Woodware Design Team - Pick a Colour and go with it

This week I admit wasn't my best effort. It was just one of those weeks when I had so much on and just not enough time to do everything. I am sure you all have weeks like that..!!!
Anyway here it is - and my colour is green.

• Start off by blending 2 or 3 shades of green dye ink onto a 13.5 cm square of white card using Cut'n'Dry foam.
• I then did the negative resist or water stamping using Versamark on a music background stamp and spritzing with water. I am sure you are all sick to death of this technique by now. But when in a hurry....stick to a tried and tested formula...!!!
• I stamped the beautiful Stampendous Wise Men CRR095  with Brilliance Pearlescent Ivy (this has a lovely shimmer which you can't see in the photos.
• Add a few snowflakes and the sentiment (from a Woodware set by Jane Gill JGCL551 Christmas Verses

 

Creative Expressions - Stylish Christmas #4

For my final project with this set Stylish Christmas 1 I have made a tag. I wanted to use the tree on the set. I cut out a tag from mount board and blended 3 colours of Distress inks (Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky and Pine Needles).

I then used the flourish stamp with Versamark spritzed with water to stamp onto the background. It lifts off some of the colour to leave a negative resist. I use this technique a lot when making backgrounds. If you have not done this before there is a tutorial for you to follow.

• I over stamped the same swirl stamp using 2nd generation Pine Needles (I did not want it too dark)
• The tree was stamped with black pigment ink and embossed with a sparkly embossing powder.
• I sponged some versamark along the base of the tag and embossed with white powder.
• Then I finished off with some snowflakes, the swirl and Noel all from Spellbinder dies. 

All these products are available from Creative Expressions

Tim's Tag Techniques

It's time for another Stamp Man Challenge. This is a brilliant choice for a theme from Brenda. We had to chose a technique or techniques from a Tim Holtz Christmas Tag. 

I opted to try the technique used to create the background for the tag for Day 3 2009. This involves using alcohol inks on glossy card stock to create plaid backgrounds. It is a super technique that I had not tried before. I will not explain how to do it as Tim does that for you. Just click on the link above to go straight there.

It took me a little while to get the colour combination right. I wanted blues and purples. Eventually I ended up with a piece that has an uncanny resemblance to a pair of my Marks and Spencer pyjama bottoms...!!!

I then over stamped with the pine branch and snowflakes using Archival Black ink. I used the texture stamp from Stampers Anonymous Urban Tapestry set with a pearl dabber to soften the background and make it look like snow.

The deer die-cut was stamped and coloured with distress ink then triple embossed with clear powder. Then as a finishing touch for the top I added a shimmery ribbon bow and a reindeer button.

All the supplies used for this tag are available from the Stamp Man (apart from the button). Be sure to visit the Stamp Man Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the team and also details on how to enter the challenge. Remember there is a £10 voucher for the winner. I am also going to enter this into the Grungy Monday challenge at Studio L3.

Woodware Design Team - Traditional Christmas

For this week's challenge we have been asked to make a traditional Christmas card. I knew straight away that I wanted to use the second Magenta bird stamp that I have. I used the other one a few weeks ago for the Blue Christmas challenge. I just love these stamps!!

This one is called Musical Bird 2 and the code is C43.030K

I stamped it in Coffee Archival ink and cut out as a square . The tag was made by blending several colours of soft browns and soft blue to colour the white card. I then inked up a background stamp with Versamark. I used a Stampendous music background but a nice script would work well.

You then spritz the stamp lightly with water and press down on the upper two thirds of the tag and lift off. You will see the ink being lifted off to reveal a lovely soft resist. You can speed it up with your heat gun.

At the bottom of the tag I stamped the beautiful border from a new Stampendous set called Damask Chair SSC 1120

When I had finished stamping the tag I embossed the edges with gold powder. 

On the background paper I stamped another Stampendous border "Elegant Borders" SSC1122 down the left hand side and embossed with detail gold powder. 

I wanted something vintage to finish off so I soaked some seam binding in coffee for my double bow. Then for the button (which came from a Woodware pack of buttons called "Coffee and Cream", I stuck it onto a wooden skewer. I then rolled the edge across a gold ink pad and dipped it into gold powder and heated with my heat gun. The large pearl fitted perfectly in the middle.

I hope you like it. Be sure to check out what the other girls are up to at the Woodware Blog this week.

Siobhan x