Oriental Twilight (posted by Claire)

Good morning, Claire here with another sample featuring the fab new Eastern Landscapes stamps. Anyone who know me will tell you that I love creating scenic cards to these stamps are right up my street. For this card I've combined the new stamps with the lovely hanging lanterns from Lily Pad

I began by creating a background using shades of green distress ink (Forest Moss, Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters) and then overstamped with the large floral branches stamp from Lily Pad.

The create the focal image I masked a large sun and created the sky with shades of blue and purple distress ink, adding splashes of water to create a cloudy effect. I then inked in the ground using more forest moss and peeled paint distress ink. I then used the reverse of the sun mask to cover the sky and inked in the sun using Mustard Seed and a little Spiced Marigold distress ink. I then used black soot to ink all around the scene. Next came the stamping, I stamped in the beautiful pagoda and the trees using versamark ink and embossed them with a black holographic embossing powder. I then stamped the hanging lanterns along the top and embossed with the same embossing powder. I also stamped the lanterns on some scrap card, coloured with distress markers and cut them out, layering them up on the focal image with silicone glue.

I hope you're enjoying all the new samples from my teamies and you're inspired to have a play with the new stamps. If your weather is anything like it is here in my little corner of the UK its perfect crafting weather

Thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

Oriental Reflection (posted by Claire)

Good morning, Claire here with my first sample using the beautiful new Eastern Landscape stamps

These stamps work beautifully with the other oriental stamp sets, for this card I've used some of the new stamps with stamps from Lily Pad. I began by stamping the reflection, using an ink blending mat to stamp the images using memento ink and then laying the card over the stamped mages and rolling over with my brayer to transfer the ink. Its so easy to position the clear stamps to make the landscape match the reflection perfectly. I used the scrunched paper technique to brayer the water and added some colour to the scene and the reflection with distress markers.

I matted the scene on some white card and then on hot pink card to pick out the pink from the waterlily and the blossoms around the top of the card.

Thanks for popping by today

Claire xx

Eastern Sunset by Debbie

At this time of year when the sun rises late in the morning and sets early afternoon we all think of the summer and warmer days. My card today makes me think of being in a far off land, relaxing and enjoying the views.

The Pagoda from the new Eastern Landscapes clear stamps was stamped with Versamark and embossed with black powder them coloured with Alcohol Pens. The circle of paper for the sun was large enough to mask the Pagoda. Around the sun mask Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink was used and for the sky Tumbled Glass. I used Stormy Sky Distress Ink as I wanted to give the look of the Pagoda being in a lake. When I attatched the main image to the card I felt it needed a few more trees so stamped them in the corner extending the view. I love the sentiments it rings very true to me. Thanks for visiting Debbie

Pagoda Landscape by Glenda

I'm really enjoying creating scenes with the Eastern Landscapes stamp set.  This was created with Inktense pencils and Dylusions sprays - you can read all the details over on my blog.

January Stamp of the Month

It's almost the start of a fresh and shiny new year and for us that means we have new stamps coming out!  Yep, we have two sets of stamps and some individual clear stamps too.

First up, our January Stamp of the Month is this lovely set, Rose & Thistle - yes I know it sounds like somewhere you'd pop in for a swift half pint, but no, it's this lovely set of rubber stamps:

Then we have a complete change of mood with a new clear set called Eastern Landscapes.

This set will combine so well with our existing oriental themed clear stamps such as Moonlit Waterfall, Lily Pad and Oriental Crane.

Then we have a collection of Baroque Hearts - available both as single stamps and as a collection.

My Christmas card to Adrian this year featured the Elegant Baroque Heart done in Christmas colours.

and here are the same hearts in a different colourway.

I've managed to get some time in my craft room this week, so I have a few cards coming up to share with you.  You'll find one over on my own blog later today.

There's more to come from the DT too, so stay tuned for more inspiration.