Foiled Tree ~ Design Team member Karen

I have four projects to share today - all Christmas cards.  When I first saw this gorgeous tree made of stars in the Mr & Mrs Snow stamp set... I knew that it was wanting to be foiled!  I am so happy that I did... I love the end result:

 After running it through my machine, I cut it out and mounted on a simple triangle of dark green cardstock, adding a little brown base - then created a square card with my patterned tree paper.  I added a snowflake die cut, and cut the word "joy" out of some gold cardstock.  A few gold sequins added to the glimmer.

It's always hard to photograph anything shiny!  It's got quite a lovely shimmer in real life.

A few weeks back, I did some butterfly cards using the A4 Alphabet & Numbers stamp set, and wanted to try using it for some Christmas cards:

I'm sure you've seen variations on this idea before, but I wanted to give it a try with Colourific's fabulous font!

I stamped the words, leaving spaces where the O's should be... then I photocopied them onto some white cardstock (the foil only sticks to toner), and then ran them all through my Minc machine with gold foil to make my shimmery letters.

 I die cut two snowflakes from gold cardstock, and layered them onto each sentiment.

 All of the words are adhered to the base with pop dots for a little dimension.

And of course, I couldn't resist using my sewing machine to sew around the panels.  *So if you don't have Christmas stamp sets on hand, but want to put some holiday cards together - this is a quick & easy idea, and a great way to use a font.  

*There are brand new stamp sets being released by Colourific on December 1st!  Be sure to check out the blog in the coming weeks to see all of the new ideas from the Design Team.

Easy 3D Stamped Flowers

Hi everyone today I am here sharing a different way to use your stamp sets.  I took the Colourific stamp set: Moderne Flowers 

I first stamped the images using Oxide inks onto vellum paper and applied some clear embossing powder and then heat set. I then fussy cut them and cut between each petal so I could shape them.  Each flower has 2 layers and then I added some stamens.

Makes perfect 3D flowers for your card fronts.  Finally I stamped the sentiment from the Champagne and Cocktails set!

I hope everyone has enjoyed my post and thanks so much for stopping by. 

Modern Christmas Tree cards - DT Member: Verity

Hello! So good to be here. It's Verity here from Pretty Little Button with another card for you today. Make sure you check out the fabulous Christmas stamps from Colourific as it isn't too late to still make some more. These clean and simple Christmas cards were the first set of cards I made with the Christmas stamp collection from Colourific and I think they are my favourite. I just love this tree!

Modern Christmas Tree cards details:

To create these cards, stamp the modern tree from the Holly Jolly Christmas stamp set in versamark ink and heat emboss in a colour of your choosing.

Next, decide and find a colour corresponding embellishment to act as the baubles for the tree.

For the kraft card, I use a selection of different sized red and gold mat sequins and adhered these down with liquid glue. The tree was then die cut with a stitched rectangle die and adhered onto a white card base. 

For this grey card, I use a selection of differently sized mat and shiny sequins. I fussy cut around the tree and adhered this down onto a grey card panel that had been spray with some shimmer spray. 

To finish the grey card off, I foam mounted a stitched rectangle frame out of matching kraft card. 

For this card, I used white nuvo drops to act as the bauble for the tree. Again this tree was fussy cut-out and foam mounted on to a navy card panel.

A sentiment from the Christmas Time Text stamp set was added to a strip of white card on the front on the card panel, and the whole panel was mounted onto a white card base.

I hope you love today's card and don't forget to check out the stamp set, link below. If you loved this card please leave a comment below as we would love to hear from you. 

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Holly Jolly Christmas Clear Stamp set

Christmas Time Text clear stamp set

Until next time!

Verity

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Singing Robins ~ DT Member Aly

Hello there wow we really are on the way towards Christmas now and as such I have made a Bendi Card using the gorgeous SINGING ROBINS clear stamps set from Colourific

Isn't it just sweet!

Hugs Aly xx 

Sketchy Pattern Backgrounds - DT Member Verity

Hello! So good to be here. It's Verity here from Pretty Little Button with another card for you today. I have called this post sketchy pattern backgrounds as there are two stamps from the A6 Moderne Flowers stamp set from Colourific which have a more sketchy appearance to them. I used just those two stamps with repeated stamping to create the focal background elements for these cards.

Sketchy Pattern Backgrounds card 1 details:

For this first card, I used a piece of masking tape to mask a small portion of the top of the card off. Then mounting the two stamps onto acrylic blocks, I repeatedly stamped the two sketchy florals in versamark on the remainder of the card.  

To make sure I didn't stamp over an area I had already stamped, I cover with embossing powder as I went along. However, I did not heat set until the end, to reduce the amount of warping. 

Before removing the masking tape, I ink blended Blueprint sketch distress oxides onto the panel, fading out slightly towards the bottom to create a gradient. The embossing resists the ink, but it is useful to buff the embossing afterwards to bring back the shine. I heat embossed a sentiment from my stash and finished the card off with a few Nuvo drops. 

Sketchy Pattern Backgrounds card 1 details:

For this second card, I only used the small floral sketch stamp. This was repeatedly stamped in versamark ink onto a piece of watercolour card after masking and sectioning an area at the top off. This was then heat set.

To add the colour, I cover the section with clear water and added orange watercolour to the bottom area. I gradually pulled the colour out with clear water lightening the colour creating a soft gradient. I kept repeating this to intensify the colour. 

