All Squared Up

Hello there!! I realise I have not blogged for a while, it has been a busy, busy few weeks. But, I am back with a post for The Artistic Stamper. This month's theme is "Square It".

So here is what I did...

I cut a card blank at 7&3/4" square for a background then cut several other smaller pieces to fit inside the background piece.

I coloured all the individual pieces with Peacock Feathers and Dusty Concord Distress Inks.

I placed all the different card pieces in the correct places then stamped the Tick Tock Christmas Baubles on to the card.

I then matt and layered all the pieces on to black card leaving a very slim border, then used foam pads do stack each layer to give a 3D effect.

Thanks for popping by,

toodles for now.

Lisa x

I would like to enter this in to the following challenges -
That's Crafty challenge blog - anything goes
Sandee and Amelie Steampunk Challenges - winter special

Christmas Tag Decoration @ The Artistic Stamper

Hello folks and a happy and merry Christmas to you all. Today's blog post is for 

The Artistic Stamper.

One more day till the big fella comes down the chimney.... and along with that lovely thought comes the manic wrapping!!!

So with that mind, I decided to make a Christmas decoration to go on top of a special present. 

Here is my creation...

I used Artifacts Funky Fairy stamp and the Tick Tock Christmas Baubles stamp set.

I stamped the three baubles and the fairy with clear embossing ink on to black card. Then using white sparkle embossing powder, heat embossed it. I fussy cut the baubles out and did the same on the reverse. 

With the big bauble I stamped it again on a separate piece of card and used foam pads to make a more 3D bauble. 

I added lace and red paper ribbon to some of the baubles and attached different lengths of green/white bakers twine to each of the baubles and fairies. 

I then tied the lengths of twine together at the top with a knot.

I used some red paper ribbon to make a big bow to cover the knot of the twine.  

I hope all your Christmas gifts are wrapped as pretty. 

Wishing you all a very merry christmas and a happy and healthy 2018.

Lisa xxx 

The Artistic Stamper . . . My 1st post!!! The Artistic Stamper Challenge - Christmas

Hello folks, and welcome to my 1st post for The Artistic Stamper Challenge.  

My 1st creation is for the Monthly Challenge which starts on the 1st December, so the theme could only be... Christmas.

Here is my creation...

I first placed The Artistic Stamper 6 x 6 Random Dots mask on a piece of white card and spread a thick layer of structure paste through the mask then left to dry.

I inked the background using Broken China and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide inks.

I then stamped in between the random dots of the mask using The Mini Backgrounds A6 (Neil Walker) Stamp Set.

I stamped the 3 baubles from the Tick Tock Christmas Baubles set on to white card with blank ink then cut them out and inked them using Distress Inks. 

I stamped the same stamps on to acetate using flake and glitter glue, then added gilding flakes. 

I layered the acetate baubles on top of the card baubles and punched a hole in the top. I then thread through some black cord and some old chain.

I stamped the sentiment from the Tick Tock set on to a separate piece of card in black ink. I added flake glue around the edge of the sentiment and the edge of the background card and added more flakes. 

I adhered layers of foam pads on the back of the baubles to make them stand from the background page. 

To finish, I mounted the background on to black card.

Here are the items I used from The Artistic Stamper and they are all available on the website. 

Tick Tock Christmas Baubles A5

Mini Backgrounds A6 Neil Walker

6 x 6 Random Dots Mask

Thanks for popping by my blog today to see my 1st creation for The Artistic Stamper. 

I hope to see you over on the Challenge page. 

Toodles for now,

Lisa xxx