Victorian Christmas by Alison Hall

For my third and final piece as November's Guest Designer, I decided to make a Christmas card.

The Artistic Stamper has some wonderful vintage Christmas stamps, and there are plenty to choose from.

For the main image, I chose the little girl hanging her Christmas stocking up, from Victorian Christmas 1. I coloured the image with Antique Linen Distress Ink, edged it with Fired Brick, and matted it onto black card.


The corner stamps are from Victorian Christmas 2. This layer was also coloured with Antique Linen, then matted onto green card. I added some torn, inked music sheet, then the little girl image.
The Baubles were stamped onto clear shrink plastic, and coloured with Sakura Stardust pens. I punched a hole at the top, before shrinking them. These were attached to a length of vintage brass chain, then attached to the stamped layers with Tim Holtz long fasteners.


I covered an 8 x 8 inch square card with music sheet, then attached the stamped layer to this.

The 'poinsettia' is made from Grungepaper, diecut with the Tattered Florals and Tattered Leaves Alterations dies. They were coloured with Distress Inks, then I added Rock Candy Distress Stickles to the petals, and Fired Brick to the leaves. The centre of the poinsettia is a shrink plastic bauble, that had the top cut off before it was shrunk.


I hope you like my vintage Christmas card, and thank you for looking.
Alison

Bling & Baubles By Hels Sheridan

Oooh, I loooove Christmas, all the preparations, the decorations and the fact that I can add as much bling to artwork and get away with it LOL For this piece I have used the brand new Steampunk Bauble stamps - aren't they just F A B!!!




I started with some Gold Nuggest TSS metal - you can any colour you want to to match in with your festive colour theme, which was popped onto black card with Humungo Tape. I stamped the baubles with Black StaZon, giving it a quick zap with a heat gun to set the ink. Next I used a teflon tipped refining tool (TSS) and added little indents all around the cogs inside the baubles and then used a scootchy tool to make a nice edge for each one. These were then covered with Black Dabber, which was wiped off with paper towel whilst still wet - this just ages the metal nicely and the paint sits in the bits you have refined.




The base of the canvas was covered with Terra, which was stamped into using background stamps, heat dried to make it warty and then painted with Traditional Tan, A Dash of Red and Sable Brown Claudine Hellmuth paints. Once these were all dried, I used some Perfect Pearl mists - Heirloom Gold and Forever Red, spritzing and heating to dry them. These added a load of bling which doesn't really show in the pics. Finally, I used my favourite applicator tool (my index finger LOL) and popped some Inka Gold onto the bobbles on the canvas to highlight the contours. I added Idea-ology Ball Chain for the baubles to hang from and a Memo Pin and Charm Clip for the sentiment. Thanks for looking! TTFN

Hels x

3 birds in a row!-by Jennie

Hi, it's the boss again, but don't worry I won't be staying long..lol Just popped in to show you a hanging piece I made , which doesn't take long, and is just perfect for your Christmas Tree, or for any occasion really! I used 3 different sized Chipboard birds from Maya Road, These came from the Fancy Bird coaster, mini bird cages, and the bird keyring.
I coloured them using my favourite colour..blue! I took three different shades of Distress ink, and used the direct to paper, or in this case direct to chipboard. I loved how it came up different shades.

 
The stamp is one of Wendy Vecchi's swirls from here Botanical Art stamps, which if stamped randomly gives a great pattern. I inked them with Pearl Dabbber. Just make sure you use a rub it scrub it to clean the stamp before the paint dries!
The birds are joined together with Tim's Lace chain, and a few of his baubles to add a bit of bling! The pearly colouring in between the birds on the chain, is a new product which will be available on the website shortly , and is called Hot Tubez. Watch this space :))

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning this hanging birdie set, then just leave a comment on this post, add it to your sidebar for another chance and I will pick the winner next week on Friday 3rd December.
Have a very Creative day
Hugs
Jennie

Happy Birthday by Tina Barnett

Hello!

This adorable little Mabel Lucie Attwell stamp is available at The Artistic Stamper

This is such a beautiful stamp and lends itself to so many themes, Birthday, Friends, Children's cards, etc

I have coloured the stamp with Promarkers. I have kept a purple/blue colour theme throughout as I thought it looked good with just a limited colour theme. Of course you can go mad with colours if you wish!

I punched a little boarder and added a ribbon and bow, along with a little sentiment. I then added some paper flowers with little glittered centers.

I then finished off with a few gems.

A simple card but stylish! I mean what else do you need to add with such a fabulous stamp!

That's me for now! See you soon.

