Lynne Perrella Poinsettia Christmas Card

 

Hi everyone!  It's Autumn Clark from SewPaperPaint with you to kick off our week of Christmas in July inspiration.  If you are like me and send handmade Christmas cards to friends and family, well you need to get a jump on your crafting.  So Donna is offering a fabulous sale to get us all inspired, with 20% off Christmas and winter themed products in the shop.  See the selection HERE.  To get myself in the Christmas mood, I chose a palette of traditional rich red and winter green for today's card.

I dyed some papers to work with using Distress Inks and tea for the focal image, my absolute favorite Lynne Perrella stamp set LPC018.  For my main card panel, I stamped the script top of the small building stamp repeatedly on my background for interest.  I then mixed some Versamark ink with a bit of water and splashed it on my panel and embossed the splashes with Stampendous Frantage embossing powder.  

I used my extra inky papers to do some die cutting (Tim Holtz dies), then stitched around my focal image and layered with some old hymnal page.  I mounted the panel onto sanded metallic kraft core paper.  The finishing touch is the gorgeous scripty sentiment by Darkroom Door from the Christmas Bush stamp set, also stamped on tea stained paper.  I love this font!  I hope this card has inspired you to get a start on your Christmas cardmaking.  Make sure to check out the sale at Topflight Stamps.  Hugs, Autumn

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Crafty Individuals | Vintage Christmas

Hi everyone and welcome to the Topflight Stamps blog - it's Jenny here, and today I have a simple, vintage-feel holiday card using stamps by Crafty Individuals.  

The main stamp I'm using is this cute Jolly Holly Robins.  These stamps require EZ Mount to enable stamping. You can buy a sheet, adhere them and trim round - it's very simple to do, and the red rubber gives a great impression.

To create my card, I stamped the image in Pinecone Versafine Clair onto Catherine Pooler Designs kraft cardstock.  While it was still wet I heat embossed the image in clear embossing powder and trimmed it out.

I then blended Distress Ink in Antique Linen all over the piece, and then in places with Vintage Photo and around the edges in Walnut Stain.  I then flicked it with water to create an aged look.

I used a clear Wink of Stella to color in each of the birds, and on one of them I added red stickles to his breast for a pop of color.

When dry, I mounted the piece onto fun foam and then adhered to a white card base, trimmed slightly smaller than A2.  The sentiment was stamped in Pinecone, directly onto the cardbase and comes from the Crafty Individuals Mini Christmas Trees.

Such a cute little image!  And perfect for a more vintage feel for your holiday cards.