Lynn Powell

Seasons Surfing Christmas Card

So this is my second christmas card for the year. What do you think??

 

The stamp sets used are "Season's Surfing" and "Happy Christmas Mate" (for the sentiment). The stamps in both sets are line image stamps so they lend themselves very well to colouring. They take on a whole new perspective when you colour them in. I don't know that I would want to mass produce these for Christmas though because the colouring takes some time - even though it is very relaxing!

 

Oh no!! I have just noticed  - I  forgot to do Santa's shorts! DOH!!! Was going to paper piece them. Never mind, he still looks OK!!

 

Card Recipe:

• Jolly Holiday DSP
• Whisper White , Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Watercolour cardstock
• Basic Black ink, Assorted markers, Early Espresso Ribbon
• Lots Of Tags Die, Oval Large punch
• Non SU: Diamante, Oval & pendant dies

Thanks for stopping by & happy stamping!!

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Tutorial For Gift Box

OK, as promised, here is the  tutorial for the Christmas Gift Box:

 
Step 1:

For the box base, you will need a piece of cardstock measuring 20cm x 24.5cm. Score this piece at 4cm on each side. Fold in along all your score lines and burnish with a bone folder to get a nice crisp fold. Cut along the 24.5cm score line to the 20cm score line at each corner to form your tabs.

 

Step 2:

Turn the cardstock over and apply sticky strip to each of the four tabs.

 

Step 3:

Remove the backing from the sticky strip and adhere the tabs to the inside of your box as shown below:

 

Your finished base:

 

 
Step 4:

The top of the box is made in exactly the same way as the base but with different measurements. You will need a piece of cardstock measuring 21.75 cm x 17.5cm. Score at 2.5cm on all four sides. Fold in along your score lines and burnish the edges with a bone folder.. Cut along the 21.75cm score line to the 17.5cm score line to form your tabs.

 
Step 5:

Turn your cardstock over and apply sticky strip to all four tabs.

 

Step 6:

Adhere your tabs to the inside of your box lid, same as you did on the base. Voila! you are done - here is the finished box:

 

You are now ready to decorate your box as you wish! I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and found it easy to follow.

Happy creating!

First Christmas Card For The Year

I guess it's time to start giving some serious thought to making a start on Christmas cards. I just don't know where the year has gone!! This is my first design for this year:

 

I've made a set of four of these with a matching gift box. I have used the Contempo Christmas stamp set to stamp my images and sentiment. The images have then been punched out with the matching punch and layered onto the card base with dimensionals. Pearls have been adhered to the Cherry Cobbler bauble for a  bit of added bling. Stampin' Up! have also got another stamp set called "Delightful Decorations" that has another four designs of christmas baubles that you could use to create this card (see page 25 of the 2011 catalogue). The DSP is called "Jolly Holiday"

This is a picture of the box:

 

This time I have also used the "Season Of Joy" stamp set as well as Contempo Christmas. Pearls have been added to the bauble again and silver twine (non SU) tied around the top. The base of the box is Crumb Cake and the top is made from Early Espresso. The box is super easy to make and can be used for all sorts of tings - not only for holding cards! I will post up a tutorial on how to make the box so keep and eye out for it!!

 

Recipe:

• Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso & Cherry Cobbler card stock
• Season of Joy DSP
• Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler & Early Espresso Markers
• Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Old Olive Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Basic Pearls
• Extra large Ornament Punch
• Non SU: punches, silver twine

 

Fresh Cuts

I've CASE'd the layout of this card from Papercrafts magazine - the colours and design appealed to me:

 

I've stamped the image from the "Fresh Cuts" stamp set onto Crumb Cake cardstock and highlighted some of the blossoms with a white gel pen. The sentiment is from the Upsy Daisy stamp set. I have used  the Newspaper print DSP as my background and layered a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock that has been run through the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder on top.

Card Recipe:

• Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake  & Confetti White cardstock
• Fresh Cuts & Upsy Daisy stamp sets
• Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler inkpads
• Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Basic Black satin ribbon, Scallop Trim Border punch
• White gel pen, twine & designer button

Inkspiration Sketch Challenge #43

Have been doing a bit of blog surfing today and got inspired by the sketch challenge on Makeesha's blog so thought I would participate in the challenge. This is what I came up with:

 

I was inspired by a colour scheme of Baja Breeze, Black and White that I saw a while back on Teneale Williams blog and really liked.

I have used  a really cute stampset called 'The Nicest Things" out of the 2011 catty and coloured it with a mix of watercolour markers and Copics. My colouring is still not quite there but I am improving!! The DSP I have used is retired now, but you can get the same effect by using the Subtles pattern pack instead (which I don't have yet!!)

 

Card Recipe:

• Baja Breeze, Basic Black, Whisper White cardstock
• The Nicest Things and Just Believe stamp sets
• Baja Breeze DSP (retired)
• Small, large and scallop oval punches, scallop border punch
• Other: Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Rhinestones, dimensionals

 

Thanks for stopping by!