Pretty easy punch art so far, just a 1 3/4" Circle punchie and two of the now retired Small Oval punchies.  Oh, and a teased out cotton ball as the trim on his jacket.  I adhered the cotton using some of our Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets. The hole he's crawling through was punched one layer at a time using the 2 1/2" Circle Punch.

Well, I just had to put Santa's head on the inside - it'd look a bit funny if I just had his bum!  To create his head I've used the Ornament punch (beard), Bird Builder (mustache), Owl Builder (eyes, nose and mouth), retired Small Oval (face), Extra Large Oval (hat and trim on hat), 1/2" Circle (hat pom pom).  For his hands I used the retired small oval and the retired Slot punch.  I used my white gel pen to add the twinkle in his eyes.  Santa always needs that twinkle!  Here's a closer look at Santa.

I had a lot of fun making this card.  I hope you have time to play along with us at Festive Friday Challenges using this fun inspiration image.

Stamps: Snow Swirled
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Island Indigo, Signo White Gel Pen
DSP/Cardstock: Festival Of Prints DSP Stack, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Whisper White, Blushing Bride (retired), Bashful Blue
Other: Lots of punches (I've listed them all in the post!), Mulitpurpose Adhesive Sheets, Cotton Ball (non SU)

Bye for now,

Tina

Festive Friday #36

Hi!

It's that time of the week again - a new Festive Friday challenge!

This week Nicole has found this gorgeous picture of a table all set out for a Christmas meal to inspire us.  Must be an Aussie table, as it looks like prawns on the plates!

I took my inspiration from the candles this week.  I had also just received my new Stampin' Up! order with the Festival of Prints DSP stack, so I had to use some of the paper on the card!

Isn't it gorgeous paper?  I made the flames of the candles using the wing section of the Bird Builder Punch.  They were punched in So Saffron and sponged with More Mustard ink to give a more flame-like effect.  The middle candle was popped up on Dimensionals.

I had an extra candle made, so it went on the inside to jazz that up a little!

 

The Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch also adds a touch of interest to the inside of the card.

 

So will you find time to play along?  I hope so!

 

Stamps: Snow Swirled

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard

DSP/Cardstock: Festival of Prints DSP stack, Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper

Other: Bird Builder Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Basic Jewel Rhinestones, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Antique Brad, Sponge Daubers, Chit Chat Rub Ons (retired)

 

Bye for now,

 

Tina