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
copics
The Flower Challenge #47 – Add Sparkle
I am entering this card in The Flower Challenge #47. It’s tricky to photograph sparkle so scroll down to the close up photos to get a better idea.
Cast a Spell
I have recently purchased a couple of new stamp sets from Whimsy Stamps and it was perfect timing to enter a card in the current Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #159 – M is for Magic.
products used
- Whimsy Stamps – Create Magic and Cast a Spell
- My Favorite Things – Blueprints 29 dies
- Altenew – Tiny Stars
- Tonic Studios – Verso Framed Screens die
- Distress Oxide Inks – Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet
- Copics – see colours below
- Ranger Fine Detail embossing powder – White
Background
- Using Distress Oxides – ink blended three colours randomly over background. Repeat until desired colour depth achieved.
- Making sure ink is dry (blast it with your heat gun to speed drying up), stamp Tiny Stars randomly over background using Versamark Ink, turning stamp around to achieve a more random layout of stars. Sprinkle embossing powder over, tap off excess and set with your heat gun.
- Die Cut background using the Verso Frame (also diecut the cardbase using the larger die to have a slightly shaped card).
Images
- Stamp images on your preferred copic friendly cardstock and fussy cut up to stamped edges. Colours used as follows:
| image | colours |
|---|---|
| Scroll | W0, W1, W3, W5 |
| Spider and Shoes | V12, V14, V17 |
| Cider jar, trim on wizard and tab | G12, G14, G16, G17 |
| Wizard clothes | B000, B00, B02, B05 B18 |
| Skin | E0000, E00, E02, BV01 |
| Facial Hair | C0, C1, C3, C5 |
Extra items
shelf and tab
- Blend copic ink over cardstock (using same blues and greens as in other images)
- Die cut shapes
Wizard’s stars
- I initially coloured the stars but as I fussy cut the wizard out I realised that the stars were going to be too fiddly to fussy cut so I cut them off.
- I still wanted the stars to feature so I stamped them onto a piece of acetate using Versamark Ink. Note: Make sure you use plenty of antistatic powder on the acetate to stop excess powder sticking to acetate – it’s tricky to remove otherwise.
- Sprinkle on Fine Detail embossing powder and tap off excess. Heat set CAREFULLY with heat gun so you don’t melt the acetate.
Sentiment
- Stamp Sentiments onto Scroll and Tab with Versamark Ink and sprinkle over embossing powder and tap off excess.
- Zing Embossing Powder – Purple
- Ranger Fine Detail embossing powder – White
- Set with heat gun.
Finishing
- Using ATG adhere background to card base.
- Adhere all images using a mix of glue and dimensional adhesive foam tape.
Thanks for stopping by and have a good day.
Handmade by Pip
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Have a beautiful day…
A friend is turning 60 shortly and I found the perfect images to use from Mo’s Digital Pencil. I used three digi stamps – Eileen, Potters Corner and Garden Shed Background.
Images
All the images were printed with my inkjet printer onto copic friendly cardstock so I could colour them all with alcohol markers. The potters corner files comes with each item separated so you can build the scene as you want. On the front of the card I added the pot plants in the window and the grow sign onto the front of the shed. As I wanted the scene to be a smaller size the fence didn’t reach the edge of the panel so I freehand drew three more bushes to fill out the scene.
I added the sentiment on the front by stamping a sentiment from My Favorite Things You give me butterflies stamp set onto coloured cardstock with Versamark Embossing Ink. I sprinkled Zing Copper Embossing Powder over the sentiment and heat embossed with an Ozito Heat Tool.
Inside card
The images I used for the inside are cut out with my Brother Scanncut DX1200. I wanted the inside of the card to reflect the inside of the garden shed so I hand drew the panelling of the walls with 4 shades of Copic Markers – W0, W1, W3, W5. The floor was ink blended with Distress Oxide Scattered Straw and Brushed Corduroy. I flicked on some extra Brushed Corduroy to give a more dirt look to the floor.
Thanks for stopping by and have a good day.
Handmade by Pip
Supplies List
Affiliate links are used when purchasing from Krafters Cart. Other links are direct to the company that sells that product.
 MFT You give me butterflies Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
 Mos Digital Pencil Eileen Shop at: Mos DP |
 Mos Digital Pencil Garden Shed Shop at: Mos DP |
 Mos Digital Pencil Potters Corner Shop at: Mos DP |
 MFT Mini Cloud Edges Stencil Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
 Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
 Distress Oxide Brushed Corduroy Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
 Distress Oxide Scattered Straw Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
 Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
 Versamark Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
 Tools Mini Misti Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
 Momento Tuxedo Black Shop at: Krafters Cart NZ |
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Looking Sharp
Fun birthday card using Gerda Steiner Bats stamp set. The images are copic coloured. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts monthly kit and I thought it suited the vampire theme.
