A5 Trees - Christmas Greetings

Hello again,

Alice here with Monday morning's blog post.  It's getting nearer and nearer, so sharing another little Christmas card with you today.  This was made using the A5 Trees and the A6 Christmas Minis.  I absolutely love using the Christmas Minis.  They can be used for borders, background, build a wreath and you can also hang them from words like, JOY, and NOEL.  Fabulous little stamps set.  You can find all the stamps on the Colourific Website here

Materials Used:

A6 Christmas Minis

A5 Trees

A5 Peace and Joy

6 x 6 Red card Blank

5.5 x 5.5 Gold Glitter Mat

5.25 x 5.25 White Stamping Card

Piece of Gold Foil

Bonding Powder

Versamark Ink Pad

Various Distress Inks

Copic Markers

Gold Glitter Pen

•  Matted Gold Glitter Card onto Red Card Blank
•  Used Christmas Minis to stamp background and coloured in using Copic         Markers
•  Flicked the Gold Glitter Pen over the background and attached it to the Gold Glitter   Mat.
•  Stamped the Medium Tree onto a scrap of Green Card. Added Bonding Powder and   heated. Quickly add the foil to the heated bonding powder and rub gently over it.           Removed the foil and you have a foiled tree.  I fussy cut around the tree.
•  Stamped out the Christmas Greetings from the Peace and Joy Stamp set and matted   onto scraps of gold glitter and red card.
•  Attached the greeting to the bottom of the card with foam pads.
•  Attached the Tree with foams along the edge of the Greeting to give it something to     stand on.
•  Finished off with some gems

           Thank you all for having a look.  Happy Christmas Crafting 

Marleen DT - Christmas is coming..

Hello Bloggers
and welcome to my blog

It's once again wednesday and my turn to share some inspiration for Colourific.
For today I have a couple of christmas cards to share using a few of the christmas stamps. Its never too early to start the christmas cards is it? lol You can find the stamps I've used and all the other fantastic stamps in the STORE.
For my cards today, I have used the following:
A6 -Holly & Berries Background
A6 - Xmas text Background
A5 Stitched Friends

 

 

 
Both cards has been made the same way. I started by stanping the background strips with the background stamps. The red one is coloured with distress oxide "mop up" and the green one was coloured with water colour pencils. Both of my stiched friends was stamped, coloured and fuzzy cut before being added on top of a die cut circle from vellum.

And that is pretty much it.. If you wanted to take this card to the next level, you could finish it with a few gems and even a greeting but I tend to keep my christmas cards extra simple.
And that is it from me for today.

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 Happy Crafting

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.

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. 

Colourific.co.uk Shop

Holly Jolly Christmas Clear Stamp set

Christmas Time Text clear stamp set

Until next time!

Verity

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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. 

Colourific.co.uk Shop

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. 

Colourific.co.uk Shop

Mr & Mrs Snow A5 stamp set

Christmastime Text A6 clear stamp set

Until next time!

Verity

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Santa's Sleigh ~ Design Team Member Karen

It's Karen here today - and I'm so excited to be sharing the new Colourific holiday stamps!  You can find the entire selection on the Colourific website here... but I am using Santa's Sleigh today:

 When I'm colouring images with my Copic markers, the starting point is always my patterned paper.  I picked this coordinating pack from Echo Park, and pulled out the colours to use on my images.  I used a subtle dusty aqua snowflake pattern as my sky, and die cut a snowy hillside, adding a few die cut snowflakes randomly as well.  After colouring the sleigh, bear & gifts, I fussy cut them all out, and glued them together so that they appear to be stacked in the sleigh.  I attached pop dots all over the back of the image to attach it to my base, and did the same to my sentiment.

 This Santa is such a cute, happy guy - I just love him!  All of the images were stamped separately, coloured with Copics and fussy cut out.  Like my first card, I created an evening sky, then some snowy banks, and attached both Santa and the sentiment with pop dots.  I glued the toys behind the sack, and attached it all to the base.  You can check out all the newest stamps on the Colourific site, and get them ordered asap to get going on your holiday cards.

 Happy stamping!

Soft watercolour Christmas Card - DT Member: Verity

Hello! So good to be here. It's Verity here from Pretty Little Button with another card for you today. Today is my first post using the lovely Christmas stamps by Colourific. The Peace & Joy stamp set has a lovely collection of baubles which I used for this card today.  

Soft watercolour Christmas Card details:

To start off stamp the baubles in clear versamark in and heat emboss in metallic embossing powder. Alternatively, to get the foiled look like I have, either use Bonding powder from WOW! embossing powders, or a sticky glue pad. Once these are heat set or dry, you can run this through a laminator or Minc machine with foil. 

 Next, using a selection of watercolours, colour in your baubles. The embossing powder or foil will resist the watercolour, so you just need to make sure you don't go outside the bauble itself.

When completely dry, fussy cut the baubles out and put to one side. For the background, trim a piece of white card down 1/2 smaller than your card base. I went for a 6" square card base. You can use watercolour paper, but I wanted white card. As I wasn't planning on using a lot of water, I just made sure I used a heavier weight white card. 

Apply some clear water to an area of the card panel and drop in colours for a lose watercolour background. When dry, foam mounts the baubles onto the front, making sure you attach a small piece of thread to the back of them. Attach the other end of the thread to the top back of the card panel to give the illusion of hanging baubles. 

I added a stamped sentiment from stamp set coming soon and embellished with a few platinum nuvo drops. 

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. 

Colourific.co.uk Shop

Peace & Joy Clear stamp set

Until next time!

Verity

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