Tags and wrapping paper
Posted: November 30, 2007 Filed under: Perfect Presentation, Snowflake Spot, Wondrous Gift 1 Comment
At the November stampers’ club we made tags and matching wrapping paper. The burgandy and cream above was my favourite and was definitely the easier of the two so that’s the one I will be reproducing to wrap my gifts this year. I bought the roll of paper from IKEA as it is $5 for 40 metres. It isn’t pure white but I can live with that. All I did for the tag and wrap above was use the So Swirly jumbo roller and burgandy cartridge to first roll the corner of my tag and then roll diagonally across my wrapping paper. I also used just the word Peace from the Perfect Presentation set, the ticket corner punch and some burgandy ribbon.
This tag and paper took a little more time as you need to stamp each tree and each star individually. To make the top of the tag I punched a 1¼” square out of white card which I had already scored, lining up the corners of the square with my scoring. Then I did the same with the 13/8″ punch and the red card. I folded them over the top of the tag and then hammered my way through six layers of cardstock with my hole punch. The little dots on the tree are the made using the snow from Snowflake Spot.
Supplies:
Stamps: Wondrous Gift, Perfect Presentation, Snowflake Spot, So Swirly roller
Inks: Handsome Hunter, Real Red, Gold
Cardstock: Handsome Hunter, Real Red, Whisper White, Brushed Gold
Also: Red grosgrain ribbon, gold cord, square punches
Warmest Greetings
Posted: October 29, 2007 Filed under: Snowflake Spot Leave a comment
This is my Make ‘n’ take for two home parties this week. I tried adding ribbon but it just didn’t seem to improve the card so I left it simple. In order to get the pink shade I stamped in Rose Red and stamped off on paper before stamping the image on the card.
Supplies:
Stamps: Snowflake Spot, Many Merry Messages
Inks: Rose Red, Bravo Burgandy, Bashful Blue
Cardstock: Bravo Burgandy, Bashful Blue, Confetti Cream
October Stampers’ Club
Posted: October 22, 2007 Filed under: Lovely as a Tree, Snowflake Spot Leave a comment
Everyone at Stampers’ Club was happy to get going on Christmas cards this month. I decided to demonstrate a technique for making the trees appear laden with snow. First I stamped the trees in Handsome Hunter and then inked the same stamp with Versamark and stamped a little above the first image. I embossed with clear embossing powder before sponging with basic black. The embossed area resists the black ink and appears as snow on the branches. Some people added a moon in the sky by stamping a circle in versamark also.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Many Merry Messages
Inks: Handsome Hunter, Versamark, Basic Black
Cardstock: Handsome Hunter, Real Red, Whisper White
Also: Clear embossing powder, sponge, red grosgrain ribbon
Our second card featured the designer paper ‘Cerise’ which seems so Nordic to me! Everyone commented that it was a quick card to make, which it was, once I had determined the sizes of the squares and how many to make (that took me so long that my younger daughter finally gave me a talking to, told me it was fine and it was time to move on!)
Supplies:
Stamps: Snowflake Spot
Inks: Real Red
Cardstock: Real Red, Very Vanilla, Cerise d.p.
The next day I made another one with left over pieces and fiddled a bit more and added another couple of layers.
Heather Telford 