The background is ink blended with Ranger Distress Oxide Inks on Bristol cardstock. Super easy to blend on that type of cardstock.
The silhouette bats were stamped in Versafine Clair ink in Nocturne and embossed with clear embossing powder. I realised I had stamped one of the bats upside down so added flight lines to show it flying down from the top.
Thanks for stopping by.
Handmade by Pip
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Float on…
My third card using Create a Smile Stamps Gull Gang.
I think the water ripple stamp is supposed to be used as the aerial view of wood but I thought I could use it as part of the seagull floating. Heat embossed with Zing embossing powder in Wave. I then ink blended Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide over the top.
I also embossed the ripples onto vellum and cut out so I could make a focal point of the seagull. Adhered it with glossy accents. The seagull was simply copic coloured. The sentiment is from Wplus9 Whole Lotta Happy and heat embossed in Hero Arts white embossing powder.
Final touches by adding white gel pen ripples, droplet embellishments and glossy accent beak on seagull… And it’s done.
I’ll be entering this into the Create a Smile Facebook page challenge ‘Summer’.
Thanks for stopping by.
Handmade by Pip
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You just gotta believe…
Long time no blog…I believe it’s time to publish another post.
I am starting to get into the swing of Xmas cards now and this one turned out great for me. I used the Mama Elephant ‘Me and My Yeti’ and ‘Yeti Sentiments’ stamp sets as well as Hero Arts ‘Winter Scene’ for the background trees and Impression Obsession Christmas Tree dies for the foreground. Those trees were diecut out of Resene Paints paint chips.
The background is simply ink blended with Ranger Distress Oxide inks in Cracked Pistachio and Broken China and then stamped trees with three green oxide inks (Lucky Clover, Twisted Ciron and Peeled Paint).
A new product I tried today was Liquitex Glass Beads Texture Gel. Its a transparent gel that you can also colour with paint, mixed with other mediums or paint directly over the top to achieve different looks. I just used it straight out of the tub and think it gives an icy look rather than an opaque white for snow. The hills were diecut with My Favorite Things ‘Surf and Turf’ die set. All the images were simply copic coloured.
Hope you enjoyed it and have a great day.
Handmade by Pip
Supplies
Stamps: Mama Elephant, Hero Arts
Dies: Impression Obsession, My Favorite Things
Colouring: Copics
Inks: Ranger Distress Oxides
Other Multi Media: Liquitex Glass Beads Texture Gel
Cardstock: Base Cardstock Advance A4 300gsm Long Grain Laser, Strathmore Bristol Smooth
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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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Casology Challenge #261
When I saw this cue card I knew I had at least three stamp sets I wanted to use soooo…here they are. There are 4 in total I’ve entered into the Casology Challenge #261 so I’ll try to keep the words to a minimum.
Card No 1
Spritzed cardstock with Heidi Swapp Color Shine ‘Citron’, diecut with leaves from Kaisercraft ‘Poinsettia’ and adhered the negative pieces of the diecut. Monkey and sentiment from My Favorite Things ‘Sweet Safari’.
Card No 2
Cardstock spritzed with Heidi Swapp Color Shine ‘Citron’. Background diecut (brand unknown) and used all of the pieces. Cut the die cut down with the My Favorite Things ‘Stitched Dome Stax’. The leaves were die cut from Kaisercraft ‘Poinsettia’ but this time used the positive cuts in white card. Giraffe and sentiment are from WPlus9 ‘Party Animal’ and coloured using Derwent Inktense Pencils.
Card No 3
I’ve been wanting to use this elephant from Katzelkraft ‘Les Jungles’ and wanted to keep it simple. Coloured with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. Sentiment is from Gerda Steiner ‘Monster Fun’.
And finally Card No 4
Die cut Craft Wise ‘Scalloped circle’ out of American Craft cardstock. Placed some DCWV zebra patterned paper behind and once again used the Kaisercraft ‘Poinsettia’ leaves. Zebra and sentiment is My Favorite Things ‘Sweet Safari’ coloured with Copics. The sentiment is heat embossed in Hero Arts White as it needs a bit of dimension when stamped on textured card.
So that’s it…hope you liked them.
Handmade by Pip
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