A5 Gnomes - I'll be Gnome for Christmas

Hi All

Alice here another little Christmas Gnome for you.  You can find this stamp and many other fabulous stamps at here on their website.

Materials Used:

A5 Gnomes

A6 Christmas Minis

DL Card Blank

9.5 x 20.25cm Red Mirri Mat

9.25 x 20cm White Stamping card

Various Patterned Christmas Papers

Red Gems

Various Distress Inks

Piece of Christmas Ribbon

•        Matted the Red Mirri Card onto DL card blank
•        Masked off Oval at top part of stamping card, inked around edges using distress ink.
•        Removed mask and using torn paper inked snow hills inside the oval.  Using a tree   stamp and second generation ink add few trees along the bottom of the hills.   Stamped the Snowman and Reindeer from the Christmas Minis to each side of the   oval.
•       Stamped the Gnome onto a piece of white card and 2 pieces of Christmas paper and some brown paper.  Fussy cut out all the layers and placed onto the original image.  Used flesh coloured pens to colour face.  Attached to main card.
•      Glued the Gnomes beard and added some fun flock.  Added some fluffy stuff to pompom and heated.
•      Added piece of Christmas paper to the bottom and secured a piece of ribbon around it. Attached mat to main card and added a Sentiment to the bottom.  Finished off by stamping the small holly stamp from Christmas minis to each corner and added some gems.

Halloween House Number 1

Hello everyone, today I’m adding a couple of cards using the Houses stamp set from Colourific. I’ve made a couple of super easy cards and given them a little bit of a spooky look for Halloween.  Here is the first one and you can make it any size you want. Mine is a small A6 card.

Here’s what you will need:

Black card base

Black card stock

Orange card stock

Versamark

Gold embossing powder

Distress Oxide - weathered wood

Here is what I did:

1. Take a piece of black card and stamp a house in Versamark then emboss with an antique gold embossing powder.
2. Stamp the Weathered Wood Distress Oxide on your stamping mat and spritz with water.
3. Swish the card through it a couple of times and let it dry naturally.
4. Mount onto the orange card stock then mount onto the black card blank.

Easy and simple - you can embellish with ghosts, ghouls and pumpkins etc if you like but I wanted it desolated.

Keep an eye open later today for my second card

Maria x

Love, it’s not just black and white - it’s golden too

Keeping the colours simple today, Black white and gold. Using the Love Wordage stamp set, Beach Borders and baubles from the Rings stamp set - all from Colourific 

Here’s what you will need:

A4 White card
A4 Black card
A4 Gold Miri card
Love Wordage Stamps
A5 Rings Stamps
Beach Borders
Gold Embossing Powder
Versafine Onyx Black
Versamark
Gold Gel Pen
Black Felt Tip pen
3D foam pads

This is how I made it:

1. Cut a piece of white card 6.5x 4.5”.  Stamp the Love word using Black Versafine onto the white card and colour in the L, o and e using the gold gel pen and the v in black felt tip along with the flourish on the L.
2. On a separate piece of white card stamp and emboss 8 baubles from the rings sets as shown in the photo, using Versamark and Gold Embossing powder.  Colour in using the black felt tip.
3. Stamp 3 part borders at either side of the card and emboss in gold.
4. Stamp and emboss ‘at Christmas’ in the bottom right corner.
5. Mount onto black then gold Miri and stick onto an A5 white landscape card.
6. Cut out the baubles and apply 3D foam pads - stick under each of the borders as shown in the picture.
7. Using the black pen, draw in the strings from the borders and the flourish on the L to the top of the baubles.

Hope you enjoy making this elegant card.

Maria x

A5 Party Wordage - It's Party Time

Good Morning Everyone

Hope you are all well.  I'm still playing with the new Stamps from Colourific.  Here is my sample for today, using the A6 Party Wordage Stamp Set.

Materials used:

A6 Party Stamp set

21 x 15 cm card blank

20 x 14 cm Purple Mat

19.5 x 13.5 Lace Pattern Paper

2 sizes of Oval Dies

Scraps of Paper to cut 3 layers of Banner

Happy Birthday Sentiment

Fancy Oval Die for sentiment

Gems

Clear Sparkle embossing powder

Copic Markers

• Using the smaller die cut out oval from purple mat, leaving a little hanging off the paper.  Do the same process using the larger die and patterned paper. 
• Mat the patterned paper evenly onto purple card
• Temporarily place this mat and layer onto the centre of the card blank and position your stamp onto the white space.  Remove the layer and stamp “Party with a light lilac ink. Emboss with the clear sparkle embossing powder.
• Attach the matted layers onto the card blank with foam pads.  Make sure “party” is evenly centred.
• Stamp Happy Birthday Sentiment and “It’s Time to” and emboss.
• Cut up “It’s time to” into single words.  You will not require “To”.  Mat the Sentiments onto purple card and attach to card.
• Add the layered banner and the Happy Birthday Sentiment.  For some sparkle add some gems.
• I did add some Champagne Glasses on the bottom of this card, but sent the Sample off and forgot to take another photograph!!!!!!

