Christmas Wishes in Purple!

I have a holiday card to share!  It's never too early to start making Christmas cards!  I'm always happy to find some in my stash come December!

I created this card with stamps from Artistic Outpost's Frosty and Friends!  Love the retro images!!!

I challenged myself to work with purple on this card. Not one of my "go-to" colors! 

I started by stamping this cute little girl with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I watercolored her using Distress Stains as my color palette.  I dabbed some stain on my craft sheet and picked up the color with a waterbrush.  I like the soft colors.
I cut her out and layered her onto a cream blossom cut with Spellbinders Blossom Tags and Accents and a picot edge circle cut with Spellbinders Picot Edge Circles #4.  I  used Distress Antique Linen Stain over the picot edge circle.  It also has snowflakes stamped on it and embossed with Winter White EP. 
On my card front is a mat cut with Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Three  (love this shape!) cut from Cosmo Cricket paper.  I added Eggplant Distress Stain over it. Then I stamped and heat embossed snowflakes with Winter White EP.  That's layered onto a purple mat and then onto a cream card front.
I added lace and seam binding across the bottom. The seam binding was colored with Eggplant Distress Stain.  I tied a bow with the ribbon and then added another bow above it.

"Christmas Wishes" is stamped with Ranger Eggplant ink and clear heat embossed.  I added some Distress Antique Linen ink over it.  I cut a narrow strip with notched ends.  It's fastened to the card with a pearl head stick pin.  I tucked in 3 little holly accents.  These were cut with Spellbinders Holly Accents.  I cut apart the border to use just the holly piece.  I water colored them using dye ink for color.  The berries are dots of Viva Red Paint Pen with Winter White EP over the top.  I actually sprinkled it on while the paint was still wet and heated it.  The paint held it's shape!  The berries look frosted!




Supplies:
Artistic Outpost Frosty & Friends, Sleigh Ride
Spellbinders S5-056 Holly Accents
                        S4-345 Picot Edge Circles
                        S5-072 Blossom Tags and Accents
                        LF-347 Grand Labels Twenty-Three
Ranger Distress Stains: Eggplant, Antique Linen, Peeled Paint,
                                           Wild Honey, Spun Sugar,
Ranger Eggplant ink
Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather Flurries
Sparkle & Sprinkle Winter White EP
Viva Paint Pen - Red
Bazzill purple
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares
Seam binding
Lace
Pearl head pin



Ave Maria Card

Today, I have a card to share created with stamps from Artistic Outpost's Ave Maria and Sleigh Ride.

I started by stamping the Ave Maria collage image using Ranger Denim ink on white cs.  I shaded the background with Distress Scattered Straw and Tumbled Glass.  To accent the snowflakes, I traced over them with a Versamark marker and embossed them with Gold EP. Then I used a glue pen to trace areas and added Gold glitter.  I filled in more bits of gold sparkle with a Spica marker.
I cut the frame out of gold pearlescent paper with Spellbinders S4-190 Labels Four #6 and LF-190 Grand Labels Four #2.  It was embossed over Fleur de Lis 12-1014 Impressabilities.  I inked the raised areas with StazOn Midnight ink.  I ran my Versamark marker along the inner edge and heat embossed it with Gold EP. The frame is raised with foam squares.
I created the paper on my card front with the star and snowflake stamps from Ave Maria.  The base is medium blue CS.  First, I stamped the star with Tumbled Glass.  Then I stamped the star again with Stormy Sky.  The snowflakes were stamped with Denim.   I rubbed Vintage Photo and Faded Jeans Distress inks around the edges.  It's matted on a navy CS with a very narrow edge showing.
Merry Christmas is from Sleigh Ride.  It was stamped and embossed with Gold EP on a scrap of med. blue CS. I cut the tag with Spellbinders Double Ended Tags.  I added color with Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans. 

