Hi friends! It's Autumn Clark from SewPaperPaint with you today to share some Christmas cardmaking inspiration with you featuring gorgeous stamps by Hobby Art. I fell in love with the Goldfinch & Teasels stamp set and then the Jenny Wren set, both drawn by Sharon File. I am a sucker for bird stamps! I wanted to create a wreath centered around a bird, in this case I decided to color the wren as a robin red breast. It's funny to me because I was reading Lemony Snicket's new book Poison for Breakfast and he said he never bothers to learn the names of birds because if you asked a bird his name he would probably answer very differently than the name you had learned. I have always taken creative license when coloring birds or flowers, and have certainly done so here.
I used the holly from Holly & Ivy to make my wreath, stamping the largest image twice and filling in with some of the smaller holly until it was near to a circle. I used Distress Inks in Rustic Wilderness and Pine Needles to color the leaves and Fired Brick and Vintage Photo to color the berries. I added a little Walnut stain and colored the "robin." I sponged the panel with Antique Linen and a blending brush, then splattered on leftover watery inks for a grungy effect. I also splashed some water and some White Frost Glimmer Mist. The sentiment is from the Snowman & Friends set, and I think the three birds on their branch from this stamp set could easily replace the wren if you wanted to CASE this card.
Which I decided to do myself, LOL! I wanted to make a similar wreath from snowflakes. I used the Hobby Art Winter's Snowflakes set, stamping repeatedly with all of the lighter blue Distress Inks, including Tumbled Glass, Weathered Wood, Stormy Sky, Cracked Pistachio and Speckled Egg. I sponged over the stamping with Tumbled Glass and Antique Linen, then colored another wren with Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Pumice Stone.
I used the same word stamp in Cornflower Blue Archival Ink. I just love this XL sentiment and love to say "happy Christmas" because it seems more bubbly to me and I hope all of us are bubbling over at Christmastime. I added some Stickles over the snowflakes for some extra fun. I hope these cards have given you some ideas to get stamping! xx, Autumn
