Path to Christmas

Hi crafter's

Another card made with the Stampscape stamps. I have just bought the Snowy Creek and the Birch Trees. Love these trees seem to be using them all the time. This will be someone's Christmas card, not sure who it will be yet. I started with an A6 piece of Clarity silk card. Ink up the Snowy Creek with Archival Watering Can and stamp at the bottom, then ink up the trees and stamp along the edge of the creek. Mask the trees then repeat stamp to make a larger group of trees. I have used Tumbled Glass and Willow inks to add colour, following the shading in the stamp. To make the hills in the background I used the hills and mountains stencil by Inkylicious. Add a touch of colour to the trees here and there. Blend blue ink around the edges. Use a little Pearly Stuff by Woodware to create falling snow and white glitter glue to the trees and water. Mat on to some black card. Inky up the new snowflakes stamp from Indigoblu with Versamark and stamp on to opposite corners of a white base card. Rub some mica powder over the stamping. Attach the panel to the centre of the card. Stamp the word Christmas on to a scrape of white card and mount on to black card, stick on the bottom of the topper. Quite simple but very effective I think. That's all for now. Hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by

Sally

Narnia

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I have been playing with my Stampscape stamps again this time focusing on the Small Pines and Rocks. I have used the Clarity silk card the same as in my previous post but in landscape. To start ink up the pines and rocks with Archival Watering Can. I prefer grey ink to black it gives a softer look. Stamp three times as shown. To fill the gap ink up as before then dab off the rocks with kitchen towel, then stamp on to copier before going to the silk card. Repeat this again stamping behind the trees to give more depth. Ink up the Lilly Grass and stamp a few times to give interest to the water. I have used Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky inks to create the water and sky. To do this put some Tumbled Glass on to a blending mat, pick up the colour with Cut'n'Dry foam and sweep from the edge to the middle leaving it lighter in the centre. Sweep the ink from the rocks in to the middle as well. Continue colouring this way up the sides and along the top to create the beginnings of the sky. Take some Stormy Sky ink and start to make the shadows by adding ink at the bottom of the rocks and near the Lilly Grass. Add a water edge at the bottom of the trees in the gap. Going back to the sky add more of the light blue sweeping down from the top at an angle, then add a little more darker blue. Not a lot of ink is needed to achieve this sky. Blend a little Willow ink  above the rocks and at the bottom of the trees, this makes it look like there is some grass. Use Willow in the sky and in the water. Colour in the rocks with Weathered wood using Cut'n'Dry nibs. Add highlights with a white gel pen in the water, rocks and a few lines down the trees. Mat and layer on to light blue and black card then mount on to a white base card. That's it for now, thanks for looking.

Sally

Sailing under the blue moon

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I have recently come across some scene building stamps from Stampscapes. They are brilliant for creating real life scenes. These stamps fill that desire to make something that looks like a painting and I am addicted to them, I need them all! The card above was one of the first I made and I was so pleased with the result. I have quite a stash of them now. The process isn't difficult. I started with an A6 piece of Clarity silk card. First I inked up Seaside Cove Sm with Adirondack Eggplant, stamp at the bottom of the card. Then I took the Moon stamp and inked up as before. Dab the ink off the edges of the stamp leaving just the moon, now stamp in the sky. Ink up the Milky Way stamp in Eggplant and dab some of the ink from the edges. Stamp next to the moon on one side then repeat the other side. Underneath the moon I did the same but used second generation stamping. Lastly I inked the Sailboat (love this little boat) and placed it in the water. To colour in I have used Distress Inks in blue and purple. Put some light blue on to a Splodge mat and using some Cut'n'Dry foam sweep ink from the outside towards the middle leaving some white in the centre. Repeat going from the other side. Pick a darker shade of blue and sweep from the edge again but don't cover all the first colour. The sky is coloured in the same way but I have used more purple than blue leaving more lighter areas, the stamp will guide you. Add some purple in to the water to reflect the sky. Create shadow in front of the boat with Cut'n'Dry Nibs, these are very handy for all the small details. For the beach and rocks I used Adirondack Sandal. Lastly add highlights with a white gel pen. Put white in the sea, splashes against the rocks and stars in the sky. Buff up the silk card with a tissue. My background  was made using the ink left on the Splodge mat, spritz with water and pick up the colour with a piece of paper. Cut to size. Mat and layer silk card and background paper on to black card. Mount on to a white base card.
That's all for this time, hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by

Sally

Walking in the snow

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This card is going to be entered in to the Crafty Individuals challenge it can be a Halloween or Christmas project. I have chosen Christmas simply because I love this stamp and find any reason to use it. The backgound was created with the Gelli plate. Mask the centre of the Gelli plate with a piece of paper the same size as the stamp. Brayer the colours on to the plate, I used purple, white and pale blue. Blot the paint with some scrunched up paper to add texture. Remove the mask and take a print. Stamp the image in to the masked off space. Colour in with pencils then go over with some clear Sakura Gelly pen, spread over with water. This is a quick easy way to make it sparkle. Mask the centre again with a clean mask. Ink up the new snowflakes stamp from Indigoblu with Versamark and emboss with white powder. Draw a wiggly line around the main image with a black fine liner pen. Run a black Promarker around the outside edge and mount on to a white base card. Really pleased how this turned out, hope you like it too.

That's it for now, thanks for looking

Sally

Autumn tree

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This card is going to be entered in to the Chocolate Baroque colour challenge. The challenge has four set colours to use any way you want, which is great fun to do. I have used the Orchard Build a Tree stamp set. I began by masking the middle section with the mountains stencil from Inkylicious but torn copier paper is just as good. Start by blending the colours Antique Linen, Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade on the top half. Lay the circles stencil (by Mr Huey) as shown and ink through with Frayed Burlap. The bottom half is done the same way using a Clarity flourish stencil and blended with Wild Honey for a very soft look. Remove all stencils and ink up one of the trees with brown ink, I used Versafine. Stamp a selection of the little flowers in the three main colours. Use a brown fine line marker pen and draw wiggly lines to highlight the middle panel and also extend the roots of the tree. Ink up the words in brown ink and stamp as shown. To take away the whiteness swipe a little Antique Linen. Run a complimentary promarker around the edge to frame then mount on to a Kraft card base. That's it for this time, thanks for looking.

Sally