Rings and Borders

Happy Friday everyone, what a busy week! I hope you have enjoyed looking at all the cards in the new launch from Colourific.  In today’s card I have used stamps from the Beach Border and the A5 Rings stamp sets.

Here is what you will need:

Dark red square card base

Dark red card

White Stamping Card

A5 Rings Stamp Set

Beach Borders Stamp Set

Versamark

Gold Detail Embossing Powder

Gold Nuvo Drops

Onyx Black Versafine

Clear Embossing Powder

3D Foam Pads

Watercolour Pencils

Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink

Iridescent Glitter Glue

Here’s how to make the card:

1. Firstly, stamp the star ring using Black Versafine and Clear Embossing Powder.
2. Stamp and emboss the candle from the Rings set using the same ink and powder.
3. Colour the candle and the stars using watercolour pencils.  When dry, lightly blend a little of the Squeezed Lemonade ink over the area where the flame is to give it a yellow glow.
4. I then decorated the mat layers with the zigzag and dots border around the four sides of the dark red smaller square and the larger white square, crossing the lines at the corner.  For the borders I stamped with Versamark and Gold Detail Embossing Powder.
5. On a separate piece of card, I stamped 4 baubles in Versamark and gold embossed them.  I coloured these in with watercolour pencils.
6. Cut out the ring leaving a 4 mm border and fussy cut the four baubles.
7. Mount the ring in the middle of the red square using 3D foam pads.
8. Mount the red square onto the white square and the white square into the red card base using glue or double sided tape.
9. Finally fix the 4 baubles on the four corners of the white square using 3D Foam pads, add a gold Nuvo drop to the corners of the red square and add a touch of glitter glue to the baubles and candle flame.

Watch out for tomorrow’s card!

Maria x

Winter Scene in a Ring

Here’s another card showing you one of the new stamp sets from Colourific.

Here’s what you will need:
A5 Rings stamp set
Winter Wonderland Stamp Set
Distress Inks - any blue - I used Salty Ocean
Watercolour paints or pencils
Clear Embossing Powder
Versafine Onyx Black
Versafine Clare blue
White and blue Gel Pens
Iridescent Glitter Glue
3D Foam pads
6x6” card base
Stamping card
Die cutter - circles or punch

Here’s how I made it;

1. Cut a piece of 5x5” stamping card.  Stamp the Distress ink onto a blending mat and spritz with water, swish the card through the ink and dry.
2. On a separate piece of card, stamp the stars ring in black Versafine.  Cut out a circle around this stamp - I used a die cutter or thus or you could use a punch. 
3. Stamp two small trees, one medium tree and seasons greetings in the circle and colour with watercolour paints or pencils. Add a blue wash for the sky and draw in some grass under the trees.
4. Stamp some of the small dots for snow and glitter the top of the dots.
5. Stamp and emboss 4 snowflakes onto a separate piece of card and cut out.
6. With the white gel pen, colour in some snow on the trees and with the blue gel pen colour in the stars of the ring.
7. Mat the blue inked background onto the card base and adhere the circle to the middle of the card using 3D Foam pads.
8. Add the snowflakes to the corners of the blue background using 3D Foam Pads.

Hope you enjoy making this card - the rings are very versatile and can be used as a frame for lots of small stamps and dies.

Maria x

Love you forever

For that special someone in your life - try this quick and simple card.  I’ve used the Love Wordage stamp set, with hearts from the A5 Houses stamps these are all available from Colourific.

Here’s what you will need

Love Wordage Stamp set
A5 Houses Stamp set
A5 Cerise Card Blank and A4 card for mounting
White Stamping Card
Distress Oxides Picked Raspberry and Iced Spruce
Versafine Onyx Black
Clear Embossing Powder
Pink Gel pen
Iridescent Glitter Glue
Blending mat
Adhesives

Here’s how I made the card;

1. Stamp the distress Oxides onto the stamping blending mat and spritz with water.  Take a sheet of A5 stamping card and swish through the ink. Dry ink and swish again until you are happy with the effect.
2. Using the same colours stamp the heart stamp from the houses stamp set randomly across the sheet.
3. On a separate piece of card stamp the Love stamp using the versafine ink pad - emboss this with the clear embossing powder.
4. Colour this in with a pink gel pen.
5. Stamp the ‘you forever’ stamps in a smaller rectangle.
6. Mat the words onto cerise card and adhere to the background sheet.
7. Adhere the background sheet to the cerise card blank

Hope you enjoy making this project.

