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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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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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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Vellum Leaf Wreath - DT Member Verity

Hello! So good to be here. It's Verity here from Pretty Little Button with another card for you today. I had a vision of how this card was going to turn out when I started, and I can say, this card is exactly like how I had planned it. When I saw the A6 leaves stamp set from Colourific, I thought they would be perfect for creating a wreath. Whatsmore, pair it with vellum and embossing powder and a beautiful vellum leaf wreath card was created!

Vellum Floral Wreath card details:

Start off by repeatedly stamping the outline leaves from the A6 Leaves clear stamp set in versamark onto vellum. Cover this with white embossing powder and heat set. 

Once you have stamped and embossed enough leaves fussy cut these out. Start arranging the leaves onto a kraft card panel - you may find it useful to draw a faint pencilled circle for guidance. Using strong adhesive, secure the leaves down, overlapping and weaving the leaves for interest.

Add a layered die cut sentiment to the middle of the wreath. I also added a black die cut sentiment at the back, offset to one side to create a shadow. This will help the sentiment stand out from the wreath.

To soften the edges, lightly ink blend white pigment ink and foam mount the card panel onto a square kraft card base. To finish off, add a selection of sequins, scattering them around the wreath. 

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

A6 Leaves clear stamp set

Until next time!

Verity

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Congratulations Toast - Design Team Member: Verity

Hello! So good to be here. It's Verity here from Pretty Little Button with another card for you today. This card was one of the first cards I made when I received the lovely stamps from Colourific. However, I am only just getting around to showing you it today. This card is very easy to make and the stamps from Colourific do all the talking on this card!

Congratulations Toast card details:

To start, heat emboss in platinum embossing powder two champagne glasses onto white card. These were coloured in with watercolour paints, but I did not use watercolour paper. The amount of water used was very small so I was able to get away with just using the regular white card. Watercolour paper isn't a true white, which I wanted for the card, so this I why I did not use watercolour paper. If you prefer to, you can do this just as well with watercolour paper. 

I only used a couple of colours for this card, using a blue-grey for the glass and a light yellow for the liquid. I didn't do any fancy shading and wanted to keep it simple. These were fussy-cut out once dry.

For the background, I added clear water to a white card panel and dropped in a selection of blues allowing them to blend on their own. I did not add the colours close to the edge of the water on the card in order to get a soft fadeout.

The panel was adhered to a white card base and the glasses foam mounted on top. There is a little 'bubbles/fizz' stamp in the stamp set which I heat embossed directly onto the card panel above the glasses, along with a sentiment beneath. 

The card was finished with a few platinum Nuvo drops 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. 

Colourific.co.uk Shop

A5 Champagne & Cocktails clear stamp set

Until next time!

Verity

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Colourful block stamping- DT member Verity

Hello! So good to be here. It's Verity here from Pretty Little Button with another card for you today. This card features stamps from the A6 Moderne flowers clear stamp set from Colourific. This stamp set has some beautiful designs to it, but I just picked the two sketchy stamps for these cards. I wanted to show you how versatile this set is, that you can use these stamps in other ways than just the way they were first intended for. They were perfect for colourful block stamping, creating two bold and modern cards.

Colourful block stamping card details:

For this first card, mask off a square on an 8.25" x 3.5 white cardstock. Using the main flower from the stamp set, stamp repeatedly over the square in black ink. For a professional look, make sure you stamp over the edge of the square, though make sure you have masked your card beneath off as well.

Using a marker colour in sections of the flower for a modern bold look. I used a Zig Clean Clear Clour brush here but you can use any marker as long as you have used the right ink and paper for that marker.

Mat this panel with two thin strips of black card and wrap black twine around the bottom. Foam mount this panel onto an 8.25" x 4 white card base. Stamp a sentiment from you crafty stash and finish with a few Nuvo drops.

For this second card, mask off a long strip down an 8.25" x 4 white card base. Using a piece of acetate, ink smoosh selection of distress oxides onto the card. The easiest way to do this is by smooshing the ink pad onto a smooth slick surface like a glass mat. Spray this with water until the ink moves about. Place the acetate sheet down and pick up some ink. Transfer this over to your card, and smoosh down.

Keep applying colours until you are happy; you can dry the layers in between if needed. Using the sketchy petal from the stamp set, repeatedly stamp in black up and down the panel. Just make sure you haven't removed your masking tape yet. 

When happy, remove the masking tape and stamp a sentiment from your crafty stash. To finish wrap black twine around to help bring contrast to the card. 

Colourful block stamping creates bold and modern cards, perfect for any occasion. Whatsmore you can use any stamp to create these card, even if you aren't using them in the traditional way. The moderne flower clear stamp set is a perfect example of using them in a different way than intended, showing the versatility of this 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. 

Links:

Colourific.co.uk Shop

A6 Moderne Flowers Clear Stamp Set

Until next time!

Verity

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