Skull and Cross Buns - Emboss Resist Baubles

Hi guys

Back to share the last of my makes from yesterday's crafty afternoon using stamps by Skull and Cross Buns.

On this card I used two of the Christmas stamps - Christmas Drop Patterned Bauble and Christmas Bauble.  The Christmas Bauble design (the round one) is currently reduced as part of the Black Friday Weekend deals so please do pop over if you want a bargain.

Here's my card...

On a panel of white cardstock I stamped the two baubles in VersaMark ink and heat embossed them in white.  I then used the emboss resist technique and blended over with three shades of Distress Ink.  I cut the panel down using a stitched rectangle die and then pierced through the top of the baubles and added some twine, securing on the reverse.  I added a sentiment in black ink and adhered the panel to the card base.  I finished by adding two die cut bows from white cardstock, and added to these some clear Wink of Stella for some shimmer.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Skull and Cross Buns - Christmas Drop Patterned Bauble, Christmas Bauble; Paula Pascual - Christmas Messages
• Ink: VersaMark; Distress Ink - Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White
• Dies: MFT Die-namics - Stitched Rectangle Stax; Clearly Besotted - Ornamental Style
• Twine: Hemptique - Vintage set
• Accent: Wink of Stella - Clear

Challenge entries:

AAA Cards -CAS Game #104 - Christmas

Crimbo Crackers - Challenge #146 - Anything Goes

Uniko - Challenge #44 - Christmas

Addicted to Stamps and More - Challenge #269 - Clean and Simple

I still have lots of cards to share that I made while I was away at the Craft Retreat and the week that followed.  I'll be gradually sharing these very soon.

Thanks again for all your visits and support, I read and appreciate every one of your comments.

I hope to see you again soon :)

Skull and Cross Buns - Sentiment Tree

Hi, back again!

Here's another card I made using the Skull and Cross Buns Christmas Joy, Peace, Noel Neon set of 3 rubber stamps.

The first thing I noticed with these is that these words contain three, four and five letters, so I decided to stack them to stamp a Christmas tree.

I stamped these together with a gradient of three shades of green ink.  I then stamped the trunk of the tree and embossed the star in gold, these stamps from another set.  The image was die cut with a stitched circle and I adhered to the card base on fun foam after I'd scored three vertical lines to add some background interest.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Skull and Cross Buns - Christmas Joy, Peace, Noel Neon Signs; Clearly Besotted - Christmas Sparkle
• Ink: Altenew - Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Evergreen; Versa Color - Pinecone; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich
• Die: MFT Die-namics - Double Stitched Circle Stax

Challenge entries:

AAA Cards -CAS Game #104 - Christmas

Crimbo Crackers - Challenge #146 - Anything Goes

Uniko - Challenge #44 - Christmas

Addicted to Stamps and More - Challenge #269 - Clean and Simple

Back soon with another Skull and Cross Buns make!

Skull and Cross Buns - Christmas Joy, Peace and Noel

Hi guys

Back to share some more crafty makes using Skull and Cross Buns Rubber Stamps.

This card uses a set of stamps new for 2017 - Christmas Joy, Peace and Noel Neon Sign set of 3 rubber stamps.

There are also some other word stamps available in this fabulous neon sign style, including personalised ones!

I created a stamped background using all three stamps in different pastel colours, not the best photos of this one but my lamp made it very bright so I had to tweak it somewhat...

I used my MISTI (what on earth did I do without it?!) to line up this lettering and stamped in three shades of pigment ink.  It took a while but worked out ok.  I adhered this to the card base and trimmed it down.  I then die cut some white card with the landscape die and manipulated the sentiment stamp to follow the curve of the snow.  This was then adhered over the background and I added a touch of clear Wink of Stella to the trees.

This photo isn't quite so overexposed...

Materials used:

• Stamps: Skull and Cross Buns - Christmas Joy, Peace Noel Neon Signs; Paula Pascual - Christmas Messages
• Ink: Versa Color - Sea Foam, Petal Pink, Baby Blue; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Die: Clearly Besotted - Tree Landscape Die
• Accents: Wink of Stella - Clear

Challenge entries:

AAA Cards -CAS Game #104 - Christmas

Crimbo Crackers - Challenge #146 - Anything Goes

Uniko - Challenge #44 - Christmas

Addicted to Stamps and More - Challenge #269 - Clean and Simple

I'll be back shortly with another card made using these three stamps.

Skull and Cross Buns - Three-tone Metallic Stockings

Good morning

I'm continuing on this morning with more cards I made yesterday using various stamps from Skull and Cross Buns Rubber Stamps.

For this one I used the Christmas Stocking stamp once again, but this time I embossed it with three different metallic shades.

On a panel of white cardstock, and using my MISTI to get even alignment, I stamped the stockings in a row using VersaMark ink.  I then sprinkled on some pewter embossing powder over the top third of the stockings.  Then holding the panel the same way I sprinkled with copper, and then finally covered the bottom section in gold, and heated to melt the various powders.

Once cooled I die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle before stamping the sentiment and popping the panel onto the card base using fun foam.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Skull and Cross Buns - Christmas Stocking; Paul Pascual - Christmas Messages
• Ink: VersaMark; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Pewter, Metallic Copper, Metallic Gold Rich
• Die: MFT Die-namics - Wonky Stitched Rectangles

Challenge entries:

AAA Cards -CAS Game #104 - Christmas

Crimbo Crackers - Challenge #146 - Anything Goes

Uniko - Challenge #44 - Christmas

Addicted to Stamps and More - Challenge #269 - Clean and Simple

Inkspirational - Challenge #148 - Christmas Card using Only Neutrals

Thanks so much for visiting, I'll be back with more throughout the day today :)