Tim Holtz stamps

Tim Holtz stamps.... I bought these at NEC in November quite cheaply.  I really like this kind of stamp, even though you may not be able to use it that often.  The paper is one I made at Jo Capper-Sandon's workshop last year; laid leaves on the paper then sprayed it.  You can tell I liked this one so much I decided not to use it until now.  I then laid it on black paper and on a white card. 

 

Another Christmas thing....

One more example of things I have made for Christmas.... I found a pack of Mountboard on sale in a local stationery shop (I tend to only see it in vast quantities - this was just A4 sheets, much easier to deal with) and I just stamped on it and coloured it in with Copic markers.  I added the ribbon at the top and the bell was free with Crafts Beautiful magazine - just need some wire for it (which I got free with another magazine!) Then I put some card over the back to make it tidy.

I am very unlikely to post until after Christmas now, so wish you all a Happy Christmas and a great New Year.

Christmas things - not cards this time....

I bought the pads in a stationery shop (for 59p each) and decided to stamp them to be stocking fillers - I used different stamps (did about 5 or 6 pages of each one) and then coloured in one stamp to top it with.  I hope the people who get them like them - they might get quite a few bits I've made this year.

 

JOFY stamps (again)

I also bought the plate with the beheaded snowman on, because we have a friend who doesn't like Christmas.  This with "bah humbug" on it is just up his street!  This was a simple one to make - I just used copic pens to colour with and a bit of distress ink round the outside, then put some glitter in the middle of the snowflakes.  I also used a white pen to put the spots on the scarf.

 

Sugar Nellie Stamps

Another Christmas card, but using a different stamp..... I bought this one last year from Sugar Nellie; coloured in using promarkers/ copic pens and then I just layered it up.  

 

More JOFY stamps

I promise to show you something else soon - I did these to donate as a raffle prize.  I made 5 cards and put them inside a box I made (I obviously took the photo the wrong way round, and if I had more time I could probably work out how to put it right......).  I really like these stamps, despite saying I really didn't need any Christmas ones....

 

JOFY Stamps

Just two more finished cards - I put these two on printed card.

JOFY Stamps - finished....

This is how I finished the tags to make them into cards.  I sprayed the orange one as I didn't like my blending.... then added some trimming to it.  I put them on to kraft cardstock and punched a hole through the card, then tied them with ribbon. 

JOFY stamps

I went to the Craft Barn on Saturday and I couldn't resist buying some new Christmas stamps - these are from Paper Artsy and they are designed by Jo Firth-Young.  I did these on Sunday - the large Christmas card was so easy, just stamp it in black and then stamp the baubles on a book page and glue them on top.  I used Stickles glitter on the baubles.  On the tags I used one stamp repeated a few times and coloured them in.  I also used distress inks to colour the background card....... I like the green one but I don't think I did the orange one well!  Now it's dry I might try spraying over it.

Christmas Card

Here is another Christmas Card - my first attempt at making one with glitter.  (Yes, I have tried quite a few times before but it never worked for me....)  I bought the shaker card pouches from J and C creations (shake it, by Impression Obsession) - I really liked these as they are quite flat so won't be too tricky to post, and they already had glue on them, so I didn't need any extra adhesive.  I did have problems cutting the paper to fit over it, though.  May be my Spellbinder dies weren't the right size?  But I think it still looks okay.  The stamp is a Personal Impressions one (a Christmas "tinchies") which was just the right size.  I also have a larger size but I haven't done anything with that one yet.

Cute Christmas Card

I don't normally like cute images that much, but I liked this one; bought it at Donnington Park (a Crafter's Companion stamp).  Again, this was easy to do - I used a Crafty Individual's backing paper, and my 2 snowflakes were covered in a silver glitter embossing powder.

 

Christmas Card

Using a Stampability stamp.  I bought this reduced after last Christmas - I thought it would be good to use because there isn't a lot of colouring to do on it....  I used Spellbinders to cut out the middle bits and used some papers from last Christmas (or the one before?).  It's also quite a good way of using the paper up - it looks nice but I found it quite tricky to use on smaller cards.  This is on a Kanban card I got from Create and Craft some while ago.

Clarity Stamps card - using Pan Pastels

This was a first attempt at using Pan Pastels.  I bought them in red, dark blue and purple (choosing my favourite colours - trust me to like those colours instead of pastel blues etc!).  I stamped the Clarity Stamp with Flitterglu, then added the gold leaf.  Then I rubbed the Pan Pastels on top.  I was really pleased with this so decided to do nothing else to it at all; just mounted it and placed it on a silver card.  I must say that it is worth having a few practices first with Flitterglu and Pan Pastels.  Not all my attempts turned out as well as this one.  You also need a really cheap hairspray - just spray it in the air and run the stamped card through it (before laying it up!). 

 

 

 

Box made up - eventually

This is a box I made from Jo Capper-Sandon's workshop.  I bought the box from the Craft Barn and decided to use one picture on the lid... and I cut up the other picture to use inside.  I layered it up with pink paper and a printed paper, but I didn't think it looked right.  I left it for a while, then eventually decided to use a Ranger Acrylic Paint dabber (in Shell Pink) on the top.  Yes, it would have been easier to do it first... but I did manage to cover the paper while avoiding the stamped image. 

Kanban stamps candle.  I at last found out how to do this... it sounds so easy.... and it was!  This was the first one I did and I'm going to give it away as a present.

You do need to find the right kind of candle though.  I did buy a pack with 5 candles for a pound - which sounds great but they were cream coloured.  That would still have been fine, but I found that the wax melted and left a slightly different colour underneath.... I won't be giving those away! 

Crafty Individuals clock.  I made this in a workshop in the Craft Barn earlier this summer (you will see others on the Crafty Individuals site) - quite a bit of work and it's still unfinished (that's down to me, I'm afraid - it still needs a few bits adding to the roof and the hanging weights put on it).  Had great fun doing it though - we used TAP paper to put the stamps on to it.  Jean Hardy also tried stamping on to mulberry paper - it looks great, and I have tons of that laying around.  I must admit that although it looks nice, I think if I did it again I'd only use one kind of paper at the back.

This one was a quick make - I used a stamp from Lili of the Valley. 

This is a postcard I made after Jo Capper- Sandon's workshop.  I added the bow to her hair and stamped a saying on it (from the dylusions range).