Maria x

Celebrate Wordage Stamps on Coral and Amber

Everyone needs some word stamps and these from Colourific are just what you need.  You don’t even need a picture on these cards as this next one shows.

Here’s what you will need:

A5 Dark Red Card Blank

White Stamping Card

Black card for mounting

Distress Oxide inks - Abandoned Coral and Fossilized Amber

Blending mat or glass mat

Red Harmony Ink pad

Red and yellow fineliner

Onyx Black Versafine

Peach and yellow Nuvo drops

Gold gilding wax

Here’s how I made it:

1. Stamp the Distress Oxides onto the stamping mat, spritz with water and swish the stamping card through the ink. Dry the ink off and repeat until you are happy with your background.
2. Make sure the ink is completely dry before you stamp the Celebrate stamp onto the middle if the card in the red harmony ink. Colour in the gaps of the word with the red fineliner and the flourish and the stars in the yellow fineliner - see picture.
3. Stamp the Congratulations and your special occasion in black versafine.
4. Distress the edges with the Gilding wax.
5. Mount onto black card, then into the dark red card blank.
6. Distress the edges if the card blank with gold gilding wax - I use Pebeo gilding wax.
7. Finish off by adding co-ordinating Nuvo drops in the corners of the dark red card and the inky background.

This is a stunning card which doesn't show up well in the photograph - messy and fun to do. Just remember to make sure all the inks are dry before moving to the next stage.

See you soon for the next tutorial

Maria x

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW HOME

Here’s another of my cards from the new launch of stamps from Colourific . This time I’ve used the A5 Houses stamps. These lovely stamps come in a pack with lots of accessory stamps to decorate your homes and gardens.

Here’s whst you will need:

A5 Houses stamp set
White Stamping Card
Cream Card for mounting
Base card - I used a Brown 6” square card
Versafine Onyx Black
Watercolour paints
Distress Ink, Brushed Corduroy
Iridescent Glitter Glue
Gold Nuvo Drops

Here’s how I made it.

1. Stamp the two houses into a piece of 5x5” stamping card using Versafine.
2. Stamp the fence at either side of the Houses, then add the fir trees in the garden.
3. Stamp one of the houses with the garland swag.
4. Using a really fine paintbrush, paint the houses, fence and fir trees in watercolour.
5. Using a wider brush, paint the sky and grass.
6. Blend the Distress ink around the edges.
7. Stamp Congratulations in Black Versafine onto the grass bottom right.
8. Mount onto the Cream Card (5.5x5.5”), then onto the card blank.
9. Finish off by adding a touch of glitter glue to the windows and add 3 Gold Nuvo Drops to the top right and bottom left corners.  Let this dry.

That’s your card completed.

See you next time.

Maria

Reindeer in a ring of lights

Hi everybody, here is the Reindeer in the ring of lights card I made for the new stamps launch.
I used the A5 Rings and the Winter Wonderland stamp sets from Colourific.

Here’s what you will need:
A5 Rings Stamps
Winter Wonderland Stamps
Versafine
Clear Embossing Powder
Watercolour Pencils
Multicoloured Fineliners
Distressed Oxides - Peeled Paint
White Stamping card
Black Card
White card blank (I used 7x7”)
Glossy Accents

Here’s how I made it

1. Stamp the ring of lights in the centre of the stamping card (6x6”) using black Versafine and clear embossing powder.
2. Stamp the deer and fawn in the centre of the ring and emboss. 
3. Colour the main deer image in with Watercolour Pencils and the lights on the ring in felt tip pens (I used fineliners).
4. Draw in some green grass under the Reindeer so that they aren’t floating!
5. Using the Distress Oxide, blend all round the edge then sprinkle (flick) water on the ink - then blot with kitchen roll to give the white marks.
6. Mount onto black card (6.5x6.5”) then onto the card blank.
7. Use Glossy Accents on the fairy lights to make them shine - then let it dry.
8. Add the sentiments using the black versafine and clear embossing powder, mat and layer onto black card and add to the finished card.

All done - obviously you can play around with images in the rings and change the border colours - have a play.

