Christmas in July (by Asha)

Hello, fellow crafters. Have you seen the new Christmas stamps? They are delightfully magical! I had a play with the Snowy Scenes A5 sheet and produced this little number:

I created the background by first stamping the snowflakes and heat embossing them in white. Next I worked on the night sky by blending several shades of blue and puple Distress Inks. For a touch of sparkle added pale purple bling in the centre of the larger flakes. For the ground I blended a couple of neutral shades of Distress Inks.  That wonderful sentiment is from the new Christmas Magic clear stamp sheet.

Here's a close-up of the lovely image from the Snowy Scenes A5 sheet. I coloured the church with alcohol markers and carefully cut it out from it's original scene. Then I adhered it to the background I had prepared and finished the card with a few red bling on the tree.

Thank you for stopping by today. Make sure you drop in regularly to see more inspirational work from the rest of the Design Team.

Beijinhos,
Asha

Introducing Snowy Scenes, Turtle Doves and Christmas Magic

Hello everyone, I hope that you have been enjoying the warmer temperatures recently. In the crafting diary, our thoughts are turning towards Christmas at this time of year. So I would like to introduce the first of our 2014 Christmas stamps to you. These are a wonderful addition to our Christmas collection as stand alone stamps, or to mix and match with our existing stamp range. There are a mix of both modern and vintage images on the stamp plates.

We have two A5 stamp sets, the first of which is called Snowy Scenes:

The second is called Turtle Doves:

Both sets are available at an introductory price, but as usual you can save even more money by taking advantage of our multi-buy offer.

We also have Christmas Magic, one of our expanding collection of clear stamp sets. These words will make a very useful addition to your Christmas card making or for gift tags  The set is also available at an introductory price.

Introductory prices are available on all 3 sets until 31st August 2014.

My sample uses stamps taken from the Turtle Doves stamp set. I used one of the corner branch stamps to create a wreath by stamping repeatedly in a ring onto a white card, using green ink. I coloured the berries using a Distress Marker and a waterbrush. I embossed the two turtle doves using gold embossing powder, and coloured those in the same way. The sentiment comes from the Christmas Magic clear stamp set.

There will be some fabulous inspiration from my Design Team mates using these lovely stamps coming very soon.

Judith