Cones and Berries

More variations on a theme in today’s post. As mailing deadlines get closer I am creating some ‘same but different’ cards to swell my stack. I have never been one to create more than about five of the same card and even when I do there are usually variations. I used the Penny Black cones and berries stamp facing downwards and upwards. I also did first and second generation stamping for a dark and a light version.

Some of the images I cropped closely as shown above and others I gave more space as in the splattered example below. The texture of the SU embossing folder ‘timber’ gave some subtle texture to the woodsy image. You can also see I did extra blending on the card above and deeper colours on the one below.

Even with the variations this was not a time consuming card to make. I worked in a stamp positioner and inked the pinecone and sticks with distress inks, the berries and leaves with distress markers or other waterbased brush markers before stamping on hot pressed watercolour paper. With the stamp in the positioner I was able to spritz it again to create my second generation image and at one stage I was stamping either end of a larger piece of watercolour paper so I could just flip the orientation between impressions. The joy to the world sentiment is from PB Christmas sentiments set and the other sentiment is also PB, it’s red rubber and I cannot find a name for the set. Speaking of mailing deadlines, my cards to Australia were posted yesterday! Having a sprained ankle is keeping me at home right now so this year I might just be a little ahead of my usual ‘just made it’ schedule.

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