See ya later!

Maria

A5 Gnomes - There's Gnome place like Home

Hi

Exciting times today, it's the 14TH OCTOBER, 2019 and that means the Launch of the new Colourific Stamps.  I was excited to get the new stamps and have been having a real good play with them.  I have chosen to use the new A5 Gnomes as my first DT sample.  Pop on over to Colourific to see the whole range of wonderful new Stamps. 

Materials Used:

A5 Gnomes

A5 Peace and Joy

Copic Markers Blue, Red and Green shades

8 x 8 Kraft Card Blank

7.75 x 7.75 Red Mat

7.5 x 7.5 Christmas Pattern paper

7 x 7 Red mat

6.75 x 6.75 White mat

Red Gems

Glitter Glue

Blue Distress Ink Pad

Tree Stamp from my stash

• Layer the 7.75x7.75 mat onto the Kraft Card, followed by the 7.5 x 7.5                          Patterned Christmas Paper.      
• Using Foam pads mat the 7 x 7 Red mat onto the Christmas Paper layer.
• Using a piece of torn copy paper and the distress ink, make a light snowy hill                 background and sky.
• Stamped the Gnome on Masking Paper and cut it out.  Stamped the centre Gnome first, then placed the mask over it and stamped the Gnomes either side.
• Coloured the first Gnome and used alternate colours on the other 2 Gnomes.
• Used the Branch from the Peace and Joy set and stamped it in various colours            along the top corner of the card.
• Masked off the Gnomes again and lightly stamped some trees behind so they looked in the distance.
• Added some glitter glue to the Gnomes Beards and the Pompoms on their hats.
• Stamped and embossed a Sentiment, matted it onto some scrap red card and attached it with foam pads     
• Finished off with some red gems on the branches.

Thank you to everyone for looking.  Remember to pop over to the Colourific Stamps website for a look at all the new stamps.

The Last Rose of Summer

Morning everyone, Maria here, it’s Friday so it’s my turn to blog. I’m having a rest from the new launch stamps to make a card inspired by my garden - in particular my Happy Anniversary rose bush which has had its final flourish this year.  This card is made using the Blossom and Grow stamp set from Colourific, and I wanted to give it the Autumn feel so I used Craft card and Distress Oxides to give it that muted look.

Here’s what you will need:
A4 sheet of Craft Card
A4 sheet Black Card
A4 sheet of yellow Card - the one I used is patterned and perfumed.
Versamark
Gold embossing powder
Distress Oxides - Candy Apple, Peeled Paint and Brushed Corduroy
Blossom and Grow stamp set from Colourific.
Glue and 3D foam pads.

Here’s how I made it:

1. Cut a piece of Craft Card 4.5 x 4.5” square, stamp and emboss two of the roses, crossing the stems by shaping the polymer.
2. Colour the petals using the Candied Apple and the leaves using Peeled Paint.
3. Using the small spiral stamp, randomly stamp in the brown corduroy randomly around the roses.
4. Distress the edges by blending the brushed corduroy.
5. Stamp the sentiment on a separate piece of craft card using the brushed corduroy and mount on a piece of the yellow card.  Adhere this to the card using a 3D foam pad.
6. Mount this topper onto a piece of black card leaving 0.5cm border and then onto the Yellow card, leaving a 1 cm border.  Attach this onto a 6x6” card base.

All finished, now back to the new stamp launch. Not long now 😁

Build a Wreath Christmas Card

Good Morning

Alice here, with my first October blog.  I have put this off for as long as I could, but feel now is the time to start with the "Christmas Cards".  I made these using a "Build A Wreath" template that I made with a star shaped die.

Materials Used:

A6 Christmas Mini Stamps
A5 Peace and Joy Stamps Set
6x6 White Card
5.75 x 5.75 Red Mat
4.75 x 4.75 Red Card
5.5 x 5.5 Green Glitter Card Mat
5 x 5 White Card
2 sizes of Circle Dies
Oxide Inks
Alcohol Markers
Sparkle Pen
Silver Glitter Embossing Powder

• Matted Red and Green Glitter Card onto white card blank
• Cut larger circle die out of centre of 5 x 5 white card.  Cut smaller circle out of centre of 4.75 x 4.75 Red Card.
• Used red Oxide Ink and inked lightly around the White mat.  Using the Build a Wreath Template and the middle branch from the Peace and Joy Stamp set, I stamped it around the circle in 2 colours of green.  Used the Holly, Robin, Snowflake, and Bell stamps from the Christmas Mini Stamps and stamped them evenly around the branches.  
• Embossed the snowflake with Silver Embossing powder.
• Coloured in all the images.
• Using the Smaller Circle die, I cut out a circle of white card and stamped and embossed the Peace and Joy stamp onto the circle.  Stamped some Holly along the bottom and coloured the images.
• Matted the Red Mat behind the Stamped Mat.  
• Using foam pads matted the stamped layer onto the Green Glitter Card.  Added the Greeting to the centre.