Hugs Tina xx

Bee Botanical by Sioux Jenneys

Hello everyone! It's my (Sioux) turn again and I'm here to share a card :)

1. First I stamped the bee from Oddities Plate in Versafine onyx black onto cream textured rive paper...this texture helps to add to the old print look......stamp the bee again on scrap paper...cut out and use this as your mask.
...please don't bother to cut round the fiddly legs it's not necessary ;) and don't worry it's the only mask you will be using!

2. Randomly stamp the script from Mini Ornates in Distress Ink Old Paper as a second stamping then fill in the gaps with the Music #11 Plate in Adirondack salmon (second stamping)
...it might look a bit untidy at the minute but you won't see the join shortly! LOL

3. Stamp the Sequin Waste Open background in Adirondack lemonade on the side where the bee is.
...remember your mask should still be on there.

4. Stamp the Houndstooth background in Adirondack willow on the opposite side.

5. Stamp the Daisy in Distress Ink Old Paper and distress the edges with this colour too.

6. Remove the mask and colour the bee with Distress Ink Wild Honey and Adirondack Stream using Cut and Dry Nibs.....add Diamond Stickles to the wings.
...I think the close up here will help to see the layers of stamping

7. Cut a shield from the Regal Crest die....so love that!...and stamp the sequin waste open in Distress Ink Wild Honey as a second stamping.......over stamp with the small postcard image from the Purely Random plate in Adirondack salmon and add the T!m sentiment in Versafine.......

8. Matt the botanical background onto card distressed with Wild Honey and then another distressed with Willow.
...edge all three layers with a black marker before assembly!

9. Fix a piece of ribbon and stick all three layers to the base card then pop the shield on using 3d foam or silicone and add some Prima Pearls  oh so gorgeous!



Ooh! Making that made me happy :) See you again soon!
xoxo Artyjen

Lace Card - by Sioux Jenneys

Hi Sioux here!

The world is spinning faster each day and all of a sudden it's my turn again!!!

Today I'm sharing a card :)

1. Take a creased cream coloured long tall card (74 x 210mm) and using the T!m Styled Label Die cut a decorative top in it.

2. Stamp the Lacy Border in 3 different inks onto card....I used Distress Ink Scattered Straw Archival Crimson and Adirondack Latte....for no other reason than liking the colour combo ;)

3. Cut out all three and colour the edges a little with Distress Ink Tattered Rose and at the same time edge the card with this too dragging some over the entire surface.....stick the lace borders to the card using double sided tape.

4. Cut a shield shape from the T!m Regal Crest Die and stamp with the Baroque Background using Adirondack Pool

.....I wanted a very light colour here so this is actually a third stamping of the image!

5. Stamp the T!m sentiment from the Purely Random Plate in Versafine Onyx Black

....I particularly like this ink for detailed image and sentiment stamps ;)

6. Colour the edges with a little more Pool and Tattered Rose....edge with a gold pen and add some gorgeous Prima Pearls.

7. I was going to use some of the printed twill that has music on for the final embellishment but at the moment it is out of stock (it will be back soon no doubt) so I used some of the plain twill and stamped the Music Plate onto it instead.....love it!

...there is a way round most things I find ;) ! LOL


I hope you liked the card :)

See you soon!
xoxo Artyjen

Free as a Bird by Alison Hall

I don't know about you, but I love using corrugated card in my artwork! It provides great texture, & best of all, it's free! (Well, mine is, as I pinch the kit kat boxes from the newsagents where I work! Lol!)



For my birdy hanger, I used the lovely 'Free as a Bird' and 'Birds of a Feather' stamp sets, and also the Bare Tree, which is such a useful little stamp.

Here's how I made my piece

1. Take a piece of corrugated card (approx. 9" x 7"), and rip off most of the covering to reveal plenty of texture. Paint this with copper paint dabber, then, when it's dry, highlight the raised area with hazlenut and terracotta paint dabbers. Distress the edges with a Tim Holtz distress tool.

2. Now take a piece of white card (approx. 7" x 5"), and colour it with crushed olive, wild honey, rusty hinge, and forest moss distress inks. Use the same inks to stamp a background with the Bare Tree and Distressed Background. Dry this with a heat gun, then stamp the tree twice, and the flock of birds (from Birds of a Feather) with versamark ink, and emboss the images with vintage photo distress embossing powder. Use the distress tool on the edges, then ink them with forest moss DI.



3. Stamp the bird box and wren from Birds of a Feather, and the birdcage and phrase from Free as a Bird, onto book pages with black ink. I used pages from a book on birds to keep up the theme, but any will do. Tear around the phrase, and ink the edges with black. Cut out the other images.



4. Assemble the backgrounds and images as shown, then add copper coloured eyelets to the top, and thread with copper bead chain.

Hope you like my little piece of art, and thanks for looking!