Damask Reindeer (by Rachel)

 Hello there,

Rachel here today with a quick card I made for my mum for Christmas. I used stamps from the beautiful damask reindeer set and stamped them onto a piece of background paper I had. Such beautiful paper but I thought the stamps really went with it ....

So to the scene I added the deer and snowflakes, to which I added white pen - then I added I stamped the words in versamark and set in white embossing powder and then added them. I also added a little frantage around the edges. 

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and looking forward to sharing designs with you again next month.

Big hugs

Rachel x

Black and White Christmas Card (by Rachel)

Hello everyone, today sees the second post this month from our Guest Design Team member, Rachel Fisher. Rachel has created a sylish black and white Christmas card for your inspiration:

To create her card, Rachel first stamped the main image using Versafine Onyx Black Ink. She cut around the image and mounted it onto the card blank. She then stamped the snowflakes and sentiment using Versamark, and added white embossing powder.

Rachel will be back next week with her final post of the month.

Christmas Night (posted by Judith)

Hello Folks, I'd like to show you a card using the newly released Santa Baby stamp set. I wanted to use the sleigh flying through the air pulled by a reindeer, and so I looked through my older christmas stamp sets and found the perfect match on the Damask Reindeer stamp set. I stamped both of the images onto a piece of smooth watercolour paper, and then covered them with a mask. I also added a circle mask at this point. I coloured the background with a variety of blue Distress Inks, graduating to a deep purple at the bottom of the page. Around the circle, I added some yellow, to create a glowing effect. I spritzed the background with water to create a starry feel to the background, and added a little bit of pearl spray for some extra shimmer.

I removed the masks, and coloured the images with water based markers and a water brush. I stamped a tree from the Stained Glass Christmas stamp set along the bottom of the background, using green ink and clear embossing powder. I added some grey shading to the moon, and stamped a sentiment taken from the Christmas Magic clear stamp set using black ink.

I have also created a card using the A Child is Born stamp set. I stamped the corner snowflake stamp around the edges of some watercolour paper using white embossing powder, and filled in the gaps with one of the smaller snowflakes to create a frame. I created a watercolour background using lots of blue tones. I stamped the angel onto a separate piece of card, and coloured the image with pencils. Finally, I added the word 'Joy' to the background.

Full details of how I made this card can be found over on My Blog

 My Team mates have some beautiful inspiration for you over the coming month, so please keep checking back. Thanks for stopping by, Judith xx

Believe in the magic ..... (posted by Claire)

Good morning, Claire here with my first sample using the beautiful Winter Fairies . I've used this pretty fairy from the February set, isn't she a beauty???

I've coloured her with Graph'It markers and added some glamour dust to her wings.

 The background was made with PanPastels and a snowflake stamp from Damask Reindeer which I embossed with white embossing powder. The sentiment is also from Damask Reindeer. I've used red card to mat and layer and added a little red bow and a snowflake charm to finish off.

Thanks so much for visiting, 

Claire xx

Winter Edges (posted by Claire)

Good morning, Claire here with a card using the lovely new Winter Edges. I always enjoy making scenic cards so I just love the silhouette scene on this stamp sheet.

I created the background with PanPastels and stamped in the Edge stamp but instead of using it as one stamp I inked up part of the stamp and stamped part of the image at each side of the card with Sepia Versafine ink. I added the gorgeous large reindeer from Damask Reindeer and watercoloured with distress inks. I added some paper roses dusted with some glitter, some leaves from my stash and some brown organza ribbon.

Hope you're getting in the mood for Christmas, it'll be here before we know it

thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

Snowy Christmas Trees (posted by Judith)

Hi folks, for those of you that like to make batch cards at Christmas, I have a set of samples that I'd like to show you today.

I made a set of masterboards, using a couple of snowflakes from the Damask Reindeer stamp set, which I embossed with white embossing powder over two thirds of each piece of white card. I then stamped the chosen colours of Distress Ink directly onto my craft mat and spritzed them with water, ensuring that I had at least covered an A4 area with colour. I laid my card face down onto the mat to pick the colour up, and patted it around a few times, until I had covered the card with colour, then set it aside to dry.

Once the card was dry, I took a piece of Cut 'N ' Dry foam, and one of the colours of Distress ink, and just blended over each snowflake. This really makes the snowflakes pop. I cut two ovals from the end of card that was free from embossing, and stamped one of the tree images in dark brown ink onto each oval. I left this to dry completely. I then stamped the tree again with Versamark, offsetting it slightly, and embossed it with white embossing powder. It then looks like the tree is covered with snow. The clear stamps are so useful for this, as you can line them up exactly, then just shift them a fraction, to get the snow effect.

From the remaining card section, I cut a large tag shape, and a strip of card 6 cms wide. I matted each oval onto a frilly oval shape that toned with the ink colours, and then placed them onto the cards and tags. I stamped a sentiment from the Warm Christmas Greeting set onto each card, using one of the Distress Ink colours that I had used on the background.

The ribbons that I have used are also available from the Chocolate Baroque website.

Keep checking back for more inspiration from my Design Team mates coming soon, thanks for stopping by, Judith xx