Ink it! Stamp it! Design Team Blog Hop - Christmas

Welcome to the Ink It! Stamp It! Design Team Blog Hop - we hop every month so be sure to pop back and visit us again!  Today our theme is Christmas!

You are currently at my page - Stephanie Fischer, The Crafty Thinker.  At the end of my post there is a full line of team members, please click on the name after mine in the list to continue the hop.

Christmas slider card

I combined the Ready For Christmas and Cookie Cutter Christmas sets to create an interactive slider card.

Santa, the gifts and baubles were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.

To achieve the two tones for the garland on the stairs, I first patted the stamp into the Granny Apple Green ink and then added some Tranquil Tide with a Stampin' Write Marker before stamping the image.  I finished with a light sponging of Lemon Lime Twist to the edges.

Likewise, the christmas tree fronds were all cut in both Granny Apple Green and Tranquil Tide and slightly offset.

Fun Fold Christmas Card featuring Ready for Christmas & Cookie Cutter Christmas

I used a die in the Bouquet Bunch Framelits set to cut the slot and followed a tutorial by Julie Masse at SplitCoastStampers for the basic Pull-Tab slider mechanism.

Fun Fold Christmas card: A Christmas scene slider card

Thank you so much for joining us today and we hope you'll join us again next month when we'll be providing sneak peeks from the Occasions and Sale-A-Brations Catalogues! 

I'm Stephanie Fischer and to keep hopping around see the list below to see who is up next with another great project.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

Ready For Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set

$47.00

Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies

$68.00

Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set

$37.00

Cookie Cutter Builder Punch

$31.00

Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

$19.25

Timeless Tidings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$35.00

Labels To Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$37.00

Ready For Decorating The Christmas Tree

I love the ritual of putting up and decorating the Christmas tree.  It's always more fun with the help of family members and we sing along to Christmas Carols as we go.  When we've finished, as night falls, we sit in the darkness watching the twinkling lights and celebrate our creativity with a festive drink!

This Christmas card features a lady putting the star on top of her Christmas tree

Perhaps we should all have a stairway to nowhere in our homes - apparently it makes it a breeze to put the star on top of the Christmas tree!  Ooops - I didn't really think that one through, did I?

The Christmas tree was adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals to add depth to the card.

I decided to place the table legs under the tree because the composition seemed to be lacking something - perhaps this lady likes the convenience of an artificial tree.

The little baubles are stamped with Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint and coloured with a variety of Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All supplies needed to make this card are available for purchase in my online store.

Wonderful Moments Photopolymer Stamp Set

$45.00

Ready For Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set

$47.00

Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies

$68.00

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

$19.25

Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Gold 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Cord

$10.50

Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint

$14.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Gold Foil Sheets

$7.00

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Ink it! Stamp it! Design Team Blog Hop: Christmas

Welcome to the Ink It! Stamp It! Design Team Blog Hop - we hop every month so be sure to pop back and visit us again!  Today our theme is Christmas - my favourite time of year! 

You are currently at my page - Stephanie Fischer, The Crafty Thinker.  At the end of my post there is a full line up of team members, please click on the name after mine in the list to continue the hop.

Four stamp sets combined to create a little Christmas Eve scene

Something that I enjoy immensely is to combine several stamp sets into a little scene.  Here I've used four stamp sets:

Santa Paws - the festive dog
Carols of Christmas (plus coordinating dies) baubles on the tree
Beautiful You - the gorgeous lady
Ready for Christmas (plus coordinating dies) - the tree, gifts and greetings

Colouring is another of my favourite things to do and here I've combined traditional stamping, sponging, Stampin' Blends alcohol markers and just a touch of  Real Red Stampin' Write marker on the red gift.

I created my scene on a piece of Whisper White cardstock that I had cut to size and then applied it to my Crushed Curry card base.

I hope you've enjoyed this this card and I welcome your comments. 

Thank you so much for joining us today. We hope you'll join us again next month for our Sale-A-Bration projects! I'm Stephanie Fischer and to keep hopping around see the list below to see who is up next with another great technique.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

Product List - All products are available in my online store - just click a product image below (Australian Residents only)

Santa Paws Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$31.00

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$49.00

Ready For Christmas Photopolymer Bundle

$103.50

Carols Of Christmas Clear-Mount Bundle

$78.25

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

$12.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Stampin' Blends Markers Collection

$209.25

Ready for Christmas Birthday Card - Sneak Peek 2017 Holiday Catalogue

Despite its name, I was pretty sure that this wonderful stamp set (and coordinating dies) would be very versatile and useful for so much more than Christmas cards!

This card is for a friend who has two dachshunds and, I confess, that was my main prompt for purchasing the set!

What did I use?
2017 Holiday Catalogue (sneak Peek)
The Ready for Christmas stamp set from the 2017 Holiday Catalogue (dogs, table, cookies and gifts)
The wine glass is from the Half Full stamp set
Annual Catalogue
The balloons are made with the Birthday Delivery bundle 
The banner and words are stamped with the Banners For You set
The banner is cut with the Bunch of Banners coordinating die
I used a Layering Circle die to cut out the main scene
The decorative paper is from the Petal Garden Designer Series Paper Stack
The basic 5 3/4" square card is made with Night of Navy cardstock

How did I do it?

• On a piece of Whisper White cardstock I stamped the table with Crumb Cake ink and the complete dog with Basic Black ink.
• I then used the reflection technique to produce the second dog (used Basic Black ink to stamp the dog onto my Stamp-a-ma-Jig sheet, turned it ink side down onto the cardstock and pressed the ink onto the card).
• I watercoloured this little scene using Peekaboo Peach, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Pool Party and Night of Navy inks and the teeniest bit of Cherry Cobbler for one of the dog collars.
• I used the out of the box technique to cut out the scene with the circle die, leaving the lower part of the dog's body  outside the circle.
• On a scrap piece of Whisper White card I stamped the wine glass with Smoky Slate ink and the plate of biscuits with Basic Black ink, watercoloured them, fussy cut and glued them to the table top.
• The presents were also stamped on a scrap piece of Whisper White with Basic Black ink and coloured before fussy cutting them and gluing them to the card front.
• For the balloons, I used some Night of Navy ink to apply a light watercolour wash to a scrap piece of Whisper White card.  When it was dry, I stamped the balloons with Night of Navy ink and then cut them with the coordinating die before adhering them to the card front and hand drawing the strings and bows with a Basic Black Stampin' Write marker.

Preparing the balloons from Birthday Delivery for cutting with the coordinating die

Naturally the inside of the card had to be decorated to match!  The presents are stamped and coloured directly onto the card but the balloon was made separately and glued in.

The greeting is from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie


Product List - To visit my online store, click on a product image below (Australian Residents only)

Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies

[141488]

Banners For You Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141710]

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143662]

Birthday Delivery Photopolymer Bundle

[145294]

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

Petal Garden Designer Series Paper Stack

[144168]

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]