December Stamp of the Month

That festive time is looming once again and I had pretty much decided not to have a Stamp of the Month because everyone gets very busy around this time of the year. I changed my mind after discovering this set of stamps from Personal Impressions.

The Christmas set might cause you to think I've gone a little bonkers (was already), however it's a set of 7 stamps that's working out at a very economical €6.55 (including the 15% discount). The images are great and very, very, very good for those last minute cards, or for the kiddies to have a play with.

My cards this month reflect the 'quick card' ethos I've just mentioned, but remember the set is only available at the above price for this month or while stocks last.

The three tags have been stamped with Versamark first with the smaller snowflake and tinted with blue and green chalks. Next I stamped the larger snowflake using a Brilliance Trio ink pad. Brads are fixed to the centre of each large snowflake. I stamped the Merry Christmas greeting using the Brilliance ink pad again and embellished the card further with white Liquid Pearls.

This one is really a bit of a cheat, as you can see the holly sprig is in the corner. I didn't have time to make the card I wanted to, which is a Christmas Pudding, complete with Brandy Sauce and my holly sprig on top.

This time I've stamped the Christmas Bauble on light blue Mirri Card with Versamark and embossed them with fine detail white. I trimmed round them cutting of the loop at the top, fixed thin ribbon to the back of each and fixed them with silicone glue to create a raised affect. The papers are from the Snowy Jo Collection as is the Merry Christmas rub-on, a bow tidies up the ends.

The Snowman is stamped in blue Versafine ink and coloured in with Marvy le Plume markers, he's mounted with 3d foam onto a background of Versamarked small snowflakes which the camera hasn't picked up. The Merry Christmas greeting was also stamped with Versafine ink.

Snowman again, this time I've stamped him with black Stayz-on and shaded him with colouring pencils. The wall is created in the same way, the stamp was part of the farmyard set we had a few months ago. The background paper is another of the Snowy Jo ones and I've used Stickles glitter glue to embellish.

Hope you like them.

xxx

Twice in one evening

Back again, this time with Scrapaholix which was on Saturday just gone. This time we created something a little different to be kept or given away to a loved one as a gift. Using a handbag accordion album we created a wall hanging. In my case I asked my husband, 3 children and myself ("tell me a little bit about Lora"), to answer a few questions about themselves, so we can look back in a few years and see how we've changed.

As you can see it's turned out quite well, to the eagle eyed amongst you, you will no doubt have spotted that my youngest chap is missing. This is not because he has run away to join the circus, he gets that kind of carry-on here. It is because I have managed to mis-lay his glittered K and I'm too lazy to make another. It will turn up and I will finish my Millar Masterpiece.

The papers are from Rayher, as are the button embellishments. The glittered chipboard are letters taken from several sets, painted and glittered to match. Bright Mirri Board in festive colours, white and green ribbons and sparkly brads add the important finishing touches. Now to find Kye.....

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I'm off to catch some much needed beauty sleep, but I intend to get back here tomorrow to load up the stamp of the month samples.

Night Night

I thought it had only been...

Look even when I think it's going well I get side-tracked, I was absolutely convinced it had only been 2 weeks since my last post. I get here (at last) to discover it's actually been three. Well there's no hope and no pictures from 3 weeks ago at least not at the moment.

Going back to a fortnight ago now we were busy glittering Mandalas, that was the general idea anyway, glittering me was the reality. Anyone that knows me, knows I'm not a pretty pastel kinda girl, I do bright, bold in your face (never), so for those of you that like the more subtle, mandalas turn away now and scroll down. If like me though you like it bright, you'll like these.

They are all variations on the embossed, glittered and decoupaged theme, so there's not really much to tell.

This one hasn't even made it onto a card as it's just so cool.

This one and the next are the reverse of each other. 2 colours of glitter and 2 colours of card.

This one is one of the snowflake mandalas and I've only used transparent glitter on the blue card.

This one is my favourite, it's the Crocus Mandala from Elusive Images and I created the whole thing twice, mounted them onto each other, sandwiching a tassel between, so I can hang the decoration on my Christmas tree.

I'll be back in a minute to pop up a little bit about Scrapaholix too.

xxxx