Heart Tag by Sioux Jenneys

I'm here to share a tag today :)

1. I scrunched up some tissue paper...unscrunched it and then stuck it to the manilla tag with Multi-Medium Matte.

2. I used some pan pastels applied through a stencil to make the heart shape and to colour the background with.

3. The man from Mens Plate 1 was stamped with Archival black on card and cut out and coloured with Distress Markers. Then I stamped the top corner of the stamp again to get the oblong shape, turned it over and stamped the girls face from Twenties 1 plate and suck this to the oblong.

4. The Wish from Journaling Words 2 , the sentiment from Journaling Words 3  and parts of the music from Music 001 were stamped in Archival black.

5. The baroque background was used to stamp around the edges in Archival Plum.

This is my last post before Christmas so may I wish you a very Happy Christmas, eat, drink and be merry and I'll see you in the New Year :)

xoxo Sioux

O' CHRISTMAS TREE by Mel Hookham

...hello everyone, it's Mel here, I'm back again to share with you my second piece as Guest Designer for the month of December, this time I'm using the delightful Calligraphic Mat # 12, a very versatile stamp that will become a firm favourite of mine...

...I covered a sheet of plain white paper with random blending's of salty ocean & bundled sage distress inks, then with timber brown StazOn the Calligraphic Mat was inked  up and again the entire sheet was stamped...when heat set the sheet was roughly torn into strips...

...the bottom edges of each strip were given a smattering of shabby white frantage, love this amazing stuff, then adhered to an acetate cone...

...well there you have a shabby chic paper tree, very quick and simple to make with this wonderfully versatile stamp...hope you like, I'll be back later in the month with my final piece...thank you so much for dropping by today...

xxx

Who does not love to read??

Hello everyone
Welcome and good to see you here!. Hope you are all well ahead with your Christmas preparations! Can you believe it is now less than 2 weeks away (scary.....)
I love making gifts and have a friend who is an avid reader, so what better gift than a homemade book mark? To make it look a bit more special, I created a book-shaped holder to tug the bookmark into.

These were the stamps and other products I used:
Stamps: 
Traveling Words
Christmas plate 3
Mini Christmas
Calligraphic Mat 12
Other products:
Ideaology Kraft Resist Seasonal
 Claudine Helmuth Multi Medium Matte
Ranger Distress Stains in Pewter, Bundled Sage and Picket Fence
Distress Inks in Bundled Sage, Brushed Corduroy, Peacock Feather, Festive Berries
Adirondac Color Wash Cranberry
Archival Ink in Jet Black and Cobalt
From My Stash:
Various dies, Treasure Gold, corner rounder punch, smooth stamping card, foam tape, gold embossing powder, small piece of scrapbook paper, crinkled seam binding, script embossing folder, various small embellishments.
1. I started by cutting a piece of the Kraft Resist Seasonal paper to & 3/4 by 7 1/2 inches and scored and then folded along the long side at 3 3/4 and 4". I rounded the corners, inked around the edges with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink and then Treasure Gold White Fire, to give it an aged antique look. This is the cover of the booklet.

2. I cut a piece of smooth white card to the same size and scored in exactly the same way. I spread the distress stains on my craft mat, swiped my card through it several times, spritzt it with water and dried it with my heat gun. I then inked it further with my chosen Distress Inks until I was happy with the result. Next I gold embossed the Calligraphic Mat stamp all over it and inked around the edges, and finally glued it onto the cover using Multi Matte Medium

3. To embellish the outside I stamped the Santa stamp from the Christmas Plate twice with Jet Black Archival ink, coloured with Distress inks and  die cut and layered as shown in the picture. I fastened a piece of seam binding, died with Cranberry Color Wash underneath my ornament first.I then mounted it onto the cover with foam tape. Those of you who are observant will see that the die cut is a Spellbinders die and the great news is that in the new year the Artistic Stamper will start to stock Spellbinder dies, so keep your eyes peeled!!

4. The inside was done in a similar way, creating a pocket with one of the die-cuts that I ran through an embossing folder first.

Here you can see some more detail:

5. For the bookmark I cut a a piece of strong card to 2 by 6" and covered it on two sides with scrapbook paper. I stamped one of the stamps of the Traveling Words set in Jet Black archival ink, cut, inked and mounted it as shown and finished it with some ribbon and small embellishments.

Here you can see the bookmark inside its pocket:

Here finally you can see the back of the booklet, again I first cut a bit of seam binding and then glued a small die cut ornament over it

Well |I hope you enjoyed this little project and feel inspired to make some of your own last minute gifts still.
I wish you all the most wonderful, peaceful and happy Christmas. I will be back on Boxing Day with another project.
Until then, stay happy and crafty!

