With deepest sympathy (posted by Elaine)

As well as baubles, the Artist's Baubles set has some other lovely elements, a cross, corners and a lovely classical motif which are very useful.

I have used the cross to make a sympathy card. I wanted to add a little colour to what would otherwise have been a monochrome card.

I used the tail of the bird from Doodle Butterfly stamped in grey as the flourish behind the cross. I used my stamp positioner to make sure I paced the stamp in the right placed and used masking tape to cut off the rest of the bird when I inked the stamp.

I stamped the cross in black Versafine and cut it out, before mounting on foam pads. I used the small butterfly stamp from the same set to stamp around the main design. I added a sentiment from the With Sympathy stamp set, some two tone paper roses and punches leaves and tiny butterflies to complete.

Elaine

A selection of baubles (posted by Elaine)

As you will have seen last weekend, the newest CB stamp set the lovely Artist's Baubles  brings together some old favourites, reflecting the styles and designs of some major nineteenth century artists including some of my own favourities such as Morris, De Morgan Mackintosh and Klimt. I have been having a play with these stamps, while my DT colleagues have been working their magic with Punky Flowers.

I wanted to make a set of cards with each of the baubles. I embossed each one and then coloured them with Prismacolor pencils. I backed each bauble with a scalloped die cut and mounted each onto a toning background colour. To finish I added an embossed sentiment from the Artistic Affirmations set to each card.

This set also has some other lovely elements, a cross, corners and a lovely classical motif which are very useful.

Elaine

Artists Baubles - sometimes a design is too good to retire

We have launched a new set of stamps this week, though most of the designs on the plate are not brand new.

Previously these designs were sold as individual DL sized sets with bauble tops, but the boards were so worn out they had to be retired.  Some were retired last year and the others will be finally retired in June of this year. 

They are such beautiful designs that I really didn't want them to be permanently out of the collection so I have brought them back as a single A4 set.

I've also added in a few interesting bits and pieces to the plate and altogether, it's a really lovely set.

DT member Elaine has got some lovely cards coming up with these stamps so watch out for those and there's more punky flower artwork to come too.