To color the seam binding, I dropped it in a pile on my craft mat.  I tapped the Denim ink pad on it, leaving random bits of ink.  Then I misted it with water and scrunched it around on my craft mat to evenly distribute the color. It didn't take much ink to get that much color!  I used my heat gun to dry it....no patience to wait for it to air dry!  It's fastened to the tag with 2 brads and wrapped to the back of my DP.

My final touch was to add gold glitter to the card front.  I used a glue pen to make dots randomly over the DP.
I fastened it all to a 4.5" x 6.5" cream card.

Supplies:
Artistic Outpost Ave Maria
Artistic Outpost Sleigh Ride
Spellbinders Labels Four, Grand Labels Four
Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Impressabilities
Ranger Denim ink
Ranger Distress Tumbled Glass, Scattered Straw,
     Vintage Photo, Faded Jeans, Stormy Sky
Gold EP
White, Blue, Cream CS
Glue Pen
Sparkle N Sprinkle Gold glitter

Christmas Tags

......created with Artistic Outpost's Sleigh Ride stamps.

 

I used small manilla tags (1 3/8" x 2 3/4") to make these gift tags.

I used the pine cone  and "Merry Christmas" for this tag.  All the coloring is Distress inks rubbed on with Cut n Dry foam.  One of my favorite techniques!

I stamped just a portion of the little girl and boy on this tag.  I used Copic markers to color them.  I added Antique Linen and a touch of Vintage Photo Distress inks to "age" it.

       My favorite, the trees are on this one. I used Distress Tumbled Glass to color the sky. I added snowflakes embossed in white over top.  I used white EP for "snowy woods", too.  I had no intention to make it look like icicles hanging from it!  I made the mistake of brushing over it when it was still warm.....voila "icicles"! 

  I used just the faces of the kids with the sleigh for this tag.  I used Distress inks for all my coloring and  stamping the snowflakes.

Have a super Saturday!

I'm working at the Fond Memories workshop all day.  It's always fun! We have 107 stampers coming! 

If you'd like to see the cards they'll be making, check out Fond Memories blog.

Until next time, have a creative day!

-judy

Artistic Outpost Sleigh Ride

A new wintery Christmas set from Artistic Outpost...Sleigh Ride!
Hooray! I love Christmas stamps!

Sleigh Ride features nostalgic images of children in their coats and finery, perfect for your winter or holiday projects. We also feature a versatile background stamp of glistening pine trees and holiday sentiments and collage elements.
These stamps are available both as an unmounted sheet of red rubber measuring 8.5" x 5.5" or mounted on EZMount clingfoam, pre-trimmed, and stored on a printed cling card.

Here's one of the cards I created with these beautiful stamps!
I started with the children and sleigh stamped on white paper.  I masked them to stamp the trees in the background.  I used Ranger Pesto and Bottle to ink the trees.  Because they didn't stamp quite up to the edges of the children, I filled in the space with Copics.  I also added a bit of shading to the trees.  The children were colored with the Copics you see in the photo except for the greens.

 

I used a very dark green mat to frame the image, then dark red and another dark green one.  There are little brads in each corner.

I stamped the verse with Ranger Raisin on white paper.  I colored the background with Copics using several grays and B60.  To create the frame shape, I first cut out the verse with a Spellbinders S4-138 Petite Ovals LG #2.  Then I trimmed straight across the top of the verse.  I cut the dark green mat with S4-140 Petite Ovals SM #3.  I trimmed it to match the verse leaving a 1/8" edge at the top.  I tucked it under the mat of my main image so it looks almost like it's all one piece.  I like the curve of the oval frame with the curve of the sleigh runners. The card front is pale bluish purple Bazzill. 

For more inspiration, check out my fellow Design Team members blogs to see what lovely creations they made:

*Lisa Somerville *Gerrie Johnnic *Lynn Stevens *Barbara Washington *Connie Paxman *Stephanie Severin *Suzzane Czosek

 I know you'll find lots of inspiration from all these talented ladies!

Have a stamping great day!

-judy