Bright Lights Blog Hop - Scrap 'n Stamp Designer Challenge

Hello & welcome! You should have arrived here from Tara's post on the Scrap 'n Stamp blog.
Be sure to visit each blog on the hop and leave a comment for a chance to win a Lawn Fawn die from this months new release. Let's get hoppin'.

This month we were given the challenge of using the Lawn Fawn String of Lights die set.

- Here is my finished card -

I started with a piece of white cardstock that was 4 7/8" x 4 7/8". I took the 'string' part of the die set and placed it across the cardstock like in the photo below. I put it through my Big Shot and then removed the 'string' part. This left me with

I cut out the top layer of my balloon in red glitter paper, the bottom layer of the balloon in white cardstock, the string and lightbulb base in gold glitter paper.

I inserted the gold glitter string between the two pieces of the cardstock from step one and adhered with some doubled sided tape. I then flipped it back over and stamped my sentiment.

I then adhered my lightbulbs down along the gold string. 

Next I adhered my white cardstock to a piece of 5 1/8" x 5 1/8" black cardstock.

I added some Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon to the edge and Barn Door Distress Crayon around the lightbulb with a detailer water brush.

Tara Nixon Cox

Julia Chupik - that's me!

Karla Yungwirth

Nancy Frustaci

Amy Rysavy

Karen Warner

Amber Trubiak

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So many snowflakes.....more Christmas cards!

I'm back with another post about my Christmas card making for 2017.

Here is the finished set of cards - I only needed 4 but I was having so much fun blending, stamping and heat embossing I just kept going!

The Swirly Snowflake stamps and coordinating die are brilliant. I love the details in the stamped images and the dies are fabulous for those of us who dislike fussy cutting.

  I started by choosing some Distress Oxides in purple and blue tones.
Foe these cards I used Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, Salty Ocean,
Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans and Black Soot.

 These inks blend so beautifully and leave such a gorgeous matte, chalky finish.
I inked the edges of my background with the Faded Jeans to frame the edge.

I gave each background a spritz & flick of water then gave then a quick blast from my heat gun to dry them before stamping some swirly snowflakes with Champagne Versamark. I love the sparkly watermark this makes over the Oxides.

To create my snowflake focal point I used my Tim Holtz stamping platform.
I applied 2-4 different colours of ink om my stamp, gave it a quick spritz of water them stamped it.

 I then cleaned off my stamp without removing it from the platform, inked it with my Ranger Emboss-It dauber then stamped my image again. I then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

I die cut out my snowflakes and adhered them to the backgrounds with an action wobble.
I added a sentiment then adhered them to my card base. I now have another set of
cards ready to be mailed out.

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Card backgrounds and bases were made using
Creative Scrapbooker Superstock

Festive Tree - Christmas Card

Hello! I have been busy making Christmas cards so I can get them in the mail by Dec 1. 

This week I will posting some these cards.

These first 2 cards were made using the NEW Tim Holtz Watercolor Tree 

Stamp from Stampers Anonymous. 

This set is a layered stamp - the base layer is stamped with Peeled Paint Distress Ink.

The next layer was stamped with Forest Moss. These trees were stamped on to the 'label' paper from last years Christmas Paper Stash pack from Tim Holtz Idea-ology.

I stamped the star with Fossilized Amber Distress Ink. The decorations were stamped with Ranger Emboss-It then embossed with Candy Red Embossing Powder from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies.

I trimmed out the tree image, layered this over some Distress cardstock and then adhered to a piece of pattern paper from the 2017 Christmas Paper Stash from Tim Holtz Idea-ology. This is an 8x8 paper pack and I love using these for cardmaking.

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