A Joyful Christmas by Emma

Hi everyone, Emma here! Today, I'm sharing a very special Christmas card that I made and as always, I hope you like it...

To begin with I covered the front of my card with a piece of the paper from the Holidays Past Paper Stash, matted over a piece of red card. I aged the edges of the paper, to give a vintage look to the card. I stamped the image of Santa and coloured him using Distress Marker pens. I added a piece of the Frosted Film over the top of the image before putting it behind my die cut frame, which I'd stamped with the Marble Background stamp and then blended the cream cardstock with Old Paper and Frayed Burlap DI. I then matted the completed artwork onto a piece of green card.

Next, I die cut all my pieces to make up the Tattered Poinsettia, the Holly leaves and the Tattered Pinecone branches. I blended the Poinsettia petals with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink and the leaves, etc with Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters. I then added some Rock Candy Crackle Paint over the top of all the pieces. Once they were dry I assembled the Poinsettia and added a pearl to the centre of the bloom.

Next, I arranged and attached my artwork, Tattered Poinsettia and all the die cut leaves to the front of my card.

I threaded some Seam Binding from my stash, which I aged using different neutral shades of DI, through one of the Idea-ology Hinge Clips and attached one of the Locket Keys and some twine onto it.

I finally stamped the "A Joyful Christmas" message onto a piece of Manila Cardstock and carefully cut it out before attaching it to the front of my card.

So, if you still haven't made that really special Christmas card...I hope I've given you a little bit of inspiration with this project and HERE'S THE LIST OF WHAT I USED TO MAKE THIS CARD:

Marbled Background stamp

Tim Holtz ~ Letter to Santa Stamp Set

Tim Holtz ~ Joyful Song Stamp Set

Sizzix/Tim Holtz Alterations Die ~ Tattered Poinsettia

Sizzix/Tim Holtz Alterations Die ~ Holly Branch

Sizzix/Tim Holtz Alterations Die ~ Vintage Cabinet

Sizzix/Tim Holtz Tattered Pinecone Die

Distress Markers

Victorian Velvet, Old Paper, Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint Distress Inks

Idea-ology Hinge Clips

Idea-ology Locket Keys

Tim Holtz ~ Frosted Film

Tim Holtz ~ Paper Stash Holidays Past

Rock Candy Crackle Paint

Thank you for taking the time at this busy period to stop by and have a look at my little creation, I can't wait to read all your comments.

See you soon...Emma x

Joyful Tea-light Holder by Alison

Hello Stampers! Today, I have a decorated wooden tea-light holder to share with you.

I started off by giving the tea-light holder a couple of coats of Claudine Hellmuth Studio black gesso. 

Once this was dry, I stamped the Snowflakes on all four sides & the top, with Versamark ink, then embossed with silver embossing enamel. I did it one side at a time.

I stamped the sentiment from the Stamper's Anonymous Joyful Song plate, then cut out just the word 'Joyful', to fit behind an Ideaology Ornate Plate. I coloured the image with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, glued it behind the frame, then applied a layer of Glossy Accents on the top. I set this aside to dry.

I used red line tape to stick the end of some white & silver ribbon to the front of the holder, wrapped the ribbon around, the secured the other end with more tape. I glued the Joyful frame on top of the ribbon joins, then used two small screws to secure it to the holder.

I finished off by sticking clear gems to the centres of the snowflakes.

Thanks for looking,

Alison xxx

Mini-album by Titbelsoeur

Salut les patouilleuses !
This is a mini-album I have made during a mixed-media/cooking/photo/LOL workshop among the vineyards.
When I came back home, I was done with the structure and backgrounds, and I just had to add the various pictures and stamp prints here and there...

Here is the front page I glued a real vine leaf on :

 and the 1st page with the participants picture (and the "seize the moment" and "photograph" stamps)

I used a column top stamp as well...

and since the "architecture stamps" box was open... the statue found its place here :

This is just an overview of this album, there are many other pages with pictures of nature I took during this workshop, would you be interested in viewing them, just pop up to my blog @ http://titbelsoeur.blogspot.fr/


Stamps I used here and there :
column top and statue : http://www.theartisticstamper.com/Architecture.htm
words : http://www.theartisticstamper.com/words_and_sayings.htm

I hope you like my altered book

thanks for stopping by, 

I am looking forward to reading your comments ! 

A très bientôt !!

Titbelsoeur

We three kings...

I couple of simple cards and tags made for christmas. I used a mask of torn paper for the cards and inked up the visible area in a graduated colour tone. you can use any kind of ink.paint or chalk you like for this (maybe distress inks and a blending tool).

Once the strip of colour had been inked and it had dried, I simply stamped over with black ink using some christmas stamps.