Crafty Cardmakers 9 DT - Alternative Xmas

Have a very alternative xmas! This challenge is designed to get you crafting out of the box, looking at your stash and using it a little bit differently. The challenge set is to make a card/layout/project using either....

1. A christmas image using non traditional colours so NO red, green, gold combos here. Think lilac, pink, blues instead

or

2. Use a NON christmas image such as shopping Anya or a summer tilda etc but use traditional xmas colours (red,green,gold)

I've taken option 2. I cannot begin to tell you how special this stamp is! It was custom made for me by Nikki at Dewdrop Craftz and is PERFECT! Exactly the look I wanted! Its styled on the simple expressions stamps that Katys Corner used to do and is a converted photo of my Great Grandmother, My Aunt Gerrie who died earlier this year, my Dad and my Grandmother aka Nan! Nikki has also made me a 2nd one showing just my Dad and Nan which is ATC sized.

Here is the original photo taken in the Isle of Man circa 1951

Here it is ready to print

And here is the stamp in use!

The background to the stamp is starburst stains Cathedral pines green, peony scarlet red and winter jasmine gold which has been sprayed on. I changed the dauber cap to a spray and dried inbetween colours. This is a nice method as it doesnt use up too much of the ink and dries super fast. The image was stamped and embossed with black sparkle powder so its a silver glitter and I made the panel at the bottom with green card which is cuttlebug embossed and I used metallic rub ons in the corners. The holly leaves are brads I turned up with pliers to act as the stopper and the poinsettia is from a simple expressions plate coloured with promarkers and made 3d.

**Cath is offering the plate with this stamp on as candy which closes today so hop over quick to try and win it!**

The background papers are printouts from the bearly mine designer extreme III disc.

Thanks for looking!

Debbies AWESOME blog candy whoop whoop!

For promarker luuuurvers like myself and thousands of others this is a dream candy from Debbie - Wiccababe. Letraset who make promarkers have finally taken note and have produced with the help of Debbie a starter kit containing 12 colours chosen by Debbie herself. She also has her own instruction leaflet included with a picture of her card adouring the front, oooooh! Well done Debbie!

To celebrate she is offering not one but 2 prizes on her blog, you'll have to be quick though!

Main Prize 12x Diane Duda Xmas stamps from Sugar Nellie - Making Friends and Waiting for Santa25 Promarkers: Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, Sandstone, Spice, Coral, Rose Pink, Ruby, Berry Red, Red, Shale, Pastel Yellow, Canary, Meadow Green, Apple Green, Lime Green, Grass, Forest Green, Pine, Cool Aqua, Cornflower, Royal Blue, Indigo Blue, Amethyst, Blush & Satin.4 Fineliners: 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7Total worth £57.55

Main Prize 2**Update**Letraset Craft Gift Pack which contains: Blush, Pink Carnation, Fuchsia Pink, Denim Blue, China Blue, Grass, Lush Green, Caramel, Cocoa, Umber, Sunflower & Poppy promarkers, plus 1 fineliner pen, 1 blender pen, 1 storage wallet, 1 marker pad and MY instruction sheet.RRP £34.99 Runner Up 15 Greys - CG1, 3, 4 & 5, WG37 Promarkers: Pastel Yellow, Satin, Sandstone, Lime Green, Cornflower, Amethyst, Ruby Total worth £20.28

Runner Up 24 Greys - WG2 & 3, IG3, CG48 Promarkers: Pastel Yellow, Satin, Sandstone, Burnt Sienna, Black, Lime Green, Berry Red, Royal BlueTotal worth £20.28

Cards for The Stampman create & craft show 28th Nov

LOL Don't know why this appeared on my other blog, I was signed into this one :$ Silly blogger playing tricks again!

As promised I'll start going through them and how they were made! I'm starting with the easy ones *smiles* and working my way up lol!

As I mentionned I've tried to do some at all skill levels so that anyone can relate to one of them.
This one is my favourite of the easier ones so a good place to start

The backing paper is starburst stains in Glory of the seas gold using the scrunch technique. You paint it onto a piece of plain copier paper, add a few extra blobs, fold it in half then crumple it up. Open it out and dry with a heat gun or in the oven (or washing line if the weather is good!)
The main panel is the same colour painted onto card then I have put quite a bit of the stains on to form puddles going right across the card and dried them with a heat gun which had left 2 tones of gold, the puddle looks blue, cool hey!

