Good morning. Here are a couple of quick and easy makes
using the Christmas stamps recently featured on Hochanda TV with Chocolate
Baroque. With the volume of cards needed at Christmas we all need a range of
quick and easy make ideas. There are more ideas from my Teamies on the
Chocolate Baroque Design Team Blog today if you would like to see more.
My first sample is with the gorgeous new Bearing Gifts stamp.
I used one of the 6 X 6inch background papers from Crafty Individuals (Travels
in Italy) to create a quick background. The sentiment from the Lets Get
Festive set was stamped with Versamark
Ink and embossed with detail white powder. The paper was then roughened
with the edge of my scissors and curled before gluing to the card front.
The kings were stamped onto white card with Versafine
(Onyx Black). Colouring was done really quickly using watercolour pens. Colour
was applied directly into the darker areas and brushed out with water or clear sparkle
pen to give the shading. The image was then cut out and layered onto the card
front with foam pads for added depth.
For my second quick make I chose one of my inky background
papers (textured cartridge) created with ink sprays and Brusho powders.
The scene from the Winter
Edges set was stamped across the centre with Versafine
Ink (Onyx Black). It was stamped again without re-inking just above and to
the left slightly (to create distance). The stamp was turned upside down and
stamped along the base. Trees were then stamped randomly by inking only parts
of the stamp. The reflection was created by stamping onto acetate and pressing
this down onto the card to transfer the ink.
The scene was edged with black alcohol marker to frame,
mounted onto white and red card before gluing to the card front (15 X 13cm card
blank).
