Look familiar? Yes, it’s a variation on this
card, which I’ve been using at the Make & Take at some of my pre-Christmas
workshops. I changed it up a little to use the Ornament Keepsakes bundle and
Candlelight Christmas Designer Series Paper, to tie in with last month’s offer.
However, I stuck with Gumball Green as one of the colours because I want as
many people as possible to buy the new-style ink pads before they buy as it
really is a different stamping technique. They’re absolutely brilliant for
coverage, you just need to be aware to tap lightly... or you’ll get covered in
ink!
Stamps: Ornament
Keepsakes, Greetings of the Season
Cardstock: Real Red,
Gumball Green, Whisper White
Paper: Candlelight
Christmas
Ink: Real Red,
Gumball Green
Accessories: Holiday
Ornaments framelits dies, white Baker’s Twine, 2 ½” circle punch, dotted
scallop ribbon border punch
And here’s a stepped-up version I prepared earlier. A
stepped-up card has a few more products on it and takes a little more time. It’s
not necessarily one you’d want to mass-produce.
You can just see a hint of pale GREEN glimmer paper between
the two layers of the bauble. This is a technique we learned at Convention, and
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it on here. But if you take some silver glimmer
paper, you can COLOUR it using markers (in an emergency, as I’m sure it’s not
good for the brush tip) or using ink refills. I used markers for this one but
achieved slightly darker results using a few (ok about 40) drops of reinker in
one of our new little spritzer bottles (p179) half-filled with isopropyl
alcohol (aka rubbing alcohol or IPA).
So, taking my ropy photography into account, which one do you prefer?
Stamps: Ornament
Keepsakes, Greetings of the Season
Cardstock: Cherry
Cobbler, Gumball Green, Whisper White
Paper: Candlelight
Christmas, Silver Glimmer Paper
Ink: Cherry Cobbler,
Gumball Green, Gumball Green marker
Accessories: Holiday
Ornaments framelits dies, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, 2 ½” circle punch,
dotted scallop ribbon border punch, 1” circle punch, paper piercing tool,
Festive piercing mat
All products by Stampin' Up!®
I prefer the first one but they are both lovely!!
ReplyDeleteversion two for me and talking about the ink pads, I have to confess I'm having a bit of trouble with them as they are very "wet" and slightly uneven so I am not getting as good coverage as I should because the surface isn't flat and pressing slightly harder over inks my stamps....any tips?
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