Showing posts with label Joyful Christmas stamp set. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joyful Christmas stamp set. Show all posts

Friday, November 29, 2013

My Favourite Stamp Set from AYSI Challenges 013

Well, hey!  Welcome to Black Friday!  But even more significant than that, it's As You See It Challenges 013!  And this time Amanda has challenged us, the Design Team to come up with two projects using our current favourite stamp set!

Well, my current favourite set is Joyful Christmas, with that gorgeous poinsettia, and so I came up with a card and an 8 x 8 scrapbook page using this set.


  • I previously used this stamp set to create a silver and black card, so I wanted to try it with gold and black.  
  • I love the Brushed Gold cardstock from Stampin' Up and decided to combine it with one of the Gold Foil sheets to give a matte/shiny contrast.
  • I stamped the image in StazOn Jet Black ink, but another alternative would have been to emboss it with black or gold embossing powder, like I did with the sentiment.
  • The center of the poinsettia was embossed with Gold Stampin' Emboss powder.  To accomplish this, I used a cotton swab to put a dot of VersaMark ink for each stamen in the middle.  I then covered it with the embossing powder and heat set it.  I added a little black Sharpie maker around each one to increase the contrast. (Our Stampin' Write markers are water based and wouldn't stick to the embossed surface without smudging off.)
  • The Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon adds a splash of colour without taking away from the golden overall appearance.
This is my second project, an 8" x8" scrapbook page.  Now that I've tackled a couple, I may do them more often.  I like the 8" x 8" format.  You can fit more on it than on a standard sized card, but it's not as overwhelming trying to fill up the space as a 12" x12" format.
  • It's a photo of my daughter, many years ago, dancing her dream role of Clara in the Nutcracker.  It was such an exciting year for her and for us.  I used the Season of Style DSP as a background on Early Espresso paper.  I picked up the Old Olive and the Cherry Cobbler in the background for my images.
  • I stamped the poinsettia on some Whisper White and cropped a square with the largest Square Collection Framelit die; the one with the scalloped edges.  I then cut out some of the petals of the poinsettia, using my Paper Snips with the sharp point to start inside the square rather than cut away any of the  Whisper White.  I also stamped and fussy cut the three leaves on the bottom right and adhered them together and on to an Antique Brad.
  • The Joy to the World sentiment is from the stamp set of the same name and it fits this style perfectly.  I cropped it using the Chalk Talk Framelits.
  • The bottom seemed the perfect spot for some more of that Burlap Ribbon, layered with some Cherry Cobbler 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon.

So there you have the two projects and I hope you will enter your favourite creation with your favourite stamp set in our Challenge this week at As You See It Challenges!



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Talk with you again soon!
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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Black Tie Formal from Dynamic Duos

Well, I was determined not to miss this week's Dynamic Duos Challenge #79, so I got right on it.  This week is Black Tie Week with the dessert option of Christmas, and I chose the Joyful Christmas stamp set to showcase it.

Do you remember your first formal affair?  Mine was a disaster!  I had to borrow a dress because we couldn't afford a new one.  I had been invited by a guy who was a year older than me so I was flattered, but when he started laying on the compliments right and left, I felt completely out of my element.  Like a fish out of water, or a penguin in the tropics.  Can you say, "Awkward!"

I quickly decided that I would wait a few years before doing the dating thing again!





But, creating the card for the challenge didn't feel awkward at all.  I've been seeing the Joyful Christmas poinsettias all over the place, and especially embossed on vellum and I've been dying to try it.  I can't even tell you where I got the idea, since virtually everyone has done one! (Remember when I predicted that it would be one of the top stamp sets from the Holiday catalogue?)  The vellum poinsettia just seemed to perfectly fit this challenge.  Here's my card:

  •  This is basically a simple card except for fussy cutting the poinsettia.  Basic Black card base, Whisper White background, strip of Silver Glimmer paper, Black Taffeta Ribbon and a sentiment from the same stamp set as the poinsettia, Joyful Christmas!
  • I stamped the flower in VersaMark ink twice on White Vellum Cardstock, then heat embossed it using Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder.  

  • I cut out one poinsettia leaving it intact for the base, and then cut out the small middle petals of the other and mounted it on the base flower using a Dimensional.
  • The leftover large petals were then cut out in twos and added to the bottom of the base flower using glue dots, just to increase the fullness.
  • I stamped the sentiment, from Joyful Christmas, in StazOn Jet Black.  Here's a tip for stamping you sentiment right on the panel as opposed to stamping it on a separate piece and adding it to the to panel:  Do a test stamp on scrap paper to see if the sentiment is mounted straight.  This one was just a hair crooked, so I was able to make up for that when I stamped right on the panel.
  • The poinsettia's center is a mixture of Basic Black Candy Dots and Rhinestones for some added bling.
I really like the outcome of today's stamping adventure, unlike my first formal date!  Hope you do, too! Leave me a comment telling me about your first formal date!  Was it great or a disaster like mine?


Here are my supplies:


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