Materials Used:

A6 Christmas Mini Stamps
A5 Peace and Joy Stamps Set
A6 Flying Unicorn Stamp Set
6x6 White Card
5.75 x 5.75 Red Mat
5.5 x 5.5 White Mat
5 x 5 White Card
3 sizes of Circle Dies
Oxide Inks
Alcohol Markers
Sparkle Pen

• Cut the smallest circle die out Red Card Mat and layered onto white card blank.  Stamped and embossed "Peace and Joy" stamp into centre of circle.
• Cut larger circle die out of centre of 5.5 x 5.5 white card.  Cut middle circle out of centre of 4.75 x 4.75 White Card.
• Used Green Oxide Ink and inked lightly around the White 5.5 x 5.5 mat. 
• Puting the larger white mat on the top and the smaller one behind, temporarily join them with a little bit of double sided tape.
• Using the Build a Wreath Template and the middle branch from the Peace and Joy Stamp set, I stamped it around the circle in 3 colours.  Used the Holly, Robin and Bell stamps from the Christmas Mini Stamps and stamped them evenly around the branches.  Also used a small flower from the A6 Flying Unicorn Stamp Set.
• Coloured in all the images.
• Carefully separated the 2 white mats.  Matted the one with the middle size circle onto the red mat, ensuring the circles were even.  
• Using foam pads matted the inked stamped layer on top of the previous layers.
• Added some red gems to the holly berries and a silver gem to the centre of the flower.

Thank you for looking

Rainbow Hibiscus

Hi everyone, Maria here, hope you are all well.  Today I have the Rainbow Hibiscus card for you.  Made using the Hibiscus Stamp by Colourific.

Here’s what you will need:
A5 Hibiscus Stamp from Colourific
Versamark ink pad
White Embossing Powder
Multicoloured die inks - I used Catherine Pooler minis Life if the Party set
Nuvo drops - multicoloured
White Stamping Card
7x7” white card blank
3D Foam Pads
Coloured Card for mounting - I used pastel pink and blue
Sentiment stamp - I used Thanks from my stash.

To make the card:

1. Take a square of white stamping card for the main background (I used 6” x6”), and blend the coloured die inks in stripes diagonal lines across the card.
2. Randomly stamp the stamens, flourishes and blooms using the Versamark and emboss using the white embossing powder.
3. Using the green ink pad, stamp the small stamen randomly on this backing paper.
4. On a separate piece of stamping card, stamp different sizes of the blooms in different colours and cut out leaving a small white border.
5. Using the same colour Nuvo Drops as the blooms, work your way around the outside of each bloom making small dots. Do this to all the cut out blooms.  Leave these to air dry.
6. Mount up the backing paper onto the pink and blue card and stick these onto a 7x7” card blank.
7. Add 3 yellow Nuvo Drops to each of the corners in the white card base and leave to dry.
8. Stamp a sentiment, I used Thanks from my stash, and mount using 3D foam pads.
9. Finally, once the Nuvo drops are set, attach the blooms to the card using 3D foam pads.

Voila, all done.  Hope you like it. See you next week with another new card.

DT Marleen - A snowy scene

Hello Everyone
and welcome to my blog.

For this weeks Colourific Inspiration I have gone all snowy.
In honest, I'm an autumn baby so October and November are my favourite months.. but you cant beat a bit of snow lol

For this weeks project I used a selection of colourific stamps, you can find them all in the STORE.

Ive used:
Sentiment (from the Christmas minis set)
Snowman (from the stitched Friends set)
Snow background (the Spotty background stamp)
Robin (from the Christmas Minis set)
Candy cane (from the Santa's Sleigh set)

 For this card I made a snowy background by first stamping my spotty background stamp, using versamark ink, and heat setting with clear embossing powder.

I then made a hill stencil from a piece of copy paper and used distress ink to create the hills.
I stamped, coloured and fuzzy cut my snowman, candy cane and robin and added them all on foam pads.
I stamped and die cut my sentiment and die cut a few Christmas trees to finish the card.

And that is all from me for today.

Thank you for popping by and for any comments left behind.

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