To finish the card off, a piece of black twine was wrapped around the bottom of the stamp before the panel adhered to a card base. I sentiment was stamped in black dye in and a few Nuvo crystal dew drops were added as embellishments. 

I hope you love today's card and don't forget to check out the stamp set, link below. If you loved this card please leave a comment below as we would love to hear from you. 

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A6 Moderne Flowers Clear Stamp Set

Until next time!

Verity

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Christmas Fun + Sale

Hi everyone welcome back to the Colourific blog.  Today I am sharing my Stitched Friends tree card colored with distress ink and stamped on watercolor paper.  Right now you can get these awesome Christmas stamps set on sale so hurry before they are all gone!

I hope everyone has enjoyed my post and be sure to join our Facebook group for more inspiration:

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Modern or Retro Christmas Bauble card - DT Member: Verity

Hello! So good to be here. It's Verity here from Pretty Little Button with another card for you today. I have another card today using the Peace & Joy stamp set from Colourific. Today's post features two cards using this stamp set to create a modern or retro style card and a very easy to make if in a hurry!

Modern or Retro Christmas Bauble card details:

For the modern card, start off by stamping a variety of the baubles onto white card. You could do this in a variety of different coloured modern inks or heat embossed for a metallic look. To create these cards, I had the digital file and therefore foiled them. However, you can foil them with either a glue pad, or bonding powder. 

Once you have stamped a collection of baubles, fussy cut these out and adhere a piece of white thread to each one to 'hang' the baubles from. I used kraft card for my base and panel, as I wanted to add white paint splatters to the background. Once these were dry, you can adhere directly on to the panel or foam mount your bauble.

However, pay attention to the threads, as you may want to mount some of these underneath a bauble. When you adhere a bauble, pull the thread taught a wrap over the top of the card panel. Using some tape, adhere the thread down to the backside of the cad panel.  Lastly, stamp a sentiment from the Christmas time text stamp set and mount this onto the card.

For the second card, I went for a more retro look. Again stamp out a selection of baubles in ink or embossing powder. As I only had access to the digital file, these baubles were foiled which you can do with a glue pad or bonding powder.

Before fussy cutting these out, I used 3 Zig Clean colour real brush markers to colour some of the baubles in. This colour combination paired with the gold of the baubles gave a retro feel to these baubles.

The baubles were adhered onto a tall card panel as with the card before. To change up the background, I used gold Nuvo drops to create shimmer and depth to the background an. This card was finished off by matting another stamped sentiment from the Christmas Time Text stamp set.

 I hope you love today's card and don't forget to check out the stamp set, link below. If you loved this card please leave a comment below as we would love to hear from you. 

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Peace & Joy Clear Stamp set

Christmas time Text A6 clear stamp set

Until next time!

Verity

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Holiday cards! ~ Design Team Member Karen

I have the sweetest images to share with you today - all from the new holiday stamp sets from Colourific:

I'm all about bright colours & papers... and these images had me grabbing these bold patterns, and I love the aqua added in with the traditional red & green.

I stamped and coloured the snowmen from the Mr & Mrs Snow set with Copic markers, and started building my snowy scene... and felt like it needed a little glimmer.  So I ran the pole and striped scarf through my Minc machine, adding red foil to them, and I made the snowflakes silver.

 I finished off my card with some die cut snowflakes and some zigzag stitching with my sewing machine.

 There are actually three sweet birds that come in the Singing Robins stamp set, but I decided to just feature one, sitting on a branch with the snowy sky behind him.  There's a little shimmer on this card also, as I foiled the sentiment in silver as well:

Be sure to check out all of the new holiday sets that are available on the Colourific website here!  Happy stamping!

CAS white and gold Christmas Tree - DT Member: Verity

Hello! So good to be here. It's Verity here from Pretty Little Button with another card for you today. I'm up with another Christmas card today using a beautiful stamp from Colourific. This gorgeous tree full of stamps is so stunning that you hardly have to do anything to the card as it has done all the hard work first! 

CAS white and gold Christmas Tree card details:

Now I created this card using a digital file before the stamp set had reached us. This stamp comes from the Mr & Mrs Snow A5 stamp set. So to foil it, I just printed it off my laser printed and ran the panel through my Minc machine with some hot foil.  But of course, you can create this card with using your stamp and without a laser print. There are a variety of glue pads out there that allow you to stamp your image and then foil this. One example is the glue pad from Brutus Monroe. 

Alternatively, you can also use Bonding powder from WOW! Embossing powder; stamp with clear embossing ink and cover/heat set like regular embossing powder. Then send this through your Minc or laminator with hot foil. One other method is to buy and use sticky embossing powder. I haven't tried this myself yet, but I have heard it works just as well. For another alternative method if you have no hot foils or laminator, just emboss the tree with a selection of metallic embossing powders for the same effect. 

To assemble the card, I die cut the foiled tree with a stitched square die and matted this onto a piece of gold mirri card that was 1/4" larger. This was then foam mounted onto a white card panel 1/2 larger and lastly, the whole panel was foam mounted onto a 6" square kraft card base.

 I hope you love today's card and don't forget to check out the stamp set, link below. If you loved this card please leave a comment below as we would love to hear from you. 

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Mr & Mrs Snow A5 stamp set

Christmastime Text A6 clear stamp set

Until next time!

Verity

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