Living in the Southern Hemisphere we…usually…have a hot Christmas. Here is my take on a summer themed Christmas card.
Wishing you a Sunshiny Christmas
Concord & 9th
AAA Birthday – Game #17 – Animals and Critters
And there we go…another month gone by already. So many stamp sets to choose from made this months theme hard for me, but I finally decided to go for simple. This stamp set from Concord and 9th made it easy and then the next decision was colour! You can’t go wrong with a rainbow colour scheme.
Inspired by…Fruity Sentiments
I am entering this card in the current Inspired by Challenge – Fruity Sentiments. I have a few fruit based stamp sets but chose this one by Concord & 9th as it had a great sentiment I wanted to use. I ended up making a couple of cards (2nd one further down) but am entering this one as it is also based on the sketch.
AAA Birthday – Game #14 – Use Vellum
Another new month has snuck up on us and it’s time for the June challenge at AAA Birthday. This month we want to see cards using vellum. Hop on over to the AAA Birthday blog and see what the Design Team have created and a special welcome to Izzy Scrap as this months guest designer…she has created a STUNNING card this month to inspire you.
AAA Birthday – Game #6 Colour Palette
Hi everyone, time for another challenge at AAA Birthday. This month it’s a colour palette theme. Come along to the AAA Birthday blog and see what the Design Team has created and a special welcome to Trina as this months Guest Designer.
I wasn’t sure where I was going initially with the colour scheme and you only have to include at least two of the colours but I ended up using all the of them.
Sandy Toes
Boy, a week goes fast…I was too late to enter this card into the previous CA(s)E this sketch challenge but here it is anyway.
Background
- Step 1 – Mask the shape with your preferred masking material.
- Step 2 – Ink blend distress oxide inks over background. I used Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire.
- Step 3 – Die cut sun shape from Concord & 9th Shine On stamp and die set.
- Step 4 – Ink blend Distress Oxide inks on a separate piece of cardstock and adhere behind die cut opening. I used Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Wild Honey.
Images
- Step 5 – Stamp images onto copic friendly cardstock (I use Hammermill brand) with copic friendly ink – Momento Tuxedo Black.
- Step 6 – colour images with alcohol markers.
- Step 7 – I used my Brother Scan n Cut DX1200 to cut around images. Otherwise you can die cut with coordinating dies or fussy cut.
Final Steps
- Step 8 – Add extra details. I had to add sand for the Sandy Toes so used three different shades of Altenew Inks to suggest sand. I also added some white gel pen to shorts and blue glitter gel pen to hat.
- Step 9 – Stamp sentiment. I laid out my images without adhering to check exact location of sentiment and stamped sentiment with my Mini Misti.
- Step 10 – Adhere images with dimensional foam to pop up images.
Thanks for stopping by and have a good day.
Handmade by Pip
Supplies List
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 Concord & 9th Shine On Shop at: C&9 |
 Distress Oxide Chipped Sapphire Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
 Distress Oxide Mustard Seed Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
 Distress Oxide Squeezed Lemonade Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
 Distress Oxide Wild Honey Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
 Waffle Flower Sandy Toes Shop at: Waffle Flower |
 Tools Mini Misti Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
 Momento Tuxedo Black Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
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Buzz…buzz…buzz
Have you heard the Buzz? This is my entry for the current Color Throwdown #ctd456. A new stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps ‘Busy Bees’ with the matching sentiment set ‘Bee-You-Tiful’. 
I started with stamping the background with the Concord & 9th ‘Stripe Builder’ and Altenew Crisp Dye Inks and practised my plaid background designs. I then simply stamped the images I wanted to use, coloured them with copics and cut them out with my Brother Scan n Cut. I popped the images up with various heights of foam adhesives to add extra dimension.
The extra little dotted flying lines and a few mini jewels in the centre of the flowers finish it off.
Handmade by Pip
Supplies
Stamps: Concord & 9th, Honey Bee Stamps
Colouring: Copics
Inks: Altenew Crisp Dye Ink
Cardstock: Base Cardstock Advance A4 300gsm Long Grain Laser, Fabriano Illustration 250gsm
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Challenge yourself
Hi Everyone. Just a quick post today to enter this card into three challenges.
The hearts from My Favorite Things ‘All Heart’ were stamped in Versamark Ink, heated embossed with Zing Red Glitter powder, cut out with matching die and popped up on craft foam. I then masked off the square on the black cardstock and applied Hero Arts Pigment Ink in ‘Unicorn’ over a Faber Castell diamond stencil. The sentiment, also from My Favorite Things ‘All Heart’ was embossed in Hero Arts white powder, as was the line from Concord and 9th ‘Stripe Builder’ stamp set. The most challenging thing about this card was taking the photo…who knew how tricky it is to take a photo of black cardstock!!!
I’ll be linking this card up with the following three challenges:
Casology ‘Diamond’
Cas(e) this Sketch #231
The Challenge #92
Thanks for stopping by today.
Handmade by Pip
Supplies
Stamps: My Favorite Things, Concord and 9th
Dies: My Favorite Things
Inks: Hero Arts, Versamark
Other Multi Media: Zing Embossing Powder, Hero Arts Embossing Powder
Cardstock: Base Cardstock Advance A4 300gsm Long Grain Laser, Black
Other: Ozito Heat Gun, MISTI, ATG Gun