Next I have stamped and embossed the frame and also the small set of fairies and then stamped some stars in stazon timber brown in the background. Added some iridescent sticky gems around the bottom swirls and tied a black ribbon and pushed a gold brad through. The brad has been stamped with stars using stazon, its easier to bring the brad to the stamp to do this. Ive then added a sticky gem to the centre.
The angels wings were made using a glue pen, left to dry and then added some leafing foil which you should see on the show tomorrow, its lovely to work with :) I scratched into the foil with a pricking tool to give it some detail rather than a solid look.

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This one I call Fairy Party :) The backing paper is made with Opal Sea Oats using the scrunch technique. Its a beautiful colour this, I love it! The panel was made with the same colour using a puddle technique but only lightly then I have used stazon timber brown to stamp the smallest fairies first randomly. I stamped off onto scrap paper first so that the ink wasn't as dark then I have gone over this with the medium faires and finally stamped the large fairy and the stars and embossed with moonglow midnight copper embossing powder.

The edges were distressed with scissors, you simply open your scissors and run these up the edges. Then I have used a piece of cut n dry foam dabbed into the stazon timber brown and run this round the edges, turning up one corner and securing it with a copper brad. I distressed the mounting card with stazon also.

The panel at the bottom is made with a layer of acetate then a sheet of double sided sticky, added the gold leafing foil and more double sided sticky to secure it at the back and then I've stamped with stazon at the front.

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The background to this is made using Moonshadow Mist in Tawny Turquoise (now the blue mount makes sense eh!) which has been sprayed onto card. I stamped the medium fairies with stazon timber brown, again stamping off onto scrap paper first to make it lighter the I have stamped and embossed the large fairy and added a silver brad on her wand.
I have stamped using stazon all around the panel and in the corners of the base card adding blue ink over the top.

The fairies dress was made by stamping part of the fairy onto acetate and adding foil using a double sided sticky sheet as previously mentionned and cutting out before using more DST to attach it to the fairy.

The Traveller

This is a new digiz release from Dewdrop Craftz and I think he's awesome! I love the mystery surrounding him, where has he come from, where is he going? Couldn't wait to colour him in! I loved doing his hair and clothes, the lines are perfectly drawn to flow nicely and I hope I've done a good job!

I'm entering this into the following challenges;


Passion for Promarkers - Vintage


My time to craft - Very Vintage


Creative Card Crew - Favourite Things

Quixotic Paperie - Ripped paper


Dare U digi - Glitter

Lots to Do - Free Theme



I used DCWV Old Worlde as my base layer and distressed with brilliance coffee bean ink, curling one of the corners and distressing the edges. The mount is a torn piece of starburst stains in Saxifrage Olive Copper which is a gorgeous green with copper shine so looks very aged.
The image is The Traveller digiz by Dewdrop Craftz
which a brand spanky new release this week. He's coloured with Promarkers in...

Face: Ivory, Blush, Vanilla
Eyes: Leaf Green, Emerald, Cool grey 4
Clothes: Lime Zest, Pear Green, Moss, Marsh Green
Hair: Vanilla, Sandstone, Cinnamon, Cocoa

The clasp thingy for his scarf I embossed the centre jewel using a versamark pen then used moonglow fiddlehead fern green embossing powder, did this 3 times to give it some depth and added a sticky gem. The 'metal' I used a glue pen and some fab gold leafing foil. The snow on his shoulder I used aleens glitter snow, mainly because I couldnt find my puffy stuff. It said let dry for 24 hours, oh no we don't! I heat dried it from underneath and the top, it actually fluffed up a bit like puffy stuff who's name totally escapes me at the moment! Before it dried I sprinkled on some glamour dust to give it more sparkle then I edged the card with the brilliance ink and also lightly onto the snow to take the white glare down as the card is vintage themed afterall :D

I added some ribbon and some beads, the large green bead is something off one of DD1's Primark belts or something and the bottom beads are emerald green crackle beads and swarovski crystal AB beads which are my absolute favourite thing at the mo!

Also a quick reminder that Dewdrop Craftz challenge 2 is still open if you wish to enter, the theme is "Summer of Love" and not christmas lol! Click here to have a peek.

Thanks for looking!